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Jalal Hameed Bhatti
Besides the lone hippo, eight bears and wolves are also among the animals who fled from their enclosures as well as six tigers and six lions.
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Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 14, 2015
Lions and wolves freely roam roads of Georgia's capital Tbilisi
Besides the lone hippo, eight bears and wolves are also among the animals who fled from their enclosures as well as six tigers and six lions.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Baby panda dies in Japan
A baby panda born at a Tokyo zoo last week has died after inhaling its mother's milk, zookeepers have said.
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| The male baby panda cradled by mother Shin Shin upon his birth days before [Photo: AFP ] |
The male cub, which had not been named, was just six days old and was found lying on its back on its mother's chest.
It was the first time the zoo's natural breeding programme had been successful, and the birth had been widely celebrated across Japan.
The cub's parents, Shin Shin and Ri Ri, arrived on loan from China last year. Tokyo pays $1m (£640,000) a year to lease them.
Seven-year-old Shin Shin gave birth just days after being declared pregnant. The arrival was the first in the zoo for more than 20 years.
Read details: BBC News
Friday, April 27, 2012
Rare spotless Cheetah spotted
For the first time in almost a century a spotless cheetah has been spotted
The mythical-like creature was discovered by a British wildlife photographer who set out to find it after several reported sightings.
Guy Combes, originally from Shaftesbury, Dorset, scoured 100,000 acres of land in Kenya using a Land Rover and even a plane before he tracked it down.
Bareback big cat: An extremely rare spotless adult cheetah is seen in the Kenyan plains - the first time one has been sighted in nearly 100 years [Photo: Guy Combes/BNPS.co.uk / Mail Online]
Guy, 41, got within 50 yards of the unique creature that had a plain sandy coat of fur with hundreds of small freckles on its back and no sign of black spots.
According to experts, the last recorded sighting of a spotless cheetah was in 1921. And they believe the genetic throwback may actually help the young adult male thrive in the wild as it could be mistaken for a lion.
Read more / see more photos: Mail Online
Friday, February 10, 2012
Woolly Mammoth - a prehistoric elephant in Siberia?
A woolly mammoth has reportedly been seen and videotaped in Siberia, offering irrefutable proof that the giant hairy prehistoric elephants -- believed to have gone extinct thousands of years ago -- still exist.
That is, of course, if this new video shows an actual mammoth crossing a Siberian river. According to The Sun, a government engineer, conducting a survey for a potential new road last summer, saw the beast in question in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug region of Siberia.
Read details: Huffington Post
Video: YouTube
Zebra stripes!! To keep biting flies at bay
Why zebras evolved their characteristic black-and-white stripes has been the subject of decades of debate among scientists. Now researchers from Hungary and Sweden claim to have solved the mystery.
The stripes, they say, came about to keep away blood-sucking flies.
They report in the Journal of Experimental Biology that this pattern of narrow stripes makes zebras "unattractive" to the flies.
Read details: BBC Nature
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Toilet paper making for USA threatening wild life habitat in Indonesia
In a report Wednesday, the World Wildlife Fund alleged that a major paper supplier from Indonesia is clearcutting habitat there and targeted a major U.S. distributor to stop buying from that source.
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| Natural habitat of Indonesian tigers and elephants under threat for making toilet papers for the USA |
"We found that two brands sold in the United States ― Paseo and Livi ― are made with paper from Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), which is responsible for more forest destruction in Sumatra than any other single company," the World Wildlife Fund report stated. "Paseo is a retail brand of toilet paper, paper towels, napkins and facial tissue, and it is now the fastest growing brand of toilet paper in the United States, according to its marketer."
Read more: US News msnbc
Thursday, January 12, 2012
World's smallest frog discovered
[ via BBC News ] 11 Jan
A frog species that appears to be the world's smallest has been discovered in Papua New Guinea by a US-based team.
At 7mm (0.27 inches) long, Paedophryne amauensis may be the world's smallest vertebrate - the group that includes mammals, fish, birds and amphibians.
Read more: BBC News
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Elephant poaching: 'Record year' for ivory seizures
[ via BBC Africa ] 30 Dec
The group said elephants have had a "horrible year", with 23 tonnes of ivory seized - representing at least 2,500 dead animals.
It may be added that trade in ivory was banned in 1989 to save elephants from extinction.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Alien 'White Kiwi'
[ via Mail Online ] 27 Dec
Just yesterday, I shared a news about 'white strawberries' - I did not know then that there is more white in the store too till now when I hit this story about 'white kiwi chic.' This rare 'alien' Kiwi chick seems to be betraying its 'All Black' heritage - because his feathers are snow white.
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| The alien white Kiwi (Photo: Mike Heydon/Solent) |
The flightless bird's unusual colouring gave keepers at Pukaha Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre, New Zealand, a white Christmas when it hatched in their nursery.
Both of its parents are believed to have carried a rare and recessive white gene which caused his pure white feathers.
Read more: Mail Online
Monday, December 26, 2011
Capture of rare Sumatran rhino gives hope for species
[ via Google ] 26 Dec
Malaysian wildlife authorities said Monday the capture of a young female Borneo Sumatran rhino had given them a last chance to save the highly endangered species from extinction.
The female rhino, aged between 10 and 12 years old, was caught on December 18 and is being kept in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah on the Malaysian area of Borneo island where it is hoped it will breed with a lone captive male.
The female rhino, which has been named Puntung, was caught in a joint operation by the Borneo Rhino Alliance and the Sabah Wildlife Department.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
China to release six pandas into wild
[ via Google News ] 22 Dec
Six captive-bred pandas will be freed into an enclosed forest in southwestern China next year in the first mass release of the highly endangered animals, the official Xinhua news agency said Wednesday.
