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Poachers kill last female rhino in South African park for prized horn
Jul 20 2010, Craig

South African wildlife experts are calling for urgent action against poachers after the last female rhinoceros in a popular game reserve near Johannesburg bled to death after having its horn hacked off.

Wildlife officials say poaching for the prized...

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Dolphin Slaughter .. In Denmark? Take A Look At The OTHER 'Cove'
Sanwali, Shimla
For years, a graphic email petition featuring several stomach-churning photos of dolphins and small whales being slaughtered in an island cove has been making the...
Environment, The Cove, dolphin hunt in Taiji
made popular Jun 10 2010
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Oil spill covers more birds and video shows tar balls washing up on Alabama beaches
Oscar, Oaxaca
The oil is still leaking into the Gulf of Mexico as BP’s last effort to cap the oil pipe with a 100 ton dome was not successful this weekend. This oil soaked...
Environment, u.s., gulf of mexico
made popular May 12 2010
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Kenya Moves Zebras To Feed Lions
Alyasin, Nairobi
Hidden among the umbrella-shaped acacia trees are walls of dull tarpaulin which form a funnel toward the ramp of a truck that waits with its back door open. It is...
Environment, Amboseli National Park, Kenya
made popular Mar 9 2010
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Oil Exploration in Uganda Blamed for Increased Poaching
John, Kampala
Authorities got concerned when they identified the animal killed in November 2009 as a reedbuck that had been transported to Kabwoya from Lake Mburo National Park to...
Environment, tullow oil, oil
made popular Jan 30 2010
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Thousands joined hands to protect flora & faunas near Indo-Bhutan border
Jayantakumar , Kalaigaon
Thousands joined hands to protect flora & faunas near Indo-Bhutan border More than thousand people, mostly students and woman attended a huge rally at Nonaikhat...
Environment, Green Valley, Wildlife
made popular Nov 30 2009
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In Kenya, Room for British Troops and Wildlife Tourists
Mykses, Nairobi
James Christian remembers the night a few years ago when he and his wife took a Scottish travel agent camping on their land in Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau. As they...
Travel, Kenya, Wildlife
made popular Oct 28 2009
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Mystery shrouds death of a three months old wild baby elephant in Assam,India
Jayantakumar , Kalaigaon
Another shocking example of the death of a baby wild elephant in Udalguri district in Assam in India has come to light to much disappointment of people. Instead of...
Environment, Wildlife, elephants
made popular Sep 7 2009
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Global agony of Creatures Great and Small
Marie Hazledine-Barber, Picton
Letter from a friend. “What else in the woods” Animal Holocaust in an Australian Carpark As human beings, what right do we have not to afford equal...
Environment, Animal, Cruelty
made popular Aug 31 2009
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Wild elephant finally gets proper treatment in Assam?
Jayantakumar , Kalaigaon
The eight years old female elephant which had been mercilessly tortured by locals near Koramore on August 9 was rescued by forest and civil administration under police...
Environment, Elephant, Man elephant conflict
made popular Aug 24 2009
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Wild elephant tortured mercilessly: Rescued by administration
Jayantakumar , Kalaigaon
Shocking example of human cruelty, meted out to a eight years wild elephant at Surjyanagar,(Bethlehem Bagan) near Koramore under Harisinga Revenue circle (25 KM from...
Environment, Nature, wildlife
made popular Aug 12 2009
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Rare bird rescued at Orangajuli in Assam
Jayantakumar , Kalaigaon
One rare species of bird belonging to Cuckoo family has been rescued at Orangajuli tea estate (near India - Bhutan border)in Udalguri district in Assam on the morning...
Environment, Nature, wildlife
made popular Aug 8 2009
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Kenya Ivory, Rhino horn seizure tops 660 pounds
Rose Ng'ang'a, Nairobi
Kenya seized more than 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of illegal ivory and black rhinoceros horn – some of it still bloody – on a cargo plane headed to Asia on Tuesday,...
Politics & Society, wildlife, Illegal poaching
made popular Jul 15 2009
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A Legacy of the `White Brahmin’--- Jim Corbett National Park
Neha Finney, Terre Haute
From small beginnings and relative obscurity Jim Corbett National Park has come a long way. Our country’s and Asia’s first Reserve Forest the park was initially...
