August 2008
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McCain vs. Griz
Wildlife conservation rarely becomes an issue in presidential campaigns, but in the run-up to the November 2008 election, one politician has repeatedly invoked that great American, Ursus arctos horribilis, in his stump speeches and other public appearances. As recently as his nationally televised August 16 audience with evangelical superstar Rick Warren at Saddleback Church, in Lake Forest,...
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Aping the Hype
Great footage of the newly discovered population of lowland gorillas in Congo Brazzaville accompanies the online story at NPR. But we at iWild wonder why so many news organizations forgot to ask the hard questions.
According to NPR, the Wildlife Conservation Society, whose researchers conducted the census that revealed these populations, “has helped large logging operations in other...
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