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1Dead fish wash up in South Australian Lake 1 Citation Hundreds of dead fish have washed ashore along a 1km stretch of Lake Bonney in the South Australian Riverland. Fears have been held for the lake after it was cut off from the River Murray last year. It is believed the fish are of the same species., technorati.com
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Australia to teach Japan how to do legitimate whale research 1 Citation The Age yesterday:Australia will spend $6 million on whale research to show the Japanese you do not have to kill whales to study them........The Australian government is pushing for all research to be non-lethal, and will inject the extra money into aerial surveys, satellite tags and genetic studies.Environment Minister Peter Garrett said researchers did not need to use "grenade-tipped harpoons"."Australia does not believe that we need to kill whales to understand them," Mr Garrett said.The fund, technorati.com
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Loggerhead Sea Turtles Are Making A Comeback in Georgia!! 1 Citation Good News! The Georgia State Department of Resources has just announced the recently ended nesting season for Loggerhead sea turtles has set a record! There were 125,000 estimated hatchlings that made it out of their nests and into the sea. During this past summer there were 1,646 nests counted on the barrier islands, the old record was1,504 nests set in 2003. Before the loggerhead sea turtle can be taken off the threatened species list, there has to be an annual number of 2,000 nests for a 25-, technorati.com
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There?s no way to sugarcoat it 1 Citation This introduction to The Rewilding Institute?s Web site says it all when it comes to what?s happening to Wild Nature. I?d bet that conservationist Dave Foreman at least helped write this. Check out the Institute?s site. ?Earth is in the throes of a mass extinction event that is caused solely by the population explosion of six-and-a-half billion human beings. If Nature lovers hope to minimize or stop The Big Killing, we must be bold and think big: Big in terms of space, time, and vision. The Rew, technorati.com
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New government funded whale research 1 Citation A $6 million whale research program funded by the Federal Government will be carried out using non-lethal methods including aerial surveys and genetic studies. Environment Minister Peter Garrett is hopeful this will show the Japanese that killing whales is unnecessary for studying them in detail, but denied that placing pressure on the Japanese Government was the only reason for the research. Mr Garrett said the study would provide much needed information on whales, and help improve understa, technorati.com
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Natural carbon sequestering in the oceans 1 Citation Scientists at the CSIRO believe that salps - jellyfish-like animals - may be acting as a inherent form of combating global warming. Salps eat photo-plankton which absorb carbon dioxide in the upper levels of the ocean and in effect sequester the carbon in their faeces, which falls to the ocean floor. Populations of salps in the waters around Sydney are believed to be ten times higher now than when first surveyed in the 1930s, leading scientist to believe that their increase in numbers might be, technorati.com
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Wildlife Poacher Caught With 8,000 Protected Animals 1 Citation More than 7,000 live monitor lizards were seized during recent raids in southern Malaysia. In this photo, Wildlife and National Parks department personnel Othman Mohammad Yatim and deputy director Celescoriano Razond (right) hold up the seized monitor lizards, while the frozen parts are in the plastic bags. Photo: The Star Online. More than 8,000 animals have been seized by authorities after a raid on two houses in the southern Malaysian state of Johar. The raids, which were carried out by e, technorati.com
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Rare Rat Snakes Hatch In London Zoo 1 Citation A Rhino Rat Snake hatches from an egg at a London zoo. Photo: Ferry van Stralen. Eight Rhino Rat Snakes have hatched in a London zoo, making it the first time a Rhino Rat Snake has bred in a European Zoo. The snakes, which were born in the Zoological Society of London?s Reptile House, were captured on camera as they hatched. Three of the eight snakes have already been moved to other zoos in Europe as part of an exchange program to increase the captive population in Europe. Appearance Altho, technorati.com
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Japan ready to begin 2008 Southern Ocean whale hunt 1 Citation Minke Whale breaching from National GeographicAccording to Al Jazeera last Friday:Japan's whaling fleet is preparing to leave port to commence its annual hunt in the waters off Antarctica.Fisheries officials say they plan to kill more than 900 minke whales and 50 fin whales, despite protests from environmental groups and slumping Japanese demand for whale meat.The ships are expected to set sail in the coming days, although officials said that for safety reasons no exact date is being made public, technorati.com
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New Penguin Species Discovered 500 Years After Its Extinction 1 Citation The Waitaha penguin's extinction 500 years ago appears to have made way for the yellow-eyed penguin (above). Unfortunately, the yellow-eyed penguin is now an endangered species. Photo: Christian Mehlführer. A species of penguin, previously unknown to science, has recently been identified in New Zealand more than 500 years since it became extinct. The species, called the Waitaha penguin (Megadyptes waitaha), is thought to have become extinct shortly after Polynesian settlement. ?It is estima, technorati.com
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