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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2120 Animals & Pets News en-us Thu, 08 May 2008 17:48:26 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2120 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_us/wolf_lawsuit ap/20080508/wolf_lawsuit AP Thu, 08 May 2008 21:42:58 GMT AP - A federal judge in Montana has rejected a request by the government to delay a lawsuit seeking to place the gray wolf back on the endangered species list, saying he's "unwilling to risk more deaths." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/lf_afp/lifestylephilippinesdietarroyoinflationpovertyrice afp/20080508/lifestylephilippinesdietarroyoinflationpovertyrice AFP Thu, 08 May 2008 16:09:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/lf_afp/lifestylephilippinesdietarroyoinflationpovertyrice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.nct74.080508160503.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4LbCoIJDsYhMrRX2r9mc_g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Fresh vegetables at an open market. Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has rejected an appeal by animal rights activists to convert to a vegetarian diet to help fight rising food prices, her spokesman said Thursday.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has rejected an appeal by animal rights activists to convert to a vegetarian diet to help fight rising food prices, her spokesman said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/lf_afp/lifestylephilippinesdietarroyoinflationpovertyrice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.nct74.080508160503.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4LbCoIJDsYhMrRX2r9mc_g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Fresh vegetables at an open market. Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has rejected an appeal by animal rights activists to convert to a vegetarian diet to help fight rising food prices, her spokesman said Thursday.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/sc_afp/australiajapanwhalingdiplomacy afp/20080508/australiajapanwhalingdiplomacy AFP Thu, 08 May 2008 16:01:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/sc_afp/australiajapanwhalingdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.nct69.080508180112.photo00.photo.default-512x419.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=F.uK2ZuP41qPSqbyX1tRgA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (R) poses for a photo with his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura in Tokyo. Smith held talks Thursday on resolving a dispute with Japan over whaling, but he said Canberra was still considering taking the row to international courts.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith held talks Thursday on resolving a dispute with Japan over whaling, but he said Canberra was still considering taking the row to international courts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/sc_afp/australiajapanwhalingdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.nct69.080508180112.photo00.photo.default-512x419.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=F.uK2ZuP41qPSqbyX1tRgA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (R) poses for a photo with his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura in Tokyo. Smith held talks Thursday on resolving a dispute with Japan over whaling, but he said Canberra was still considering taking the row to international courts.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/sc_afp/sciencebiologygeneticsplatypus afp/20080508/sciencebiologygeneticsplatypus AFP Thu, 08 May 2008 12:52:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/sc_afp/sciencebiologygeneticsplatypus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.ncs78.080508145100.photo00.photo.default-512x328.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=jxyEK7fiE19NtEowa0cRZA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The world's first platypus twin puggles born in captivity are shown at Taronga Zoo in Sydney in 2003. The task of laying bare the platypus genome of 2.2 billion base pairs spread across 18,500 genes has taken several years, but will do far more than satisfy the curiosity of just biologists, say the researchers.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Arguably the oddest beast in Nature's menagerie, the platypus looks as it if were assembled from spare parts left over after the animal kingdom was otherwise complete.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/sc_afp/sciencebiologygeneticsplatypus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.ncs78.080508145100.photo00.photo.default-512x328.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=jxyEK7fiE19NtEowa0cRZA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="The world's first platypus twin puggles born in captivity are shown at Taronga Zoo in Sydney in 2003. The task of laying bare the platypus genome of 2.2 billion base pairs spread across 18,500 genes has taken several years, but will do far more than satisfy the curiosity of just biologists, say the researchers.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_us/livestock_abuse ap/20080508/livestock_abuse AP Thu, 08 May 2008 02:24:00 GMT AP - The Humane Society of the United States released video footage Wednesday of sick and injured livestock the group says were mistreated at auction sites and stockyards where cattle are sold for slaughter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080507/us_nm/usa_auctions_humanesociety_dc nm/20080507/usa_auctions_humanesociety_dc Reuters Wed, 07 May 2008 21:36:23 GMT Reuters - The Humane Society of the United States on Wednesday released new video taken at animal auctions in four states that showed sick and injured cows lying on the ground, and called on the U.S. government to prevent further cases of animal abuse at similar facilities. