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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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Well, one reason might be – this animal is not only endangered, but even rarer than the Tiger! We are observing a Dhole , also called Asiatic or Indian Wild Dog. A hundred metres down the track, several more Dholes await us, totalling eleven dogs.

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The Why of Ferrets

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It was a humiliation for scientific know-how and the technocratic fix in the face of environmental catastrophe, a disaster that would inform the controversy over later captive breeding efforts for other endangered species. Then, in Meeteese, Wyoming, the Hogg family’s ranch dog Shep found something.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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New Zealand has been the recipient of a higher than average number of introduced species, in particular a range of mammals from elk to mice. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. This is a very serious business here in New Zealand.

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On the Keeping of Endangered Fishes

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There are conservation efforts to save these species by individual aquarists, who are keeping and breeding them in hopes that they can someday be reintroduced into the lake. For me, part if this goes to the question of whether or not we should breed or otherwise try to restore endangered species, in general.

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We Should Kill More Lions

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Criterion (x): The reserve has a higher density and diversity of species than any other Miombo woodland area: more than 2,100 plants have been recorded and more are thought to exist in the remote forests in the south. In fact, managing an area so you can shoot some antelope an the occasional lion doesn’t just protect those species.

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