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Goat survives after 50-foot plunge from bridge

2008-05-21T05:01:49Z

May 20, 2008 HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- Police thought they had a goat surrounded after it was spotted going the wrong way on the Cross Island Parkway. An ambulance and fire engine blocked traffic Monday while sheriff's deputies tried to co...

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Circus Zebras Briefly Escape

2008-03-21T01:54:11Z

Thursday, March 20, 2008 BALTIMORE (AP) -- Three zebras from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus briefly escaped from their downtown venue, but were quickly corralled by their trainer and two handlers. Mali, Giza and Lima spotted an open d...

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National Zoo Zebras' New Digs

2008-03-21T01:53:02Z

Two Grevy's zebras, 2-year-old Dante, left, and 4-year-old Gumu, explore their new yard in the Cheetah Conservation Station at the National Zoo. Photo Credit: By Mehgan Murphy -- Smithsonian Institution Photo

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A Bid to Lure Wolves With a Digital Call of the Wild

2008-03-19T16:12:17Z

By KIRK JOHNSON The New York Times Published: March 19, 2008 BOZEMAN, Mont. — The long, lonely howl of a wolf shatters the early morning stillness. But is it real? Beginning this June, it might be hard to tell, even for the wolves. One of the mo...

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Scientists unearth most primitive bat ever found

2008-02-13T22:21:47Z

Wed Feb 13, 2008 By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most primitive bat ever found fluttered around about 52 million years ago, but lacked a key feature seen in most bats -- the ability to echolocate, hunting and navigating using a kind of ...

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India to Create 8 New Tiger Sanctuaries

2008-02-13T22:19:34Z

By ASHOK SHARMA The Associated Press Wednesday, February 13, 2008 NEW DELHI -- Conservationists welcomed an Indian government plan to create eight new reserves to protect the country's dwindling tiger population, and called Wednesday for more act...

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Student's mouth-to-muzzle saves tiger cub

2008-02-04T21:42:57Z

by Iain Rogers Fri Feb 1, 2008 BERLIN (Reuters) - A German medical student got some unexpected practical experience at the zoo when she gave the kiss of life to a baby tiger choking on a piece of meat, the zoo director said Friday. The student w...

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