Enormous vulture menaces home counties
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Do not approach a 'very large bird' called Emmy One of the world's largest birds, a Ruppell's Griffin Vulture called Emmy, is on the loose in Bedfordshire after escaping from the English School of Falconry on Wednesday.â¦
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Spain's Canary Islands, which last week declared a state of alert as swarms of locusts arrived from western Africa, is under threat from a renewed cloud of the creatures, an AFP photographer on the spot said.
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The hunting of wild animals by hungry refugees in East Africa threatens wildlife populations, say conservationists.
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FORTESCUE, New Jersey  - A tiny shorebird is edging closer to extinction, threatened by fishermen who destroy its food staple for bait and loved by ornithologists who are drawn from around the world to count it.
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Wildlife researchers leading a flock of young whooping cranes south for the winter are warning people to stay out of their way after an apparently curious ultralight pilot disturbed the endangered birds.
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The veterinary drug blamed for killing South Asia's vultures should be banned now, conservationists say.
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Turkey, deer and songbirds abound in a pastoral setting in Roanoke County, but under the surface lies the volatile legacy of an old landfill: explosive gases and contaminated fluids.  The mixture will require daily maintenance for decades and cost taxpayers millions, officials say.
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By ANDREW FORGRAVE Rural Affairs Editor  A WELSH wildlife charity is to launch its biggest ever conservation scheme to protect upland landscapes and communities.
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Families throughout Europe are spending anxious hours desperate for news of loved ones after giant waves slammed into some of Asia's most popular resorts at peak season, killing thousands of people.
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A vulnerable British bird has experienced an extraordinary population revival, figures have shown.
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Officials in Scotland's Outer Hebrides are considering a mass slaughter of rabbits to protect fragile sand pastures.  The rabbit infestation is bad and getting worse in many places, John MacKay, a local council member in Ness, told The Scotsman.
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Don't panic! It's been a difficult week in the UK - a letter bomber with no staying power, alleged terrorists arrested, strange white stuff falling from the sky and destroying rail and tube networks, and the arrival of the dreaded bird 'flu on a turkey farm in Suffolk.â¦
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The bald eagle is out of the woods but other birds of prey are in trouble.
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Conservationists launched a three-year project on Tuesday to protect millions of migrating birds which are indiscriminately targeted by hunters in North Africa and the Middle East.
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threatened that they may disappear soon due to intensive agriculture and climate change, scientists say. &quot;The number of bird species in trouble across Europe is rising,&quot; said BirdLife, a British-based conservation group.
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Anyone gazing out to sea from the east Kent coast on Tuesday will have seen an unusual flurry of lifeboats and helicopters. Two miles off Deal a disaster was unfolding - two 100ft boats
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A remote Scottish island has come under growing pressure to end a controversial annual cull of hedgehogs, and ferry them to the mainland instead.