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...have understated the accomplishments of the Australian. He was an advocate for the right that all unpopular animals have to life and shelter. Irwin was a passionate conservationist and believed in promoting environmentalism by sharing his excitement about nature. He founded his own organization for species conservation, his zoo is breeding endangered animals, and he even bought large areas in the U.S. and Australia for the creation of parks. Millions of people all over the world were fascinated by his enjoyment of animal life. Despite his fame, Irwin always described himself as an "ordinary bloke." But how ordinary could...
Call it the Year of the Panda. In 2006 a record 31 pandas were born in captivity in China, triple the number in 2000. Zoo Atlanta welcomed a baby panda too: Mei Lan (Chinese for "Atlanta Beauty") was born Sept. 6. "The giant panda's safe," said Zhang Hemin, head of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda...
House: Adams Concentration: Economics, Psychology Hometown: Dublin, Ohio Ideal Date: A trip to the zoo, followed by a casual dinner, a walk in the park, ice cream (unless it’s cold outside, in which case I’d like hot chocolate), then a serious discussion about our future and his opinions about these baby names: Miles, Ezra, and Chennifer. Best way for a guy to get your attention: Punching me in the face. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Probably with my blockmates. First thing you notice about a guy: The fist he just used...
...Politkovskaya was so remarkable. Just recently, Vladimir Rakhmankov, the editor of a Web magazine in the city of Ivanovo, was fined $750 for a satirical critique of Putin's plans to boost birthrates in Russia. (Rakhmankov slyly noted that foxes, bears and other animals breed at the city zoo because they are well looked after.) It was only thanks to the intervention of a press-freedom group called the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations that Rakhmankov wasn't jailed, as local prosecutors had demanded. "Our lawyers are always swamped with legal actions taken against local journalists, mostly on trumped...
...universe. And the issue has created some unlikely rebels: Xiaomei, for example, is the very model of a law-abiding Chinese and wouldn't dream of doing anything that might get her into trouble. But she nevertheless joined hundreds of protesters who showed up at the entrance to Beijing Zoo on November 12 to protest the crackdown. She says that riot police outnumbered the protesters, and while there were a few scuffles, the protest passed off peacefully enough...