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Organized Crime Devastates Wildlife
A slow loris in a market in Southeast Asia. Copyright Elizabeth Bennett, WCS. Much of what I write about deals with the good work that zoo and aquarium professionals are doing in order to save wildlife...
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Saving Baloo: Zoo Boise’s Work With Sloth Bears
Paji, a sloth bear at Zoo Boise. Copyright Zoo Boise. Commonly attributed as the character “Baloo” in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, the sloth bear has a long history alongside humans....
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Surge in Rhino Poaching
Rare daytime sighting of a black rhino in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Copyright Tim Lewthwaite. 2011 was a bad year for rhinos. In October of 2011, the javan rhino was declared extinct on mainland...
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Partnership in Action: The Mara Elephant Project
The Mara Elephant Project is working to positively effect the human-elephant relationship in the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem while setting up an anti-poaching strategy to save African elephants. The...
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Eastern Black Rhino Calf Thrills Visitors at Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo’s eastern black rhino calf make its first appearance in its outdoor exhibit. Copyright Todd Rosenberg, Lincoln Park Zoo. Lincoln Park Zoo’s newborn Eastern black rhinoceros calf...
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