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'Felid News' for Thursday, May 23, 2013
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Treehugger (blog) Javan leopards may be one of the rarest, most highly threatened species in the world, shrouded in mystery and legend. But as it turns out, when they think no one is watching, they're really just adorable big cats -- and well worth saving. Camera traps ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013
NBCNews.com Since their discovery in the Indian jungle centuries ago, white tigers, a variant of Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris), have had a certain mystique. Captive white tigers have been inbred to preserve the recessive white coat trait, leading some to ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013
my.hsj.org Finally, animal cloning could be used to bring back extinct species and save endangered animals. However, animal cloning has some disadvantages. For example, animal cloning can be very expensive. Also, since the animal clones would all have the same ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013
White tigers today are only seen in zoos, but they belong in nature, say researchers reporting new evidence about what makes those tigers white. Their spectacular white coats are produced by a single change in a known pigment gene, according to the study, appearing on May 23 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
PlanetSave.com If you have been following conservation news, you know that the Formosan Cloud Leopard was recently declared extinct. They were driven into extinction by ... For about a month the cameras recorded images of local wildlife. Most of the animals ...

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