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Cornyn Tries To Keep Lizard Off Endangered List
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is trying to block the proposed listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species. Cornyn on Wednesday filed an amendment...
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Rule Restricts Hunting Of Rare Exotic Antelopes
FORT WORTH (AP) - For years, hundreds of Texas ranchers have made big money on exotic antelopes, with hunters paying up to $10,000 to bag just one dama gazelle, a rare animal with short horns curving...
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Austin Panel Wants Salamanders ‘Endangered’
AUSTIN (AP) - An environmental panel for a Central Texas city has recommended endangered status for four salamander species. The resolution from the Austin Environmental Board now goes to the Austin...
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Dallas Zoo Welcomes Cheetah Cubs
(credit: Dallas Zoo) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Two adorable cheetah cubs are now calling North Texas their new home. The Dallas Zoo has welcomed Winspear and Kamau to their Animal Adventures outreach...
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Dallas Safari Club Criticized For Auctioning Endangered Rhino Hunt
A wild male black rhino is pictured. (credit: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas Safari Club is holding an auction with what seems to be a strange premise. Participants...
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FBI Looks Into Threats Ahead Of Dallas Rhino Hunt Auction
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The FBI is investigating death threats made against members of the Dallas hunting club that intends to auction off a rare permit to kill an endangered black rhino, an FBI...
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Convention Draws Critics & Supporters Of Dallas Rhino Hunt Auction
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – The auction of a black rhino hunt in Africa has led to death threats here in North Texas. The FBI confirms it is investigating threats against members of the Dallas Safari Club,...
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North Texas Man Wins Controversial Rhino Hunt Auction
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The previously anonymous bidder who won the auction for a black rhino hunt in Africa is a North Texas man. It was recently leaked that Corey Knowlton made the winning bid....
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Biologists Question Federal Plans To Protect Sage Grouse Bird
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The government is preparing insufficient protections for a ground-dwelling bird that has declined significantly over the past century and soon will face a possible endangered...
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Tornado Cleanup Continues At Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20150428233241663AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter GLEN ROSE (CBS 11 NEWS) – On Tuesday, tourists hit the trails at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. They...
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$4 Million In US Projects That Aim To Protect Sage Grouse Could Hurt Military
BOISE, Idaho (AP/CBS Local) — Federal officials have announced more than $4 million in projects in four states as part of a wildfire-fighting strategy to protect a wide swath of intermountain West...
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Texan Who Paid $350K Kills Endangered Black Rhino In Africa
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Texan who bid $350,000 to hunt a black rhinoceros in Africa in what was billed as a conservation fundraiser has killed one of the...
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1 Month After Fort Worth Birth, Western Lowland Gorilla Born In NY
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter BUFFALO, N.Y. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — One of the Buffalo Zoo’s gorillas has given birth after cooperating for ultrasounds during her pregnancy. Zoo officials say the...
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Officials May Soon Drop Manatee From Endangered List
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – A proposal to drop Florida’s signature sea mammal from the endangered species list may come down to science versus public opinion. The Tampa...
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Translucent Blind Catfish Found In Texas Cave
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter SAN ANTONIO (CBSDFW.COM) – A never before seen species of fish was recently discovered in Texas – and they’re unique in color, size, and the fact that they’re...
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Feds Could Designate Texas Hornshell Mussel As Endangered
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Federal officials have proposed designating the Texas hornshell as endangered to protect the freshwater mussel. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
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Eastern Gorilla Added To ‘Critically Endangered’ List
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter HONOLULU (AP) – The world’s largest living primate has been listed as critically endangered, making four of the six great ape species only one step away from...
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Groups Rekindle Battle Over Lesser Prairie Chicken
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Four months after the federal government gave up a court fight to keep the lesser prairie chicken on the endangered species list,...
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Rusty Patched Bumblebee Joins Endangered Species List
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The rusty patched bumblebee is officially an endangered species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the designation took effect...
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21 Young Turtles Returning Home To Gulf Coast Barrier Island
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Twenty-one 11-month-old turtles are being returned to the Louisiana barrier island where their mothers laid the eggs from which they hatched. The diamondback terrapin nests were dug...
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NY Man Pleads Guilty In Texas Court To Trafficking In Lion, Tiger Skulls
PLANO (AP) – A New York City man has admitted to illegally trafficking in parts from endangered African lions and tigers worth more than $150,000. Arongkron “Paul” Malasukum on Thursday pleaded guilty...
View ArticleLast Caribou Herd On U.S. Mainland ‘Functionally Extinct’, Experts Say
HELENA (CBS Local) – Another species is about to disappear from the American wilderness. The last herd of southern mountain caribou – known as gray ghosts – has reportedly dwindled down to the point...
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Critically Endangered Chimpanzee Born At UK Zoo
CHESTER, United Kingdom (CBSDFW.COM) – A critically endangered chimpanzee was born at Chester Zoo – the first in almost a decade. The female baby was born on June 4 to a 24-year-old Western chimpanzee...
View ArticleEndangered Turtle Washes Ashore With Beach Chair Wrapped Around Its Neck
FORT MORGAN, Ala. (CBS Local) – Wildlife conservationists in Alabama are expressing outrage after the body of an endangered type of sea turtle washed ashore with a beach chair wrapped around its neck....
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Dallas Zoo Welcomes Endangered African Painted Dogs After 57-Year Absence
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – You can’t adopt them, but you can go visit them soon. The Dallas Zoo is bringing back three endangered African painted dogs, a species the zoo hasn’t had since 1962. African...
View ArticleDallas Zoo’s Recently-Obtained African Painted Dog Killed By Her Pack Mates
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Sad news out of the Dallas Zoo. Weeks after welcoming back endangered African painted dogs for the first time in 57 years, the zoo announced 8-year-old Ola was killed overnight by...
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Conservationists Advise Social Distancing Between People, Nesting Sea Turtles...
GALVESTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — An ocean conservation nonprofit is warning that as Gulf coast beaches reopen post COVID-19 closures, people should remain cautious amid nesting seat turtles. With...
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Cloned Horse Born At Texas Facility Could Help Revive Endangered Species
(CNN) — A cloned colt born at a Texas veterinary facility could revive the endangered Przewalski’s horse. The colt is a clone of a male Przewalski’s horse and the first successful cloning of the...
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