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Gray wolves to leave endangered list
AP   Saturday, 27 January 2007

A gray wolf is shown in this file photo from , July 16, 2004, at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. Wolves in the northern Rockies will be removed from the endangered species list within the next year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday, Jan. 26, 2007, a move that would open the population up to trophy hunting. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella-File)AP - Wolves in the northern Rockies will be removed from the endangered species list within the next year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday, a move that would open the population up to trophy hunting.
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Orangutans re-learn monkey business in Indonesia
Reuters   Friday, 26 January 2007
Reuters - Kevin is a one-year-old orphan who's taking a walk on the wild side.
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Orangutans re-learn monkey business
Reuters   Friday, 26 January 2007

An orangutan walks on a log in the quarantine area of an orangutan sanctuary near Bukit Lawang, Bahorok, 100km (62 miles) northwest of Medan on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in this November 6, 2003 file photo. The Indonesian orangutan is one of 17 primates who were illegally captured and sold as pets but who are now learning to adjust to living in their natural habitat, thanks to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme in the North Sumatra province. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside/FilesReuters - Kevin is a one-year-old orphan who's taking a walk on the wild side.
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Greenpeace to confront Japanese whalers in Southern Ocean
AFP   Friday, 26 January 2007

MV Esperanza departing Auckland for the Southern Ocean to once again attempt to shield the whales from the whaler's harpoons and show the world the reality of whaling that is taking place under the guise of 'research'. A global moratorium on commercial whaling has been in force since 1986 but Japan still catches whales for what it claims is scientific research.(AFP/Greenpeace/Daniel Beltra)AFP - A Greenpeace ship is set to sail from Auckland for the Southern Ocean to confront Japanese whalers as the New Zealand government released film of the fleet slaughtering whales.
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'Big Brother' vote cancelled after Bollywood star confusion
AFP   Friday, 26 January 2007

An office worker watches the British reality television show "Celebrity Big Brother" on the Internet in London. Makers of controversial British reality television show "Celebrity Big Brother" apologised and cancelled an eviction vote after Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty was mistakenly favoured over fellow contestants.(AFP/File)AFP - Makers of controversial reality television show "Celebrity Big Brother" apologised and cancelled an eviction vote after Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty was mistakenly favoured over fellow contestants.
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Boycott may loom over Japan meeting on whaling
Reuters   Thursday, 25 January 2007
Reuters - Japan has called a special meeting of members of an international whaling group next month to help lift a global moratorium on hunting of whales, but several countries opposed to the practice may boycott the assembly.
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Aussie diver survives shark attack
AP   Thursday, 25 January 2007

A Great White Shark. An Australian diver who miraculously fought his way free from the jaws of a great white shark has told how he struggled desperately to avoid becoming "fish food". But just days after fending off death, 41-year-old Eric Nerhus said the attack had not put him off diving and that he was planning to return to the sea as soon as he has recovered.(AFP/File/Theo Ferreira)AP - A diver who was almost swallowed alive by a 10-foot-long shark said Wednesday a lead-lined vest prevented the animal from biting him in half and a chisel used for gathering shellfish allowed him to fend off the fish.
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Wildlife advocates seek ban on 2 poisons
AP   Thursday, 25 January 2007
AP - Advocacy groups are asking the government to ban two poisons widely used for killing wildlife.
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Flamin-gone with the wind
AFP   Thursday, 25 January 2007

Flamingoes at the London Zoo. Keepers at a British zoo are in a flap about a flamingo missing since it was blown away by the storms that battered Europe last week.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Keepers at a British zoo are in a flap about a flamingo missing since it was blown away by the storms that battered Europe last week.
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'Virgin birth' dragon Flora becomes a mum and dad
AFP   Thursday, 25 January 2007

A zoo keeper holds a baby Komodo Dragon at Chester Zoo in north west England. Flora the Komodo dragon has become a mother and a father to a clutch of babies, bosses at a British zoo announced, following her "immaculate conception" which stunned scientists.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Flora the Komodo dragon has become a mother and a father to a clutch of babies, bosses at a British zoo announced, following her "immaculate conception" which stunned scientists.
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Russian zoo animals mate early in steamy winter heat
Reuters   Wednesday, 24 January 2007

A polar bear chases pigeons at the Moscow Zoo January 24, 2007. (Anton Denisov/Reuters)Reuters - Animals at a Russian zoo have started mating early this year because of steamy temperatures in the warmest Russian winter for a generation, zoo officials said on Wednesday.
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