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Endangered Species

                   

Australia's spot-tailed quoll is under threat of extinction

wwf.org.au
Oct 1, 2008
        

Australia's largest mainland carnivore is under serious threat of extinction, warns WWF-Australia in the lead up to World Animal Day. World Animal Day was initiated in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence as a way of...

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Lawsuit seeks Species Act protection for wolverine

wtop.com
Sep 30, 2008 8 related
        

By SUSAN GALLAGHER Associated Press Writer HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Environmental groups sued the federal government Tuesday to protect wolverines under the Endangered Species Act, saying the Interior Department disregarded...

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Gov't proposes 48 new endangered species in Hawaii

iht.com
Sep 30, 2008 17 related
        

The federal government is proposing to add 47 species of plants and animals and one insect to the endangered species list — all found only on the island of Kauai. The action by the Interior Department for the first time would...

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cnn.com: A U.S. District judge has returned the gray wolf to the federal endangered list. cnn.com

Gray wolf returns to endangered species list

cnn.com
Sep 30, 2008 21 related
        

Ruling bars the Great Lakes states from permitting hunting or trapping of wolves Wildlife officials in the three states said the ruling would be disruptive Wolf occupies about 5 percent of its historical range TRAVERSE...

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Why is it important to save manatees?

usgs.gov
Sep 30, 2008
        

administers the Sirenia Project, which encompasses a team of scientists dedicated to long-term research on the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Florida. Why save the manatee? It boils down to a fundamentally...

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Wildlife experts descend on San Francisco

mongabay.com
Sep 30, 2008
        

Wildlife experts from around the world are arriving in San Francisco ahead of a conservation expo that gives the public the opportunity to meet, in person, the people who are saving endangered wildlife. The event — put...

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A building ban near rivers?

nwsource.com
Sep 30, 2008
        

Feds call for moratorium in bid to protect salmon, orcas By ROBERT McCLURE P-I REPORTER To protect salmon and orcas, federal fisheries managers are calling for a moratorium on development near rivers in the Puget Sound...

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Zoo's Care of Rare Monkeys Breeds Success

redorbit.com
Sep 30, 2008
        

A westcountry zoo has been so successful in breeding critically endangered exotic monkeys that it is sending a pair to France to help conserve the species. Newquay Zoo has been breeding the pied tamarins, one of the 25...

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Fighting for Their Life Preservationists Seek Sage Grouse Protection

redorbit.com
Sep 30, 2008
        

By Keith Rogers By KEITH ROGERS REVIEW-JOURNAL With 70,000 to 80,000 sage grouse scampering through thickets of high desert shrubs in Nevada, a casual observer might think the chickenlike bird is hardly a candidate for...

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Out of sight, out of mind - Marine Conservation

makewealthhistory.org
Sep 29, 2008
        

We’ve looked at why conservation matters, and in the past we covered the importance of protecting the rain forests. We’ve also addressed pollution, focusing particularly on the oceans and “sea fill“. If you didn’t guess...

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