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wildlife stories: 64 news summaries

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 Farmers Hunt Wildlife 
 to Keep Greens Clean 

E. coli scare prompts extreme measures in 'America's Salad Bowl'

Sep 2, 08 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - To please cautious companies, farmers have turned hunters in California's Salinas River Valley, where 60% of the nation's lettuce grows. They’re stalking wild pigs, poisoning ponds and erecting fences—disrupting wildlife and destroying habitats in the process—to avoid another E. coli contamination, the AP reports. But some question... More »

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E. coli • cattle • food contamination • spinach • wildlife • farmers

South Jersey Man Finds
Gator on Side the Road

No explantion where 4-foot, 60-to-80-pound beast in cage came from

Aug 8, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A South Jersey man spotted something unusual on his way to work yesterday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports: a caged alligator on the side of a road. Fred Schubert decided to help out the 4-foot, 60-to-80-pound beast, loading the cage into his pickup. After calling several wildlife agencies, an official came... More »

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New Jersey • construction • wildlife • alligator • animal rescue groups • animal • reptiles

Bear Attack Fuels Debate Over Alaskan Trails

Salmon and garbage attract them, but city and state duck the issue

Aug 3, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A teenage biker's recent bear mauling in Anchorage has renewed debate over safety on the city's trails—and outrage among residents who want long-sought changes, the Anchorage Daily News reports. At issue is the salmon and human waste that attract bears, experts say, but city and state have so far... More »

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Alaska • wildlife • grizzly bear • bear • Anchorage • bear attack

 Battle Rages
 Over Culling
 Mustang Herd 

Proposed euthanasia of growing wild horse population sparks debate

Jul 20, 08 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the debate over how to deal with America's wild mustang herds, both sides claim to have the animals' best interests at heart. Federal agency officials tasked with protecting the horses say the most humane—and economical—course is to euthanize some so the rest don't starve. But activists see... More »

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drought • euthanasia • animal rights • wildlife • Bureau of Land Management • mustang

 UN Approves China to Buy Ivory 

Critics say allowing imports plays 'Russian roulette' with elephants' lives

Jul 16, 08 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - China has been given a green light to begin importing African ivory by a UN body that banned the sale 10 years ago, a decision that has infuriated conservation groups, the Daily Telegraph reports. African states say they need to sell stockpiles of ivory from elephants that are culled or... More »

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China • endangered species • Africa • conservation • ivory • wildlife • elephant • cull

OPINION

 Gov't Is Mucking Up
 Mustang's Fate 

Cash-strapped BLM wants to cull herd, 'a protected symbol of freedom'

Jul 2, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The cash-strapped Bureau of Land Management is considering culling the wild horse population in the West, and at least one equine advocate is not pleased, Newsweek reports. In an interview, expert and author Deanne Stillman calls the plan to reduce the population of 30,000 wild and 33,000... More »

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euthanasia • horse • wildlife • western United States • Bureau of Land Management • stewardship • mustang

 Wildlife Populations Plunging 

One of 'great extinction episodes in history' unfolding: report

May 16, 08 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Humanity is rapidly wiping out the planet's species, sending wildlife populations plunging, the BBC reports. Pollution, habitat loss, and overfishing have cut wildlife numbers as much as a third since 1970 and wipe out 1% of species each year. One of the "great extinction episodes" in Earth's history also... More »

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endangered species • environment • wildlife • extinction • biodiversity • threatened species • World Wildlife Fund • animal

 Bison on 
 Comeback Trail 

Once nearly extinct, species now approaching 500K

Apr 30, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once facing extinction in North America, bison are well on their way to a stunning comeback, LiveScience reports. After commercial hunting and habitat loss reduced their population to less than 1,100, the estimated bison population is approaching 500,000—thanks in large part to conservation efforts started more than... More »

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Alaska • conservation • Canada • wildlife • ranch • bison • American Bison Society

Resident Hawk Claws
Fenway Park Visitor

Ominously named Alexa Rodriguez mostly unharmed

Apr 4, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A red-tailed hawk swooped down and attacked a 13-year-old girl at Fenway Park yesterday, the Boston Globe reports. Though the hawk scratched her scalp and drew blood, the girl is okay. “She’s fine, a little shaken,” said her teacher. But what really drew attention to the... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Fenway Park • Alex Rodriguez • wildlife • baseball • hawk

 Hunters Take Aim at Gray Wolf 

Animal no longer under federal protection in northern Rockies

Mar 29, 08 9:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hunters in the northern Rockies will soon take aim at a rare target—the gray wolf. The animal lost its protected species status in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming yesterday, and wildlife agencies in the region are looking to reduce the population by granting hunting licenses for the first time since... More »

