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News Archives - January 2011 through April 30, 2012
International Animals in the News Repatriated Philippine Forest Turtles Turned Over to Katala Foundation TRAFFIC - April 30, 2012 Bumblebee Species Extinct in the UK to be Reintroduced Environmental News Network - April 28, 2012 Asian Vultures Fly Back from Brink of Extinction IUCN - April 28, 2012 Poland's Rare Wild Bison with Tuberculosis Should Be Killed, Experts Say Huffington Post - April 25, 2012 Australia Protects Humpback Whales Discovery - April 25, 2012 Twice As Many Emperor Penguins as Thought in Antarctica, First-Ever Penguin Count from Space Science Daily - April 17, 2012 Fair-Furred Leopard is a True Pink Panther Discovery - April 16, 2012 Iberian Lynx Returns to the Wild in Spain BBC News - April 16, 2012 New National Park Provides Hope for World's Rarest Wild Cat Environmental News Network - April 14, 2012 Wild Turtles Move Closer to International Trade Protection Center for Biological Diversity - April 11, 2012 World's Rarest Ducks Hatched in Madagascar Breeding Center Huffington Post - April 10, 2012 'Easter Bilby' Might Replace Easter Bunny in Australia to Stave Off Extinction Huffington Post - April 9, 2012 Sloth Photobomb Huffington Post - April 9, 2012 3,000 Dolphins Found Dead on Peruvian Beaches in 2012 Huffington Post - April 7, 2012 Cork, Ireland: Elephant Crushes Trainer During Fight with Another Elephant Break the Chain - April 4, 2012 Rhino Walks 250 Kilometers to Return Home IUCN - March 31, 2012 Bururi Long-Fingered Frog Come Out of Hiding, Is Seen for First Time Since 1949 Huffington Post - March 31, 2012 Saving Elephants by Cutting the Illegal Ivory Supply Chain Rush PR News - March 26, 2012 Australia Giant Animal Species Died Off After Humans Arrived on Land Huffington Post - March 25, 2012 Species 'Rafted' to Madagascar, Some Believe MSNBC - March 24, 2012 Confiscated Wild Animals Die at the Hands of DNP Neglect Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand - March 22, 2012 Rare Whale Swims Up West Coast Toward Russian Home Associated Press - March 21, 2012 Adorable Puma Cubs Escape Danger From Local Traps in Nicaragua Huffington Post - March 17, 2012 Woolly Mammoth Clone? Russian and South Korean Scientists Sign Deal to Bring Extinct Beast Back to Life Huffington Post - March 16, 2012 Japan Ends Whaling Season Short of Quota BBC - March 13, 2012 Beachgoers Save Beached Dolphins in Brazil - video Huffington Post - March 12, 2012 Caribou Slaughter Outrages Manitoba First Nations Huffington Post - March 10, 2012 Grizzly Uses Rock to Exfoliate Skin, Becomes First Bear Observed Using Tools Animal Planet - March 8, 2012 New Lizard Species Found in the Andes Huffington Post - February 26, 2012 Extinction Looms for Rare Frog Species, Down to One Individual Scientific American - February 24, 2012 New Bat Species Discovered in Vietnam .... With an Odd-Shaped Nose Discovery - February 24, 2012 7 million year old trail of fossilized footprints in the Arabian desert was left by a herd of ancient elephants BBC - February 23, 2012 Animal Rights in China Get Boost from Celebrity Activists and Shifting Attitudes Huffington Post - February 23, 2012 Dalmatian Pelicans in Caspian Sea Fed After Water Freezes Huffington Post - February 22, 2012 Beaufort Sea Ringed Seals Probably Not Sickened by Radiation Huffington Post - February 20, 2012 Madagascar: Paradise in Peril The Telegraph - February 17, 2012 Desperation to Stem Increasing Rhino Poaching Leads to Tragedy International Fund for Animal Welfare - February 16, 2012 Wild Lions Live in Constant Fear Environmental News Network - February 15, 2012 Hornbills' Artificial Beaks are Saving the Species from Extinction in India Huffington Post - February 14, 2012 Animal Circuses Banned in Greece Greek Reported - February 11, 2012 Bears Howl in Agony to Produce Health Pills Sold in the UK Express.co.uk - February 9, 2012 Large Seizure of Pig-Nosed Turtles in Indonesia Turtle Conservancy - February 8, 2012 Canada's caribou herds are declining due to development. Proposed