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080507/wl_asia_afp/japanchinaanimalpandadiplomacyrights afp/20080507/japanchinaanimalpandadiplomacyrights AFP Wed, 07 May 2008 07:42:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080507/wl_asia_afp/japanchinaanimalpandadiplomacyrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080507/capt.cps.ncl00.070508094208.photo00.photo.default-379x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=PgtDWFfFdFoECDUyQjHFLQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="File photo shows Ling Ling, a male giant panda at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. Animal rights activists on Wednesday urged Japan to reject visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao's offer of two pandas, saying the crowd-pleasing animals would be miserable in a zoo.(AFP/JiJi Press/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Animal rights activists on Wednesday urged Japan to reject visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao's offer of two pandas, saying the crowd-pleasing animals would be miserable in a zoo.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080507/wl_asia_afp/japanchinaanimalpandadiplomacyrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080507/capt.cps.ncl00.070508094208.photo00.photo.default-379x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=PgtDWFfFdFoECDUyQjHFLQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="File photo shows Ling Ling, a male giant panda at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. Animal rights activists on Wednesday urged Japan to reject visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao's offer of two pandas, saying the crowd-pleasing animals would be miserable in a zoo.(AFP/JiJi Press/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/wolf_delisting_states ap/20080507/wolf_delisting_states AP Wed, 07 May 2008 01:16:44 GMT AP - Three states are defending their ability to sustain a gray wolf population in the Northern Rockies, asking to be heard in a federal lawsuit that seeks to return the wolves to the endangered species list. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/india_nm/india334311 nm/20080506/india334311 Reuters Tue, 06 May 2008 12:40:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/india_nm/india334311"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080506/i/ra4007325470.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=QAxcKmHOU__6cpuNhj1fsQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="File photo of a tiger at the Ranthambore National Park March 23, 2000. Fourteen tiger cubs have been spotted in Ranthambore, a rare piece of good news in the country's fight to protect its dwindling population of big cats from poachers and habitat destruction. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Fourteen tiger cubs have been spotted in Ranthambore National Park, a rare piece of good news in the country's fight to protect its dwindling population of big cats from poachers and habitat destruction.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/india_nm/india334311"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080506/i/ra4007325470.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=QAxcKmHOU__6cpuNhj1fsQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo of a tiger at the Ranthambore National Park March 23, 2000. Fourteen tiger cubs have been spotted in Ranthambore, a rare piece of good news in the country's fight to protect its dwindling population of big cats from poachers and habitat destruction. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080505/wl_asia_afp/australiadiplomacyhongkongskoreajapan afp/20080505/australiadiplomacyhongkongskoreajapan AFP Mon, 05 May 2008 07:31:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080505/wl_asia_afp/australiadiplomacyhongkongskoreajapan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080505/capt.cps.nbx35.050508093045.photo00.photo.default-473x512.jpg?x=120&y=130&q=85&sig=neTRsDRYaTCA30YcXntT2w--" align="left" height="130" width="120" alt="An Australian Customs Services photo from February shows a mother whale and her calf being dragged on board a Japanese whaling ship after being harpooned in Antarctic waters. Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith embarked on a three-city Asian tour on Monday, saying he expected to voice Canberra's opposition to whaling during talks with Japan.(AFP/AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE/File/Ho)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith embarked on a three-city Asian tour on Monday, saying he expected to voice Canberra's opposition to whaling during talks with Japan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080505/wl_asia_afp/australiadiplomacyhongkongskoreajapan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080505/capt.cps.nbx35.050508093045.photo00.photo.default-473x512.jpg?x=120&y=130&q=85&sig=neTRsDRYaTCA30YcXntT2w--" align="left" height="130" width="120" alt="photo" title="An Australian Customs Services photo from February shows a mother whale and her calf being dragged on board a Japanese whaling ship after being harpooned in Antarctic waters. Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith embarked on a three-city Asian tour on Monday, saying he expected to voice Canberra's opposition to whaling during talks with Japan.(AFP/AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE/File/Ho)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080501/sc_afp/japanchinaanimalpandadiplomacy afp/20080501/japanchinaanimalpandadiplomacy AFP Thu, 01 May 2008 23:52:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080501/sc_afp/japanchinaanimalpandadiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080501/capt.cps.nbg28.020508015202.photo00.photo.default-379x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=eFMkWlUrjotwQ5pVFxGr3g--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Ling Ling, a male giant panda at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, in 2001. Japan's prime minister said Thursday he has asked to borrow some giant pandas from China after Ling Ling, one of the best-loved animals at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, died of old age this week.