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  • October 2008

    • Help's on Way for Cape Cod Manatee

      Cape Cod Times  |  Oct 10, 08 7:11 AM CDT

      Help's on Way for Cape Cod Manatee

      (Newser) - A 1,000-pound manatee, with one eye and an injured flipper, has been stranded for four days off the sleepy Cape Cod harbor town of Dennis, and its chances of returning to warmer waters without help appear slim, reports the Cape Cod Times . The US Fish and Wildlife Service will try to rescue the manatee, dubbed Dennis, this weekend. More »

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      rescue  • Cape Cod  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  • Manatees  • Sea World  • International Fund for Animal Welfare

  • August 2008
  • May 2008

    • Fishermen Shoot Sea Lions in Battle Over Salmon

      Associated Press  |  May 5, 08 11:43 AM CDT

      Fishermen Shoot Sea Lions in Battle Over Salmon

      (Newser) - Six  federally protected sea lions were shot to death along the Columbia River in Washington yesterday as they lay in traps set to move them to another region, AP reports. Three elephant seals were killed the previous day in California. All were apparently the victims of a battle between fishermen and the animals that feed on endangered salmon. Officials had planned to move up to 85 seals a year out of the Washington area, but have now suspended trapping as they investigate. More »

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      fish  • salmon  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  • elephant seals

  • November 2007

    • Feds Reverse 7 Wildlife Decisions

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 28, 07 9:19 PM CST

      Feds Reverse 7 Wildlife Decisions

      (Newser) - The Fish and Wildlife Service reversed seven decisions that watered down protections for endangered species, saying they were “improperly influenced” by a Bush appointee with no formal training in natural sciences, the Los Angeles Times reports. The appointee, Julie MacDonald, "should never have been allowed near the endangered species program," a congressional critic said. More »

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      endangered species  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

    • Activists Howl as Wolves Leave Endangered List

      Associated Press  |  Nov 24, 07 5:45 AM CST

      Activists Howl as Wolves Leave Endangered List

      (Newser) - Federal officials plan to pull gray wolves from the endangered species list for the first time in more than 20 years, the AP reports. Hunters will be allowed to reduce the growing wolf population, which threatens livestock in the Northern Rockies—but activists vow lawsuits to block the plan, saying that 2,000 to 3,000 gray wolves are necessary to keep the species from vanishing. More »

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      list  • endangered species  • cattle  • endangered species list  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  • gray wolf  • hunters

  • July 2007

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