Sharks in the soup, says conservation group
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Extinction looms as consumption booms A conservation group has warned that sharks could be extinct within a generation unless people lose their appetite for shark fin soup, Reuters reports.â¦
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BANGKOK, Oct 14 (IPS) -  The great white shark, Irrawaddy dolphin, minke  whale and the ramin tree were among the big winners at the  endangered species sweepstakes of the Convention on International  Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) as its 13th Conference of the  Parties drew to a close in the Thai capital on Thursday.
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Shark that "walk" with their fins across coral reefs are among more than 50 new species discovered recently off the coast of Indonesia, scientists announce.
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Fines collected from convicted poachers who had been taking leopard shark pups from the San Francisco Bay will start a fund for restoring the animals' habitat.
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Dolphin groups, or "pods", rely on socialites to keep them from collapsing, scientists claim.
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Sharks and humans both fled the coast as  hurricanes battered Florida last year, causing a dramatic drop  in shark attacks in the state that usually has a third of the  world's annual total, scientists said on Tuesday.
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A private group hopes to create a marine sanctuary for nurse sharks, angelfish, starfish and other sea life that live below an abandoned Florida Panhandle pier.
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Nematodes, which occupy the top rung of the food chain in the Antarctic Dry Valleys, are dying off in an alarming example of change.
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South African experts have put before parliament proposals to limit shark attacks along Cape Town's beaches while balancing the need for conservation.
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Hungry refugees in Tanzania are eating chimpanzees and other endangered species in order to supplement their meager diet, an international conservation group said on Tuesday.
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Sharks will migrate into Antarctic waters if warming continues, threatening marine animals, scientists warn.
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Sharks are like vultures. They symbolize the unsympathetic brutality of nature, circling their prey in a ritual of impending doom.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Dec. 18--Hunters and fishermen can become highly motivated environmentalists when habitat for game is threatened.
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Shark! Sharks attacked 62 people without provocation last year, killing four of them, scientists at the University of Florida said yesterday.
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DURBAN, South Africa  - Once a year the normally  tranquil waters off South Africa's balmy east coast bubble as  billions of sardines migrate north with sharks and dolphins in  hot pursuit.
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has listed the great white shark among the 10 species of animals and trees it believes will most likely become extinct.
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Hong Kong's government has urged  residents not to eat seafood from tsunami-affected areas as  they may be tainted, but experts brushed off such fears on  Wednesday, saying the effects of the catastrophe on fish were  minimal.