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Animal Investigators (giveaway)

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Animal Investigators: How the World’s First Wildlife Forensics Lab Is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species is an interesting read about the world’s first wildlife forensics lab. It has suspense and mystery, with undercover investigations, and innovative forensic techniques!

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Whooping Cranes Shot and Killed in Kentucky

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Authorities said the deaths occurred in November but delayed the announcement in order to conduct an investigation and assemble a reward for information. What thrill there is in murdering an endangered species, I’ll never know.). News endangered species Shooting Whooping Cranes' Rest in peace, cranes 905 and 733.

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Dead Sea Lions in Puget Sound - Again

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KING-TV reports that both the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are investigating the deaths. Investigators say they do not know who is responsible. KING says one of the Nisqually casualties was a Steller sea lion, protected under the Endangered Species Act.

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Bird Litigation: Hindsight and the California Condor

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The arguments were framed by legal standards under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Both parties — FWS and Audubon — wanted the same thing: preservation of the California Condor. But they disagreed on the means to obtain that shared goal.

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Mountain Gorilla Ranger Slain in the Congo

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That arrest has resulted in several leads in the investigation. Tags: virunga war congo gorillas endangered species. Mai Mai rebels are described as community-based militia groups frequently involved in banditry. Another ranger was wounded in the attack and a rebel was captured. Here is a brief Youtube video of him.

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Trafficking Should be Crime Story, Not Wildlife Story

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Justice Department's lead environmental crimes prosecutors have been making the pitch both here and abroad that investigators, prosecutors, and judges should pursue wildlife criminals as traditional criminals, charging them with smuggling, money laundering, etc. Tags: organized crime wildlife trafficking endangered species.

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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. Meanwhile, the black-footed ferret was declared finally, unambiguously, officially extinct.

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