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WWF Calls for Ban in Trade of Great White Sharks
September 28, 2004 12:00 AM - Tan Ee Lyn, Reuters
A leading environmental group called Friday for protection for the great white shark and humphead wrasse coral fish, whose numbers have plunged because of overfishing and China's growing appetite for exotic foods.
Groups Fight U.S. Plan to Kill Prairie Dogs
September 28, 2004 12:00 AM - Judith Crosson, Reuters
Eight conservation groups are fighting the U.S. government over a plan to poison thousands of prairie dogs in the grasslands of South Dakota, saying wildlife should not take a backseat to ranching interests.
Spotted Owl Seen Declining In Northwest
September 28, 2004 12:00 AM - Matthew Daly, Associated Press
Fourteen years after coming under federal protection, the northern spotted owl continues on the decline in the Pacific Northwest, a study shows.
Flightless New Zealand Icon Claws Back from Brink
September 28, 2004 12:00 AM - Melanie Carroll, Reuters
An imaginative plan and a dose of national guilt could save New Zealand's flightless icon, the once abundant kiwi, from extinction.
Illegal Ivory Easy to Get Online
September 28, 2004 12:00 AM - Joseph B. Verrengia, Associated Press
In a practice that goes virtually unchecked, a new analysis suggests customers are buying, with a mouse-click, what appear to be illegal new ivory trinkets by thousands.
Canadian Whale Speared by Cruise Ship
September 28, 2004 12:00 AM - Reuters
It wasn't until the U.S. cruise ship had pulled into port in Atlantic Canada that those on board made a gruesome discovery -- the body of a large whale was impaled on the vessel's bow.
Deadly Floods in Haiti Blamed on Deforestation, Poverty
September 24, 2004 12:00 AM - Amy Bracken, Associated Press
The torrents of water that raged down upon Haiti, killing more people than in all other hurricanes this year, are testimony to a human-made ecological disaster fed by poverty that has transformed once-verdant hills into a moonscape of bedrock ravaged by ravines.
India's Kashmir Govt to Fight Ban on Shahtoosh Wool
September 24, 2004 12:00 AM - Sheikh Mushtaq, Reuters
India's Jammu and Kashmir state plans to fight a global ban on the trade in super-fine shahtoosh wool, which environmentalists say is produced by killing a rare Tibetan antelope.
Pond Suspected Link in Chain of Bird Flu Infection in Cambodia
September 24, 2004 12:00 AM - Ker Munthit, Associated Press Writer
The latest outbreak of bird flu in Cambodia may have originated from pond water containing the droppings of infected wild birds, a senior agriculture official said this week.
Groups Challenge Rules Allowing Fewer Reviews of Pesticides' Impact on Endangered Species
September 24, 2004 12:00 AM - John Heilprin, Associated Press Writer
Environmental groups went to court Thursday against Bush administration rules that allow the use of new pesticides with fewer checks on how they affect endangered species.