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2010 Feb 26 |
Mozambique state media said 2 young men accused of having sex with a goat in central Mozambique are facing criminal charges, and the goat's owner is demanding they make traditional wedding arrangements. Links: Mozambique, Sex, Animal 
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2010 Mar 7 |
In the US Academy Awards the film “The Hurt Locker” triumphed with six prizes and made Kathryn Bigelow the first woman ever to win the directing Oscar. Sandra Bullock won as best actress for "The Blind Side"; Jeff Bridges as best actor for "Crazy Heart"; Mo'Nique as supporting actress for "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire"; and Christoph Waltz as supporting actor for "Inglourious Basterds." The best documentary feature was won by “The Cove,” an examination of a bloody dolphin hunt filmed with hidden cameras in Taiji, Japan. Links: USA, Japan, Animal, Film, Film Star
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2010 Mar 8 |
In Alaska the body of rural teacher Candice Berner (32) was found a mile outside of Chignik Lake. Wolf tracks surrounded the body. Links: USA, Alaska, Animal
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2010 Mar 13 |
In Qatar a two week UN conference opened with a focus on the Atlantic bluefin tuna and other marine life in the world's overfished oceans. The 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) discussed new proposals on regulating the trade in number of plant and animal species. Links: Qatar, UN, Animal, Fish
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2010 Mar 15 |
At the CITES conference in Qatar a top official with the UN wildlife agency said the world has "failed miserably" at protecting tigers in the wild, bringing an animal that is a symbol for many cultures and religions to "the verge of extinction." Links: Qatar, UN, Animal
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2010 Mar 21 |
Conservationists at the CITES meeting in Qatar said the Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones. Links: Qatar, Internet, Animal
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2010 Mar 21 |
In Indonesia a rare Sumatran tiger dragged a man, identified as Darmilus (26), from a hut in Seponjen village near the protected Berbak National Park, and broke his neck as friends tried to rescue the victim. Links: Indonesia, Animal
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2010 Apr 3 |
It was reported that some 4.5 million animals in Mongolia had perished over the last 3 months. A dry summer in 2009 followed by low temperatures and a heavy snow cover, a phenomenon called the zud, afflicted 19 of the countries 21 provinces. Links: Mongolia, Animal
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2010 Apr 7 |
Innovation for the Development and Protection of the Environment (IDPE) said that from March 3-28 Congo government troops killed 7 hippos and 5 elephants as well as five antelopes, four baboons, three chimpanzees and two buffalo in Virunga national Park, a UNESCO world heritage. The soldiers "use their wives and cousins to sell the meat" in villages near the park, the IDPE said in a report that included photos of decomposing elephant carcasses. Links: CongoDRC, Animal
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2010 Apr 8 |
Canada’s annual seal hunt began with this year’s quota raised by 50,000 to 330,000 due to a rising seal herd population estimated at 6.9 million. Links: Canada, Animal
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2010 Apr 20 |
The US Supreme Court struck down a federal law aimed at banning videos that show graphic violence against animals, saying it violates the right to free speech. Links: USA, Animal, Supreme Court
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2010 Apr 20 |
Bolivia’s Pres. Evo Morales said that men should stay away from eating chicken if they want to maintain their hair and virility. He said chicken producers inject the birds with female hormones. Producers in the US, EU and other countries abandoned the use of hormones in poultry several decades ago. Links: Bolivia, Sex, Food, Animal
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2010 Apr 22 |
The world’s first cloned polo pony was born in the US. Links: USA, Animal
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2010 Apr 29 |
In Vietnam a Javan rhino, one of the world's rarest large mammals, was found shot dead with its horn chopped off in a southern national park, a suspected victim of poachers. There were only three to five Javan rhinos believed left in Vietnam. The animal was first caught on camera at the park in 1999. Links: Vietnam, Animal
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2010 Apr |
In Canada some 100 dogs appeared to have been "slaughtered" inhumanely, shortly after the end of the Winter Games. The incident became public after an employee of Outdoor Adventures Whistler filed a compensation claim with the province, saying he was suffering from stress after being forced to shoot the animals and bury them. Links: Canada, Animal
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2010 May 28 |
In Alaska a backpacker shot and killed a grizzly bear with his handgun in Denali National Park. A man and woman reported that they were hiking when the bear emerged from trailside brush and charged the woman. Links: USA, Alaska, Animal
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2010 May 31 |
A Malaysian government official, Malacca Chief Minister Mohamad Ali Rustam, defended an Indian company's plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans. Links: Malaysia, Animal, BioTech, God
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2010 Jun 10 |
The Zimbabwe state wildlife authority said poachers last week killed 10 elephants in a single attack in southeastern Gonarezhou national park. All the tusks were removed, leaving the carcasses on a river bank. Links: Zimbabwe, Animal
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2010 Jun 13 |
Nepal’s PM Madhav Kumar Nepal and Forest Minister Deepak Bohara summoned conservation officials and the chiefs of police and army ordering them to come up with a strategy to halt the killing of endangered rhinos. 28 of the endangered animals had been killed over the past 11 months. Links: Nepal, Animal
