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Record-Breaking 128lb Python That Measures 18ft and 8in Long Is Captured and Killed in Florida
Animals  (tags: wildanimals, wildlife, snake )

Karen
- 4 minutes ago - dailymail.co.uk
Previous length for the longest Burmese Python in Florida was 17ft, 7in The female snake was not carrying eggs, researchers said The Pythons are responsible for killing many small animals in the one million acre Everglades
Bear in the Air - Hartford Pets | Examiner.Com
Animals  (tags: bear stuck in tree, rescued, AnimalWelfare, animals, wildlife, wildanimals, humans, goodnews, GoodNews, animaladvocates )

Dianne Ly
- 10 minutes ago - examiner.com
While most local fire departments have been called to rescue cats stranded in trees, firefighters in Colorado Springs were called to in to help a 150 lb female black bear after she made its way into the tree Sunday morning, but was unable to get back down
Bolivia- Ban Sport Hunting of Giant Anteater ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, environment, protection, killing, suffering, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1 hour ago - thepetitionsite.com
Native to Central and South America, the giant anteater is listed as a vunerable species, even though it is now extinct in many of its former ranges. Between 2000 and 2010 the total population declined by 30 percent.
Save African Elephants From Extinction ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, killing, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 2 hours ago - avaaz.org
A new UN report warns that 'The African elephant is facing the greatest crisis in decades...and may soon disappear unless urgent action is taken.' Though this is happening as a result of demand for ivory in Asia, Kenya in particular has become a
Fiji Airways and Fiji Government: Please Stop Trafficking Shark Fin to China ! SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 2 hours ago - avaaz.org
The export of shark fin extracted from Fiji's marine environment, and that of its neighbouring states in the South Pacific, imposes a direct threat to Fiji's economy and its image as a prestigious tourist destination.
Help Save Tigers ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, tigers, wildlife )

Cher
- 2 hours ago - tigertime.info
Having political support is vital if we are to save the tiger in the wild. We need politicians to recognise that there is a problem and to act to save the wild tiger before it is too late. You have the right to contact your MP about any issue that you
Commend Environmental Commission for Protecting Endangered Shark ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 2 hours ago - forcechange.com
Thank the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission for enhancing shark protections worldwide
ACTION NEEDED The Ugly Truth About Balloons!: Over 2 Million Animals Are Killed a Year From Eating Balloons!
Animals  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, nature, wildlife, pollution, protection, destruction, endangered, treatment, safety, prevention, protection, risks, humans, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, killed, killing, suffering, sadness, wildlife, cruelty, death, endangered )

Kelly
- 5 hours ago - change.org
When balloons go into the air, they have to come down. However, when they come down, they pop and animals eat the balloons, thinking they're food to eat. Help keep animals off the endangered list!
Act Now to Save the Mola Mola and Other Wildlife From Deadly Drift Gillnets.
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Teresa
- 7 hours ago - act.oceana.org
Mile-long drift gillnets are left out to soak overnight in the waters off of southern California. Intended to catch swordfish and thresher sharks, these nets also capture and critically injure iconic marine animals like the unique 14-foot-long ocean sunfi
Breaking News! Proposed Nationwide Delisting of Wolves in the Lower 48 Has Been Delayed Indefinitely!!!
Animals  (tags: GOOD NEWS!, Wolves! YAY!, wildlife, GoodNews, environment, conservation, AnimalWelfare, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, protection )

Roxie
- 12 hours ago - ktvl.com
Federal wildlife officials are postponing a much-anticipated decision on whether to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states . In a court filing Monday, government attorneys say "a recent unexpected delay" is indefinitely holding up
Michigan: Wolf Hunt Allows Controversial Steel-Jaw Traps
Animals  (tags: Traps, Wolves, Michigan, cruelty, animals, animaladvocates, AnimalWelfare, sadness, killing, suffering, wildlife, slaughter, abuse, wildanimals, protection, ethics, crime, investigation, humans, environment, animalcruelty, society, conservation, abused, kill )

