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Gorillas are the Good Guys

They are big, beautiful and in many ways just like us. Gorillas have gripped the world's attention since the killing of Harambe at Cincinnati Zoo after a small boy tumbled into his enclosure.

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Capturing wildlife on Art Safari

A group of safari artists have the privilege to create a still life of the fastest land animal, the cheetah, at the Na an Kuse Game Reserve, Namibia.

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Police to investigate Cincinnati Zoo gorilla shooting

Parents of boy who fell into gorilla enclosure to be investigated Animal activists file negligence complaint against zoo Wildlife expert defends shooting of gorilla Police are investigating an i

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The panda and the star!

Award-winning star Michelle Yeoh visited a panda base in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu, after being named as a goodwill ambassador by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) earlier thi

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Shooting of Zoo's gorilla sparks online protest

The shooting dead of a gorilla as he dragged a 4-year-old child around his zoo enclosure has outraged animal lovers.

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The army of feathered farmers

A vineyard in Stellenbosch, South Africa is using an army of 1,000 Indian Runner ducks to help control snails and pests that are attacking…

Sci-Tech

Canada breeding "genetically superior bee"

Bee populations around the world have been dramatically declining over the past eight to nine years.

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Australian town plagued by over 100,000 bats

Sci-Tech

Saving Green Turtles in the Gulf

Chasing the Green Turtle off the coast of the Gulf.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe puts its wild animals up for sale

Zimbabwe’s government has said it is ready to sell its wildlife. People with money and space are being asked to buy animals in a bid to save them

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Big farmer is watching! Surveillance technology monitors animal wellbeing

Humans have long been under CCTV surveillance, but now chickens and pigs are being watched too – by big farmer technology!

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Takeaway: hi-tech smart farms

Watch out, chickens! Big farmer is watching you! But it is for a good cause – to increase your wellbeing. Researchers have set up cameras, sensors

South Africa

Circus lions rescued in South America arrive in new African home

More than 30 lions rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia have been flown back Africa to live out the rest of their lives in a private sanctuary

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Kenya burns vast piles of elephant tusks

Kenya’s Uhuru and Gabon’s Bongo set fire to thousands of elephant tusks and rhino horns, destroying a stockpile that would have been worth a fortune

Kenya

Kenya burns huge ivory stockpile calling for ban on trade

A stockpile of more than 100 tonnes of ivory from some 8,000 animals was set alight near Nairobi on Saturday, to highlight the threat to endangered

Kenya

Kenya burns over a hundred tons of elephant tusks and calls for a worldwide ban on ivory sales

Kenyan authorities were preparing to burn a stockpile of over a hundred tons of elephant tusks on Saturday as a message to the world over the threat

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New home means new playground for tiger cubs

Three endangered tiger cubs and their mother Joanne joined the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Tuesday. The cubs – Nelson, Cathy and Debbie – were born

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard issue deadpan video apology over dogs row

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have released a video apology to Australians for breaking strict biosecurity laws by bringing their dogs into the country

USA

Columbus Zoo introduces Nora the polar bear cub to visitors

Columbus Zoo in the US state of Ohio has introduced its new polar bear cub Nora to enthusiastic visitors. It marked the first public appearance for

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On-the-run chimpanzee's high wire act

An escaped male chimpanzee was captured by city officials after falling off an electricity pole in northern Japan on Thursday (April 14). The