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Covers:  Africa, big cats, biodiversity, carbon, carnivores, climate, conservation, diets, environment, illegal wildlife trade, nature, science, sustainability, wildlife
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Polar bears are invading a town in Russia-and that's a symptom of climate change that's going to ...

Polar bears are invading a town in Russia-and that's a symptom of climate change that's going to ...

Newsweek — The ten hottest years on record were all during the past two decades and the hottest global ocean temperatures ever were recorded in 2018-a heat increase from 2017 equivalent to 100 million times that of the Hiroshima bomb. Climate change is here and it's already wreaking havoc.
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Commentary: Lessons learnt when polar bears invaded one town in Russia

Commentary: Lessons learnt when polar bears invaded one town in Russia

Channel NewsAsia — Polar bears 'invading' a Russian village have renewed concern over climate change in the Arctic, but human-wildlife conflicts are flaring up everywhere, says Niki Rust from Newcastle University.
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Polar bear 'invasion': climate change increasing human-wildlife conflicts

Polar bear 'invasion': climate change increasing human-wildlife conflicts

Times of Malta — The 10 hottest years on record were all during the past two decades and the hottest global ocean temperatures ever were recorded in 2018 - a heat increase from 2017 equivalent to 100 million times that of the Hiroshima bomb. Climate change is here and it's already wreaking havoc.
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Conservationists work with shepherds to reduce dog attacks

Conservationists work with shepherds to reduce dog attacks

BBC Wildlife Magazine — One innovative project has used dog collars to help change the minds of locals when it comes to protecting Barbary macaques. Found in North Africa, Barbary macaques are threatened by habitat loss and the illegal pet trade. But they are also killed by villagers' dogs around Bouhachem forest in north Morocco.
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Lions have adapted to hunt seals and seabirds in Namibia, study finds

Lions have adapted to hunt seals and seabirds in Namibia, study finds

The Guardian — Desert lions learning to hunt marine life to survive Skeleton Coast's harsh conditions
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Banning trophy hunting imports won't save the world's wildlife

Banning trophy hunting imports won't save the world's wildlife

The Conversation — Well-meaning celebrities and MPs recently published a letter in the Guardian, calling for a ban on trophy hunting imports into the UK. To the novice conservationist, this surely sounds like a good thing, right? After all, trophy hunting kills animals so how could it possibly be good for conservation?
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Banning trophy hunting imports won't save the world's wildlife

Banning trophy hunting imports won't save the world's wildlife

Phys — Well-meaning celebrities and MPs recently published a letter in the Guardian, calling for a ban on trophy hunting imports into the UK. To the novice conservationist, this surely sounds like a good thing, right?
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Lions may disappear without urgent funding for conservation

Lions may disappear without urgent funding for conservation

Daily Mail — New nature series Dynasties next episode will be on lions and will air on Sunday Episode will show the biggest danger to lions is not other lions, but humans Experts believe that we could have as few as 20,000 lions remaining in the wild The species is depleting because of habitat loss, humans killing them to protect their livestock, wild prey depletion, accidental snaring, and illegal wildlife trade The latest series from BBC Earth follows the true stories of five of the world's most celebrated, yet endangered animals like penguins, chimpanzees and tigers.
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Global pet trade in wild cats is a threat to their survival | Blog | Nature | PBS

Global pet trade in wild cats is a threat to their survival | Blog | Nature | PBS

PBS — All wild cats are listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), meaning international trade in live or dead animals or their parts and products are either partly or fully banned. This is because they are at risk of extinction by wildlife trade.
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Tourism preventing Kenya's cheetahs from raising young, study finds

Tourism preventing Kenya's cheetahs from raising young, study finds

The Guardian — Research in Maasai Mara linked areas with high density of vehicles to lower numbers of cubs raised to independence
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Penalties for wildlife criminals sentenced in England and Wales are 'l

Penalties for wildlife criminals sentenced in England and Wales are 'l

The Independent — Every 25 minutes, an elephant is killed for its ivory. The illegal trade in wildlife is now threatening populations of some of the rarest plants and animals on the planet. As the fourth largest international illegal trade, illicit wildlife trade has become such a concern that the United Nations now considers it as a serious crime.
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Smallest wild cat in the Americas faces big problems - but hope exists

