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An Ounce of Python Prevention

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Exotic Species, Pythons, Florida, Burkhard Bilger, Animals, Madeleine Bordallo, Wildlife, Politics News
Michael Markarian

There have been well-known cases of exotic species that should never have been introduced in the U.S. Whether they are the zebra mussels, the snakehead fish, or the Gambian rats that caused the 2003 monkeypox outbreak.

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Thoughts After Seeing Disneynature's Earth

Avital Binshtock | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Movie Reviews, James Earl Jones, Earth, Disney, Animals, Film, Disney Nature's Earth, Movies, Cinema, Wildlife, Green News
Avital Binshtock

If it sounds like I'm gushing, that's because I am.

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Stamp Out Extinction

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Postage Stamps, Endangered Species, Henry Brown, Animals, Madeleine Bordallo, Wildlife, Green News
Michael Markarian

The new bill introduced by Congressman Henry Brown (R-S.C.) and Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) is a good deal for endangered species and for taxpayers.

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Obama Restores Endangered Species Protections Weakened During Bush's Last Month in Office

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 04.03.2009 | Home

Read More: Press Release, Fish and Wildlife Service, M.S. Bellows, Esa, Regulation, National Marine Fisheries Service, Endangered Species, Warranted Wiretaps, Endangered Species Act, Barack Obama, Wildlife, Bush, Fws, Nmfs, Home News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

This legislation promises good science now, and for the next 4-8 years; and hopefully restored guarantees of good science later, even under less humane executives than Obama.

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Mountan Lion Cub Poses Imminent Danger?

Cheri Shankar | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Cougar Kitten, Santa Paula Police Department, Cougars, Mountain Lion Cubs, Mountain Lions, Department of FIsh and Game, California, Hunting, Preservation, Animals, Santa Paula, Wildlife, Green News
Cheri Shankar

As we encroach on the forests and up into the mountains, we continue to displace hundreds of thousands of creatures that have lived for a millennium in harmony with their surroundings.

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I'm Not a Lawyer, but I Play One on TV

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Cronin, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

It is simply incoherent to say that the Endangered Species Act's definition of "species" is "beyond Congress' intent." How do we know? Because Congress wrote the definition.

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It's Not Just Chimps: Americans Have 7,000 Pet Tigers

Keith Thomson | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Tigers, Animal Rescue, Exotic Animals, Taxidermists, Chinese Medicine, Humane Society, Tiger Attack, Lions, Congress, Internet, Education, Alabama, Cats, Beijing, Hunting, Chimpanzee Attack, Tennessee, Detroit, Apes, Cougars, Wildlife, Green News
Keith Thomson

The Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition estimates that as many as 7,000 tigers are currently kept as pets in the United States--that's more tigers than currently inhabit all the wilds of Asia.

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The Seven Great Challenges of Sustainability

Tri Robinson | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Protection, Energy Sources, Sustainable Economics, Sustainability, Horses, Conservation, Alternative Energy Sources, Amish Community, Fresh Water, Wildlife, Environment, Green Living, Green News
Tri Robinson

I had always thought of the Amish as being a people who weren't troubled with the cares of the outside world, especially those that were living as sustainability as this family clearly was.

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What's Good for the Goose

Michael Markarian | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Us Airways Flight 1549, Geese, Animals, Charles Schumer, Canada Geese, Wildlife, Us Airways Hudson River, Geese Hit Plane, Airplane Crash Hudson River, Plane Crash Hudson River, US Air Geese, Birds, Hudson River, Plane Crash in Hudson River, Flock of Geese Plane Crash, Plane in Hudson River, Hudson River Plane Crash, Hudson River Crash, Green News
Michael Markarian

Killing geese through methods such as round-ups, gassing, and asphyxiation is not only inhumane, but also ineffective at solving local conflicts.

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How To Rescue A Baby Bird

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Birds, How to Care for a Baby Bird, How to Rescue a Baby Bird, Animals, Baby Birds, Wildlife, Green News

Animals are always having misadventures in the movies. Look at the Fox and Hound or the Lady and The Tramp or the Muppets Take Manhattan. All those an...

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The Kindest Cut

Michael Markarian | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuisance, Usda, Louisiana, Animals, Tom Vilsack, Bobby Jindal, Agriculture, Wildlife, Coyotes, Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Non-Lethal Predator Deterents, Predator Control Program, USDA Policy, Connie Morella, Predator Killing, Farmer Compensation, Peter DeFazio, Steel-Jawed Legholds, Animal Rights Legislation, Non-Lethal Weaponry, Charlie Bass, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Politics News
Michael Markarian

When it comes to human-wildlife conflicts, I am quite sure we can do better at the state and federal levels than the programs built around large-scale killing of wildlife.

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Polar Bear Peril-Video Not To Be Missed

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Polar Bears, Enviornment, Animals, Bears, Nature, Wildlife, Melting Ice Caps, Climate Change, Polar Bears Extinction, Global Warming, Polar Bears and Global Warming, Green News
Cindy Letchworth

Annual sea ice is a necessity for polar bears but the problem is, the sea ice is melting. For these bears, no ice equals no place to land once you have been swimming for miles at a stretch.

