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S.F. Zoo Vet Says Tiger Was 'a Healthy Cat'
Animals  (tags: tigers, zoos, Tatiana, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
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- 6 hours ago - sfgate.com
The San Francisco Zoo consulted with at least four other institutions as well as outside animal nutritionists before determining that Tatiana - the Siberian tiger who escaped and killed a visitor on Christmas - should weigh about 250 pounds.
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Snow Monkeys Die at Wildlife Park
Animals  (tags: snow monkeys, captivity, wildlife park, death, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 6 hours ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Three of the Japanese snow monkeys introduced to the Highland Wildlife Park, near Aviemore, as a major tourist attraction have died.
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Zoo's Newborn Snow Leopard Cubs Die
Animals  (tags: snow leopards, births, cubs, death, zoos, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 6 hours ago - adn.com
Keepers at the Alaska Zoo are mourning the deaths of two snow leopard cubs born this week. The deaths marked the zoo's second failed effort to produce leopard offspring in captivity.
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Swordfish Found on South Wales Beach
Animals  (tags: swordfish, found, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, death )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 6 hours ago - wildlifeextra.com
The body of a large fish was found washed up on Barry Island beach in the Vale of Glamorgan. It was a torpedo-shaped fish over six feet long with a long snout, a crescent tail and curved back fin.
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Tigress Joins Lone Tiger in Sariska
Animals  (tags: tigress, reserves, India, relocated, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, endangered, extinction, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 6 hours ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
A Royal Bengal tigress was flown to Rajasthan's Sariska tiger reserve from the Ranthambore national park on Friday to give company to a tiger relocated there last week. The tiger was shifted from Ranthambore on June 28.
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The Natura 2000 Network Does Not Guarantee the Preservation of the Iberian Lynx, Warning World Wildlife Fund
Animals  (tags: Iberian lynx, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, endangered, extinction, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 6 hours ago - translate.google.com
The environmentalist organization has found "significant and serious deficiencies" in certain areas with stable presence of the species.
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Conservationists Blame 'Global Mafia' for Decline in Bengal Tigers
Animals  (tags: tigers, decline, Nepal, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, killing, protection, endangered, extinction, habitat, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 7 hours ago - cbc.ca
A dramatic decline in the population of Bengal tigers in a Nepalese wildlife reserve has the World Wildlife Fund blaming the "powerful global Mafia that controls illegal wildlife trade."
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Badger Cull 'to Be Rejected'
Animals  (tags: badgers, cull rejected, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 7 hours ago - independent.co.uk
A Government decision not to allow a cull of badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle is "a disaster", farmers' leaders said today.
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Announcing Japan Dolphin Day, September 3, 2008
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animalcruelty, animals, animalrights, wildlife, wildanimals )

Beatrice
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- 9 hours ago - savejapandolphins.org
Each year, Japanese fishermen eradicate about 23,000 dolphins and other small whales in the most brutal way imaginable. Operating with a permit from their government, they carry out the largest massacre of cetaceans anywhere in the world. Some of the meat
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S.F. Zoo Gets Lucky: Baby Aye-Aye Lemur Born! Video!
Animals  (tags: lemurs, zoos, births, rare, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 17 hours ago - sfgate.com
It's rough being an endangered aye-aye lemur: It takes 2 to 3 hours to copulate, and if you don't have a good teacher, you may never procreate at all. A pair of the nocturnal creatures from Madagascar got lucky, however. The proof: the baby aye-aye
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Man Fights Off Tiger in West Bengal
Animals  (tags: tigers, attack, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, endangered, extinction, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
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- 18 hours ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
For a split second, Fatik Haldar didn't know what had hit him. It was a sudden, searing pain. His feet were stuck in the mud, in four feet of water in a river near Benifeli forest in the Sunderbans. Dropping his fishing net, he screamed in agony as
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Peta Pushes for Ban on Jumbo Rides
Animals  (tags: elephants, ban, rides, India, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 18 hours ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Once revered, now threatened by tuberculosis, the Asian elephant in south India has found an ally in PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) which has issued a missive to the Union Health Ministry seeking an immediate ban on jumbo joyrides.
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40 Crocodiles Born at Vandalur
Animals  (tags: crocodiles, born, zoos, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
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- 18 hours ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Biologist Baskar wakes up early every morning and goes along with crocodile keeper Manikandan to monitor the movements of the reptiles in eight enclaves at the Arignar Anna Zoological park, popularly known as Vandalur Zoo.
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Three Held for Smuggling Tortoises
Animals  (tags: tortoises, smuggling, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 18 hours ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Busting an international racket involved in the smuggling of tortoises, Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three people in Sultanpur district. Live tortoises weighing over 40 quintals in all were seized, the police said on Thursday.
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Second Tiger to Be Shifted to Sariska
Animals  (tags: tigers, relocated, reserve, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 18 hours ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
In a bid to revive the big cat population in the Sariska reserve, one more tiger will soon be airlifted from Ranthambore to the reserve.
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Chinese Prefer Tigers in the Wild Over Tigers on Their Plates
Animals  (tags: tigers, China, animal trade, ban, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, endangered, extinction )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - news.mongabay.com
A new survey shows that most Chinese would rather have tigers living in the wild than tiger products on their dinner plates. However the poll also revealed some notable contradictions in attitudes toward the trade in tiger parts.
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African Lion Cubs Born at Riverbanks! Video!!
Animals  (tags: lion cubs, birth, zoos, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - wistv.com
Beginning Wednesday, Riverbanks Zoo's four new African lion cubs can be seen through the viewing window in the Bird Conservation Center across from the sea lion exhibit.
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Tiger Settles Down in New Sariska Home
Animals  (tags: tigers, reserves, settling in, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, endangered, extinction )

Cher
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- 1 day ago - ndtv.com
Scientists who helped relocate a tiger from Ranthambore to Sariska are happy with the big cat's progress. The four-year-old male tiger who was airlifted from Ranthambore, is reported to be settling down.
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New Cat Threat Emerges for KI
Animals  (tags: cats, animals, AnimalWelfare, wild cats, protection, environment, wildlife )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - kangarooisland.yourguide.com.au
Residents at Cygnet River say they are sick of being a dumping ground for unwanted kittens. Meanwhile, the Kangaroo Island Cat Control Committee is ready to wage war on the possible introduction of a new breed of wild cat to Australia and the Mayor
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Tiger Relocated to Sariska May Attempt to Return
Animals  (tags: tigers, relocated, return, reserve, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, endangered, extinction )

Cher
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- 1 day ago - ptinews.com
Five days after the much-hyped relocation of four-year-old tiger in Sariska reserve, a first of its kind in the world, wildlife officials now fear that the animal might try to return to its old habitat on releasing it in the wild.
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Lone Baby Snow Leopard Is Being Hand-Raised
Animals  (tags: snow leopards, cub, hand raised, animals, zoos, environment, protection, AnimalWelfare, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - battlecreekenquirer.com
Zookeepers are hand raising the cub because the mother wasn't displaying typical maternal behavior and the zoo's staff decided it was in the baby's best interest to intervene.
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Investigation of ONPRC Reveals Horrifying Abuse of Monkeys Used in Useless Experiments
Animals  (tags: vivisection, animal testing, abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, cruelty, death, ethics, investigation, killed, killing, protection, sadness, society, suffering, wildanimals, w )

Angel
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - stopanimaltests.com
The Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) confines more than 4,000 monkeys who are used in cruel studies. This facility received more than $33 million in taxpayer money in 2007, much of which is used for needless studies of illnesses that
   

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