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Zulus Urged to Switch to Fake Fur

Biologist looks to save endangered leopards with synthetic pelts

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 9, 2011 5:42 AM CST

(Newser) – A leopard can't change its spots, but can South Africa's Zulus trade their traditional leopard-pelt adornments for a cheap knockoff? For the sake of protecting the country's dwindling population of the big cats, conservation biologist Tristan Dickerson hopes they can. Dickerson has...   Read full story »

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