Wildlife under pressure find 2nd chance
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A baby chimpanzee found alone, helpless, in the forest. An African rock python caged and taunted by villagers until it cracks its skull on the metal bars. A rare shoebill crane, a tall, gray-feathered beauty, discovered in the trunk of a smuggler's car.
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Heathland species are in danger of extinction because of the poor condition of their habitat, conservationists warn.
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WASHINGTON - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
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For years, geologists and devoted amateurs have lobbied for a regional trail dedicated to ice-age floods. At last, their efforts may pay off.
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A beaver has been spotted in New York City for the first time in more than 200 years, marking the return of an animal once vital to the city's economy and then nearly hunted to extinction.
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PUERTO AYORA, Ecuador  - While scientists search for a mate for "Lonesome George" -- the last known survivor of a species of Galapagos tortoise -- some say the effort to fend off extinction may be in vain.
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Six years ago, an Oregon man rescued a fawn and raised her as a family pet. So when the state seized the deer, with a threat of euthanasia, all hell broke loose.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - It's best not to get between a predator and its prey - especially when they're in the passenger seat of your golf cart. Water plant worker Mitch Walter would offer that bit of advice and bears the scratches of one who speaks from experience.
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These are just a few cases from Britain's urban jungle as booming human and wildlife populations get increasingly in each other's way.
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Property hunters will be given a &quot;rare opportunity&quot; to get back to nature next week when a cave home goes up for auction.
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A wave of poaching has alarmed state and federal wildlife officials in several Western states.
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By ARTHUR MAX  THE HAGUE, Netherlands - If you think the problem of endangered species is all about tigers, elephants and orangutans, ask a violinist where he gets his bow.
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Some owners set them loose instead of bringing them to crocodile refuges. But the pet trade helps wild crocs, too.
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Some say stricter measures endanger wildlife, but others argue those concerns are smokescreens for pro-immigrant sentiment
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By SWALLOW, Andrew  Waimate Lions Club is organising a conserved forage competition which offers a win-win opportunity for farmers and the rural community, it believes.
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MOLE CREEK, Australia -- For years, Trudy Richards searched the forests of Tasmania for the elusive creature with the head of a wolf, the pouch of a kangaroo, and the stripes of a tiger.
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By Peter Rice PRICE@ABQTRIB.COM/ 823-3602  The job title of "urban wildlife biologist" seems like an oxymoron at first blush.