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Big Cat Week 2012 Starts Sunday!

4 The Love Of Animals

9, 2012, at 8 p.m. These big cats are a species under constant threat from poachers and farmers who fear that the leopards are attacking their livestock. Snow Leopard of Afghanistan. Sunday, Dec. Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous places on earth, is also home to a population of endangered and elusive snow leopards.

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Endangered Species Act: Delisting the Black-capped Vireo?

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering changing the status of the endangered Black-capped Vireo : it has proposed delisting it entirely. In 2012, a petition to delist was filed by ranching and agriculture groups and conservative legal organizations. The Black-capped Vireo is the smallest vireo in the U.S.