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6,000 Camels to Be Shot to Death in "Humane" Aerial Cull
Animals  (tags: australian goverment, disgrace, thirsty camels, slaughtered, massacred, shot to death, cruetly, outrage )

Simone
- 23 hours ago - ecoworldly.com
Thousands of feral camels, in search of water, are reportedly wreaking havoc on the small Australian town of Docker River. The dromedaries are destroying property and infrastructure and have reportedly overtaken the airstrip. Some of the thirsty camel
Nearly 2 Tons of Ivory Seized in Eastern Africa
Animals  (tags: animals, elephants, ivory, animal skins, poachers, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, protection, wildlife, endangered, killing )

Dee
- 3 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Kenya- African authorities raided shops, intercepted vehicles at checkpoints and used sniffer dogs to detect and seize over 3,800 pounds (1,768 kilograms) of illegal elephant ivory in a six-nation operation, Interpol and the Kenya Wildlife Service said..
Town Under Siege: 6,000 Camels to Be Shot - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Animals  (tags: camels, cull, Northern Territory, Australia, drought, thirst )

Jenny
- 6 days ago - abc.net.au
Docker River community - The Territory Gov't is spending $50,000 on a cull in the next week. Helicopters will herd the camels 15 kilometres outside the community where they will be shot and left to decay. Pictured: camel tries to open a door.
Getting Rid of Fleas Holistically
Animals  (tags: pets, protection, fleas, holistic, animals, cats, dogs )

Roseann
- 12 days ago - caberfeidh.com
Fleas, like all parasites, prey on the weak, sick, and malnourished. An animal infested with fleas is an unhealthy animal, and while the fleas certainly worsen this ill health, they do not cause it.
Armed With Many Weapons, We Are Killing Our Oceans
Animals  (tags: marine mammals, overfishing, habitat destruction, whaling, shark fins, humans, destruction )

Simone
- 12 days ago - enn.com
What he's seeing are oceans in crisis, their health potentially at a tipping point: gratuitously destructive overfishing, endangered underwater "big game" (100 million sharks killed each year), dying coral reefs, and subtle but potentially catastrophic
Endangered Animals Sold to Hunting Safari
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, cruelty, crime, endangered, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 12 days ago - nzherald.co.nz
Exotic and endangered animals from an abandoned wildlife sanctuary were sold to a hunting safari in the Northern Territory, it has been revealed. Some 300 animals, including herds of critically endangered African scimitar horned oryx and
FIRST PICTURES: "Predator" Corals Eat Jellyfish
Animals  (tags: Jellyfish, Predator, kids )

Nancy
- 11 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Sorry, kids--scientists have not discovered the first known bubblegum-blowing sea creature. But they have found the only known corals to eat adult jellyfish, a new study says.
Happy Reunion Between Dog and Returning Soldier Takes YouTube By Storm! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, reunions, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 15 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
More than four years after it was recorded, a home video uploaded to YouTube so it could be shared with family members has become a big hit with animal lovers virtually overnight.
Deal to Limit Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Catches Not Good Enough, Say Environmentalists
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, blue fin tuna, environment, protection, extinction )

Cher
- 15 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Environmentalists on Monday said an international deal to reduce catches of Atlantic bluefin tuna didn't go far enough to protect the species from extinction.
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus European Tour Crumbles
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, circus, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 22 days ago - all-creatures.org
As pressure from Animal Defenders International (ADI), AnimaNaturalis, and other animal welfare organizations mounts in Spain, Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus has cancelled a visit to Valencia from its European tour. This follows cancellation
 
 
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