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Ol Pejeta has announced the birth of the first ever white Rhino calf at the conservancy. The calf was born on 20th of February 2008 to Ariemet, a five and a half year old female.
Ariemet was born at...
March 1th, 2008
Word count: 365 |
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NAIROBI - An animal rights group appealed to Tanzania on Thursday to stop the transfer of elephants and giraffes to a zoo in the Philippines in exchange for crocodiles.
"You are probably unaware...
February 29th, 2008
Word count: 200 |
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The growth of logging in the rain forests of central Africa appears to be posing a long-distance threat to one of the world’s most important nesting grounds for several species of rare sea turtles ...
February 29th, 2008
Word count: 403 |
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Eco-Schools is looking for a Regional Co-ordinator to co-ordinate the Eco- Schools programme in Gauteng . Please visit www.wessa,org.za for more information on the Eco-Schools programme.
February 28th, 2008
Word count: 319 |
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Skukuza - Interested buyers have been called to submit written offers before Friday to buy 50 white rhinos from the South African National Parks (SANParks).
The head of conservation services for SA...
February 28th, 2008
Word count: 286 |
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Yaoundé - With the approach of the new planting season, many people use bush fires as an easy way of preparing their farmland.
Any visitor to Yaounde during this time of the year will be shoc...
February 28th, 2008
Word count: 464 |
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Interested buyers have been called to submit a written offer before tomorrow to buy 50 white rhinos from SA National Parks (SANParks).
SANParks head of conservation services Dr Hector Magome said i...
February 28th, 2008
Word count: 190 |
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Nairobi - A swirling wind sweeps the scorched woodland sending showers of palpable ash and dust towards the salty waters of Lake Nakuru.
At another section of Lake Nakuru National Park, which escaped ...
February 27th, 2008
Word count: 1137 |
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For ages, marauding elephants of Amboseli have given farmers sleepless nights and scientists have been testing ways of reducing the level of elephant crop damage and the threat to human life in the area....
February 27th, 2008
Word count: 986 |
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Climate change is being brought home to ordinary Joburgers, who have noticed trees shedding their leaves early and plants flowering out of season, or not flowering at all. In response, planting trees i...
February 26th, 2008
Word count: 1415 |
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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - South Africa will allow elephants to be killed in an attempt to control a burgeoning population, the government said, ending a 13-year ban and setting a trend that could e...
February 26th, 2008
Word count: 911 |
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Nairobi - The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has started breeding rhinos to restock the dwindling numbers of the animal hunted for its horn that some people believe is an aphrodisiac.
The breeding proje...
February 26th, 2008
Word count: 343 |
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Cape Town - The increasing international demand for shark meat and shark fins, which is pushing some species towards extinction, has caught marine scientists and managers by surprise, says one of Cape To...
February 26th, 2008
Word count: 631 |
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NAKURU, Kenya - Using branches to beat back flames, Kenyan rangers and residents struggled for a second day on Saturday to control bush fires that have engulfed a third of one of the nation's best-known ...
February 25th, 2008
Word count: 437 |
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AWDC is a non-profit research and conservation project working to establish a viable metapopulation of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in eastern Zambia. The wild dogs are being utilised as ...
February 25th, 2008
Word count: 666 |
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The South African government has said it will allow elephants to be culled for the first time in 13 years.
In a statement given to journalists on Monday, the government said a cull was needed to contro...
February 25th, 2008
Word count: 347 |
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WESSA Mpumalanga Highveld requires a passionate and organised environmentalist to enhance and co-ordinate the important work of ensuring good sustainable environmental practices in both government and pr...
February 25th, 2008
Word count: 224 |
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Visitors to Lake Nakuru in Kenya's Great Rift Valley expect to see pink clouds of flamingos rising into the air. This weekend all they saw was thick black clouds of smoke billowing across one of East A...
February 25th, 2008
Word count: 646 |
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The aye-aye — a bizarre, nocturnal lemur that taps on trees with its fingers to find its insect prey — was the first of its family to branch off from the rest of the lemur line some 66 millio...
February 25th, 2008
Word count: 710 |
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THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has given Uganda $3,395m (about sh5.8b) for conservation. The funds were channeled through the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Ministry of Water a...
February 24th, 2008
Word count: 400 |
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