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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Urban black bears live recklessly compared to their forest counterparts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Black bears that live around urban areas weigh more, get pregnant at a younger age, and are more likely to die violent deaths, according to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Logging, wildlife trade drive sun bears toward extinction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Industrial logging, large-scale forest conversion for oil palm plantations, and the illegal wildlife trade have left sun bears the rarest species of bear on the planet.  Recognizing their dire status, Siew Te Wong, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Montana, is working in Malaysia to save the species from extinction. Known as "Sun Bear Man" in some circles, Siew Te Wong is setting up the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) in Sabah, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo.  The project aims to save sun bears, which have largely overlooked by conservationists, through research, education, rehabilitation, and habitat conservation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bears pressured by development in the Canadian Rockies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The southern Canadian Rockies are still home to the most diverse assemblage of carnivores in North America, but a new report released today by the Wildlife conservation Society Canada (WCSC) says booming development there could threaten them without careful planning and the implementation of conservation safeguards.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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