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Australian States Fight Over Ownership Of Giant Crocodile
by Ezquara
Posted August 7th, 2010 at 12:06 am

A remarkable photograph of a giant crocodile measuring 22ft from nose to tail has sparked a war of words in Australia over which state the beast belongs to. The exceptionally large reptile was believed to have been shot after terrorising a town in the Northern Territory during the 1990s.Jeida Francis, 23, told the Northern Territory News that the deadly saltwater crocodile was caught in Manangoora, an outstation south-east of Darwin. Mr Francis said that members of the community had seen ...

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155 Adult Tigers In Nepal, 5% Of World Population
by Ezquara
Posted August 3rd, 2010 at 1:12 am

The number of adult tiger has reached 155 in Nepal's forests, an increase of 28% over last year's population, a top official has said.The tiger population grew after tiger census was conducted in the Chure area of Chitawan National Park, which was skipped during last year's census, according to Coordinator of the Tiger census 2010 Bivash Pandav, an Indian national, who is working under World Wildlife Fund Nepal office in Kathmandu. The number of adult tiger has reached 155 in Nepal's fore...

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Delhi Zoo Exploring For Building Dolphinarium
by Wish
Posted July 28th, 2010 at 12:06 am

Notwithstanding opposition by wildlife enthusiasts to keeping dolphins in captivity, the Delhi Zoo is exploring the feasibility of building a dolphinarium as envisaged by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. The dolphin exhibit or dolphinarium will be the part of the yet to be prepared master plan of the Delhi Zoo which would also include a multi-species immersion exhibit with elevated board walk, interpretation centre, food court, open air theatre and souvenir shop. While majority of zoo...

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Jacko Wanted To Make Bubbles Talk
by Ezquara
Posted July 24th, 2010 at 12:06 am

Those were the words Michael Jackson always longed to hear... from his pet chimp Bubbles.For we can reveal the lonely wacko singer spent thousands of pounds trying to get leading THROAT SPECIALISTS to implant VOCAL CHORDS into his hairy pal. Then he intended to teach Bubbles his Ape-B-C so they could chat long into the night... and go quietly bananas together.The singer's chimp plan was hatched when he was in his prime-ate in the Eighties, his sister La Toya revealed. "Michael always w...

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China Seizes Eight Tonnes Of Endangered Pangolins
by Ezquara
Posted July 20th, 2010 at 12:08 am

Chinese customs said they have seized nearly eight tonnes of frozen pangolins -- an endangered species of scaly anteater -- from a fishing boat off the southern coast.The vessel was intercepted in June carrying the huge haul of animals and nearly two tonnes of their scales, said a statement on the website of customs authorities in Jiangmen in Guangdong province. The pangolin is designated as endangered in China, and anyone found guilty of smuggling the rare animals or their parts faces li...

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Borneo’s Crocodiles ‘No Longer Endangered’
by Wish
Posted July 4th, 2010 at 12:02 am

Wildlife officials in Malaysian Borneo are pushing to have its saltwater crocodiles removed from a list of endangered animals, saying the reptile's numbers have strongly recovered in recent years.Deputy director of the Sabah Wildlife Department Augustin Tuuga told AFP that a survey of the Crocodylus porosus population showed there were about 11,000 to 15,000 in the state compared to 1,000 to 5,000 two decades ago. "We are pushing to have the crocodile downgraded from the 'endangered' to t...

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Pregnant Pandas To Be Released Back Into Wild
by Ezquara
Posted June 27th, 2010 at 11:46 am

Researchers in China plan to send pregnant pandas bred in captivity into the semi-wilderness in an effort to introduce their cubs to a natural environment. Zhang Hemin, head of the Wolong panda reserve in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, said one or two pregnant pandas would be released into a semiwild area by the end of the year. The release area would be fenced but similar to the wilderness, allowing Zhang and his colleagues to monitor the animals."The pandas will give birth in...

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Image Of A Disaster…
by Wish
Posted June 27th, 2010 at 12:03 am

"They get me. It's just inherently sad," said Nils Warnock, a wildlife recovery specialist. "You see this bird totally covered in oil and all you can see are those eyes looking at you blinking. You'd have to be pretty tough not to be affected by that image."Warnock didn't see the birds in person. He's in California, but the pictures still hit him in the gut. Warnock has been rescuing birds in oil slicks since 1985 and he still chokes up when talking about photos of birds he hasn't seen in pe...

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A Caterpillar That Pretends To Be A Fearsome Snake
by Ezquara
Posted June 8th, 2010 at 12:04 am

At first glance it may look like a fearsome snake but this rearing creature is actually a small caterpillar with a cunning means of defence. The Spicebush Swallowtail has evolved a large pair of false eyespots and bold yellow and blue markings to frighten off potential predators. The brightly coloured insect, which is only a few inches long, was snapped by wildlife biologist Jonathan Mays in Maine, U.S.He was photographing the striking caterpillars and the large black and orange butterflies...

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Wildlife Death Toll From Oil Spill Still Uncertain
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Posted May 29th, 2010 at 12:04 am

Federal officials say they don't know whether a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico killed 189 sea turtles, birds and other animals found dead since it started.The total includes 154 sea turtles, primarily the endangered Kemp's ridley variety, plus 12 dolphins and 23 birds. But in a phone news conference Tuesday, officials said they don't know if any of the animals were killed by oil or the chemicals being used to disperse it. Barbara Schroeder of the National Oceanic and Atmospher...

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Zimbabwe Plans To Sell Elephants, Jackals, Cats To North Korea
by Ezquara
Posted May 27th, 2010 at 12:00 am

Zimbabwe plans to sell animals including elephants, jackals and wild cats to a zoo in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, according to Vitalis Chadenga, director of the African nation’s parks authority.The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority is also studying applications from Japan, Mozambique and three other unidentified nations to buy species, Chadenga said by phone today from the capital, Harare. “We don’t just export wildlife without first ascertaining if the conditions...

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Do Animals Deserve Privacy, Too?
by Taanuu
Posted May 24th, 2010 at 8:05 am

As Europe struggles to agree on new rules on sharing private banking data with the U.S. designed to stem the flow of international financing for terrorism, a new privacy issue has emerged that some people may consider less serious: animal privacy.According to a study by Brett Mills, a senior lecturer at the University of East Anglia in the U.K., television documentaries might be intruding into animals’ privacy. “We can never really know if animals are giving consent, but they often do...

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Laska The Dog Plays Mom To Two Baby Boars
by Taanuu
Posted April 17th, 2010 at 12:04 am

Call it motherly instinct: A dog named Laska in Hamburg, Germany, has taken to two tiny wild boar babies, after both were found abandoned in nearby forests. Walkers separately spotted the pint-sized females, now named Alice and Emma, and dropped them with the Heckers, a local family known for rehabilitating ailing creatures. But this time, it wasn't the family members who nursed the animals to health; instead Laska, an Alsatian mix, stepped in and took charge. According to the U.K.'s Dail...

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Australian States Fight Over Ownership Of Giant Crocodile