Category: Animals

Disease threatening endangered Iberian lynx: conservationists (AFP)

AFP – The Iberian lynx, the world’s most endangered feline species, is under renewed threat from a disease affecting animals born in breeding centres in Spain, the conservation programme said Tuesday.

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Japanese bug shipped in to wage war on knotweed (AFP)

AFP – A Japanese insect is to be introduced on a trial basis in Britain to tackle a damaging super-weed, the government said on Tuesday.

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Japanese bug shipped in to wage war on knotweed
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US-born panda freed from quarantine in China (AP)

AP – After a month in quarantine, American-born panda Tai Shan paced around his new home in southwest China as he was put on public display Tuesday for the first time since his much-anticipated arrival in the country.

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US-born panda freed from quarantine in China
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Congo group accuses soldiers of killing animals (AP)

AP – An environmental group is accusing Congolese soldiers of killing more rare wild animals in a national park in Congo’s volatile east.

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Swiss TV: Voters rejecting animal lawyers proposal (AP)

AP – Swiss national television says projections by political polling organization gfs.bern indicate voters have rejected a plan to appoint special lawyers for animals that have been abused by humans.

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Swiss TV: Voters rejecting animal lawyers proposal
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Japan to arrest anti-whaling activist: report (AFP)

AFP – Japan plans to arrest a New Zealand activist being held on a whaling ship which he secretly boarded planning to make a citizen’s arrest of its captain, a report said Sunday.

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Australian police search anti-whaling ships (AP)

AP – Australian police conducted searches Saturday on two anti-whaling vessels that recently clashed with Japanese ships in the Antarctic Ocean in an attempt to obstruct their annual catch, police and activists said.

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Australian police search anti-whaling ships
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Australia police search anti-whaler ship at Japan request (AFP)

AFP – Australian police boarded and searched an anti-whaling ship at the request of Japanese authorities on Saturday after activists cut short their annual harassment campaign and returned to port.

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Australian police search anti-whaler ship at Japan’s request (AFP)

AFP – Australian police boarded and searched an anti-whaling ship at the request of Japanese authorities on Saturday after activists cut short their annual harassment campaign and returned to port.

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US stops short of protection for western sage grouse (AFP)

AFP – US officials Friday stopped short of giving endangered species status to the sage grouse, an iconic bird that is at the center of a dispute over oil drilling in the western United States.

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US stops short of protection for western sage grouse
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