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  • Feature_01_fishing_cat_v1223290226 Fishing Cat
    Prionailurus viverrinus

    © Mathieu Ourioux

  • Feature_02_caspian_seal_v1223290226 Caspian Seal
    Pusa caspica

    © Simon Goodman

  • Feature_03_black_footed_ferret_v1223290226 Black-footed Ferret
    Mustela nigripes

    © Dean E. Biggins

  • Feature_04_african_elephant_v1223290226 African Elephant
    Loxodonta africana

    © Alicia Wirz (IUCN Photo Library)

  • Feature_05_grey_faced_sengi_v1223290226 Grey-faced Sengi
    Rhynchocyon udzungwensis

    © F. Rovero

  • Feature_23_holdridge_toad_v1223290226 Holdridge's Toad
    Incilius holdridgei

    © Wayne Van Devender

  • Feature_26_black_grouper_v1223290226 Black Grouper
    Epinephelus mystacinus

    © Craig Dahlgren

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  • Florida turtles need a reprieve


    25 November 2008 —

    Several of the world's leading turtle scientists have called on the Governor of Florida to end the commercial hunting of turtles which supplies eastern Asia.

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  • India's wild medicinal plants threatened by over-exploitation


    24 November 2008 —

    India is a hub of the wild-collected plant medicine industry in Asia, but key species have declined due to over-collection to supply domestic and foreign medicinal markets, according to IUCN and TRAFFIC researchers.

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  • Vaccine hope for endangered wolf


    13 November 2008 —

    Scientists battle to save the world's rarest wolf from rabies by creating 'barrier' of vaccinated wolf packs.

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