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‘Dingo Simon’ builds sanctuary in fight to save species from extinction in wild

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18 August 2014
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A Queensland disability pensioner with a love of dingoes has begun a personal crusade to save the animals from extinction in the wild.

Simon Stretton is battling biosecurity regulations and opposition from farmers as he tries to create a reservoir of purebred dingo genes to preserve wild populations.

Mr Stretton, who calls himself Dingo Simon, has started his own sanctuary at Durong in the state’s South Burnett region.

What I’m trying to do is save dingoes from extinction, basically, due to interbreeding from the wild dogs [and] also from the State Government’s excessive use of 1080 baiting, he said.

The dingo is considered to be a pest in Queensland — via redwolf.newsvine.com

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Amur Leopards / Twycross Zoo

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18 August 2014
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Twycross Zoo had a very special announcement on 23 July. The zoo, in Atherstone, Warwickshire, UK, is now home to two more of the rarest big cats on earth. The pair of Amur Leopard cubs were born to their two year old mother, Kristen, on 2 June — via ZooBorns

Photo: Gillian Day

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DIY cat tent / jessyratfink

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15 August 2014
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This cat tent is super easy to make — you really just need a t-shirt, some wire hangers and a piece of cardboard. As a bonus, it really only takes five minutes, so if your cat ignores it you didn’t put too much effort in — via DIY cat tent

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Baby Capybaras / Zoo Berlin

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12 August 2014
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Zoo Berlin recently welcomed five baby Capybaras to their South American exhibit. Born just several weeks ago, the five pups, along with mother, Lucia, explored their enclosure for the first time. Careful to stay close to mother and each other, they enjoyed their time investigating various aspects of their home at the zoo — via ZooBorns

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Tyrannosaurus Attacked by Flamingos / Google Campus

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6 August 2014
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This statue of a fossilised Tyrannosaurus Rex stands on the Google Campus. His name is Stan. The Googleplex is also infested with a flock of plastic flamingos, which have ganged up on the dinosaur to pick the bones clean. Stan seems to not mind at all — via Neatorama

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Olive the Crochet Octopus Puzzle / Dedri Uys

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5 August 2014
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Olive the Crochet Octopus Puzzle is the latest in my Amigurumi Amish Puzzle Animal series (Amamani for short). She is based on my free Crochet Amish Puzzle Ball Pattern, and as such comes apart into 3 segments that have to be assembled or built to form an octopus — via Look At What I Made

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Plush / societysedso

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3 August 2014
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Plush is a somewhat friendly octopus hand made from bubblegum pink and mint green polymer clay. Each leg is jointed to the body with metal eye rings and jump rings. The hardware is reinforced with glue making it sturdy for versatile positioning — via Etsy

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Mr Sneaky Evildoer / Igor Shpilenok

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2 August 2014
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This is Mr Sneaky Evildoer. He lives near the Bogachevsky-Kronotsky estuary, in the best place there can be for the happy fox life. Abundance of fish, swans, ducks around makes the life easy. All the foxes of the Kronotsky Nature Reserve would love to live here… But Mr Evildoer does not allow them. He is a dominant male, the strongest and the smartest of local foxes, so he imposes his will on others. Sometimes he tries to dictate his wishes to people — via 500px

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Cricket Enrichment / Philadelphia Zoo

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31 July 2014
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The kittens got a special treat recently: live crickets!

At the Zoo, our black-footed cats are fed a commercial mix of raw meat formulated specially for exotic cats. They also receive enrichment in the form of small rodents and insects like mealworms and crickets, all of which is managed by our nutritionist to ensure all of their dietary needs are met.

The brown paper bags you see in this video contained crickets — until the kittens discovered them. This is the first time they had ever encountered live crickets, so they were a bit uncertain at first, but it wasn’t long before their predatory instincts kicked in — via Youtube

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Jasper, Canada Lynx / Point Defiance Zoo

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29 July 2014
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Meet Point Defiance Zoo’s 9-week-old Canada Lynx kitten. Jasper is part of the Species Survival Plan for Canada Lynx, which are listed as endangered in Washington state. He now weighs about 1.8kg and is being hand-reared by Point Defiance Zoo staff. Jasper will make periodic appearances around the zoo this summer as he grows into his role as an ambassador for his species — via ZooBorns

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Here Are The First Wolf Pups in the Cascade Mountains Since The 1940s

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27 July 2014
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Remember the wandering wolf, OR-7, who traveled from Oregon to California and back while wearing a GPS collar? The US Fish and Wildlife Service discovered that he’s now a proud dad to at least three pups, thanks to some camera trap photos.

The pups are also historic; OR-7 and his mate are the first wolves known to have bred and produced offspring in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains (which stretch from British Columbia to Northern California) since the 1940s! They’re a small, adorable conservation success story — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Photo: USFWS Pacific

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‘This is last chance for the Scottish wildcat’

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27 July 2014
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Conservationists battling to save the Scottish wildcat say a remote area in the north-west Highlands presents the only chance for the species’ survival.

The Highland tiger is one of the world’s most endangered animals. Experts estimate there may be only 35 pure-bred individuals left. This compares with fewer than 2,500 wild Bengal tigers and makes the wildcat 70 times rarer than the giant panda.

The Ardnamurchan peninsula, which has some of Scotland’s wildest landscapes and few human residents, has been identified as a sanctuary. The Wildcat Haven Project aims to protect the species by catching and neutering feral and hybrid wildcats in the area to prevent them breeding with pure wildcats.

Geneticist Paul O’Donoghue, from Chester University, the scientific adviser to the project, said: Feral cats are the biggest danger to the future of the Scottish wildcat. They interbreed and you end up with hybrids of varying degrees.

The aim is to reduce and eventually remove the feral cat population from this area. We want to catch all the feral cats, neuter them and put them back where we found them, and eventually the population will die out over time.

Dr O’Donoghue and Kent-based charity the Aspinall Foundation took over the project from the Scottish Wildcat Association (SWA) last year — via redwolf.newsvine.com

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Le Hypnotic Octopus Totem / leanimale

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27 July 2014
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Le octopus has made his home on a 20” stainless steel chain. This is a pewter version of my original clay sculpture, hand polished in a lovely antiqued finish. Each necklace comes carefully packaged in a gift box, and includes a small descriptive card and storage pouch — via Etsy

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