| Pipeline threatens world's rarest cat with extinction
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| Poachers and man-made forest fires have reduced their
number to as little as 30 but now the Amur leopard, one of the world's
most endangered species, has a new enemy: Russian oil. |
| Independent
Online |
| The elephant vanishes |
| The wild elephants of Myanmar are disappearing at an
alarming rate, say conservationists. |
| news
@ nature.com |
| No sign of lethargy as frisky panda leads pursuers
a merry dance |
| A female panda has defied the breed's image as reclusive
and slothful by leaping from rooftop to rooftop during a trip to a
south-western Chinese city. |
| Telegraph
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| India's tigers, dolphins threatened |
| India's tiger and freshwater dolphin populations are
rapidly dwindling as poachers kill the endangered species to feed
a lucrative trade in traditional medicines, newspaper reports say.
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| sundaytimes.co.za |
| 12 dead dolphins found on Black Sea coast |
| Twelve dead dolphins have been found along Romania's
Black Sea coast, authorities said on Tuesday. |
| IOL |
| A close shave for Switzerland's bearded vulture |
| The black kites that swarm over Switzerland’s Lake
Geneva are a dime a dozen. Sadly, the same can’t be said for a fellow
raptor on the other side of the country that has come close to the
brink of extinction. |
| Environmental
News Network |
| Australian judge calls logger's case against environmentalists
too vague |
| A logging company's attempt to sue environmentalists
for campaigning against its tree felling operations on a picturesque
Australian island was branded by a judge on Monday as so vague that
the environmentalists would not know how to launch a defense. |
| Environmental
News Network |
