Article Archive for 23 October 2006
Part of China’s Yellow River turns red
Posted in Habitat on 23 October 2006
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Posted in Habitat on 23 October 2006
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www.msnbc A half-mile section of China’s Yellow River turned “red and smelly” after an unknown discharge was poured into it from a sewage pipe, state media said Monday. The incident in Lanzhou, a city of 2 million people in western Gansu province, follows a string of industrial accidents that have poisoned major rivers in China [...]
Rebel poachers ‘could wipe out hippos’ in Congo park
Posted in Endangered & Extinction, Habitat on 23 October 2006
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Posted in Endangered & Extinction, Habitat on 23 October 2006
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reuters Hippos at a national park in Congo’s war-torn east could be wiped out by the end of the year unless action is taken to stop rebel militia slaughtering them for their meat and ivory, conservationists said. Experts say more than 400 hippos have been killed by Mai Mai fighters in the last two weeks [...]
