http://ecofriendlytip.com Check out the Latest Green News and Tips Today Wed, 23 May 2012 18:28:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/21/rare-asian-unicorn-faces-extinction/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/21/rare-asian-unicorn-faces-extinction/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 05:11:52 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10610 One of the world's rarest mammals is threatened with extinction due to illegal trapping aimed at snaring other animals, conservationists said Monday.

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]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/pepsi-drops-sponsorship-of-horse-show-after-video-of-animal-abuse/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/japanese-whalers-leave-for-pacific/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/japanese-whalers-leave-for-pacific/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 06:50:00 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10598 A pair of Japanese whaling vessels left Friday for the northwestern Pacific aiming to catch 260 whales for ''scientific research'', a fisheries ministry official said.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/japanese-whalers-leave-for-pacific/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/16/kws-moves-three-orphaned-cheetah-cubs-to-animal-orphanage/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/16/kws-moves-three-orphaned-cheetah-cubs-to-animal-orphanage/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:14:20 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10572 The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on Tuesday defended its decision to relocate three orphaned cheetah cubs from the Mara Conservancy to the Nairobi Animal Orphanage.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/16/kws-moves-three-orphaned-cheetah-cubs-to-animal-orphanage/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/14/anti-whaling-group-leader-arrested-in-germany/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/14/anti-whaling-group-leader-arrested-in-germany/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 06:26:30 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10556 The founder of conservation group Sea Shepherd, which annually disrupts Japan's whale hunt, has been arrested in Frankfurt for extradition to Costa Rica, the organisation said Monday.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/14/anti-whaling-group-leader-arrested-in-germany/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/11/nepal-winning-battle-against-rhino-poachers/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/11/nepal-winning-battle-against-rhino-poachers/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 06:12:03 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10544 In a nation where a civil war and years of political deadlock have stunted prosperity and development, the burgeoning rhino population is one of Nepal's rare success stories.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/11/nepal-winning-battle-against-rhino-poachers/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/09/more-rhinos-poached-in-south-africa/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/09/more-rhinos-poached-in-south-africa/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 17:40:45 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10500 The number of rhinos poached in South Africa rose to 210 since the beginning of this year despite mounting efforts to stop the scourge, the government said on Tuesday.

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