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Comebackers

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For mankind to snatch away a species’ very existence is wrong on so many levels that I can’t begin to explain them. However, despite our best efforts to wipe them off the face of the earth, some of the more vulnerable species have managed to hang on. this species breeds. Here are some U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Birders know that the light’s not always perfect or even particularly good when you’re trying to tell one species from another. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one. The big white one. It flies on.

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Animals Dying in Virunga National Forest

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He added "a large number of game animals", including antelopes, had also been slaughtered. In 1980, Lake Edward had a hippopotamus sanctuary with 27,000 animals. Tags: virunga africa congo gorillas endangered species. They died between May 25 and June 16, he said. Here's sobering statistic. Now there are only 300.

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Wild Chimpanzees Threatened in the Congo

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Together with colleagues, Hicks was able to take in five orphaned chimpanzees who will soon be sent to a sanctuary in eastern Congo. Tags: chimpanzees poaching congo endangered species. Since Hicks left in November 2008, his colleagues Laura Darby and Adam Singh have observed another seven chimpanzee orphans and 3 carcasses.

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