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Bob Barker Offers to Pay to Move Canadian Elephants to Sanctuary

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Legendary game show host Bob Barker says it will cost $200,000 to move three elephants from the Toronto Zoo to a California sanctuary, and he doesn't mind paying for it himself. Toronto city council voted in October to move the elephants to a facility run by PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) near Galt, Calif.,

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Birding crème de la crème: Africa – Ngorongoro Crater to Queen Elizabeth II National Park

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Finally, South Africa has three 400+ hotspots, namely 1 Mkhuze Game Reserve 458 sp. mi long trail at the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary offers the Great Blue Turaco and the Papyrus Gonolek. Other wildlife includes 60 mammal species, 13 primates among them, Chimp tracking, Forest Elephants too. 3 Lake Manyara NP 573 sp.

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Animals Dying in Virunga National Forest

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Four chimpanzees were killed last week in the central zone and 11 elephants since the start of the year," park director Emmanuel de Merode told AFP. 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.

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Wild Sri Lanka

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No doubt, the big five of Sri Lanka include the biggest of the big ever – the Blue Whale , followed by Sperm Whale , Asian Elephant , Leopard and Sloth Bear. Blue Whale – 80%, Sperm Whale on 1 in 3 trips, Asian Elephant 100%, Leopard on 1 in 2 game drives, Sloth Bear on 1 in 3 game drives.

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