Key roleplayers in the maritime industry have begun fine-tuning a multipronged programme to clamp down on poaching on the Western Cape coastline.

On Tuesday Marine Coastal Management, the WWF Honda Marine Parks Programme, CapeNature and the non-government organisation Seawatch met to...

"quotquotAs swine flu continues to spread around the globe researchers admit they are still completely puzzled as to the roots of it.

A study led by researchers at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and released by the New England Journal of Medicine notes that 11 cases of inf...

"London - Thai scientists who infected piglets with the new H1N1 virus spreading around the world said on Monday the strain caused flu-like symptoms in the animals before disappearing, just like many of the human cases."
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"quotquotSydney - Australian wildlife officials offered a reward on Tuesday for information on the "quotquothorrific"quotquot shooting of two kangaroos with a crossbow.

The animals survived but both had to be tranquilized and were undergoing a painful recovery at a shelter in Victoria state, said Fiona Corke,...

"Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian villagers caught more than 300 stray dogs and dumped them on a mangrove island, driving the canines to cannibalism after weeks of starvation, animal welfare activists said on Thursday."
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