Final trumpet sounds for a US institution as elephants say goodbye to the circus
Amanda Holpuch in New York
Adding pachyderms to the Greatest Show on Earth was an American innovation but shifting tastes mean Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey will phase them out.
Under the circus’s big top, acrobats soar through the sky, lion tamers stick their heads into the mouths of big cats and people swallow swords. The danger and daring required for such acts has led to a long tradition of removing, rearranging and introducing new acts into shows …
The Guardian – March 7, 2015 at 05:16 PM
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Federal study could allow hunting of North Pacific gray whale by Makah Indian tribe
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE — A federal agency has released a study that could open the door for hunting of the North Pacific gray whale by the Makah Indian tribe off the Washington coast.
The draft report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries division that was released Friday proposes six options that range from prohibiting the annual hunt for North Pacific gray whales to allowing the harvest of up to 24 whales in a six-year period, the Seattle Times reports ( www.seattletimes.com/seattle-n… ) …
Daily Journal – March 07, 2015 at 01:20 PM
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The Race to Save the Amur Tiger [EXCLUSIVE]
By Jenna Iacurci
Amur tigers, the world’s largest cats, are likely to go extinct ( www.natureworldnews.com/articl… ) in the near future as habitat loss and poaching devastate their populations; but one coalition of conservationists is quite literally in a race to save this endangered species …
Nature World News – Mar 07, 2015 at 12:19 PM
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