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African livelihoods at risk as species threatened: IUCN (AFP): Click here

Ugandan fishermen collect fish from a net in Kabukanga on Rukwanzi Island, Uganda. Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Walter Astrada)AFP - Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday.
Federal judge orders revised spotted owl plan (AP): Click here
AP - A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must revise a Bush administration recovery plan for the northern spotted owl.
Animal rights group claims mass Greek mink release (AP): Click here
AP - An international animal rights activist group has claimed responsibility for releasing more than 50,000 minks from two fur farms in northern Greece.
WWF calls for 'roar of support' for wild tigers (AFP): Click here

An undated file picture of a tiger in the wild released by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Kathmandu. The conservation group WWF on Thursday urged people to send in a recorded AFP - The conservation group WWF on Thursday urged people to send in a recorded "roar of support" for wild tigers, whose numbers have plunged over the past century from 100,000 to fewer than 3,200.
Japan to sentence Greenpeace anti-whaling activists (AFP): Click here

Greenpeace activists Toru Suzuki (R) and Junichi Sato are seen in the Greenpeace Japan office in Tokyo, August 25, 2010.(AFP/File/Frank Zeller)AFP - Two Greenpeace activists will face possible jail terms in Japan on Monday for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country's limits on political activism.
Obama urged to help end Japan's dolphin hunt (AFP): Click here

Environmental activists protest against dolphin hunting in Japan near the US embassy in Tokyo on September 2, 2010. Japanese media said fishermen in Taiji had trapped some 20 bottlenose dolphins in the secluded cove on Thursday(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Animal rights activists protested against Japan's dolphin hunts in a rally outside the US embassy in Tokyo Thursday, calling on President Barack Obama to pressure the country over the issue.
Busted pot growers mistake wardens for suppliers (AP): Click here
AP - California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers. State Department of Fish and Game spokesman Pat Foy says two wardens in Tehama County were looking for deer poachers Monday night in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest when they heard footsteps behind them.
Bosnian group urges probe of puppy killing video (AP): Click here
AP - An animal rights group in Bosnia called on authorities Wednesday to investigate a claim that a disturbing video of a young woman throwing six newborn puppies into a river was filmed in the Balkan country.
RSPCA says 'bring back UK dog licence' (AFP): Click here

This rottweiler dog attacked a child in the Rhone region of France in 2008. Animal welfare group the RSPCA has called for dog licences to be reintroduced, saying an annual licence fee of as little as 21.50 pounds could help reduce the number of strays and help tackle irresponsible dog breeding.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)AFP - Animal welfare group the RSPCA has called for dog licences to be reintroduced, saying an annual licence fee of as little as £21.50 could help reduce the number of strays and help tackle irresponsible dog breeding.
3 killed when copter crashes in Idaho downtown (AP): Click here
AP - A helicopter chartered by a state wildlife agency plunged into a travel trailer and crashed Tuesday on a downtown street in the small town of Kamiah, killing two biologists and the pilot, authorities said.
Atlanta zoo to be inspected after snake escape (AP): Click here
AP - Georgia wildlife officials will inspect an Atlanta zoo after a venomous rattlesnake was able to escape and slither around a city neighborhood.
China, Russia boost efforts to save tigers (AFP): Click here

A Siberian tiger roams the grounds at the Badaling park near China's Great Wall outside Beijing. China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for Siberian tigers, as they try to boost efforts to save the endangered species, state media reported.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for Siberian tigers, as they try to boost efforts to save the endangered species, state media reported Monday.
Los Angeles Zoo is home to 22 baby Komodo dragons (AP): Click here

This image provided by the Los Angeles Zoo shows two of the 22 Komodo dragons that were born at the zoo over an 11 day period begining Aug. 8, 2010 in Los Angeles. Komodos, the worlds largest dragons, are cannibalistic and usually eat their young and eggs of their own species, so zoo officials say staying alive is tricky for a hatchling. Los Angeles is one of the few zoos in North America to have successfully bred Komodos. The curator says 11 babies will eventually go to the Columbus (Ohio) Zoo. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Zoo)AP - Twenty-two Komodo dragons have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo this month, giving a modest boost to the world's endangered population.
Putin fires darts at gray whale from crossbow (AP): Click here

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin aims a crossbow as he is on a rubber boat at the Olga Harbor of Kamchatka Peninsula during a scientific expedition, to study grey whales on Wednesday, Aug.25, 2010. (AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, pool)AP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fired darts from a crossbow at a gray whale off Russia's Far Eastern coast on Wednesday in the latest in a series of man-versus-nature stunts designed to cultivate the image of a macho leader.
New bacteria degrades oil faster, in deep, cold water: study (AFP): Click here

A man walks on the beach where oil is seen in the water as it washes ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in June, 2010 in Alabama. A new species of bacteria found in the Gulf of Mexico degrades oil faster at deeper and colder depths than expected, scientists said Tuesday in a study that could explain how the BP oil spill has mostly disappeared.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - A new species of bacteria found in the Gulf of Mexico degrades oil faster at deeper and colder depths than expected, scientists said Tuesday in a study that could explain how the BP oil spill has mostly disappeared.
Endangered Hawksbill turtles released off Singapore (AFP): Click here

School children watch as a Hawksbill sea turtle crawls to the water in Singapore on August 24. Thirteen endangered Hawksbills born and bred in Japan were released off Singapore waters Tuesday as part of efforts to conserve the species.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Thirteen endangered sea turtles born and bred in Japan were released off Singapore waters Tuesday as part of efforts to conserve the species.
How cute! Panda cub born in Austria (AP): Click here

HANDOUT - In this photo taken with a surveillance camera and provided by the Schoenbrunn Zoo, female giant panda Yang Yang holds her newborn cub in her mouth in an enclosed compound in Vienna, on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. Yang Yang gave birth to her second cub on the third birthday of her first baby — called Fu Long — who has since left for China. (AP Photo/Schoenbrunn Zoo, Handout)AP - A giant panda has given birth to a healthy cub in Austria — the second in just three years.
Police search for escaped alligators (AFP): Click here

A baby alligator stares at the camera at alligator farm Zoocriadero Kubota S.A., near Panama City, in 2008. Police and wildlife experts have launched a search for two baby alligators that escaped from a zoo in southern France, an official have said.(AFP/File/Elmer Martinez)AFP - Police and wildlife experts have launched a search for two baby alligators that escaped from a zoo in southern France, an official said on Tuesday.
Group wants to end setting dogs on chained bears (AP): Click here

In an on April 24, 2010 image from video provided by The Humane Society of the United States, a dog is shown barking at a captive bear during a bear baying event in Spartanburg, S.C. Bear baying is a training method for hunting dogs and in the U.S. it is only legal in South Carolina. (AP Photo/The Humane Society of the United States)AP - A declawed, defanged bear is chained to a stake as hunting dogs bark and snap, trying to force the bear to stand on its hind legs. The training exercise called bear baying is intended to make the bears easier to shoot in the wild and it's only allowed in South Carolina.
Scientists find 10 new coral species in Hawaii (AP): Click here
AP - Scientists returning from a 30-day research expedition to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands found what they believe are 10 new species of coral.

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