Smallest wild cat in the Americas faces big problems - but hope exists

Mongabay — The smallest wild cat species in the Americas faces big problems as its habitat dwindles and it's targeted as a farm pest. But a new study shows it may be able to persist in a human-dominated world - if farmers and policymakers give it a hand.
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Cute cats the size of kittens are seeing their homes destroyed

Cute cats the size of kittens are seeing their homes destroyed

New Scientist — One of the world's smallest and cutest wild cats is on the road to extinction, even though it is more resilient than most species. Güiñas (Leopardus guigna ), also known as kodkods, live in Chile and are the smallest cats in the Americas.
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BBC One - Big Cats - Global pet trade in wild cats is a threat to their survival

BBC One - Big Cats - Global pet trade in wild cats is a threat to their survival

BBC — Many of you have contacted us to express concerns about the exotic pet trade, so we asked Dr Niki Rust, Technical Advisor in Wildlife for WWF-UK, to give us her views on the issues. If you've just finished watching the BBC series Big Cats, I'll bet you've come away thinking how utterly cute and adorable all wild cats are and especially the smaller ones.
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BBC's Big Cats shows these felines are in trouble - WWF UK Blog

BBC's Big Cats shows these felines are in trouble - WWF UK Blog

WWF — Did you tune in to BBC One last night to see the first episode of Big Cats? If not, you missed out! This new TV documentary highlights how awesome wild cats are but did you know that many are in trouble? Nearly half of all wild cat species are threatened with extinction.
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Religion can make us more environmentally friendly - or not

Religion can make us more environmentally friendly - or not

BBC — Eight out of 10 people around the world consider themselves religious. That figure shows that, while in many countries religion is not as dominant as it once was, it still has a huge influence on us. What does that mean for the environmental movement?
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Quit nature to save wolves and bears? There are better ways

Quit nature to save wolves and bears? There are better ways

New Scientist — Log in Create an account for free access to: A selection of articles hand-picked by the editors available only to account holders The email newsletter delivering the top things you need to know to your inbox every week Event updates, special offers and competitions With a free New Scientist account you'll enjoy increased access to New Scientist content and ideas.
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How not to control nature

How not to control nature

Africa Geographic — Every time we turn on the TV nowadays we seem to be confronted with bad news about the environment, but is there anything that history can teach us about how to solve today's problems? In light of the current carnivore conflict crisis in Namibia, we wanted to understand the history of Namibia's predator management to find out how we ended up with such an intolerance of nature.
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What really happened to mammoths and other ice age giants

What really happened to mammoths and other ice age giants

BBC — There might be as many as 10 million species of complex life on this planet today - a huge number. But add up all of the complex species that ever lived and some biologists think the grand total would be about five billion.
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In Bangladesh, tigers are being killed by the local 'mafia'

In Bangladesh, tigers are being killed by the local 'mafia'

BBC — Even today, people still kill tigers and other endangered species. One of the most important questions to ask is why they do it, because it is only by understanding people's motives that we might change their behaviour. Globally, tigers are an endangered species.
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Five Ways That WWF Is Creating Coexistence Between Snow Leopards And People

Five Ways That WWF Is Creating Coexistence Between Snow Leopards And People

HuffPost United Kingdom — Did you know that Sunday 23rd October is International Snow Leopard Day? And what better way to celebrate than to showcase the ways that WWF is helping people live in harmony with this grey ghost of the mountains. Snow Leopards are illusive: even some researchers that have been studying this specie for years have never seen one up close.
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Why killing lions like Cecil may help conservation

Why killing lions like Cecil may help conservation

CNN — The death of a celebrity often makes the headlines, but it is less common that the death of wild animal has the same effect. However, it appears that the entire world has mourned the loss of Cecil the lion, killed on a private game reserve bordering a national park in Zimbabwe.
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There are people in India living with wild tigers

There are people in India living with wild tigers

BBC — In April 2016, there was a rare piece of good news about tigers. For the first time in over a century, the number of tigers went up. The latest global census counted 3,890 tigers, compared to just 3,200 tigers in 2010. There are lots of reasons for this increase.
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When you start killing wolves, something odd happens

When you start killing wolves, something odd happens

BBC — As the cold early spring sun began to shine between the trees, the only sound heard for miles around was the gentle rustling of leaves in the bone-chilling breeze. But faintly, in the distance, the galloping of footsteps began to thunder through the forest.
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