131. WWF - Skin of rare Amur leopard discovered in car
– one of the rarest animals on earth with only a few dozen left in the wild – after officers discovered the skin of an adult leopard in a private car.
Internal Police Service officers found the dead animal’s pelt on 3
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132. WWF - Illegal bear bile trade rampant in Asia
Do the animal parts or extracts have any therapeutic value in reality? I think the vets and the biologists in the respective countries should come forward to undergo a thorough analysis to find out if these animal products
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/china/news/?200329/Illegal-bear-bile-trade-rampant-in-Asia - 52.5kb
133. WWF - WWF captures extraordinary video of rare Borneo rhino
video — showing the animal eating, walking to the camera and sniffing the equipment — is the first-ever footage of observing the behaviour in the wild of one of the world’s rarest rhinos.
Scientists estimate there are only
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134. WWF - Bush meat fines send an awaking reminder to sellers
muntjac and banteng, 40 live animals of loris, bengal monitor, snake, turtle and porcupine, all released back to the wild, as well as 5 dead animals of green peafowl, wild pig, civet and hog badger. The confiscations also include 11 chainsaws, 17
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/successes/?196331/Bush-meat-fines-send-an-awaking-reminder-to-sellers - 52.6kb
135. WWF - Tiger Tales: Sarbaranjan Mandal's lifelong passion
He found the animal that had been killed by the villagers and its body was lying under a mango tree. The sight moved him deeply. “I didn’t understand the consequences then,†says Mandal. “But I remember
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/tigers/news_pubs/?200549/Tiger-Tales-Sarbaranjan-Mandals-lifelong-passion - 49.6kb
136. WWF - Giraffe
over every living land animal. What?
The Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis ) is the world's tallest land dwelling animal. They have long legs, long necks and even a long tongue. Each giraffe has a unique spotted pattern. They can be found in
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/best_place_species/current_top_10/giraffe.cfm - 41.5kb
137. WWF - Moose
than any other big-game animal.
The moose, along with the beaver, is one of the national animals of Canada. It is also considered the national animal of Sweden and Norway. In Norway it is often referred to as ‘the king of the
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/best_place_species/current_top_10/moose.cfm - 42.6kb
138. WWF - Tiger Tales: Maran the mahout
His elephant is a kunki, an animal specially trained to deal with such situations. Like a policeman on patrol, Maran is always on standby, waiting for any news of trouble.
Maran and Mudumalai have been involved in many heart-stopping chases
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/tigers/news_pubs/?200546/Tiger-Tales-Maran-the-mahout - 45.6kb
139. WWF - Agriculture and Environment: Commodities
the natural habitat of the Brazilian cerrado (a relatively flat, mixed woodland and savanna area of central Brazil). Soybean production has spread even more rapidly throughout Brazil than it did in the United States.
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/agriculture/soybeans/ - 45.4kb
140. WWF - Unsustainable cattle ranching
expanding in the Amazon.
Brazil has 88% of the Amazon herd, followed by Peru and Bolivia. While grazing densities vary among livestock production systems and countries, extensive, low productivity, systems with less thanone animal unit per
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/problems/unsustainable_cattle_ranching/ - 43.1kb
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