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The remains of 100 African   elephants killed for their tusks have been found in Chad not   far from Sudan's troubled Darfur region, conservationists said   on Wednesday.
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An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study being reported Tuesday estimates that as many as 23,000 animals were slaughtered last year alone....
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Red Cross officials said Tuesday that hundreds of civilians have been killed in a coup attempt by rebels in Chad.
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HOBART, Australia  - About 100 whales and dolphins died after beaching on a southern Australian island Sunday and about 50 more were still at risk, a government official said.
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An outbreak of anthrax has killed at least 1,500 wild game animals in nature preserves in southeastern Zimbabwe, a state-run newspaper reported Monday.
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Days of clashes between security forces and demonstrators claiming electoral fraud have left nearly 100 people dead in several southwestern Congo towns, humanitarian and rights groups said Friday.
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A 5-year-old boy and his 7-year-old brother were killed this weekend in Bangladesh after a herd of wild elephants rampaged through the village of Panihata.
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KAMPALA, Uganda, Feb. 28 -- South African wildlife officials on Wednesday proposed new elephant management rules that would allow burgeoning populations to be culled, a practice banned since 1994 as unnecessarily cruel to the beloved but destructive animals.
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MORE than 100 whales and dolphins died after swimming on to a beach on a southern Australian island yesterday and another 50 were at risk, a government official said.
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Recent outbreaks of ebola among people in Africa also killed thousands of gorillas, animals already threatened by hunting, a new study reports.
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The Sudanese air force bombed a  town in western Sudan this week killing or wounding 100 people  and forcing thousands to flee, a U.N. spokeswoman said on  Friday.
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France's president condemns charity workers caught trying to take 100 children out of the Chad-Darfur region.
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Illegal poaching and demand from Western zoos are fueling the extinction of the Asian elephant, animal welfare groups said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study to be released today estimates that as many as 23,000 animals were slaughtered last year.
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Nearly 200 hippopotamuses are dead after an anthrax outbreak in western Uganda. Wildlife officials in the East African nation said Tuesday 194 Hippos had died In Queen Elizabeth National Park since July.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan, Dec. 10 -- Militiamen on horseback ambushed a refugee convoy in western Darfur, killing about 30 civilians, and African Union peacekeepers investigating the attack were taken hostage by rioters, the A.U. and the United Nations said Sunday.
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At least 50 rare jackals were poisoned to death in northern India by farmers angry over alleged attacks on children and damage to crops blamed on the animals, a forest official said Tuesday.