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Non-native snail turns up in Truckee River in NV
Reno :: NV :: USA | 4 days ago
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A nonnative snail has turned up in the Truckee River in Nevada for the first time, and wildlife officials are hoping it doesn't harm the river's trout population or spread to Lake Tahoe. Nevada Department of Wildlife officials said tests have
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No-kill wolf ban spurs nonlethal options
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | 3 months ago
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Ore. (AP) As long as wolves have been making their comeback, biologists and ranchers have had a decidedly Old West option for dealing with those that develop a taste for beef: Shoot to kill. But for the past year, Oregon has been a wolf-safe'' zone,
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Ranchers sought to help save black-footed ferret
Denver :: CO :: USA | 3 months ago
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Wildlife officials working to save the endangered black-footed ferret are trying to persuade more western ranchers and farmers to reintroduce the species on their private land. Yet cattlemen are divided on whether a proposal to encourage them to do
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Locals rescue sambar from stray dogs
Mumbai :: India | 3 months ago
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The sambar was rescued after a morning walker and a boy came across a a group of stray dogs attacking the deer. The wild Sambar was released into the wildlife sanctuary in the outskirts of the city Saturday morning. Local resident Sandeep Sethi, who
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Florida Python Challenge yields 68 slippery serpents
Yangon :: Myanmar | 3 months ago
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Associated Press A public hunt for Burmese pythons in the Everglades yielded 68 of the invasive snakes, the longest measuring more than 14 feet long, Florida wildlife officials said Saturday. That might not seem like a success, considering roughly 1,
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Wildlife officials: lizard no longer threatened
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Wildlife officials say a tiny lizard found on three of Southern California's Channel Islands is no longer threatened...Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday it has proposed plans to remove the island night lizard from its current listing as
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Tulare Lake runoff pond in dispute
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Runoff pond plan needs work CA wildlife officials: Runoff pond plan needs work An evaporation pond proposed for disposing toxic water from farmland in California's Central Valley could harm birds and other species and needs more review, state
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APNewsBreak: Feds: Warming imperils wolverines
Billings :: MT :: USA | 4 months ago
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Mont. (AP) The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the mountain devil,'' is being added to the list of species threatened by climate change a dubious distinction that puts it in the ranks of the polar bear and several other
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Montana won't limit Yellowstone-area wolf hunts
Billings :: MT :: USA | 4 months ago
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Mont. (AP) Montana wildlife officials said Monday that they were abandoning their efforts to shut down gray wolf hunting and trapping just outside the gates of Yellowstone National Park, citing a recent court ruling that threatened to drag out the
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USDA tries removing eagle's nest
Norfolk :: VA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Wildlife officials said a bald eagle nesting near a Virginia airport has refused to move, even after his nest has been removed multiple times. Officials at the Norfolk, Va., airport, notified state and federal wildlife officials after a bird strike
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