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Cape Cod loves its seals--and now sharks, too

Prince Edward Islanders watching seal colony for sixty years

Cape Cod revels in its shark attack. You’ll see all kinds of shark souvenirs and you can try to see one on a boat tour to see seals (what the sharks are after).

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Seriously? Feds to shoot one of 58 endangered Mexican wolves left in wild

The USDA is going to shoot a Mexican wolf, even though she is one of only six successful wild mothers.

The new scorecard for the FWS recovery effort: 58 Mexican wolves in wild. Agents killed 13 on purpose, 18 by accident and let another 43 get killed illegally. Oh, and zero new wolves released since 2007.

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Prospect Park owls fledged; Hawk parent nabs a pigeon

great horned owlet

The Prospect Park owls have learned to fly, but are still hanging around near their nest with their parents.

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The Hunter: what if the Thylacine wasn't extinct and someone wanted to kill it off again

Happy Thylacine Day!

The movie imagines the elusive animal really does survive, only a big drug company wants to kill it off for a magic potion it secretes.This is by no means the movie wildlife watchers would make about the fantastic hope that a living thylacine represents.

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Chicago so excited about bald eagle nest it cancels nearby shooting range plans

IL eagle flies on blue sky

Bald eagles chose the post-industrial wasteland of Chicago’s way South Side to build their first nest in the city in 130 years. The Chicago PD cancelled plans for a huge outdoor firing range nearby that environmentalists hated anyway.

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Men's mags duel over OH zoo gone wild

Tigers shot dead

GQ and Esquire face off over the exotic predator release in OH. Esquire goes all action adventure. GQ tries to figure out how lion, tigers and bears were unleashed on suburbia.

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NY wants to bring bobcat hunting close to NYC

Bobcat preening at Holtsville Ecology Center Long Island, NY, by Stuart Fawlty128

NY wants to double the number of bobcats hunted by expanding when and where they can be shot or trapped–all the way the suburbs of New York City. The new hunting area will include the burbs around Cold Spring and Woodbury Commons outlet mall.

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Great horned owl pair hanging around in Propsect Park

owl showing talons

In New York City, you don’t have to be a good enough birder to spot the owl. Just good enough to spot the birders watching the owl.

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How to find the snowy owl near you

Snowy owl stands on Wisconsin brush,

The white, Harry Potter owls are having a boom year, sighted in Boston, Chicago, Philly, Denver and Long Island. Look on eBird to see where.

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Yellowstone Bison to be hunted or chemically castrated

Yellowstone Bison

MT Gov wants to hunt bison in Yellowstone Park. The USDA wants to chemically castrate them. Either way, ranchers get to cut their numbers.

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