Lone wolf plays with dogs - Telegraph

Lone wolf plays with dogs - Telegraph: "Lone wolf plays with dogs
A wildlife photographer has spent six years chronicling the annual escapades of a lone wolf in Alaska."

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Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Yellowstone Park Research Wolves Killed by Hunters - ScienceInsider

Yellowstone Park Research Wolves Killed by Hunters - ScienceInsider: "An estimated 10 wolves from Yellowstone National Park have been killed by hunters this month, adversely affecting the park's wolf research program, one of the longest studies of its kind."

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Polar Bear Blog – One Last Family | Polar Bear Alley – Guide to the Polar Bears of Churchill

Polar Bear Blog – One Last Family | Polar Bear Alley – Guide to the Polar Bears of Churchill: "After rapidly descending into cabin mode, I reluctantly guided one last tour of the season. I say reluctantly because I have only a couple days left here to wrap up some projects and, well, there is a heck of a lot of ice out there."

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Pilot whales swim synchronized when they feel danger | Blue Line

Pilot whales swim synchronized when they feel danger | Blue Line: "An international team of scientists has observed the behavior of several groups of males whales of Globicephala species known as pilot whales and long-finned pilot whales, in the Strait of Gibraltar and Cape Breton (Canada). Their results indicate that these whales swim in synchronous when they recognize an external threat"

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Penguins Rest On Sea Ice Between Dives - Business Insider

Penguins Rest On Sea Ice Between Dives - Business Insider: "Emperor penguins depend on sea ice to rest in between dives while foraging for food, according to a new study which could help scientists understand the impact of climate change on colonies"

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Friday, 16 November 2012

Idaho Wolf Trapping Torture Is Here AGAIN… « Howling For Justice

Idaho Wolf Trapping Torture Is Here AGAIN… « Howling For Justice: "Idaho opened their second wolf trapping season yesterday. Wolves in Idaho now face more pain, suffering and brutality."

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Monday, 12 November 2012

Wolves Are Returning to Oregon--but Not All Locals Want Them | Off the Road

Wolves Are Returning to Oregon--but Not All Locals Want Them | Off the Road: "In 1947, the last wolf in Oregon was shot and killed for a bounty fee of $5 in the wilderness near Crater Lake.

Now, after more than 50 years of absence, the animals are staging a comeback. They have established themselves in the eastern quarters of the state and are subsisting on local elk and deer herds–and, as might be expected, the occasional cow and sheep."

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Senate Panel OKs Designating Wolf As Game Species « CBS Detroit

Senate Panel OKs Designating Wolf As Game Species « CBS Detroit: "A state Senate committee has approved a bill that would designate the gray wolf as a game species in Michigan, a first step toward allowing the predator to be hunted."

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Sunday, 11 November 2012

Wildlife officers try to free entangled whale calf - One News | TVNZ

Wildlife officers try to free entangled whale calf - One News | TVNZ: "New South Wales wildlife officers had to abandon a bid to disentangle a whale calf seen dragging ropes and buoys as it swam with its mother off Sydney last night."

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Wolf hunting: for or against? : Politics : News : UpperMichigansSource.com

Wolf hunting: for or against? : Politics : News : UpperMichigansSource.com: "The Natural Resources, Environment, and Great Lakes Committee passed Senate Bill 1350, removing wolves from the protected non-game animal list in Michigan, a stepping stone toward a wolf hunting season"

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Is Every Single Elephant a Village-Wrecking Booze Hound? - Yahoo! News

Is Every Single Elephant a Village-Wrecking Booze Hound? - Yahoo! News: ""Marauding pack of booze-addled elephants wreak havoc on Indian village." It's a story, or at least a headline, that's surprisingly common."

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Thursday, 8 November 2012

Funding, Expenditures and Transparency - WildEarth Guardians

Funding, Expenditures and Transparency - WildEarth Guardians: ""Wildlife Services,” a secretive arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, annually kills millions of animals. Last year the agency reported it killed 3.8 million animals, a 25 percent decrease from FY 2010, although the largest decline is represented in one million fewer non-native starlings killed, while agents killed greater numbers of mammalian carnivores, especially coyotes and raccoons."

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Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Friction Between Wolf Hunters and Protectors Rises - NYTimes.com

Friction Between Wolf Hunters and Protectors Rises - NYTimes.com: "When people like Nancy Jo Dowler started raising wolves here decades ago, the animals were rare in Wisconsin and nearly extinct across the country."

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Should We Import Belugas for Display? – News Watch

Should We Import Belugas for Display? – News Watch: "If you’re an animal lover, you’ve probably heard by now about the 18 beluga whales that a group of U.S. marine park and aquarium owners wants to import from Russia."

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Wyoming coyote trapper defends graphic photos | Indy Blog

Wyoming coyote trapper defends graphic photos | Indy Blog: "Graphic photos of coyotes trapped by Jamie Olson, a Wyoming federal wildlife specialist and coyote hunting tournament coordinator, have circulated around the web this week, sparking outrage among wildlife advocates."

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Friday, 2 November 2012

Petition Filed to Force EPA Regulation of Ocean Acid Levels: Scientific American

Petition Filed to Force EPA Regulation of Ocean Acid Levels: Scientific American: "The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) here has filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that calls on the EPA to override lax water quality standards in 15 coastal states and territories. Requiring those states to me"

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Minnesota wolf season opens Saturday

Minnesota wolf season opens Saturday: "Minnesota enters a new era Saturday when it opens its first managed wolf hunting season."

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Have You Had Enough Of This Insanity? « Howling For Justice

Have You Had Enough Of This Insanity? « Howling For Justice: "As of today 201 wolves are dead. The numbers are staggering and it’s only going to get worse. Idaho and Montana wolf trapping begins this month and the Minnesota wolf hunt starts November 3rd."

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Kihansi Spray Toad Breeding Program Sends 2500 Toads Back Into Their Native Habitat

Kihansi Spray Toad Breeding Program Sends 2500 Toads Back Into Their Native Habitat: "The Kihansi spray toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis), a small Tanzanian toad that was declared extinct in the wild in 2009, has made a comeback due in part to breeding programs at the Toledo and Bronx Zoos."

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Polar Bears on Thin Ice – News Watch

Polar Bears on Thin Ice – News Watch: "Skating on thin ice.  That could be the story line for polar bears this past summer in the Norwegian Arctic. "

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