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endangered species • Montana • Idaho • Endangered Species Act • wildlife • Wyoming • Rocky Mountains • hunting • gray wolf • Earthjustice

 Deadly Disease Ravaging Bats  

Puzzling 'white nose syndrome' may be deadliest ever

Mar 25, 08 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mysterious syndrome is wiping out colonies of hibernating bats and baffling biologists, the New York Times reports. Experts don't know what causes the "white nose syndrome" or how it spreads, but they warn that bat populations in the Northeast are being devastated. Field researchers report bats flying out... More »

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endangered species • wildlife • bats • biologists • hibernation • caves

Pygmy Hippos Found in Liberia

Rare mammal not wiped out by wars, deforestation

Mar 10, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rare pygmy hippos have been videotaped in the forests of Liberia, proving to a team of zoologists that the rare and elusive mammal has survived through two civil wars, illegal logging, and poaching thought to have wiped it out. Less than 3,000 pygmy hippos, which look like normal hippos... More »

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endangered species • civil war • wildlife • Liberia • Zoological Society of London • pygmy hippos • zoologists • bush hunters • hippopotamus

States Aim for Young Hunters

W. Virgina passes law OKing hunting classes in school, others may follow

Mar 8, 08 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - West Virginia is trying to reverse a decline in hunting by bringing it into the classroom, the New York Times reports. The state, which has seen a 20% drop in hunting permits in the last decade, has passed a bill allowing hunting education in schools where enough students express interest.... More »

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gun control • wildlife • hunting • hunters • West Virginia

Pumas Prowl Midwest

Big cats migrate east in search of prey

Feb 22, 08 7:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Pumas, normally prowlers of the Rocky Mountains, are slowly pushing east, ecologists say, which has led to a rash of sightings throughout the Midwest. Wisconsin just had its first confirmed puma sighting in over a century, and since 1990 the big cats have cropped up in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and... More »

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Iowa • Wisconsin • Great Plains • Midwest • wildlife • Minnesota • Illinois • Missouri • Big Cats • pumas

Protections End for Gray Wolf

Wildlife groups say it's too soon to remove animals from endangered list

Feb 22, 08 5:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The gray wolf has been taken off the endangered species list in a multi-state area of the northern Rocky Mountains, National Geographic reports. "The wolves are back," said an official of the Department of the Interior. Just 66 of the animals were reintroduced to the region in 1996... More »

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endangered species • conservation • Montana • Idaho • Endangered Species Act • wildlife • Wyoming • Rocky Mountains • gray wolf

Scientists Spot 6 Giraffe Species

And some are in trouble

Dec 24, 07 3:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Giraffes had long been thought to be one species with several subspecies, but researchers now believe they have identified six distinct species—some of which are on the brink of extinction, reports the BBC. Only 160 Nigerian giraffes remain. But there's hope the researchers' find will spur greater conservation efforts. More »

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evolution • wildlife • nature • giraffes • zoology

Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo

Carcass of beheaded female discovered outside cage

Dec 23, 07 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Officials are searching for the thugs who skinned and beheaded a rare Siberian tiger at a zoo in central China. The female carcass—missing its head, legs and skin—was found outside its pen in Yichang City in Hubei province. Four homemade anesthetic rifles lay nearby. "It is highly... More »

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China • animal cruelty • zoo • wildlife • tigers • World Wildlife Fund • Siberian tigers

SF Oil Cleanup Gases Up, Volunteers Rebuffed

Coast Guard sends eager residents home

Nov 11, 07 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - As cleanup of the San Francisco oil spill intensifies, so does the frustration of volunteers blocked from pitching in. At least one organizer ended up in handcuffs when his group ignored a park ranger's order to get off a beach and instead scooped up globs of oil. Hundreds of residents... More »

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oil • San Francisco • oil spill • Coast Guard • wildlife • volunteer • environmental offenses

US Loggerhead Numbers Drop

Commercial fishing causes decline in sea turtle numbers

Sep 23, 07 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US loggerhead turtle population is waning, and a federal report concludes that commercial fishing is probably to blame, the AP reports. The threatened species gained numbers through the '90s, but now the sea turtle is on the brink of becoming officially endangered. Ocean health advocates are calling for federal... More »

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endangered species • marine animal • wildlife • loggerhead turtle • threatened species

Hunters Take Aim in Wyoming

Hunters look to thin once-endangered population

Sep 15, 07 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hunters take aim at a symbol of the American West today, as Wyoming’s National Elk Refuge opens the first buffalo season in almost a decade. Officials say they need to lower the population from 1,200 to 500 because of overgrazing and disease. But killing the once-endangered species has... More »

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animal rights • wildlife • Wyoming • hunting • species • elk • bison

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