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Chimpanzees in Sanctuaries Reflect Widespread Smuggling

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The chimpanzee population is decreasing in the wild, but their numbers are increasing in sanctuaries. Tags: wildlife smuggling chimpanzees africa cameroon. It makes sense. There are more rescues because there is more smuggling. Research shows this is what's happening in Cameroon.

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Of Bird Diets, Dangers, and Delinquents

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Yep, at the Dred Scott Bird Sanctuary. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Maine, will use “nano-tags” to track migrating birds. Some jerk (I’d use a stronger word, but this is a family-friendly website) in Wisconsin is shooting raptors. Birding in the Bronx? Another study, led by the U.S.

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Rescue Spotlight: Rabbit Meadows

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They also have a huge vision and mission for their sanctuary! They are undertaking a great project that sounds like it will be beneficial for both the sanctuary rabbits and the people who love them. acres of Rabbit Meadows Sanctuary since we opened twelve years ago. Tags: rescue spotlight ferret rabbit rescue rodent.

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An End to Japanese Whaling?

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I seriously doubt it, despite the Greenpeace report in Wildlife Extra News. Tags: Japan hunting greenpeace whaling. It's too much a matter of international pride. (I I know, I know, I'm always a pessimist.but I'm so good at it!)

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Huge Effort to Rescue 60 Elephants in Malawi

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They are being moved to a wildlife sanctuary. From Wildlife Extra News. Tags: malawi africa animal rescue elephants endangered species. There has been a lot of violence between the elephants and subsistence farmers (unfortunately, I think the violence is pretty one-sided.)

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Whales in danger.

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IFAW advocates for the protection of wildlife in their habitats, works to prevent cruelty to animals, and rescues individual animals. Tags: rescues. The International Fund for Animal Welfare ( IFAW ), is a non-profit organization working to save animals in crisis worldwide, to help protect our oceans’ whale population.

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Finally. Jasmine the Greyhound

Animal Person

In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a Greyhound female, to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by a man named Geoff Grewcock and known as a willing haven for Animals abandoned, orphaned or otherwise in need. They walk together round the sanctuary. But Jasmine had other ideas.