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Bluefin Tuna of the Western Atlantic Need Your Help -Please Send E-Mail!!!
Animals  (tags: wildlife, bluefin tuna, extinction, endangered, conservation, killing, sadness )

Tierney
- 14 days ago - oceanriver.org
Atlantic Bluefin tuna are close to population collapse. Studies show that the western Atlantic population has declined 82% since 1970. Scientists estimate that there are only 41,000 reproductively mature bluefin tuna PLease Click on: WRITE ON Thanks
Raccoons in Central Park Raise Rabies Concerns
Animals  (tags: animals, wildlife, protection, humans, dogs, rabies )

Tierney
- 13 days ago - cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
City health officials are warning visitors to Central Park to avoid contact with wild animals and to keep their dogs on a leash following the discovery of three rabid raccoons, two in the last week.
Protect Animal Victims of Foreclosure-Please Take Action!!
Animals  (tags: sadness, suffering, rescued, dogs, cats, animalwelfare )

Tierney
- 13 days ago - animalwelfare.change.org
In early December 2009, an animal sanctuary in Rhode Island was foreclosed upon, the owner evicted, and the animals ignored for 24 hours while the financial institutions stuck to their protocol of not allowing anyone onto the site. You can read more abou
Help Save Val, the Baby Elephant, From the Cruelty of Carson and Barnes Circus.Please Take Action!!!
Animals  (tags: wildanimals, suffering, protection, sadness, animalwelfare, AnimalCruelty, abused )

Tierney
- 13 days ago - animalwelfare.change.org
Two and a half year old baby Val has been performing for the Carson and Barnes Circus for about a year now. IDA is deeply concerned about her safety. We know the trauma that both mother and calf suffer when violently separated and prematurely weaned.
Suspect Poacher Arrested and Ivory Recovered
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, elephants, ivory, poaching, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 11 days ago - maasailand.wildlifedirect.org
I was just informed that a team of our Mbirikani Community Game Scouts (MCGS) arrested one man in possession of poached ivory, in a joint operation with the Kenya Wildlife Service.
Safia Moved to New Enclosure
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, lion cubs, rescued, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 10 days ago - bornfree.wildlifedirect.org
As you may have read already, a few weeks ago Born Free rescued a young lion cub from the far south of Ethiopia. On a 2m chain, padlocked at her neck, Safia was kept in a hut where children poked and shouted at her.
Cross River Gorilla Captured on Professional Film for the First Time! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, gorillas, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 11 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The world's rarest and most camera shy great ape has finally been captured on professional video on a forested mountain in Cameroon, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Germany's NDR Naturfilm
Chinese Year of Tiger Threatens India's Big Cats
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, China, Year of the Tiger, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, killing, conservation )

Cher
- 11 days ago - theage.com.au
INDIA'S wild tigers compete for survival with nearly 1.2 billion people. But conservationists warn a new threat looms - the Chinese New Year.
Turkey Fat Extremely Dangerous for Birds Warns RSPB
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, birds, turkey fat, wildlife, protection, environment )

Cher
- 11 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Many people put the leftover contents of Christmas dinner roasting tins outside, wrongly believing that it is as beneficial to birds as other fats like lard and suet. Suggestions that pouring the fat onto bird tables, or mixing it with seed in the belief
N. America's Biggest Fish Slips Toward Extinction
Animals  (tags: endangered, sturgeon, protection, fish )

Lone
- 11 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
BILLINGS, Mont. -- As efforts falter to save North America's largest freshwater fish - a toothless beast leftover from the days of dinosaurs - officials hope to stave off extinction by sending more water hurtling down a river so the fish can spawn in
 
 
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