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  • World's smallest whale population faces extinction

    Wed, Jun 30, 2010 9:56 AM by Agence France-Presse

    The Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska once teemed with North Pacific right whales, but hunting has wiped out most of them.

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  • Gambling woman jailed after leaving 27 animals in hot car

    Tue, Jun 29, 2010 5:11 PM

    Missouri woman arrested after leaving 25 cats and 2 dogs in her filthy car while gambling inside a casino.

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  • The prowling hour: Encounters with lions in Kenya

    Tue, Jun 29, 2010 9:30 AM by Cool Green Science Blog

    Nature Conservancy lead scientist Sanjayan has an extraordinary encounter with wildlife in a previously unexplored area of Kenya. Find out why he was there.

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  • Rare white elephant caught in Myanmar

    Tue, Jun 29, 2010 6:32 AM by Reuters

    White elephants have long been revered in Asian countries and have traditionally been symbols of power and prosperity.

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  • Plan hatched to move turtle eggs away from oil spill

    Mon, Jun 28, 2010 11:43 PM by Steve Gorman, Reuters

    Plans call for relocating 700 to 800 clutches of eggs left newly buried on the sandy beaches of Alabama and Florida.

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  • Man survives Kentucky's 1st recorded black bear attack

    Mon, Jun 28, 2010 9:10 PM by Beth Campbell, AP

    Tim Scott was about to stab the bear with his pocket knife when a hiker threw his pack and distracted the animal.

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  • Great white shark spotted off Mass. coast

    Mon, Jun 28, 2010 8:32 PM by Bob Salsberg, AP

    Shark experts say that visits by great whites to New England waters may be on the rise.

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  • Borneo's crocodiles 'no longer endangered'

    Sun, Jun 27, 2010 11:57 PM by Agence France-Presse

    There's demand for legal crocodile leather for handbags and clothing accessories, as well as for crocodile meat in kitchens throughout Asia.

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  • Lion decides to play through at Montana golf course

    Sun, Jun 27, 2010 9:53 PM by Associated Press

    There have been more reports of mountain lion sightings in the area this year than in previous years.

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  • Raccoon blamed for 5-hour downtown Memphis outage

    Sat, Jun 26, 2010 9:00 PM by Associated Press

    The raccoon climbed more than 30 feet, over barriers intended to keep animals out, and short-circuited a switch on a substation.

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  • Judge finds Canadian oil company guilty in duck deaths

    Fri, Jun 25, 2010 6:44 PM by Agence France-Presse

    The ducks died after they were drenched in thick toxic oil when they landed on the pond in April 2008.

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  • Calif. dogs get new leash on life in Canada

    Fri, Jun 25, 2010 3:45 PM by Sue Manning, AP

    Canadian philanthropist Jan Folk sponsors freedom flights across the border to save dogs from death row.

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  • What is killing Argentina's right whales?

    Fri, Jun 25, 2010 3:44 PM by Agence France-Presse

    The Valdes Peninsula is one of the most popular whalewatching venues on the planet, attracting 200,000 eco-tourists annually.

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  • Greenland gets green light to hunt humpback whales

    Fri, Jun 25, 2010 1:46 PM by Agence France-Presse

    "Aboriginal subsistence whaling" to meet nutritional and cultural needs is the only kind allowed under a 1986 ban on commercial whaling.

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  • Amputee cat gets bionic legs

    Fri, Jun 25, 2010 6:25 AM by Agence France-Presse

    The cat has been outfitted with state-of-the-art prosthetic limbs.

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