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Cause an Uproar

4 The Love Of Animals

Everything from lions in Kenya to snow leopards in the Himalaya, the big cats all need our help. You may have seen the advert on television about Cause an Uproar (the stars of the movie We Bought a Zoo are helping spread the word), and you may even remember our post about trick or treating for big cats too!

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Sea lion mothers wail when watching their babies being eaten by killer whales. Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. If she’d been left alone, she would have fallen prey to a lion or other predator.

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Africa’s endangered species

10,000 Birds

The stunning head plumes of the Gray Crowned-Crane make it attractive to bird collectors and zoos; illegal collecting of wild birds is one of the reasons why this species is now considered Endangered. A Sharpe’s Longclaw photographed on the Kinangop Plateau, Kenya by Adam Riley.