"Conservationists welcomed an Indian government plan to create eight new reserves to protect the country's dwindling tiger population, the government's Tiger Project announced Tuesday." (Associated Press via NewsVine)
A young mother visiting a zoo saved a four-month-old tiger by giving it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while fully grown adult tigers
prowled nearby. The zoo agreed that "the tiger would be dead if not for her." (The Age, Australia)
Kenya's population of elephants is increasing thanks to successful protection measures and a ban on ivory trade,
wildlife officials said. (Associated Press via PR Inside)
Africa's white rhinos were driven
to the brink of extinction in the early 20th century as poachers hunted
the animal for its horn. A breeding program launched in Botswana just
over 10 years ago has been successful in bringing the white rhino back
to Botswana's bush and it gives hope that black rhinos, which are still
seriously endangered, may also survive. An AFPTV video.