Thursday, October 20, 2011
Penguins in Sweaters!
Penguins caught in a New Zealand oil spill are given little sweaters to prevent them from preening and ingesting oil on their feathers.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
9/11 SAR Dogs Remembered
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Aid Needed for Wildlife in BP Oil Spill
21 years after Exxon and the effects are still being felt. Currently in the Gulf Coast it is nesting season for several endangered species including sea turtles and pelicans. The NWF are on the forefront and list several ways you can help this delicate ecosystem survive this tragedy.
How You Can Help Wildlife Impacted by the BP Oil Spill
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Sunday, March 2, 2008
Rare Animals Flee Fires in Kenya Park
February 25, 2008—Rhinoceroses flee fires in Kenya's Lake Nakuru National Park on February 23, 2008.
After beginning on February 21, the blazes have so far destroyed about a third of the park's 72 square miles (188 square kilometers), which are home to leopards, flamingos, giraffes, zebras, both black and white rhinos, and hundreds of other species.
"The buffalo really panicked, going in this direction and that," observer Jayne Nguatah told the Times of London. "There were rhino and impala as well, all trying to get out of the way."
Nakuru's black rhinos may have borne the brunt of the disaster. Listed as critically endangered by the World Conservation Union, the species numbers only about 60 in the park, and its chief foraging areas—the park's forests—were among the hardest hit areas of the park.
No human fatalities have been reported as a result of the fires.
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