Pygmy Sloth Fiasco & Hwange Elephants Poisoned

Last Monday (9 September 2013), the police officer on morning duty at Isla Colón International Airport, Panama noticed some foreigners loading crates with what appeared to be animals on a private jet. Finding this suspicious, he alerted his supervisor. Within minutes, the local police chief, the mayor of Bocas, the director of the regional office of the National Environmental Authority, community leaders and heads of local conservation organizations were informed about the incident. Little by little, a crowd of concerned citizens from Bocas town gathered around what turned out to be eight pygmy sloths – some of the rarest mammals on Earth.

Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0920-pygmy-sloth-fiasco-dimitrova.html

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Zimbabwean ivory poachers have killed more than 80 elephants by poisoning water holes with cyanide, endangering one of the world’s biggest herds, a minister said on Wednesday.
Read more http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/zimbabwe-poachers-kill-80-elephants-poisoning-water-holes-with-cyanide/

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