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All about #animals, all the time. May include some human animals! Join me on my quest to learn animal facts 🐎🐅🐢🐦

BBC News - Red pandas are two species, not one bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…


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Rewilding — “reintroducing lost species to reestablish healthy food webs” — may be the solution to global warming that forest, savannah and tundra environments need. Here’s what you need to know: ci-intl.org/2CKShAO


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The good news: #China bans all actions involving sales, purchase, use, import, export of #rhinos, #tigers and their products. The bad news: China will allow use of horns & bones in medical research or purposes when obtained from farmed rhinos and tigers. english.gov.cn/policies/lates…

AfricanConserve's tweet image. The good news: #China bans all actions involving sales, purchase, use, import, export of #rhinos, #tigers and their products. The bad news: China will allow use of horns & bones in medical research or purposes when obtained from farmed rhinos and tigers. english.gov.cn/policies/lates…

So much conservation is or should be working with local people!

The world's national parks risk shutting out communities that rely on #nature for their survival. Including people in the equation is critical, new research confirms. ci-intl.org/2RfecUL



Absolutely awful decision, and after positive change for ivory... Definitely not going to be much sourced from farms.

#BREAKING: China legalizes use of captive bred tiger bone and rhino horn in hospitals, a move that will have devastating consequences globally: pand.as/2CNsUhO



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"The #GLORES initiative is incredibly innovative in its approach, and it has the potential to create significant strides in protecting critical marine habitat and biodiversity." - Dr. Leslie Cornick ow.ly/FvfR30jjL7k #WednesdayWisdom

savingoceans's tweet image. "The #GLORES initiative is incredibly innovative in its approach, and it has the potential to create significant strides in protecting critical marine habitat and biodiversity." - Dr. Leslie Cornick ow.ly/FvfR30jjL7k #WednesdayWisdom

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#Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Status: Vulnerable A2acd; C1 ver 3.1 Population estimate (in the wild): 7000 Approximate number of mature individuals: 6674 Population trend: Decreasing What is being done to protect them? bit.ly/2xQAu9p

wildlifeact's tweet image. #Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Status: Vulnerable A2acd; C1 ver 3.1
Population estimate (in the wild): 7000
Approximate number of mature individuals: 6674
Population trend: Decreasing
What is being done to protect them? bit.ly/2xQAu9p

What a great campaign!

Thank you for blowing bubbles! Over the past year, 87 schools, 180 organisations and 120,000 people have promised to blow bubbles, not balloons outdoors and help protect wildlife! #bubblesnotballoons zoo.org.au/balloons



Today I'm all about the largest carnivore on land... Happy polar bear day! #arctic #animals

ZooTopics's tweet image. Today I'm all about the largest carnivore on land... Happy polar bear day! #arctic #animals

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Should we rethink our approach to conservation? What must we do better to address emerging challenges? Leading opinions and bold ideas converge in Crossroads, new blog bit.ly/2C6fRc2 #IUCN70 @IUCN #SpeciesSavers

IUCNsos's tweet image. Should we rethink our approach to conservation? What must we do better to address emerging challenges? Leading opinions and bold ideas converge in Crossroads, new blog bit.ly/2C6fRc2 #IUCN70 @IUCN #SpeciesSavers

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#Wildlife are declining at alarming speed. One radical solution is to make 50% of the planet a nature reserve fb.me/2vfGpx3F3


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Meet the cuttlefish—a master of mimicry on.natgeo.com/2EBKDLl


I was lucky enough to catch this butterfly emerging from its chrysalis -- it's usually so quick that if you turn away you miss it! #animals


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Animal traffickers are taking advantage of remote #ivory trade routes to smuggle #pangolins out of Central... fb.me/1C9r44Ow5


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