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Congo's war-baby gorillas bring hope for endangered species (AFP)

30-11-2008 15:08

A baby mountain gorilla plays near another one and a female adult in a clearing on the slopes of Mount Mikeno in the Virunga National Park on November 28, 2008. Park director Emmanuel de Merode described the discovery of five new-borns at the outset of a month-long census as AFP - High above the war-battered plain, a giant silverback gorilla ruminatively strips a plant of its leaves with green tombstone teeth. Five females nearby suckle their babies. The world can celebrate a small miracle in eastern Congo.

NZealand air force to monitor Japanese whalers: defence minister (AFP)

30-11-2008 01:51

Japan's whaling ship AFP - The New Zealand air force is to track the Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctic waters this season, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced Sunday.

NZ won't quickly rescue hurt whalers, protesters (AP)

29-11-2008 09:39

AP - New Zealand will not be able to quickly rescue anyone who gets lost or hurt if clashes erupt between animal rights activists and Japanese whalers off the north Antarctic coast, the foreign minister said Saturday.

New Zealand warns on whale protest ramifications (AP)

29-11-2008 01:41

AP - New Zealand will not be able to quickly rescue anyone who gets lost or hurt if clashes erupt between animal rights activists and Japanese whalers off the north Antarctic coast, the foreign minister said Saturday.

Global whaling body to begin talks in December: report (AFP)

28-11-2008 23:46

File photo shows a mother whale and her calf being dragged on board a Japanese whaling ship after being harpooned in Antarctic waters. The International Whaling Commission will next month start negotiations in a bid to find a compromise over restrictions on whale hunting, a newspaper said Saturday.(AFP/Australian customs service/File)AFP - The International Whaling Commission will next month start negotiations in a bid to find a compromise over restrictions on whale hunting, a newspaper said Saturday.

Ill. zoo creates ornaments from reindeer droppings (AP)

28-11-2008 08:21

AP - The Christmas ornaments for sale at the Miller Park Zoo's gift shop are partly manufactured by reindeer. Honest!

Group urges humane treatment of stray dogs in Iraq (AP)

27-11-2008 16:22

Iraqi police officer Qassim Ahmed takes aim before shooting a stray dog in the Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Baghdad authorities have killed more than 200 stray dogs on Sunday, the opening day of a campaign to manage the dog packs that roam the capital after a spate of attacks on residents. (AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)AP - An animal rights group is urging Iraqi authorities to find better ways to eliminate stray dogs after 200 of them were killed in Baghdad this week by poisoned meat and rifles.

Correction: Iraq dog control headline (AP)

27-11-2008 15:37

AP - In the headline on a Nov. 26 story about controlling the dog population in Baghdad, The Associated Press erroneously described recommendations from Humane Society International. The animal rights group suggested how to control the dog population, not ways to kill dogs.

Two degree rise could spark Greenland ice sheet meltdown: WWF (AFP)

27-11-2008 08:47

Graphic on a WWF study on the meltdown of Arctic ice. The WWF has warned that a less than two degree Celsius rise in global temperatures might be sufficient to spark a meltdown of the Greenland Ice Sheet and Arctic sea ice.(AFP/Ernie Au/Mm/Gal/Js)AFP - A less than two degree Celsius rise in global temperatures might be sufficient to spark a meltdown of the Greenland Ice Sheet and Arctic sea ice, the WWF warned in a new study released Thursday.

Group urges for a better way to kill dogs in Iraq (AP)

26-11-2008 19:44

Iraqi police officer Qassim Ahmed takes aim before shooting a stray dog in the Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Baghdad authorities have killed more than 200 stray dogs on Sunday, the opening day of a campaign to manage the dog packs that roam the capital after a spate of attacks on residents. (AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)AP - An animal rights group is urging Iraqi authorities to better ways to eliminate stray dogs after 200 of them were killed in Baghdad this week by poisoned meat and rifles.

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