Goose from Greenland has many Brooklyn fans, but Canada geese not among them

A Barnacle goose that somehow migrated from Greenland onto the wrong continent is beloved by Brooklyn birders, but shunned by Canada geese.

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Goose from Greenland hangs out in Brooklyn

pretty barnacle goose among plain canadiennes. Aves > Anseriformes > Anatidae Branta leucopsis Barnacle Goose

A rare Barnacle goose from Greeland is trying to blend in with a flock of plain Canada geese in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. As if he wasn’t on the wrong side of the Atlantic, much smaller and much fancier.

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Toronto snubs "Raccoon Capital of the World" title

raccoon looms large on the Toronto skyline

A “Nature” documentary salutes Toronto’s high density of urban wildlife, but tourism officials want to hide their light under a bushel.

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Yale report: not enough data to believe Japan’s radioactive water dump is safe

Japan isn’t releasing enough information on radioactive compounds and levels to know if sea life is safe. Past nuclear dumps have lead to mass die-offs.

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Russians will send you a tame fox puppy for $4k–or $7k if they handle the paperwork

For $7,000, a company will get you a tame fox, product of a famous Russian breeding experiment into domesticating animals. You can get one directly for $4,000, but you have to manage all the exotic animal licenses.

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Buy your own pet fox puppy–and help save an important experiment

For about $3,700 you can buy a tame fox puppy from Russia. You’d support important research on domestication and save the pup from a fur farm.

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Putin’s new pet (project): an endangered snow leopard

Vladmir Putin has a new pet project, the endangered snow leopard. He got to meet one that was captured for study and showed injuries from poaching.

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Foxes pushing boundaries, both as pets, giant pets, hunting targets

Fox in news: as pets? cryptid? giant beasts? pushing Navy off island? Euro hunter disputes

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Woolly mammoths comeback in 5 years; FL monkeys decline

Japan to clone woolly mammoths soon. FL monkey colony down to 20 animals. Porcupine class in WI. Why Mexican wolves get crappy “experimental, non-essential” label

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India has nearly half the world’s tigers

Russia is a strong tiger supporter, but India has nearly half of the endangered cats and promotes tiger tourism at a growing number of reserves.

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