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The Amusing Case of the Gulf Breeze Zoo Canada Geese

10,000 Birds

The first time I visited the 30 acre enclosure, I walked the raised boardwalk over the space with eyes wide. Just beyond a fence, a pair of rhino adults and one baby munched contentedly on hay. In the spring, I bought an annual member pass that allows me to pop in and out whenever I have a free morning.

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Should the Military Force Protect the Environment?

Critter News

In response to both kinds of scenarios, some have begun to raise the possibility of an "eco-intervention," analogous to humanitarian interventions. In some parts of Africa, rangers receive military training and equipment to defend animals (and themselves) from poachers in pursuit of elephants, rhinos, gorillas, and other endangered species.