It said the six, aged two to four, had been chosen from 108 captive-bred animals at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, and researchers believed the mass release would increase their chances of survival.
A total of 10 pandas have been individually released since 1983, it said, but only two remain in the wild, with the breeding centre taking six back after they lost weight, one found dead and the other also believed to have died.
Read more at Google News
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Hong Kong orders chicken cull as bird flu alert raised
[ via BBC News / Business ] 21 Dec
Hong Kong is culling 17,000 chickens after three birds were confirmed to have died from the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain in the past week.
The government has banned imports and the sale of live chickens for three weeks after a chicken carcass was found at a wholesale market on Tuesday.
Two wild birds were also found to have died of the the virus. The government said it was tracing the source of the chicken carcass, but it was not clear whether the chicken came from a local farm or was imported.
Read BBC News / Business for more
Monday, December 19, 2011
Inquest into a 31-years old Dingo Attack case reopens in Australia
[ via The Telegraph ] 19 Dec
An inquest into the disappearance 31 years ago of nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain has been reopened after new information about dingo attacks in Australia.
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| Lindy Chamberlain (L) - A typical Australian Dingo (R) |
The information reportedly includes an account of attacks by dingoes on children at Fraser Island in Queensland, including an incident in 2001 in which two dingoes mauled a 9-year-old boy to death.
In a case that divided the nation and inspired the Meryl Streep film A Cry in the Dark, the baby's mother, Lindy Chamberlain, was convicted and jailed for life after a jury refused to believe her claim that a dingo stole her baby from a tent near Uluru, or Ayers Rock, in 1980.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
25 Rottweiler dogs maul 60-year old owner to death
[ BBC Europe ]
Awhile ago, Imposing Headlines shared a post about a woman being attacked and seriously injured by three Anatolian Shepherd dogs. Now BBC reports of a woman in the Czech Republic having been mauled to death by as many as 25 Rottweilers dogs.
It is reported that the dogs attacked their 60-years old owner around 0500 GMT. She died immediately after suffering serious wounds.
The Rottweiler is a medium to large size breed of domestic dog that originated in Rottweil, Germany. The dogs have also been known as "Rottweil butchers' dogs" (Wikipedia).
Male sheep, female deer – the hottest couple in China
[ Dawn News ]
Chinese web users have flooded a wildlife park with pleas for an amorous male sheep and female deer to be allowed to stay together after their mating habits raised concerns.
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| The story of the inseparable pair had inspired more than 1,700 comments on China’s social networking website (AFP Photo) |
Their romance made headlines in China after a local television station in the southwestern province of Yunnan picked up on the story, reporting that attempts to separate the pair had been unsuccessful.
Friday, December 9, 2011
World's Oldest Dog dies in Japan
[ News Day ] 9 Dec
Japan, which is otherwise famous for longevity of its old people, has another sensation to make this time: The World's Oldest DOG dies in Japan. "He" was 26.
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| Pusuke, the world's oldest living dog according to Guinness World Records, died Monday 5 Dec. (Photo: APK/Kyodo News - file photo dated 24 Dec 2010) |
Japanese whaling firm sues US campaigners
[ The Telegraph ] 9 Dec
Japan's whaling authorities said they are suing campaign group the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and its head in the United States in a bid to stop it from interfering in the annual whale hunt.
It is the first time that Japan has attempted legal action abroad against anti-whaling campaigners, who have sometimes used extreme methods against ships involved in the hunt, carried out under rules that allow research whaling.
Sea Shepherd, based in Washington state, regularly sends vessels to harass the whalers. In previous years it has thrown stink bombs onto the decks of the Japanese fleet, while vessels from both sides have repeatedly clashed, the report says.
Earlier, there were claims that Japan was using funds fro tsunami victims for its whaling campaign. Japan has confirmed it planned to use some of the public funds earmarked for quake and tsunami reconstruction to boost security for the hunt.
Wildlife lover Gored by Elephant to Death
[ Asia One News ] 9 Dec
Australian Jenna O'Grady Donley, who died on Wednesday after being gored by an elephant in Lahad Datu, Sabah, was taking photographs of the animal at the Tabin Wildlife Sanctuary at the time of the incident, along with a friend and guide . The elephant suddenly charged at Jenna and its tusk pierced her body, killing her on the spot. The guide and Jenna's friend barely managed to get to safety.
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| Jenna gored by elephant - File Photo by NST |
Jenna is described as a gifted would-be veterinarian with a keen interest in wild animals.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Giant Pandas in Edinburgh
[ BBC News ] 4 Dec
Two giant pandas have arrived in Edinburgh, after a nine-hour journey from China. Tian Tian and Yang Guang are the first giant pandas to live in the UK for 17 years.
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| Yang Guang (Male Panda) in Edinburgh Zoo |
Messages and artwork by more than 1,000 Chinese children, wishing Tian Tian and Yang Guang good luck in their new home, were sent with the pair.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Siberian Snow Leopards Photographed for the First Time
The Moscow Times 1 Dec
A Russian-Mongolian expedition has captured the first-ever photographs of snow leopards in a remote part of the Altai Mountains. Scientists climbed to altitudes of up to 4,000 meters to post 10 photo-traps on Chikhachyova Ridge, on the Russian-Mongolian border.
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| Rare Siberian Leopard photograph - photographed for the first time |
Two snow leopards were photographed by the motion-sensitive cameras between Oct. 26 and 30. The scientists were accompanied by a German shepherd trained to search for snow leopard traces, including hair and feces.