solution? Poison the wolves Grist - February 8, 2012 Greece Bans Animal Circuses VetClick - February 7, 2012 Bears 'Commit Suicide' to Escape Horror of Gall Bile Farms Wildlife Extra - February 1, 2012 Rhino Lovers' Dedication Pays Off New Straits Times - January 31, 2012 The Slaughter - The Seals of Nam - The Namibian Seal Hunt is the Largest Slaughter of Wildlife on Earth The Seals of Nam - January 31, 2012 Learn More About the Tasmanian Tiger in Our Video Tasmanian Tiger-A Story of Extinction New England Primate Sanctuary - January 28, 2012 Is the Tasmanian Tiger Still Alive? Discovery - January 28, 2012 Malaysia Saves Endangered Pygmy Elephant on Borneo Discovery - January 27, 2012 Giraffe Trophy Hunting Not Fun and Certainly Not Helpful Born Free Foundation - January 24, 2012 Snowboarding Crow - video YouTube - January 20, 2012 Kruger Park Enlists 150 New Rangers to Protect Rhinos Mail & Guaridan - January 18, 2012 White Penguin Spotted in Antarctica - video/photos Huffington Post - January 17, 2012 Borneo Elephants Now Classified as Totally Protected Species Asia One - January 15, 2012 Six Captive-Born Pandas Sent to Nature Preserve Huffington Post - January 14, 2012 'Extinct' Giant Tortoise Found on Remote Island Discovery News - January 11, 2012 Leopard Kills Man, Scalps Another in Indian City ABC News - January 11, 2012 Begging Whale Sharks Raise Concern in Philippines Discovery News - January 10, 2012 Armed Commandos to Protect India's Tigers Discovery - January 8, 2012 Elephant Care and Rehabilitation Center Could Become Model for Other Animal Centers in India Scientific American - January 7, 2012 Black Marble Jawfish Mimics Octopus Mimicking Fish Huffington Post - January 7, 2012 Outrage Over Bid to Hunt White Rhino IOL South Africa - January 3, 2012 Panda Eats Meat at Wanglong Nature Reserve - photo Huffington Post - January 1, 2012 Click Here to View/Hide 2011 International Animals News Camera Traps Capture 35 Rhinos in Indonesian Park Salon.com - December 31, 2011 Cranky Croc Charges at Park Work, Steals Lawnmower Star Tribune - December 30, 2011 Red Panda Found in House in China - video Huffington Post - December 29, 2011 Rescue of Dozens of Whales Trapped in Ice Off Chukotka Suspended RiaNovosti - December 27, 2011 Elephant Tramples Farmer to Death on Indonesia's Sumatra Island Huffington Post - December 27, 2011 Rhino Caught: Last Chance to Save Species Herald Sun - December 27, 2011 Giant Pandas Play in Snow at Chinese Nature Reserve - video Huffington Post - December 22, 2011 Born Free Statement on the Regulation of Wild Animals in Circuses in Britain Born Free Foundation - December 19, 2011 Deer Avoid Drowning by Boarding Charter Boat Discovery - December 18, 2011 New Species Discovered Every Two Days in the Mekong World Wildlife Fund - December 17, 2011 Australian Tourist Fatally Gored By Borneo Pygmy Elephant Huffington Post - December 11, 2011 Polar Bear Eats Cub: Cannibalism May Be on the Rise Huffington Post - December 11, 2011 Snow Leopards Photographed in Siberia for the First Time Wildlife Extra - December 10, 2011 Rare Persian Leopard Caught on Camera Traps Red Orbit - December 9, 2011 Rejected Ginger Seal Pup Finds a Home, Gets Webcam Huffington Post - December 7, 2011 To Save a Mockingbird The Guardian - December 6, 2011 NEPS Letters From the Field: Reindeer New England Primate Sanctuary - November 28, 2011 Reindeer: 12 Fascination Facts About These Amazing Creatures National Wildlife Federation - November 28, 2011 Stopping Bushmeat is Good for Conversation - Bad for Hunger EcoCentric Blog - November 27, 2011 Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Correctly Listed as Endangered Huffington Post - November 26, 2011 Flamboyant Cuttlefish, A Rare Color-Changing Creature - Video Huffington Post - November 23, 2011 Mass Sperm Whale Stranding in Tasmania Wild Life Extra - November 18, 2011 New Hope for Critically Endangered Sumatran Tiger Wild Life Extra - November 18, 2011 Elephant Cruelty Case: Owners Will Be Prosecuted Care2 - November 17, 2011 More Countries Banning Wild Circuses