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2010 Declared the Year of the Tiger.So What?

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The Kathmandu Global Tiger Workshop declared 2010 to be the Year of the Tiger. The intention is to focus on saving the tiger species which is being decimated. Tags: Traditional Chinese Medicine poaching tigers china endangered species. I say so what? It's just lip service. So what if the tiger gets its own year?

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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

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Gujarat, December 2010. Target for today: critically endangered Sociable Lapwing ( Vanellus gregarius ). The official definition of CR status says the species could be gone within ten years, or could lose 80 per cent of its population within three generations – whichever comes first. Sociable Lapwing photos by Chirag Solanki.

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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. If it was not, there would be no listing, as the overall species was not in peril. FWS released a 5-year review of the species in 2010. But its U.S. What was once sage scrub is now suburbs and highways.

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Gulf Coast Wildlife Threatened by Oil Spill

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Black-backed Woodpeckers and Forest Fires in California and the West

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Black-backed Woodpeckers depend upon an unpredictable and ephemeral environment that may remain suitable for at most seven to 10 years after fire; their populations are clearly regulated by the extent of fires and insect outbreaks — and by the management actions people choose to take in those affected forests 2.

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The Endangered Andean Flamingo

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Despite the long history of impacts and steady population decline, the Andean Flamingo has been declared endangered as recent as September 2010. The Andean Flamingo is now protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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Mary Landrieu is Stupid

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