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In a country where primates are valued for the amount of meat on their bones it is not an obvious choice to become a primate keeper. Fortunately there are Cameroonians who want to make a difference and...
December 30th, 2007
Word count: 2992 |
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Captive-bred lions have been temporarily excluded from new rules aimed at controlling the hunting of large predators in South Africa, drawing an outcry from conservation groups.
This is pending legal...
December 27th, 2007
Word count: 1286 |
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Under the snow-capped peaks of the Mountains of the Moon, Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda might appear an untouched wilderness of forest and savannah.
Yet the human population of this supposed...
December 27th, 2007
Word count: 653 |
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The BEST and the WORST of People!!
27 December 2007 was supposed to be our day off!! Well that was the plan anyway until Dr Helena Fitchat received a call about a young zebra who was wondering down ...
December 27th, 2007
Word count: 742 |
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Minister of Planning, Environment and Tourism, Mr. Cherif Rahmani. The conference highlighted work
being done by three foundations that have partnered to conserve the threatened biodiversity of the
S...
December 25th, 2007
Word count: 590 |
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KAMPALA - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Friday revived a controversial plan to hand over a swathe of rainforest to a local company to be destroyed and replaced with a sugarcane plantation.
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December 24th, 2007
Word count: 395 |
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NAIROBI - At least six distinct species of giraffe, the world's tallest land animal, may be in existence and some of them are critically endangered, scientists in the United States and Kenya have found. ...
December 24th, 2007
Word count: 274 |
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A giraffe is a giraffe is a giraffe…right? Not anymore. The world’s tallest animals comprise a group of species rather than just one, according to a new study. Giraffes have long been con...
December 24th, 2007
Word count: 373 |
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Nearly 3 000 bags of litter have been collected on the country's beaches since the middle of December, with the Western Cape so far sporting the cleanest seaside.
The Vodacom Beach Cleaners have co...
December 24th, 2007
Word count: 290 |
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At least six distinct species of giraffe, the world's tallest land animal, may be in existence and some of them are critically endangered, scientists in the US and Kenya have found.
It had previous...
December 24th, 2007
Word count: 261 |
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KIGALI (AFP) - Rwandan companies using the country's famous mountain gorillas' image for marketing purposes will have to pay a tax aimed at financing the endangered species protection, officials announ...
December 24th, 2007
Word count: 216 |
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About 40-kilometre wide strip of land in the Niger Delta is on the verge of being submerged following an accelerated sea level rise as a result of global warming, Professor Dagogo M.J. Fubara has said.
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December 24th, 2007
Word count: 296 |
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Nairobi - The recent announcement by Environment minister David Mwiraria that the Government was considering re-introducing the shamba system in forests, has re-ignited fresh debate on the emotive land...
December 21th, 2007
Word count: 1109 |
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Five young chimpanzees are settling into their new life at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden in Nelspruit.
The chimps were taken from Sudan where they were being kept as domestic pets and bei...
December 19th, 2007
Word count: 270 |
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Nairobi - A NEW GIANT SPECIES OF spitting cobra, which is about 9 feet long and has enough venom to kill up to 20 people in a single bite, has been discovered on the Kenyan coast.
The discovery brings...
December 18th, 2007
Word count: 861 |
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NAIROBI - Industrialised countries have a moral responsibility to help Africa mitigate the effects of climate change, Kenya's Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai said on Friday.
"For the global...
December 17th, 2007
Word count: 338 |
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It has been an emotional roller coaster for the last 15 months! It has had all the intrigue of a thriller and involved the Wildlife Authorities, the Dog Squad and the Organised Crime Unit in Northern K...
December 17th, 2007
Word count: 384 |
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Kampala - Four months since the deadly Ebola fever broke out in western Uganda, there is still no clear explanation of where the original victim contracted the virus from. But government now believes t...
December 16th, 2007
Word count: 1119 |
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As the global climate conference in Bali has ended it may be the right time to take stock. When the so-called 'developed nations' transformed their societies from agricultural towards industrial econom...
December 16th, 2007
Word count: 849 |
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Delegates at the UN summit in Bali have agreed a deal on curbing climate change after days of bitter wrangling.
Agreement was reached after a U-turn from the US, which had wanted firmer commitments f...
December 15th, 2007
Word count: 904 |
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