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• Fate of lynx shot dead in Wales raises questions over 'hobby zoos'

  17-11-2017 16:39 via theguardian.com
  Hollywood film We Bought a Zoo showed feelgood side of amateur zookeeping, but some are calling for tighter restrictionsWhen the Mee family bought Dartmoor Zoological Park in October 2006, it was in a state of complete dilapidation. The initial attraction had been the 12-bedroom, 18th-century house on the edge of the Dartmoor national park in Devon, with the attached zoo a “massive encumbrance” that was putting off buyers.After some research the former science journalist Benjamin Mee
  
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• Born Free condemns self-serving US move to lift ban on elephant trophy imports

  17-11-2017 15:30
  International wildlife charity the Born Free Foundation has strongly criticised the decision by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to reverse a ban, introduced by the Obama administration in 2015, on the import of trophies from elephants killed by American trophy hunters in Zambia and Zimbabwe, claiming it could prove disastrous for elephants.The Trump administration’s decision will enable scores of American hunters to follow in the footsteps of the President’s eldest son, Don Jnr, and
  
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