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An Albatross Dies Every Five Minutes
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, albatross, birds, death, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 37 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Once cursed with killing dolphins, tuna fishing is now being blamed for a shocking reduction in albatross numbers.
Best Places To Watch Massive Autum Bird Migrations
Animals  (tags: birds, bird watching, migration, wildlife )

Grnolajoe
- 37 days ago - blog.gaiam.com
Every autumn, more than 5 billion birds migrate across North America, and there are outstanding places to watch them as they embark on their annual journeys, where you are moved by the spectacle of thousands taking to the air in synchronized flight.
Coral Reefs Inspire Rare Consensus -- Just Save Them
Animals  (tags: animals, environment, ecosystems, wildlife, humans, protection, animalwelfare )

Cal
- 41 days ago - eurekalert.org
One of the first set of studies to examine what tourists and recreation enthusiasts actually think about coral reef ecosystems suggests they are a rare exception to controversies over human use versus environmental conservation - their stunning beauty is
Exotic Shrimp Species Could Become a Threat to Waterways
Animals  (tags: animals, invasive species, oceans, environment, habitat, humans, protection )

Cal
- 41 days ago - wwltv.com
Wildlife experts say the appearance of giant tiger prawns in Gulf of Mexico waters are reason for alarm, and they want fishermen to let them know if they find any in their nets.
Badger Cull Still on After Vote Defeated
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, killing, wildanimals, protection, humans, slaughter, animalcruelty )

Cal
- 41 days ago - dailypost.co.uk
RURAL affairs minister Elin Jones last night defended a planned badger cull in west Wales to try to eradicate TB in cattle.
Naboon Steals Leopard Kill...LOL
Animals  (tags: environment, death, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals, society )

Gorilly
- 42 days ago - predatoraware.wildlifedirect.org
Amazingly the leopard was almost immediately surrounded by some Baboons which stole the gazelle kill from her. She had not really had time to get her kill into a tree. Poor girl...all that energy spent to feed the silly Baboons...LOL Gorilly
New Study Chronicles Declining Populations, Major Threats to Sage-Grouse
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, endangered, wildanimals, protection, humans, wildlife )

Cal
- 41 days ago - wildearthguardians.org
Feds Considering ESA Listing for Greater and Mono Basin Sage-Grouse
Prominent Lawyer Takes Up Lucy's Cause
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, elephant, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 86 days ago - vancouversun.com
Clayton Ruby is famous for getting the wrongfully convicted out of jail. Now, the high-profile criminal lawyer will work to free a different kind of jailbird -- Lucy the elephant -- from a different kind of cage: Edmonton's Valley Zoo.
BLM Capture of Iconic Wild Horse Herd Sparks Controversy
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, horses, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 86 days ago - thecloudfoundation.org
Once wild and free, living in spectacular sub-alpine meadows designated by Congress as their home, 57 wild Mustangs now wait in dusty pens in the 90 degree heat. The BLM pens sit at the base of the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range of Wyoming and Montana
Gay Vultures Split Up, Then Start New Families
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, vultures, zoos, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 86 days ago - ecoworldly.com
A pair of male vultures at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo who successfully reared two chicks together have split up and started new families with female vultures.
 
 
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