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CSI: Sea Lion Unit Sea lions actually not assassinated, say officials		08 May 2008	News
Posted at 10:48 AM on 08 May 2008 Think the twisty tale of the Bonneville Dam sea lions can't get any twistier? Think again! The six sea lions that were reported to have been assassinated over the weekend were not in fact killed by gunshots, officials now say. The cause of death is still unknown; human involvement has not been ruled out, but investigators are also considering the role of dehydration, heat exhaustion, or panic. ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, wildlife (all these topics)

The Gray Area Gray wolves under attack, groups want them re-listed		28 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 1:03 PM on 28 Apr 2008 Saying that their concerns about trigger-happy hunters have been validated, 12 conservation and animal-rights groups have sued to get the gray wolf re-listed as an endangered species. The 1,500 wolves that roam through Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho were delisted on Mar. 28 and can now be shot at will; a total of 37 have been killed in the last month. Conservation groups filed suit Monday, saying th ...
Topics: animal welfare, endangered species, Idaho, litigation, Montana, news, wildlife, Wyoming (all these topics)

Cane, You Hear Me Now Animal-welfare group backs toad-killing in Australia		03 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 4:48 PM on 03 Apr 2008 Australian politician Shane Knuth has proposed a special "Toad Day Out" for residents of the state of Queensland to kill cane toads, a poisonous invasive species that Knuth calls "the greatest environmental vermin and probably the most disgusting creature known to man." The plan even has the backing of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals -- with ...
Topics: animal welfare, Australia, biodiversity, news, wildlife (all these topics)

That's Babar-ic! South Africa to resume elephant culling despite criticism		26 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 8:49 AM on 26 Feb 2008 South Africa announced it will resume killing elephants in May for the first time since a 1995 ban on the practice. Wildlife officials argued that culling is necessary to reduce elephant populations in the country due to their impacts on vegetation and other species; the number of elephants has more than doubled since the ban to about 20,000, which wildlife managers consider unsustainable ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, South Africa, wildlife (all these topics)

The Expiration Superhighway Sales of endangered critters rampant on the web		17 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
The Expiration Superhighway Sales of endangered critters rampant on the web What do deviant porn and endangered elephants have in common? No, not that, you twisted perv! The answer: Both are easy to find in the anonymous wilds of the world wide web. The International Fund for Animal Welfare found that in just one week, nearly 9,000 wildlife products were for sale on English-language websites alone (including eBay), with at l ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, wildlife (all these topics)

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