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PETA Exposes Horrible Practice of Reptile Skinning

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This link has a horrible photo and a worse video. Tags: reptiles indonesia lizards crocodile endangered species. The skins are being used for handbags and other products. Just warning you. It takes place in Indonesia.

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Baby Gorilla Rescued from Smugglers

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And here is a video about the bust and arrests. Tags: wildlife crime smuggling trafficking congo gorillas endangered species. She is thought to be about two years old, was hidden at the bottom of a bag and covered with clothes when Congolese Wildlife Authority officers arrested the suspected trafficker at Goma airport.

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Mountain Gorilla Ranger Slain in the Congo

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Here is a brief Youtube video of him. Tags: virunga war congo gorillas endangered species. They want to cultivate and poach in the park," said Samantha Newport, communications director for the refuge. The ranger's name was Safari Kakule, and he was called "exceptional." He left a wife and three children.

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Five Baby Mountain Gorillas Found at Start of Congo Census

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Here's a video of the gorillas and the babies (be patient, it tends to start and stop). Tags: virunga congo gorillas endangered species. Answering gunfire rattled up from the valley, in what a ranger said was a clash between the CNDP and the Rwandan Hutu rebels based in the park.

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Stupid TLC Show Called "My Monkey Baby"

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There are hundreds of videos on the Internet of proud parents enjoying their monkeys, and an estimated 15,000 monkeys live with humans as pets or surrogate children in the United States. The individual primate and the species that is depleted for this "trade." Who suffers? Stupid TLC. Where is the "learning" in that name?

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Petrel Paradise

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This critically endangered species was presumed extinct for over 100 years, and was not discovered again until pelagic trips (run by the same people as mine) began chumming to attract other seabirds. Tags: features , pelagic , pelagic birding , petrels , seabirds • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one.

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