Wednesday, August 31, 2016

A Rare Cheetah May Be on the Verge of Extinction in Iran - Time - TIME


TIME

A Rare Cheetah May Be on the Verge of Extinction in Iran - Time
TIME
Only two female Asiatic cheetahs are believed to survive in the only country where they now exist: Iran.

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Naila Moreira: Cute animal videos deliver vital message - GazetteNET


Naila Moreira: Cute animal videos deliver vital message
GazetteNET
Very little seems more like a frivolous waste of time than watching cute animal videos on Facebook. But the more I've watched them, the more I've thought there's something important, something vital even, that we're communicating through critter videos ...



Jimmy Kimmel recruits the 'Whose billy goat is this?' guys to sing about other animals - Entertainment Weekly


Jimmy Kimmel recruits the 'Whose billy goat is this?' guys to sing about other animals
Entertainment Weekly
Although Anthony Hamilton has been a successful R&B singer for more than 20 years, he reached newfound fame recently when a video of him serenading a billy goat went viral. After finding an unattended billy goat, Hamilton and his backup singers (The ...



5 Animals You Didn't Realize Make Great Pets - Huffington Post


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5 Animals You Didn't Realize Make Great Pets
Huffington Post
When people talk about their favorite pets, they typically discuss the usual suspects: dogs, cats, and perhaps fish or even a snake if they're particularly adventurous. But there are so many other options out there. If you think outside the box, you'll ...



Greenup County Fair features exotic animals - The Independent


The Independent

Greenup County Fair features exotic animals
The Independent
While many families were in the stand of the livestock shows, others were under the tent where children could pet all different types of animals, including a camel and a zebra. “Is that a zebra?” 2-year-old Sadie Lockewood asked her parents as she ...

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Third herd of animals killed by freak lightning bolt in a week - Telegraph.co.uk


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Third herd of animals killed by freak lightning bolt in a week
Telegraph.co.uk
A herd of cows was electrocuted on Sunday night by a freak lightning bolt in Texas. The group of 19 cattle was the third herd of animals in a week to be killed by lightning. A single bolt hit a tree and wiped out the animals, who were sheltering from ...

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One of the World's Rarest Animals May Be on the Verge of Extinction in Iran - TIME


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One of the World's Rarest Animals May Be on the Verge of Extinction in Iran
TIME
Despite Iran's efforts to raise awareness about the animal — through representations on stamps and even the national football team's attire — 48 cheetahs have died in the country over the past 15 years. Of those, 21 have been killed by farmers, 15 in ...

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