Entertainment, Travel, India Tourism
made popular Jan 29 2009
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Wildlife tourism gaining popularity in Kerala
Ankita, Mumbai
Wildlife tourism is slowly gaining popularity in kerala and many tourists, especially foreigners, are increasingly enthusiastic about spending time in the wild. Many...
Travel, Wildlife, tourism, Kerala
made popular Jun 30 2008
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The moment a wildlife officer risked his life to save drowning bear
Deepa, mumbai
Bear necessities: Wildlife officer Adam Warwick stripped off and jumped into the sea to save the bear who bolted into the water after being hit by a tranquiliser dart.
wildlife, bear, rescue, drowning
made popular Jun 30 2008
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Himachal Pradesh
Arun Kumar, shimla
A state in northwest India. Neighboring regions are Tibet to the east, Jammu & Kashmir to the north and northwest Punjab to the southwest, Hariyana and Uttar...
Travel, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayas, temples
made popular Jun 26 2008
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Man in India jailed for caring for orphaned bear
Nash, Beirut
It was supposed to be a heartwarming tale of a man who brought an orphaned bear cub home from the forests of India to console his 6-year-old daughter, who had just lost...
Politics & Society, India, WildLife, Politics & Society
made popular Jun 27 2008
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Wildlife populations are plummeting at a shocking rate
Trevor, Burlington
Between a quarter and a third of the world’s wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to data compiled by the Zoological Society of London.
Environment, Wildlife, Populations, Zoological Society
made popular May 16 2008
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Where Did All the Animals Go
Warren Hayashi, Prince George
Land to provide food, shelter and the resources for the next generation of life on spaceship Earth is becoming harder and harder to obtain for all life forms engaged in...
Environment, wild cougar, wildlife
made popular May 8 2008
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Wildlife in danger in Bangladesh
Yemon Ganguly Shukla, nagpur
Though the Department of Forest is very much aware of the open destruction of the wildlife preservation policies and open trade of different species, the existing laws...
Environment, Wildlife, Bangladesh
made popular May 4 2008
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Legless lizard found in Brazil may be new species
Aneez, Mumbai
Scientists have discovered a legless lizard, a toad and a dwarf woodpecker among 14 species believed to be new to science in central Brazil, a wildlife conservation...
Environment, Legless Lizard, Bachia Genus, Snake
made popular Apr 30 2008
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A man, a wolf and a whole new world
Harshpaul, shimla
Steve Gooder tells the tale of a British-born hunter and his mighty foe - and how their duel in the dying days of the Wild West led to the birth of America’s...
history, wildlife, wolf, America's conservation movement
made popular Apr 4 2008
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Sex, murder, tentacles... Octopuses have it all
Sameer Kumar, Hyderabad
Marine biologists studying wild octopuses have found a kinky and violent society of jealous murders, gender subterfuge and once-in-a-lifetime sex... I guess they are...
Environment, Octopus, Sex, Murder
made popular Apr 2 2008
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Gray wolf: Still endangered? CNN.com
Sameer Kumar, Hyderabad
he gray wolf was officially removed from the Endangered Species Act’s “threatened” list Friday after three decades — a decision that has stoked...
Environment, Gray Wolf, Environment, Endangered Species
made popular Mar 30 2008
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Bailable warrant issued against Aamir Khan
Sameer Kumar, Hyderabad
A bialable warrant has been issued against Aamir for shooting a Chinkara. This is not with the gun though!
Entertainment, Bollywood, Aamir Khan, Movies
made popular Mar 29 2008
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Simply Amazing pics from the Wilds
Vikas Shekhawat, Churu, Rajasthan
FROM THE WILDS of Alaska to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez to a front porch in suburban Ohio, the winners of the 36th annual National Wildlife Photography Awards found...
Environment, wildlife, national wildlife photography awards, Environment
made popular Mar 5 2008
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In a June 2, 2008 file photo actress Ashley Judd appears on the NBC “Today” television program in New York. Judd appears in a new Internet video for Defenders of Wildlife, and targets not only Alaska’s practice of killing wolves and bears from...

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