(AFP/JIJI PRESS/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan's prime minister said Thursday he has asked to borrow some giant pandas from China after Ling Ling, one of the best-loved animals at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, died of old age this week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080501/sc_afp/japanchinaanimalpandadiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080501/capt.cps.nbg28.020508015202.photo00.photo.default-379x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=eFMkWlUrjotwQ5pVFxGr3g--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="Ling Ling, a male giant panda at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, in 2001. Japan's prime minister said Thursday he has asked to borrow some giant pandas from China after Ling Ling, one of the best-loved animals at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, died of old age this week.(AFP/JIJI PRESS/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_re_as/cambodia_wildlife ap/20080501/cambodia_wildlife AP Thu, 01 May 2008 11:52:30 GMT AP - Hundreds of reptiles including some endangered species were rescued from traffickers and released into their natural habitat in Cambodia, a conservation group said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_shark_attack ap/20080501/mexico_shark_attack AP Thu, 01 May 2008 00:47:27 GMT AP - Authorities used baited hooks to catch sharks Wednesday near a Mexican beach where a U.S. surfer was killed in an attack. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_colossal_squid ap/20080430/new_zealand_colossal_squid AP Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:07:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_colossal_squid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080430/capt.9fb1a827613a415881513200e0d2da42.new_zealand_colossal_squid_wlg101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=c6Pe6SdcBSV1lUQV8mfSYA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Museum of New Zealand technician, Mark Fenwick thaw out the largest known specimen of a colossal squid, caught in the Ross Sea, in a pool of brine in Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Marine scientists in New Zealand were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts. (AP Photo/NZPA, Ross Setford)" border="0" /></a>AP - Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid said Wednesday they had measured its eye at about 11 inches across — bigger than a dinner plate — making it the largest animal eye on Earth.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_colossal_squid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080430/capt.9fb1a827613a415881513200e0d2da42.new_zealand_colossal_squid_wlg101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=c6Pe6SdcBSV1lUQV8mfSYA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Museum of New Zealand technician, Mark Fenwick thaw out the largest known specimen of a colossal squid, caught in the Ross Sea, in a pool of brine in Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Marine scientists in New Zealand were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts. (AP Photo/NZPA, Ross Setford)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/scienceanimalsbirdsoffbeat afp/20080430/scienceanimalsbirdsoffbeat AFP Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:55:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/scienceanimalsbirdsoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080430/capt.cps.nax99.300408195436.photo00.photo.default-512x291.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=W69xc38hGNDxiYz2KXYJnw--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Pigeons feed on grains. A team of scientists believe they can provide the key to an enduring wildlife mystery: how do birds navigate? One, supported by research among homing pigeons four years ago, is that birds have tiny particles, called magnetite, in their upper beaks that respond to shifts in Earth's magnetic field.(AFP/File/Pal Pillai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A team of scientists believe they can provide the key to an enduring wildlife mystery: how do birds navigate?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/scienceanimalsbirdsoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080430/capt.cps.nax99.300408195436.photo00.photo.default-512x291.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=W69xc38hGNDxiYz2KXYJnw--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pigeons feed on grains. A team of scientists believe they can provide the key to an enduring wildlife mystery: how do birds navigate? One, supported by research among homing pigeons four years ago, is that birds have tiny particles, called magnetite, in their upper beaks that respond to shifts in Earth's magnetic field.(AFP/File/Pal Pillai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/nzealandenvironmentanimalssquid afp/20080430/nzealandenvironmentanimalssquid AFP Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:45:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/nzealandenvironmentanimalssquid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080430/capt.cps.nax55.300408183231.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=iVgaRx0LVmamrM8mhQwnhA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A technician at the Museum of New Zealand supports a 495 kilogram (1,090 pound) squid as it is defrosted in salt water. The collosal squid was accidentally caught by a fishing boat in Antarctic waters in February 2007.