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2010 Jun 21 |
In Indonesia the discovery of three dead Javan rhinos has intensified efforts to save one of the world's most endangered mammals from extinction, with an electric fence being built around a new sanctuary and breeding ground. Links: Indonesia, Animal
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2010 Jun 21 |
The Japanese distributor for the “The Cove,” a documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan, said the film would be in 6 Japanese theaters on July 3. Links: Japan, Animal, Film
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2010 Jul 2 |
Jakarta's annual month-long flora and fauna expo opened. It included sales of the world's most threatened ploughshare tortoise and the critically endangered radiated tortoises, both from Madagascar. While the government has passed legislation banning such illegal trade, dealers continue to blatantly sell endangered species without fear of arrest or prosecution. Links: Indonesia, Animal, Reptile
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2010 Jul 6 |
California Gov. Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill extending voter approved mandates for the humane treatment of egg-laying hens in the state. Links: California, Food, Animal
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2010 Jul 9 |
In California scuba divers began killing invasive Asian clams in Lake Tahoe. Long rubber mats were laid over half an acre in a test effort starve the clams of oxygen. Links: California, Animal
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2010 Jul 10 |
It was reported that Amazon river dolphins were being killed by fishermen for bait and that the population was dropping 7 percent a year. The gentle and curious dolphins were easy targets for nets and harpoons as they swim fearlessly up to fishing boats. Links: Brazil, Animal, Fish
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2010 Jul 10 |
Baghdad officials said 58,000 stray dogs have been killed in and around the Iraqi capital over the past three months as part of a campaign to combat dog attacks. Links: Iraq, Animal
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2010 Jul 13 |
In Malaysia a police raid for stolen vehicles found 42 of them at a warehouse in Malaysia along with and hundreds of birds and other protected wildlife. Officers found some 700 birds and caged leopard cats, albino pygmy monkeys and other animals. They included about 20 protected species. Links: Malaysia, Animal, Birds
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2010 Jul 15 |
Australian scientists reported their discovery of bizarre prehistoric sea life hundreds of kilometers below the Great Barrier Reef, in an unprecedented mission to document species under threat from ocean warming. Links: Australia, Animal
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2010 Jul 28 |
In Spain a bullfighting ban, passed in Catalonia's parliament, provoking passionate reactions throughout the country. Links: Spain, Animal
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2010 Jul 28 |
South African wildlife authorities said poachers killed 152 endangered rhinoceros in the country so far this year, about 20 more than the number killed in the whole of 2009. Links: South Africa, Animal
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2010 Jul 29 |
Ugandan officials said an anthrax outbreak has killed 82 hippos in the last month and a half. Links: Microbiology, Uganda, Animal
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2010 Aug 5 |
A federal judge in Montana reinstated protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho. Links: USA, Idaho, Animal, Montana
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2010 Aug 5 |
In Russia wildfires were raging close to a shelter housing hundreds of dogs and retired circus animals, as the death toll from weeks of blazes across the country rose to 50. Links: Russia, Animal, Fire
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2010 Aug 12 |
In Zimbabwe a wounded buffalo, known as one of the most aggressive animals in the African bush, gored veteran Zimbabwean conservationist Steve Kok (71) to death, ending his years of dedication to saving wild animals from poachers' traps. Links: Zimbabwe, Animal
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2010 Aug 18 |
In Spain a bull leapt into the packed grandstands of a bullring at the Tafalla arena in the northern region of Navarra and ran amok, charging and trampling spectators and leaving 40 people injured. Links: Spain, Animal
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2010 Aug 20 |
The European Union's high court temporarily exempted Inuit hunters in Canada and Greenland from the bloc's new trade ban on seal products, while asking European Parliament and EU governments to justify the ban. Links: EU, Animal, Greenland
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2010 Aug 24 |
A Kenyan official said wildlife officers have seized two tons of elephant ivory and five rhino horns at the main airport that were to be illegally shipped to Malaysia. Links: Kenya, Animal
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2010 Aug 25 |
Police in northeastern Congo said they have seized 116 elephant tusks and arrested two men following a truck crash. Links: CongoDRC, Animal
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2010 Aug 28 |
In northern Greece break-ins over the last 24 hours at two fur farms near the city of Kastoria set more than 50,000 minks on the loose. The cost to the farm owners could pass euro1 million ($1.27 million). Links: Greece, Animal
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2010 Sep 8 |
In Australia a kangaroo was beaten to death with a metal pole in the Great Otway National Park in the southern state of Victoria. Three 8th grade pupils were later suspended from school as authorities investigated the beating. Links: Australia, Animal, Teens Amuck
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2010 Sep 14 |
