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Controversial Elephant Death at San Diego Zoo

Critter News

An animal rights group has called for a federal investigation into the death of an elephant at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The Northern California-based In Defense of Animals called for the Department of Agriculture, which does inspections of zoos, to investigate Umoya's death.

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South Africa’s endemic birds

10,000 Birds

Greater Double-collared Sunbird (right) is less common and more localized than its smaller cousin. Another near-endemic, shared only with tiny Lesotho and Swaziland is the bizarre Southern Bald Ibis. It occurs in forest edge in eastern South Africa, and in Fynbos , and even into arid areas, in the southern parts of the country.