Article Archive for 6 June 2007
Indonesia returns rare kangaroos to wild
Posted in Endangered & Extinction on 6 June 2007
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Posted in Endangered & Extinction on 6 June 2007
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AP Indonesia is returning 17 rare pygmy kangaroos to the Papuan rain forest after rescuing and acquiring them in recent years from illegal traders and private zoos, officials said Monday. It is unknown how many of the mammals, which can grow up to three-feet long and weigh 25 pounds, still survive in the wild. The [...]
Endangered Captive-bred Red Ibises Already Struggling to Adapt to the Wild
Posted in Endangered & Extinction on 6 June 2007
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Posted in Endangered & Extinction on 6 June 2007
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china.org.cn Four of the 26 endangered red ibises released into the wild in China last week had to be taken back into captivity when they lost their appetite after only two days in the wild, scientists have reported. Chang Xiuyun, with the Animal Protection Station of the Shaanxi Forestry Burea : Crested red ibises, whose [...]
