Mass deaths of rare croc in India
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At least 21 endangered crocodile-like gharials are found dead in northern India, officials say.
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A state in northern India has ordered a probe into sudden deaths of a pair of apparently healthy rare tigers in a government zoo, a report said.
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Death tolls in Sri Lanka and India continue to rise, with an estimated 11,000 dead in the island state, and 6,000 dead in India. Of those deaths, 3,000 are thought to have occurred in India&#39;s Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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VICTORIA, British Columbia -- Four people, dozens of dogs and cats, 11 porpoises and a horse have died from a rare tropical fungus since it was detected on Vancouver Island in 1999, a study has concluded.
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Poachers killed three highly endangered Asiatic lions in their only remaining sanctuary in western India, removing their claws and bones and raising fears for the future of these rare cats, wildlife officials said Tuesday.
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One of Earth's rarest birds might have gone into extinction following the death of one of the last known po'ouli.
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Tens of thousands of iconic Australian creatures including koalas and kangaroos may have died in fires that swept through vast tracts of southern Australia this week, environmentalists say.
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Booming global trade in rare forms of wildlife ranging from tropical fish and trees to African lizards is threatening many of them with extinction, conservation group WWF said on Thursday.
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At least 20 endangered turtles have been found dead along the coast of southeastern Bangladesh, an official said Thursday.
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One of Earth&#39;s rarest birds might have gone into extinction following the death of one of the last known po&#39;ouli. The aging male po&#39;ouli died in captivity
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The rare Indian crocodile known as the gharial is turning up dead by the dozens on the banks of a river in India and forest officials donât know why.
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CHANDIGARH, India  - Twenty-one lions are dying in   a zoo in north India after a cross-breeding experiment to boost   the park's attractions went disastrously wrong.
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"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was videotaped pulling a poisonous stingray barb from his chest just before he died, according to news reports. Irwin's manager John Stainton described the footage of his friend dying as "terrible," according to The Associated Press.
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NAMALINDE, Malawi  - Maria Semu holds back tears  as she tells how she lost her husband Ngalu to a crocodile --  another victim of growing conflict between man and beast in one  of Africa's poorest countries.
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By Ray Sasser, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 10--It's ironic that Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, was killed last week by a stingray. Irwin, the hyperactive Australian, made a fortune by antagonizing large, dangerous animals into aggressive attacks for the camera.
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One of the rarest birds on Earth came closer to being wiped out &#151; if not already extinct &#151; with the death of one of the last three believed to exist, officials said.
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Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday by a stingray barb during a diving expedition, Australian media reported. He was 44.