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Tigers For Rent

Uproar over a new plan proposed by Indonesia: renting out tigers to millionaires. The country only has 400 Sumatran tigers left but the dwindling number of tigers is even worse in Southeast Asia, says the WWF, where the region’s tiger population has fallen from 1,200 in 1998 to about 350 today. [...]

Gorillas Tweet for Their Lives

Friend-a-gorilla launches Twitter campaign today to save the endangered Razorback Gorillas in Uganda. Become a gorilla’s friend for $1 and follow him via Twitter. [...]

Jaws and Order

The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau plans to ban all commercial shark fishing in its waters, thus creating the world’s first “shark sanctuary.” [...]