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    0 starsshiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 18 2008 | animals, world, film
    Camera traps hidden in the woods are making animals angry. - Slate Magazine

    Animals are often startled by the hidden cameras used to monitor them, evidenced by the fact that they flee from, investigate or attack the cameras..

    Quoted: Next time you go for a hike, keep an eye out for the hidden cameras. The cameras aren't meant for you, and you'll probably have to get off the trail to find them. They are designed to capture images of wild animals, and in recent years their use by hunters and wildlife biologists has been increasing exponentially.

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    0 starsshiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 09 2007 | world, news, animals
    Wild Mustangs Facing Possible Slaughter - MSNBC.com

    Nooo! It's so sad to me that the idea of an American wilderness is just a novelty now. Sometimes I think the ability to see things like this in movies desensitizes people to the amazingness of having them in the wild.

    Quoted: Wild mustangs carried pioneers, cowboys and soldiers. Today, they're being sold for slaughter. An American dilemma.

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    0 starsshiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 11 2007 | world, news, environment, animals
    Antarctic penguin colony nears extinction - MSNBC.com

    So sad. This penguin population has shrunk by 80% since 1974.

    Quoted: For now, Adelie penguins near a U.S. research base on Antarctica outnumber people by 100 to 1. But a prominent expert says the species is destined for extinction.

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    0 starsshiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 08 2007 | world, news, animals
    BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Rare river dolphin 'now extinct'

    So sad - I hope they can save the river dolphins in India.

    Quoted: A freshwater dolphin found only in China is now "likely to be extinct", a team of scientists conclude.

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