Best of our wild blogs: 21 Jun 09

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Pulau Ubin Stories Workshop, 3 Jul 2009, 7pm from Pulau Ubin Stories Chek Jawa Boardwalk trip 28 Jun from Adventures with the Naked Hermit C...

Perception and policy are barriers in the fight for animal rights in Singapore

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Suffer the little critters Tan Dawn Wei, Straits Times 21 Jun 09; When stray cats in Bayshore Park condominium started falling ill nearly t...

One more case of malaria on Jurong Island

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Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia 20 Jun 09; SINGAPORE: One more case of vivax malaria has been confirmed and added to the malaria cluster at...

Flu bug + haze = Double whammy

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We should be concerned Environment Minister says drier conditions and more hotspots may worsen haze Teh Jen Lee, The New Paper 21 Jun 09; S...

Tropical Singapore an oasis for water research

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Sin Chew Jit Poh 21 Jun 09; SINGAPORE (AFP) - Khoo Teng Chye, the amiable chief of Singapore's water agency, says he has been sleeping ...

Disposable chopsticks: China firms fight call for ban

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Straits Times 21 Jun 09; Beijing - China's disposable chopsticks firms are struggling to keep their place in the market, amid growing c...

New net timer could save sea turtles from drowning

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Jay Lindsay, Associated Press Yahoo News 21 Jun 09; BOURNE, Mass. – Fishery managers trying to protect rare sea turtles from dying in fishi...

Most endangered feline brought back from the brink

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Denholm Barnetson Yahoo News 21 Jun 09; DONANA NATIONAL PARK, Spain (AFP) – Road signs throughout the vast Donana National Park, a UNESCO W...

Rwanda 'baptises' 18 endangered baby gorillas

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Yahoo News 20 Jun 09; KINIGI, Rwanda (AFP) – Rwanda "baptised" 18 rare baby mountain gorillas at what has become an annual event ...

Bats avoid flying by streetlight

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BBC News 19 Jun 09; Streetlights may make it easier for humans to travel by road, but they could cause a problem for "commuting" ...

Whale meat trade increases, despite ban

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Pierre-henry Deshayes, Yahoo News 21 Jun 09; OSLO (AFP) – Despite being officially illegal, the international trade in whale meat between t...

From the Ashes of ’69, a River Reborn

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Christopher Maag, The New York Times 21 Jun 09; CLEVELAND — The first time Gene Roberts fell into the Cuyahoga River, he worried he might d...