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Dead monkey, elephant meat and reptile purses seized at LAX
In what even U.S. Customs officials are describing as a “weird” week of sorts, border protection officers seized nearly half a pound of exotic meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made with reptile skin coming in from Nigeria....
Tags: Wildlife, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Conservation, Los Angeles International Airport, Nigeria
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Companies won't face charges in condor deaths
Federal wildlife officials took the unprecedented step Friday of telling private companies that they will not be prosecuted for inadvertently harassing or even killing endangered California condors. In a decision swiftly condemned by conservationists...
Tags: Tejon Ranch Corporation, Solar Energy, Wildlife, Renewable Energy, Conservation
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Christie's plan 'most important charity auction'
“The Great Gatsby’s” leading man, Leonardo DiCaprio, is using his current screen sway for environmental good -- again. Together with Christie’s next week, DiCaprio will co-host “the most important environmental charity ever...
Tags: Mexico, Wildlife, Auction Service, Leonardo DiCaprio, Conservation
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Air-breathing snakehead fish has N.Y. environmental officials on alert
The northern snakehead is an invasive predator fish that can perform all kinds of non-fish-like feats -- like breathing only air for up to four days and even using its fins to crawl across land to get to a body of water. And this weekend,...
Tags: Wildlife, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Letters: Worrying about gray wolves
Re "Wolves may lose U.S. protections," April 26 I was saddened to read that the Obama administration is apparently giving up on true recovery of gray wolves in the Lower 48 states. As a wildlife biologist and an attorney, I am disappointed by the...Tags: Wildlife, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Alarm among activists after Malaysia kills nearly 100,000 monkeys
Tourists adore them. Homeowners bemoan them. And the Malaysian government has killed them –- by the tens of thousands. They are macaca fascicularis, mischievous monkeys with unusually long tails that give them their common name: long-tailed...
Tags: Science and Technology, Politics, Bananas, Wildlife, World Wildlife Fund
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Tanlines, Yacht, Robert DeLong to play free Make Music Pasadena
Worldly synth-pop act Tanlines, atmospheric electro-pop act Yacht and politically minded dance artist Robert DeLong are among the artists slated to headline June's free Make Music Pasadena. The all-day event, set for June 1, will feature more than 150...
Tags: Kanye West, Entertainment, Wildlife, Radio Industry, Conservation
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Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast....
Tags: PacifiCorp, Wildlife, Conservation, Droughts, U.S. Congress
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Group warns habitat designation could lead to plant's extinction
An environmental group has warned that a federal agency's plan to designate 98.4 acres as critical habitat for an endangered plant in western Riverside County is inadequate and could result in the extinction of the species. In response to a lawsuit by...
Tags: Conservation, Onions, Agriculture, Environmental Issues
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Seven charged with smuggling parts of endangered fish into U.S.
Seven people have been charged with smuggling parts of an endangered species of fish into the United States to profit from a lucrative black market, federal authorities in San Diego said. The seven are charged with smuggling dried swim bladders from the...
Tags: Prosecution, Wildlife, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Habitat plan for rare plant in Riverside County called inadequate
An environmental group has warned that a federal agency’s plan to designate 98.4 acres as critical habitat for an endangered plant in western Riverside County is inadequate and could result in the extinction of the species. In response to a...
Tags: Conservation, Agriculture, Environmental Issues
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Sierra Nevada toad and frog could get federal protection
For thousands of years, Yosemite toads thrived 10,000 feet high in the Sierra Nevada range, emerging from partially frozen lakes in spring to reproduce and eat enough insects to survive another season of hibernation under the ice. Since the 1960s,...
Tags: Wildlife, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Yosemite National Park
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