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Unlikely Mom ~ Mastiff Adopts Baby Chimpanzee
When baby animals are abandoned by their moms in nature, we often see them attach themselves to an unlikely surrogate.
Tag: "Russia"
Russia Bans Export and Import of Seal Skin
In a move that has come as a pleasant surprise for many animal activists Russia, Belarus and Kazakstan, informed the World Trade Organization that they are banning the import and export of harp seal pelts. Canada’s commercial harp seal industry will receive the biggest setback from this development.
Amur Tigers Face New Threat
As if Amur tigers don’t have enough to worry about as it is. Hunting and loss of habitat, among other factors, have already made tigers an endangered species, with only around 3,500 left in the wild. Now tigers are facing a new threat – canine distemper, a viral infection spread from wild dogs.
Tigers and Loggers Face Off In Russia
Russia may be the world’s largest country, taking up 11.5% of the Earth, but it still doesn’t appear to be big enough for timber companies and Amur tigers to coexist. Amur tigers, also known as Siberian tigers, are an endangered breed, with less than 500 of them living in Siberia at this time (they are also a few in China and North Korea).