Environment Guru - November 17, 2011 Two More Blind Critically Endangered Dolphins Found Dead in Indus River The News Tribe - November 14, 2011 Leo the Lion Cub Rescued from Beirut Balcony Take Part - November 9, 2011 Thailand Elephants Stranded by Flooding Huffington Post - November 4, 2011 Bangladesh Declaring Three Areas in Mangrove Forest as Sanctuaries to Protect Critically Endangered Dolphins BBC News - October 31, 2011 Last Java Rhino in Vietnam Killed for Horn Huffington Post - October 26, 2011 Hundreds of Dead Birds Wash Up on Ontario's Shores National Wildlife Federation - October 24, 2011 Shark Massacre Reported in Colombian Waters The Guardian - October 21, 2011 Experts Say Cyclops Shark Spotted in Mexico is Legit Mother Nature Network - October 20, 2011 'Criminal' Penguin Steals Stones From Neighbor's Nest - Video Huffington Post - October 20, 2011 Baby Elephant Doesn't Understand Its Trunk - Video Huffington Post - October 20, 2011 More Asian Elephants Being Targeted by Deadly Jaw Bombs Lakbima News - October 13, 2011 The Last Lions - New Film by Derek and Beverly Joubert National Wildlife Federation - October 10, 2011 Nick Brandt's Portraits of Wildlife in East Africa New York Times - October 8, 2011 Cute Animal Photo of the Day: Baby Hippo Takes First Swim Mongabay - October 4, 2011 Bird Thought Extinct for 150 Years Makes a Comeback! Treehugger - September 29, 2011 Endangered Dolphins in New Zealand Near Extinction The Guardian - September 29, 2011 Humpback Whale Numbers are Increasing, But So Are Strandings ABC News Australia - September 28, 2011 Catching Up With Lioness Bella - Born Free Born Free Foundation - September 27, 2011 Spain's Catalonia Bids Farewell to Bullfighting Huffington Post - September 26, 2011 12 Incredible Snapshots of Animals Silhouetted Against the Sun Environmental Graffiti - September 24, 2011 Happy Ending for Lonely, Rejected Rare Baby Seal Discovery News - September 20, 2011 Hitchhiking Snails Fly From Ocean to Ocean Science Daily - September 17, 2011 Baby Rhino Rescued From Tree Discovery News - September 17, 2011 No, You Cannot Keep Sun Bear as Pet! Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre - September 15, 2011 New Species of Dolphin Discovered BBC - September 15, 2011 Loving the Tapir: Pioneering Conservation for South America's Biggest Animal Mongabay - September 13, 2011 Should Lolong, the giant Philippine crocodile, be released? Huffington Post - September 12, 2011 Bermuda Triangle to Become Humpback Whale Haven Live Science - September 8, 2011 New Shark Species Found in Food Market National Geographic - September 3, 2011 Rare Cat Poses for Camera for First Time Discovery - September 2, 2011 Red Kangaroo - Videos, News and Facts BBC - September 1, 2011 Letter From Australia: Country's Wombats Deserve Better The Guardian - August 31, 2011 Happy Feet Penguin Heading Home - Video Huffington Post - August 31, 2011 11 of the Smallest Mammals in the World - Photos Mother Nature Network - August 28, 2011 Clever Dolphins Use Shells to Catch Fish Wired Science - August 27, 2011 Number of Species on Earth Counted for the First Time - 8.74 Million Daily Mirror - August 24, 2011 Climate change is causing a breed of sheep in Scotland to shrink BBC - August 23, 2011 Melting Arctic Sea Ice Drives Walruses onto Land Reuters - August 22, 2011 Otters Are Back in Every County in England Guardian - August 19, 2011 Extinction Warning: Only 85 Irrawaddy Dolphins Remain in Mekong River Examiner - August 18, 2011 and see NEPS Letters From the Field - Irrawaddy Dolphin Mammal self-portraits highlight value of rain-forest conservation Washington Post - August 17, 2011 Crop Circles Create By Wallabies "Stone" on Opium? Huffington Post - August 4, 2011 Bullfighting Now Protected Under Ministry of Culture in Spain Huffington Post - August 2, 2011 Large Population of Critically Endangered Antelope Found in Threatened Kenyan Forest Wildlife Extra - July 31, 2011 Elephant With Prosthetic Foot in Cambodia Huffington Post - July 30, 2011 Sperm Whales Have Multicultural Societies, Scientists Say Macleans