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5 min ago | WIS-TV Columbia

Grizzly bear euthanized after Mont. triple mauling

Wildlife officials euthanized a grizzly bear Friday after DNA tests confirmed that the sow and her cubs were responsible for a triple mauling that killed a Michigan man and injured two other campers.

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3 hrs ago | Los Angeles Times

Montana man who survived bear attacks dies of natural causes

Jim Cole, a Montana man who recently published a book about surviving two attacks by grizzly bears, has died of natural causes, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported .

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7 hrs ago | Salisbury Journal

Brit dies in Turkey rafting tragedy

A British schoolgirl has died in a white water rafting tragedy on holiday in Turkey, it has emerged.

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9 hrs ago | Mearns Today

Merger of wildlife bodies hailed

The merger of two wildlife bodies will combine the strengths and expertise of both organisations, Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham said.

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13 hrs ago | Daily Camera

White ready to resume skateboarding

Shaun White has come down from the mountain. Injuries and the Olympics put his skateboarding career on hold for nearly two years and made it seem as though the snowboarding slopes were the lone pursuit for the Flying Tomato, a man who has always considered himself a two-sport athlete.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympic Snowboarding, Shaun White, Olympics, Olympic Winter Games, Winter Sports, Skateboarding, Extreme Sports, Ice Skating

17 hrs ago | Boston.com

Expo shows illegal pet trade rampant in Indonesia

The most threatened tortoise in the world is being sold openly at a plant and animal exposition in the heart of Indonesia's capital, highlighting concerns about the rampant -- and growing -- illegal pet trade.

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Thu Jul 29, 2010

Contra Costa Times

Judge: FWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat

A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service arbitrarily excluded "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx.

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WTVY Dothan

16 Cleaned Birds Released in SW La

Sixteen birds washed of oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill are free in southwest Louisiana.

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KOLD-TV Tucson

Gov't warned company about oil pipeline monitoring

A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a major Michigan river was warned by government regulators in January that its monitoring of corrosion in the pipeline was insufficient.

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MyFoxDetroit

Grizzly Caught after Fatal MT Mauling

A mother grizzly and two of her three cubs have been captured after killing a Michigan man and injuring two other people during an overnight rampage through a campground near Yellowstone National Park.

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San Francisco Chronicle

At least 80 dead after Congo boat disaster

A boat ferrying about 200 passengers to Congo's capital capsized after hitting a rock, and a government spokesman said Thursday at least 80 people were confirmed dead.

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MyFox St. Louis

Eco-friendly camping all about putting nature first

Green camping may seem redundant--what's more green that spending a weekend or a week or two in the wilderness? But many campgrounds cater to our comforts rather than nature, and a lot of campers are anything but green.

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El Paso Times

Bear attack in Montana leaves 1 dead, 2 injured

When he heard the first scream in a campground outside Yellowstone National Park, Don Wilhelm thought it was just teenagers, maybe a domestic dispute in the middlle of the night.

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Wed Jul 28, 2010

KTKZ-AM Sacramento

Man dies in skydiving mishap in Montana

A man attending a skydiving festival in the northwestern Montana town of Marion was killed when he plummeted to the ground after his parachute became entangled with another man's. Fred Sand, owner of Skydive Lost Prairie, which hosts the event, says the accident happened late Wednesday afternoon.

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Las Vegas Sun

Key Republican calls Kagan a 'dangerous' nominee

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan picked up more GOP backing Wednesday in her drive toward near-certain confirmation next week, even as a top Republican lashed out at her as "dangerous." Sen.

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Statesman Journal

Judge orders tougher look at fire retardant drops

GRANTS PASS - A federal judge in Montana has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to take a tougher look at the possibility that routinely dropping toxic fire retardant on wildfires from airplanes will kill endangered fish and plants.

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Bradenton Herald

Alligator eluding capture in St. Pete faces death sentence

A 10-foot alligator is doing a good job of eluding capture in St. Petersburg's canals and waters.

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MSNBC

WWF: 10-feet-long catfish threatened by dams

This Mekong giant catfish was caught in Chiang Khong, Thailand, in 2005 and weighed in at 645 pounds.

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KNOE-TV Monroe

New duck stamp sold for Gulf conservation

The Interior Department is selling a new duck stamp envelope to raise money for conservation in the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill.

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Tue Jul 27, 2010

The Post Chronicle

Tiger Escapes From Trip To The Vet

A 17-month-old tiger escaped from the back of a pick-up truck while it was being driven to a veterinary clinic in South Africa, triggering a helicopter search by police and wildlife experts.

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