Roxie
- 12 hours ago - freep.com
The wolf hunt this November and December will allow for the use of steel-jaw leg traps, raising criticism from those who consider it a cruel practice and who question allowing traps on public lands
Michigan: Lawmakers Found a Way Around Wolf Hunt Petition Drive
Animals  (tags: Michigan, Wolves, Hunters, protection, crime, cruelty, death, animals, AnimalWelfare, abuse, wildanimals, sadness, slaughter, killing, wildlife, environment, animalrights, habitat, humans, ethics, animalcruelty, society, suffering )

Roxie
- 12 hours ago - freep.com
"Who are the stakeholders?" he said. "Is it just hunters? Are hunters the only ones who should be consulted on whether and how we should hunt some type of creature?"
Michigan : The War Over Wolves: U.P. Residents Say Hunt Will Control a Killer
Animals  (tags: Michigan, Wolves, Slaughter, habitat, cruelty, animals, animalrights, sadness, killing, extinction, animalcruelty, abuse, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, slaughter, ethics, death, conservation, environment, society, suffering, animalwelfare, animaladvoc )

Roxie
- 12 hours ago - freep.com
Lifelong Ironwood resident Al Clemens said the wolves have "decimated" the local deer population, affecting the popular -- and economically important -- local deer hunt. In recent years, hunters at his deer camp south of town have seen only about one-sixth
Demand An End to Trophy Hunting in South Africa! By Hilary Trigg...PLEASE, SIGN!
Animals  (tags: wildanimals, wildlife, endangered, animals, animalrights, environment, killing, protection, society, animalcruelty )

Isa
- 14 hours ago - google.fi
South Africa has become a nation characterized by its cruelty and oppression during Apartheid, and as the crime, rape and violence capital ever since.We, the Public, are in violent opposition of Trophy Hunting.
Action Alert! Stop Ottawa's War on Wildlife Please Sign Petition
Animals  (tags: environment, destruction, habitat, wildlife, protection )

Candy
- 14 hours ago - wildlifeontario.ca
(Do not be fooled by positive-sounding platitudes in this report. It is simply cheap window dressing while the reporting lines and unspoken actions will just mean more death for wildlife in Ottawa.) Mayor Jim Watson has delivered another blow!
Stop Killing of Bobcats for Foreign Fashionistas
Animals  (tags: State Government, wildlife, environment, killing, destruction, habitat )

Candy
- 16 hours ago - action.biologicaldiversity.org
Luckily there's a ray of hope for California's bobcats: Assembly Bill 1213, the Bobcat Protection Act of 2013, would limit the commercial trapping of bobcats in our state Joshua Tree National Park experienced runaway commercial trapping in 2012
Africa: In Vietnam, Rhino Horns Worth Their Weight in Gold
Animals  (tags: wildlife, rhinos, suffering, slaughter, sadness, humans, animalcruelty, cruelty )

Jill
- 1 day ago - allafrica.com
A message over the creature's head reads: "Rhino horn is made of the same stuff as human nails. Still want some? Produced by TRAFFIC and the World Wildlife Fund, these posters are soon to appear on the walls of publlic places in major Vietnamese cities.
African Leaders Must Emulate Chinese Celebrities to Save Elephants
Animals  (tags: Elephants, Ivory, Rhinos, wildlife, poachers, suffering, endangered, conservation, animalcruelty )

Jill
- 1 day ago - guardian.co.uk
The world can no longer ignore the reality that elephants may be gone within decades, unless something drastic happens to stop the slaughter. Crushing the criminal cartels in Africa is only half of the challenge
News & Info on Sea Shepherd By David Cohen
Animals  (tags: Sea Shepherd, David Cohen, wildlife, suffering, protection, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, whales, society, killing, animals )

Roxie
- 1 day ago - paper.li
This is a collection of various official sea shepherd sources and others on wildlife conservationism, animal rights, vegetarianism, veganism and serves the promotion of sea shepherd conservation society.
   

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