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What Would Jesus Do? Ask Thomas Jefferson

Anita Thompson | Posted 01.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Christianity, Thomas Jefferson, Christian Church, Jesus Christ, Barack Obama, Wildlife, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
Anita Thompson

While reading Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope yesterday, I was reminded of the man (the third president) who distilled the teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Stand Up Against Bush's Giveaway of America's Redrock Wilderness

Robert Redford | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Utah Land, Redrock, Environment, Environmentalism, Wilderness, Robert Redford, Utah, Wildlife, Robert Redford Utah, Green News
Robert Redford

This Friday, 110,000 acres of Utah wild lands go on the auction block, to be sold to the highest bidders -- a last-ditch effort by a corrupt administration to further enrich its friends in the dirty fuels business.

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Pardon Me for Poaching?

Michael Markarian | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Poaching, Hunting, Presidential Pardons, Animals, Wildlife, Pardons, Pardoning, George W. Bush, Animal Poaching, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Poaching is a national epidemic, and it's such a serious problem that it has forged alliances between hunting groups and animal advocates who are working together to catch poachers.

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Brother, Can You Spare a Planet?

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Ecology, Economy, Nature, Green, Environment, Green News, Science, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Wwf, Global Warming, Recession, Wildlife, Energy, Green Energy, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

The analysis shows we have a burn rate of about 30 percent, meaning we're using living resources that much faster than the planet can regenerate them.

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Why Haven't You Been To The Animals Page Yet?

Dave Burdick | Posted 11.23.2008 | Green

Read More: When Animals Attack, Huffington Animals Page, Fish, Environment, Wildlife, Green News
Dave Burdick

Struggling whales. Spider attacks. Adorable puppies with satellite devices strapped to them by Russian leaders. Lost bears. Armyworms marching on Texas farms!

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HOTELS TAKING "GOING GREEN" TO NEW TOPS WITH GREEN ROOFS

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 11.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Stefanie Michaels, Shanghai, Chicago, Audubon Society, Green, China, Greenlodgingnews.com, Mirror Lake, Leed, New York, Reuse, Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort, Green Seal Certification, Lake PLacid, Recycle, Hotels, Environmental, Adventure Girl, Environment, North America, Green Weddings, Reduce, Songjiang Hotel, Wildlife, Intercontinental Hotel, Baltimore, Green Roofs, Hvac, Hilton, Green News
Stefanie Michaels

Hotels are looking for new ways to run more efficiently and looking to nature to give them some ideas. The latest in green technology is allowing hote...

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Time To Save Endangered Species Act

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Environment, Endangered Species, Animal Rights, Animals, Wildlife, Bush Administration, Sarah Palin, Polar Bears, Endangered Species Act, Home News
Cindy Letchworth

Palin is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service because she believes the polar bear should not be on the Endangered Species list. This is an example of what happens when non-scientific individuals start making decisions on which animal or plant deserves protection.

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Wildlife Group Expands Reach of Anti-Palin Wolf Ad

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Alaska, Wildlife, Hunting, Aerial Hunting, Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Sarah Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, Sarah Palin, Wolves, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, Green News

WASHINGTON — These are not the typical wolves of political ads _ not the menaces depicted by George W. Bush in 2004 or John McCain just a couple...

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On National Hunting and Fishing Day, Hunters Should Walk the Conservation Talk

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Safari Club, Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife, Animals, Nra, Conservation, Polar Bears, Green News
Michael Markarian

On this Saturday, let's recognize that "good conservation" cannot be claimed -- or faked. It must be earned.

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Dear Peggy Noonan: Yes, Sarah Killed - Wolves, for Starters

Deanne Stillman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wolves, Flag, Peggy Noona, Sarah Palin, Wildlife, Politics News
Deanne Stillman

"Sarah Palin killed," Peggy Noonan writes in today's http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122059352189503479.html?mod=djemEditorialPage#. "And more than ...

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Vietnam's Illegal Wildlife Trade Contributes To Biodiversity Destruction: Report

AFP | Frank Zeller | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Vietnam-Chinese Border, Wildlife Destruction, Illegal Animal Trade, Green, Green News, Environment, Vietnam, Endangered Wildlife, Wildlife, Green News

HANOI -- Vietnam's appetite for illegal wildlife meat and demand for traditional medicine is devastating animal and plant species within and beyond it...

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The Endangered Wild Dogs of Africa

David Mixner | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Endangered Species, Africa, Wildlife, Animals, Safari, Wild Dogs, Green News
David Mixner

Over the thirty years I have traveled back and forth to Africa, I had never seen the notorious Wild Dogs. I had given up hope of ever seeing these maundering creatures.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Foreclosure Crisis, Fuel Efficiency, Bush Iran, Clean Air Act, Racial Profiling, Dick Cheney, Stopping Coal Power Plants, Whistleblowers, Voter Disenfranchisement, Extinction, Chemical Weapons Stockpile, Guantanamo Torture, Whale Hunting, CDC Climate Report, Global Warming, Wildlife, Green News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Home foreclosures could affect voting rolls, Judge blocks coal plant due to global warming, Japan automakers control 34.7 percent of U.S. market, and U.S. exports to Iran grew tenfold under Bush.

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