Canada - July 30, 2011 Happy Feet, the Emperor Penguin That Stranded in New Zealand, Gets the 'All Clear' to Go Home The Guardian, July 30, 2011 The Right Elephant Stuff New York Times - July 29, 2011 Photos of Rare Canadian Spirit Bear Huffington Post - July 29, 2011 NEPS Letters From the Field - Irrawaddy Dolphin New England Primate Sanctuary Letters From the Field - July 28, 2011 India's Tigers Gain Numbers But Not Ground WWF - July 28, 2011 Letters From the Field - Irrawaddy Dolphin New England Primate Sanctuary - July 27, 2011 Bigger Beaks Help Birds Cool Off Discovery News - July 28, 2011 Wild Elephants Attack Nepal Refugee Camp Huffington Post - July 27, 2011 Lions Attack Humans When the Full Moon Wanes Live Science - July 21, 2011 Blue Iguana Back From the Brink Discovery News - July 21, 2011 US May Impose Sanctions Against Iceland for Whaling Huffington Post - July 21, 2011 Absence of Top Predators Brings Unanticipated Changes Scientific American - July 17, 2011 Lions Could Be Extinct in 10-15 Years Planet Save - July 16, 2011 Male and Female Giant Pandas Prefer Different Habitats BBC Nature - July 15, 2011 Rainbow Toad Thought Extinct Rediscovered in Borneo Mountains The Guardian - July 14, 2011 Endangered Snow Leopards Thriving in Afghanistan Discovery News - July 13, 2011 Critically Endangered Amur Leopards Captured on Video WWF - July 13, 2011 Rare Half-Male Half-Female Butterfly is Born in London BBC Nature - July 12, 2011 Fish Photographed Using Tools to Eat Wired Science - July 11, 2011 Why Polar Bears are Skating on Thin Ice Environmental Graffiti - July 7, 2011 1,000 New Species Found in New Guinea - Pictures Mongabay.com - June 30, 2011 Puffins, Seals, and Puffins of the Farne Islands - In Pictures The Guardian - June 30, 2011 Penguin Lost in New Zealand Faces a Long Swim Home Huffington Post - June 29, 2011 'Happy Feet', the Lost Penguin Perking Up After Surgery Mother Nature Network - June 28, 2011 Cancer is Endangering the Tasmanian Devil. Gene Machine May Help Save Them Reuters - June 28, 2011 Since the start of the last century, the world has lost 97% of its tigers WWF - June 22, 2011 Our Letters From the Field blogger, Kaitlyn Foley, is interviewed on Laurel Neme's wildlife radio show about the illegal trade of black bear bile in Asia Laurel Neme - June 22, 2011 Emperor Penguin From Antarctic Visits New Zealand Beach BBC News - June 21, 2011 Catastrophic Species Loss in Okavango Delta, Botswana The Guardian - June 20, 2011 Bangladesh Plans Special Force to Save Tigers BBC News - June 13, 2011/ posted June 17, 2011 Arabian 'Unicorn' No Longer Extinct The Guardian - June 16, 2011 Australia's Beloved Koalas Under Threat The Guardian - June 14, 2011 Scotland Could Introduce Wild Animal Circus Ban The Independent - June 13, 2011/ posted June 14, 2011 Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit: One Last Effort To Save Animal From Extinction Huffington Post - June 13, 2011 Killer Elephants in India: Why They Attack Live Science - June 11, 2011 Tests Show Arctic Reindeer 'See in UV' BBC News - May 26, 2011/ posted May 27, 2011 Reindeer Body Clock Switched Off BBC News - March 15, 2010/ posted May 27, 2011 Whales Suffer Effects of Sunburn BBC Earth News - November 10, 2010/ posted May 27, 2011 Red-Crested Tree Rat Reappears After 113 Years Wired Science - May 19, 2011 Feral Camels Plague Australian Outback Discovery News - May 17, 2011/ posted May 19, 2011 Elephants Outwit Humans During Intelligence Test Discovery News - March 7, 2011 Siberian Tiger Population is Drastically Low, Scientists Report The Huffington Post - March 7, 2011 Tragic Murder of 100 Sled Dogs in Canada Cesar's Way - February 13, 2011 China Bans Animal Circuses The Telegraph - January 18, 2011 Back to Top	More News by Category: Exotic Animal Black Market General Animal-Related and Environmental News International Pets and Domesticated Animals Primate News - General Research Sanctuaries United States Zoos Back to Current Headlines Donations can be mailed or conveniently made online. 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