It was reported that only about 3,500 tigers worldwide were left in the wild, with less than a third of them breeding females. Most of the tigers were in India. Links: India, Animal
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2010 Sep 15 |
In Puerto Rico a man, accused of dragging a stubborn horse last February alongside his truck, became the first person convicted by a local jury under an animal protection law enacted after dogs were thrown to their deaths from a bridge. On Nov 17 Georgenan Lopez (24) received a 12-year prison sentence, becoming the first person convicted by a jury under the animal cruelty law implemented in August 2008. Links: Puerto Rico, Animal, Horse
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2010 Sep 16 |
Australian scientists said they had made a breakthrough in the fight to save the cancer-hit Tasmanian devil by mapping the species' genome for the first time. Links: Australia, DNA, Animal, BioTech, Cancer
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2010 Sep 21 |
South African police said 11 suspected members of an alleged rhino poaching syndicate have been arrested, as part of an ongoing investigation. The suspects included 2 veterinarians and a game farmer. Links: South Africa, Animal
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2010 Sep 23 |
In eastern India a speeding freight train struck a herd of elephants overnight in a densely forested region, killing seven. India's wild elephant population was recently estimated at around 26,000. Links: India, Animal
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2010 Sep 24 |
Investigators of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, who visited an animal reserve near the southern border town of Beit Bridge and the Limpopo river, reported that occupiers slaughtered 300 zebra for their skins in the last two months. 7 African antelope were killed this week. Links: Zimbabwe, Animal
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2010 Sep 29 |
In northwest Ireland managers at Anderson's Mink Farm said that many of their cages and fences were cut and opened over the weekend, freeing an estimated 5,000 animals into the wilds of County Donegal. About 28,000 others declined to bolt for freedom. Links: Ireland, Animal
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2010 Sep 30 |
Researchers who used a remote-controlled helicopter to collect whale snot, documented bats having oral sex and showed that swearing makes you feel better when you stub a toe were among the winners of spoof IgNobel prizes. Links: USA, Massachusetts, Animal
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2010 Oct 5 |
South Africa launched a special wildlife crime unit to tackle a dramatic surge in rhino poaching driven by demand for the animal's horn in Asia for use in traditional medicines. Links: South Africa, Animal
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2010 Oct 6 |
Scientists unveiled a spectacular array of more than 200 new species discovered in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, including a white-tailed mouse and a tiny, long-snouted frog. Links: Animal, Papua New Guinea
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2010 Oct 12 |
In Japan residents of Taiji village, notorious for the dolphin hunt documented in the film "The Cove," slaughtered a pod of dolphins but spared the youngest animals. Links: Japan, Animal
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2010 Oct 14 |
In Madagascar conservationists said a new species of carnivorous mammal, likely highly endangered, has been discovered in the wetlands of Lake Alaotra, the largest expanse of fresh water on the Indian Ocean island. It has been baptized Durrell's vontsira (Salanoia durelli) after the late British naturalist Gerald Durrell, who led conservation projects in Madagascar. Links: Animal, Madagascar
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2010 Oct 22 |
A shark attack off the coast of Santa Barbara County, Ca., killed surfer Lucas Ransom (19). Links: USA, California, Animal
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2010 Oct 22 |
In Canada Alberta Provincial Court Judge Ken Tjosvold found Syncrude, one of Canada's largest oil sands producers, guilty in the deaths of the 1,600 ducks in a toxic waste pond last June. Syncrude accepted the C$3 million sentencing proposal. Links: Canada, Oil, Animal
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2010 Oct 22 |
World Wildlife spokeswoman Marie von Zeipel, speaking at a seminar in Sweden, estimated that only 3,200 tigers remain in the wild and that this population would shrink 97% over the next 100 years. Links: Sweden, Animal
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2010 Oct 26 |
In Belize the body of Bruce Cullerton, an American who also held Belizean citizenship, was found. He had been killed by a 30-pound (59 kilogram) jaguar, that had escaped from its cage last week during Hurricane Richard. Max, the jaguar, was recaptured and euthanized On Oct 27. Links: Belarus, USA, Animal
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2010 Oct 30 |
In Japan representatives to a UN conference on biodiversity agreed to expand protected areas on land and at sea in the hopes of slowing the rate of extinction of the world’s animals and plant. Scientists have estimated that the Earth is losing species at 100 to 1,000 times the historical average. Links: Japan, Environment, Animal, Botany
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2010 Oct 30 |
Zimbabwean businessman Peter Evershed (59) was mauled by five lions while showering under a tree at the Chitake Springs bush camp. Links: Zimbabwe, Animal
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2010 Oct 31 |
In Kenya a suspected elephant poacher was killed on the outskirts of Meru National Park. 2 suspected poachers were killed last week in Tsavo National Park following the poaching deaths of 4 other elephants. Links: Kenya, Animal
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2010 Nov 2 |
Missouri passed the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act. The state was home to 1,462 licensed commercial dog breeders. A newly elected legislature soon gutted the meat of the proposition. Links: USA, Missouri, Animal
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