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Slippery eel slides toward disaster

Glass eels, as young see-through eels are known, are the equivalent of aquatic gold.
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Black visitors on the rise - SANParks

The number of blacks that visited national parks has grown over the past year, SANParks says.
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Indonesia to extend forest clearing ban

The president of Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical forests and a powerful palm oil industry, has agreed to extend a ban on forest clearing.

CAR elephants threatened

Cites fears a possible massacre of Central African Republic elephants after poaching reports.
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Chinese actress feeds orphan elephants

Chinese actress has fed Kenya's orphan elephants to raise awareness of Asian ivory demand.
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SA, Vietnam target illegal rhino hunters

South Africa and Vietnam have signed a plan to boost conservation and help combat rhino poaching.
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Thandora shrugging off zoo habits

Thandora, the plucky elephant re-introduced into the wild, is slowly losing her zoo habits and spending more time browsing and grazing like a wild elephant.
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Thandora finding her feet

Thandora, the elephant recently re-introduced into the wild at Gondwana Game Reserve after being held in captivity for 23 years, is slowly acclimatising to her new home.
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Campaign to save Barrier Reef

Conservationists have accused Australia of failing to protect the Great Barrier Reef from massive industrial development as they launched a multi-million dollar campaign to drum up awareness.

EU court upholds seal fur ban

An EU court in a much-anticipated ruling has upheld a 2010 ban on seal products, throwing out an appeal by fur traders including native Inuit from Canada and Greenland, and Scottish sporran-makers.
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Thandora - home alone

Thandora the released elephant in Gondwana Game Reserve is slowly getting used to living in the wild.
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Thandora meets her new companions

Thandora, the elephant recently re-introduced into the wild at Gondwana Game Reserve, has again met up with her new elephant companions.
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Thandora adopts 'car herd'

Thandora the elephant, has seemingly adopted the cars of her minders as her herd for now, as she grows accustomed to her new surroundings after being re-introduced into the wild.
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Rhino conservationist dies

The rhino conservationist, who helped found Kenya game reserve, has died in South Africa.

Elephant Thandora on walk to freedom

Thandora has started her long walk to freedom and is already 2km along her route to her planned new home valley.
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