(AFP/David Brooks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The largest squid ever caught began to reveal its secrets Wednesday, including beach ball-sized eyes that scientists said were the biggest known in the animal kingdom.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/nzealandenvironmentanimalssquid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080430/capt.cps.nax55.300408183231.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=iVgaRx0LVmamrM8mhQwnhA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="A technician at the Museum of New Zealand supports a 495 kilogram (1,090 pound) squid as it is defrosted in salt water. The collosal squid was accidentally caught by a fishing boat in Antarctic waters in February 2007.(AFP/David Brooks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_as/japan_panda_dies ap/20080430/japan_panda_dies AP Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:41:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_as/japan_panda_dies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080430/capt.482fe9b73f4c4d80be6f3834ca7b1e3b.japan_panda_tok103.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=20t1IiEFdGGa3QM1AjQEuA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="In this Saturday, April 20, 2002 file photo, male panda Ling-Ling sits in the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City. Japan's oldest giant panda, a longtime star at a Tokyo zoo and a symbol of friendship with China, has died of illness, zoo keepers said Wednesday. Ling Ling was 22 years old. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Japan's oldest giant panda, Ling Ling, a longtime star at Tokyo's largest zoo and a symbol of friendship with China, died Wednesday of heart failure, zookeepers said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_as/japan_panda_dies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080430/capt.482fe9b73f4c4d80be6f3834ca7b1e3b.japan_panda_tok103.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=20t1IiEFdGGa3QM1AjQEuA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="In this Saturday, April 20, 2002 file photo, male panda Ling-Ling sits in the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City. Japan's oldest giant panda, a longtime star at a Tokyo zoo and a symbol of friendship with China, has died of illness, zoo keepers said Wednesday. Ling Ling was 22 years old. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/safricaenvironmentelephants afp/20080430/safricaenvironmentelephants AFP Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:42:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/safricaenvironmentelephants"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080430/capt.cps.nat20.300408054146.photo00.photo.default-414x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=yoVQ7JmUxqDFF0wIi46xqw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="File photo shows elephants in South Africa's Kruger National Park. The country's 13-year moratorium on elephant culling is set to be controversially lifted in an effort combat surging populations(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Africa's 13-year moratorium on elephant culling was set to be lifted on Thursday to combat a surge in population numbers, despite an outcry from animal rights activists.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/safricaenvironmentelephants"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080430/capt.cps.nat20.300408054146.photo00.photo.default-414x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=yoVQ7JmUxqDFF0wIi46xqw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="File photo shows elephants in South Africa's Kruger National Park. The country's 13-year moratorium on elephant culling is set to be controversially lifted in an effort combat surging populations(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080430/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_newzealand_squid nm/20080430/oukoe_uk_newzealand_squid Reuters Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:22:06 GMT Reuters - A colossal squid caught from deep Antarctic waters was defrosted on Wednesday by New Zealand scientists keen to discover more about the little-known giant predator. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080429/sc_afp/usbrazilbiologyenvironment afp/20080429/usbrazilbiologyenvironment AFP Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:24:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080429/sc_afp/usbrazilbiologyenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080429/capt.cps.nas39.300408012241.photo00.photo.default-512x277.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=q3UXE1DozTBL.UnTmbpehw--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="A little lizard walks through a field of grass. Scientists discovered legless lizard, a dwarf woodpecker and another 12 suspected new species in Brazil's fast-disappearing Cerrado grasslands, an environmental group said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Alejandro Pagni)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Scientists discovered legless lizard, a dwarf woodpecker and another 12 suspected new species in Brazil's fast-disappearing Cerrado grasslands, an environmental group said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080429/sc_afp/usbrazilbiologyenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080429/capt.cps.nas39.300408012241.photo00.photo.default-512x277.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=q3UXE1DozTBL.UnTmbpehw--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="photo" title="A little lizard walks through a field of grass. Scientists discovered legless lizard, a dwarf woodpecker and another 12 suspected new species in Brazil's fast-disappearing Cerrado grasslands, an environmental group said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Alejandro Pagni)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)