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Thursday 19. of August 2010 No more bears for Pyrenees

PLANS to reintroduce more bears into the Pyrenees will be abandoned, says Ecology Minister Chantal Jouanno. Following news that two new cubs were born last winter, the minister is hoping the bear population will sustain itself...

Wednesday 15. of July 2009 Bolivia Bans Wild and Domestic Animals in Traveling Circuses

LA PAZ, Bolivia, July 14, 2009 (ENS) - Bolivian President Evo Morales has signed the world's first law prohibiting the use of both wild and domestic animals in traveling circuses.

This is the first national law to ban the use of...

Thursday 07. of May 2009 Two Brown Bear Populations In Spain In Danger of Extinction Have Been Isolated For Past 50 Years

ScienceDaily (May 6, 2009) — The situation of bears in the Iberian Peninsula is critical. Researchers from the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Superior Council of Scientific Research (SCSR) have performed a genetic...

Tuesday 03. of February 2009 Brown bears bounce back from brink of extinction

If you go down to the woods today in Italy, prepare for a big surprise. After years in which brown bears appeared to be heading for extinction at the hands of hunters, poachers and vengeful farmers, conservationists are...

Wednesday 28. of January 2009 Hanoi’s Environmental Police record largest-ever seizure

Hanoi’s Environmental Police have made their largest-ever seizure of wildlife products following the confiscation of more than two tonnes of bones from a store in Dong Da district, Hanoi, on 10 January.