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Posted by Esther Colwell
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Friday, 21 November 2008 |
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A last minute rescue is being planned by Madeline Pickens to save 33,000 wild horses facing death by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which may euthanize some of the 33,000 wild horses roaming free on the open
range in 10 Western states. The wife of Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens wants to create a refuge
for the horses. (Story at MSNBC)
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Posted by geri
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Thursday, 20 November 2008 |
At Phinda Game Reserve in Africa, wild animals that thrived long ago have been re-introduced onto recently-farmed lands. As fences have come down and nature allowed to return, endangered animals like cheetahs and black rhinos roam free and breed on an extended oasis of private land reserve.
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Posted by geri
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
US president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed he would "engage
vigorously" in global climate change talks and that denial was no
longer an acceptable response to global warming. Obama said in a
surprise video message to an international conference hosted by Gov. Schwarzenegger and four other state governors, that he would show new leadership on the issue as soon as he takes office in January.
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Read more... [Obama Vows to Engage World on Climate Change]
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Posted by geri
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 |
Once a common sight in waters around the Philippine islands, the giant clam had virtually disappeared until marine biologist Edgardo Gomez decided to do something about it. "Giant clams are essential to coral reefs and so it was a race against time to build stock up." Now reefs and bays in many parts of the Philippines are being restocked
with mature giant clams as part of his project. Educating local fisherman is also key.
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Read more... [Giant Clams Make Comeback in Philippines Thanks to Science]
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Posted by geri
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Sunday, 16 November 2008 |
When dozens of white sturgeon began washing up dead on the banks of British Columbia's Fraser River in the mid-1990s, some feared that North America's largest freshwater fish could be headed toward extinction. But now, thanks to an alliance of government agencies, environmentalists, aboriginal groups, and fishing interests, the sturgeon has been spurred to a robust recovery in the lower river (National Geographic News)
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