Best of our wild blogs: 3 Oct 09

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The Asian Paradise Flycatcher from Life's Indulgences Grey Wagtail catches caterpillar from Bird Ecology Study Group Juvenile Tiger Shri...

World Animal Day: Animal in distress? SPCA on call 24 hours

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Lim Pow Hong, Straits Times 3 Oct 09; NOISY dogs and grouchy monkeys do not amount to animal emergencies. But even after filtering out mino...

Sensory Park at Toa Payoh

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Park and touch A new $3.5m park in Toa Payoh is Singapore's first sensory park that lets you use the five senses tay suan chiang, Strait...

Conservation International sets up in Singapore

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Environmental NGO plants roots here Amresh Gunasingham, Straits Times 3 Oct 09; AN INTERNATIONAL environmental group has set up shop here, ...

Singapore's S$500m International Cruise Terminal breaks ground

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Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia 2 Oct 09; SINGAPORE: Singapore hopes to ride the wave of growth in the cruise industry with a new Internat...

Seismologist: ‘This Earthquake Is A Flea Compared to the Tiger That’s Coming’

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Putri Prameshwari, Jakarta Globe 2 Oct 09; This week’s jolts off the west coast of Sumatra raise a critical question: was this the “big one...

'Release of life' religious practice spurs big business: group

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Central News Agency, Taiwan News 2 Oct 09; Taipei, Oct. 2 (CNA) In Taiwan, religious groups spend more than NT$200 million (US$6.19 million...

Sedili Wetlands rare and unprotected

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New Straits Times 3 Oct 09; THE Sedili Wetlands is a rare freshwater swamp forest, but one that is "highly endangered". Wetlands ...

Bali Reef Project

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Project offers hope for ecosystem Ni Komang Erviani, The Jakarta Post 2 Oct 09; Dozens of businessmen, journalists, students and tourists a...

500 kiloliters of oil pollute Timor Sea everyday, threaten fishermen: Vice Governor

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Yemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post 2 Oct 09; About 500,000 liters of crude oil pollute Timor Sea in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province, threa...

Timor Sea oil spill has no major impact: Garrett

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Aleisha Preedy, WA Today 2 Oct 09; The federal government has offered to work with Indonesian authorities in monitoring the oil leak from t...

Australian kangaroo cull prompts outrage

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Yahoo News 2 Oct 09; SYDNEY (AFP) – The culling of some 140 kangaroos on one of Australia's most famous race car tracks prompted outrag...