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To many zoo visitors, the African painted dog enclosure is not a major attraction. But John Lemon wants to change that.
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| UpdatedBooderee National Park is only a few hours' drive from Sydney — but it might as well be in a different era.
Topics: animals, conservation, biological-diversity, endangered-and-protected-species, land-management, jervis-bay-2540, nsw, sydney-2000, australia
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| UpdatedThe endangered Mallee emu-wren will be held in captivity for the first time in an effort to save the tiny bird species.
Topics: birds, animals, endangered-and-protected-species, human-interest, conservation, environment, adelaide-5000, monarto-south-5254
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Topics: environment, conservation, land-management, endangered-and-protected-species, birds, townsville-4810, oak-valley-4811, woodstock-4816, moranbah-4744
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Topics: environment, conservation, land-management, endangered-and-protected-species, birds, townsville-4810, oak-valley-4811, woodstock-4816, moranbah-4744
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Topics: environment, conservation, land-management, endangered-and-protected-species, birds, townsville-4810, oak-valley-4811, woodstock-4816, moranbah-4744
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| UpdatedCollaboration between landowners and environmental groups may be the saviour of the endangered black-throated finch.
Topics: environment, conservation, land-management, endangered-and-protected-species, birds, townsville-4810, oak-valley-4811, woodstock-4816, moranbah-4744
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Nestled in a pocket of rainforest near the far north Queensland coast is the world's only rehabilitation centre for critically endangered southern cassowaries.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, animals, veterinary-medicine, rain-forests-and-forest, environment, national-parks, garners-beach-4852, cairns-4870, papua-new-guinea
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Koala protection efforts are failing in Queensland, despite clear evidence of devastating population losses, a new report find.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, conservation, environment, state-parliament, government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, activism-and-lobbying, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedNew figures show smart drum lines are more efficient than shark nets so far in catching target species in New South Wales north coast trial.
Topics: shark, endangered-and-protected-species, ballina-2478, evans-head-2473, lismore-2480
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Fraser Island dingoes that have threatened humans and are destined to be put down should be allowed to live at Queensland's only sanctuary for the animals, a wildlife park owner says.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, activism-and-lobbying, animal-welfare, people, durong-4610, qld, eurong-4581, australia, maryborough-4650
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| UpdatedAlthough the cane toad has done damage to many Australian species, others like the black-headed python are thriving.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, endangered-and-protected-species, pests, pest-management, animal-science, nt
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| UpdatedA pair of New South Wales sheep farmers discover snakes have eyes bigger than their stomachs, after pulling an entire snake from the corpse of another.
Topics: rural, endangered-and-protected-species, nsw, australia
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Topics: pest-management, land-management, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, endangered-and-protected-species, aurukun-4871, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedIndigenous rangers on western Cape York peninsula install simple fences to protect endangered sea turtle eggs from feral pigs.
Topics: pest-management, endangered-and-protected-species, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, conservation, land-management, aurukun-4871, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedA species of Fijian iguana has been saved from the brink of extinction thanks to a lengthy breeding program.
Topics: environment, conservation, endangered-and-protected-species, pests, pacific, fiji
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Gliding through the sheer mountain ranges of Pakistan is the remarkable and elusive woolly flying squirrel.
Topics: animals, animal-science, science-and-technology, environment, endangered-and-protected-species, pakistan
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| UpdatedA New South Wales farmer has placed a third of her property under a conservation covenant in the hope it will increase the value of the farm and its produce.
Topics: sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural, conservation, environment, endangered-and-protected-species, nsw, australia
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Flying fox rescuers in Sydney are experiencing their "worst season ever" as a record number get tangled in backyard tree nets as they search for food and try and escape the heat.
Topics: animals, weather, endangered-and-protected-species, sydney-2000
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The hunt is on for a new home for the world's rarest marsupial, the Gilbert's potoroo, off Western Australia's south coast.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, conservation, environment, albany-6330
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Rare and endangered northern bettongs have been found in far north Queensland in an area where the animal was thought to have died out, environmental group WWF says.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, environmental-management, charities-and-community-organisations, university-and-further-education, cairns-4870
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A rise in koala sightings in the New South Wales central tablelands is leading to hopes the region could be instrumental in the fight to save the species.
Topics: conservation, animals, endangered-and-protected-species, bathurst-2795, rockley-2795, perthville-2795
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