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Indonesia Foils Trade In Vulnerable Slow Lorises

Indonesian authorities have detained an alleged wildlife trafficker and seized nine protected slow lorises and a...

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World’s Oldest Hippo Dies At Philippine Zoo Aged 65

Bertha, believed to be the world's oldest hippopotamus, has died aged 65, the Manila zoo said Monday, having beaten the...

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Malaysia Foils Bid To Smuggle ‘bearded Dragons’

Malaysia has foiled an attempt to smuggle dozens of bearded dragon lizards and tortoises into the country from...

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World’s ‘oldest’ Hippo Dies At Philippine Zoo

Bertha, believed to be the world's oldest hippopotamus, has died aged 65, the Manila zoo said Monday, having beaten the...

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Borneo’s Orangutans In ‘alarming’ Decline, Study Warns

The orangutan population on the island of Borneo has shrunk by a quarter in the last decade, researchers said Friday,...

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Philippine Police Arrest Rare Sea Turtle Poachers

Philippine police said Friday they had seized 70 dead hawksbill marine turtles, a critically endangered species...

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Indonesia Seizes Pangolins, Scales Worth $190,000

Indonesian authorities have seized hundreds of critically endangered pangolins and scales in a haul worth $190,000...

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Chemicals Are Found In the Blood of Turtles From Great Barrier Reef

Chemicals from human cosmetics and drugs have been found in the blood of turtles living in Australia's Great Barrier...

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Albino Orangutan Named ‘Alba’ After Global Appeal

A conservation group said Monday it has chosen the name Alba for a rare albino orangutan rescued from captivity in...

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Indonesians Arrested Over Sumatran Tiger Poaching

Indonesian authorities have arrested two men on suspicion of poaching Sumatran tigers and seized a skin and bones taken...

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Public Asked To Name Rare Albino Orangutan

The public are being asked to name a rare albino orangutan rescued in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, with...

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Morocco Fights To Save Its Iconic Monkey

"If nothing is done, this species will disappear within 10 years," warns a poster on Ahmed Harrad's ageing 4x4 showing...

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Black Rhinos To Come Back Home To Rwanda

Around 20 of Africa's endangered Eastern black rhinos are returning in an "extraordinary homecoming" to Rwanda after...

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Rare Albino Orangutan Rescued On Borneo Island

A rare albino orangutan has been rescued on the Indonesian part of Borneo island where villagers were keeping the...

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Nepal’s Rhinos On Road To Recovery With Cross-Country Move

All hell broke loose as the one-horned rhino stepped out of the crate, the powerful male charging elephant-mounted...

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Indonesia’s ‘selfie Monkey’ Threatened By Hunger For Its Meat

The crested black macaque shot to fame when one of the monkeys snapped grinning selfies and became embroiled in a US...

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Poachers Kill Rare Giant Elephant In Kenya

One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation...

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Indonesian Orangutan Brutally Killed and Eaten

A critically endangered Bornean orangutan was shot dead, hacked to pieces and eaten by workers after straying onto an...

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Indonesian Orangutan Brutally Killed and Eaten

A critically endangered Bornean orangutan has been shot dead, hacked to pieces and eaten by workers after straying onto...