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206 Animals Found In New York Home Where Woman, 95, Was 'Trapped' By Debris
Over 200 animals were found at the home of a wildlife rehabilitator in New York where authorities also discovered a 95-year-old woman who they say was essentially trapped in her room due to clutter in the residence.
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Woman Tries To Enter US Airport With Turtles In Bra, Caught By Security Agency
The surviving turtle was turned over to the Florida Department of Fish and Wildlife, TSA said in the post.
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US Police Respond To Report Of Human Remains, Find Beer Bong Instead
When authorities arrived at the scene to look into a claim of human remains in a cave, they discovered that the submerged skull was actually a plastic beer bong.
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US Man Secretly Fed Bears For A Decade 'To Keep Them Safe', Say Officials
For 10 years, a Virginia man has been secretly feeding bears "to keep them safe from poachers" - a violation of the state's "bear no-feeding" law, wildlife authorities say.
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Mountain Lion Breaks Into Home, Kills Family Cat In US
A mountain lion crawled into a Colorado home and killed a family's pet house cat and fled into a canyon after wildlife officers shot it with non-lethal bean bag rounds to force it outside, authorities said on Friday.
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Global Warming Is Top Threat To Polar Bears
US wildlife authorities released on Monday a broad plan to try to save Arctic polar bears from going extinct, as global warming melts away their icy habitat an increasing pace.
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US Announces Near-Total Ban On African Elephant Ivory Trade
US authorities on Thursday announced a near-total ban on the trade of African elephant ivory, finalizing a years-long push to fight the poaching of the threatened animals.
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US Militia Occupy Wildlife Park Headquarters In Rancher Row
A group of US militiamen reportedly angered by the jailing of two ranchers occupied the headquarters of a federal wildlife reserve in Oregon on Saturday, local authorities said.
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African Lions Are 'Endangered,' Must Be Protected: US
African lions are at risk of extinction and will be protected under US law as an endangered species, authorities declared Monday, months after a high-profile killing stoked global outrage.
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US Government Ends Research on All Chimpanzees
Chimpanzees will no longer be used for US government research and the remaining 50 chimps in federal custody will be sent to a sanctuary for retirement, health authorities said Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe Lifts Hunting Restrictions Imposed After Cecil Kill
Zimbabwean wildlife authorities on Monday partially lifted restrictions on big game hunting imposed earlier this month following the outcry over the killing by a US trophy hunter of Cecil the lion.
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US Launches Probe Into Killing of 'Cecil the Lion'
US authorities launched an investigation on Thursday into the killing of a beloved lion in Zimbabwe, as the American dentist who hunted the big cat remained in hiding amid mounting global outrage.
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206 Animals Found In New York Home Where Woman, 95, Was 'Trapped' By Debris
Over 200 animals were found at the home of a wildlife rehabilitator in New York where authorities also discovered a 95-year-old woman who they say was essentially trapped in her room due to clutter in the residence.
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Woman Tries To Enter US Airport With Turtles In Bra, Caught By Security Agency
The surviving turtle was turned over to the Florida Department of Fish and Wildlife, TSA said in the post.
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US Police Respond To Report Of Human Remains, Find Beer Bong Instead
When authorities arrived at the scene to look into a claim of human remains in a cave, they discovered that the submerged skull was actually a plastic beer bong.
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US Man Secretly Fed Bears For A Decade 'To Keep Them Safe', Say Officials
For 10 years, a Virginia man has been secretly feeding bears "to keep them safe from poachers" - a violation of the state's "bear no-feeding" law, wildlife authorities say.
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Mountain Lion Breaks Into Home, Kills Family Cat In US
A mountain lion crawled into a Colorado home and killed a family's pet house cat and fled into a canyon after wildlife officers shot it with non-lethal bean bag rounds to force it outside, authorities said on Friday.
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Global Warming Is Top Threat To Polar Bears
US wildlife authorities released on Monday a broad plan to try to save Arctic polar bears from going extinct, as global warming melts away their icy habitat an increasing pace.
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US Announces Near-Total Ban On African Elephant Ivory Trade
US authorities on Thursday announced a near-total ban on the trade of African elephant ivory, finalizing a years-long push to fight the poaching of the threatened animals.
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US Militia Occupy Wildlife Park Headquarters In Rancher Row
A group of US militiamen reportedly angered by the jailing of two ranchers occupied the headquarters of a federal wildlife reserve in Oregon on Saturday, local authorities said.
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African Lions Are 'Endangered,' Must Be Protected: US
African lions are at risk of extinction and will be protected under US law as an endangered species, authorities declared Monday, months after a high-profile killing stoked global outrage.
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US Government Ends Research on All Chimpanzees
Chimpanzees will no longer be used for US government research and the remaining 50 chimps in federal custody will be sent to a sanctuary for retirement, health authorities said Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe Lifts Hunting Restrictions Imposed After Cecil Kill
Zimbabwean wildlife authorities on Monday partially lifted restrictions on big game hunting imposed earlier this month following the outcry over the killing by a US trophy hunter of Cecil the lion.
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US Launches Probe Into Killing of 'Cecil the Lion'
US authorities launched an investigation on Thursday into the killing of a beloved lion in Zimbabwe, as the American dentist who hunted the big cat remained in hiding amid mounting global outrage.
