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  • FEATURE - Best of: Bilder des Wochenendes
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    FEATURE - Best of: Bilder des Wochenendes
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Slavek Ruta/REX/Shutterstock (9678176e)
    A Snow leopard female called Jituse in her enclosure at the city zoo in Jihlava in the Czech Republic.
    The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
    Snow leopard at Jihlava Zoo, Czech Republic - 17 May 2018

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  • FEATURE - Pix of the Day: Bilder des Tages
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    FEATURE - Pix of the Day: Bilder des Tages
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Slavek Ruta/REX/Shutterstock (9678176d)
    A Snow leopard female called Jituse in her enclosure at the city zoo in Jihlava in the Czech Republic.
    The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
    Snow leopard at Jihlava Zoo, Czech Republic - 17 May 2018

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  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
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    FEATURE - Gefährdete Faulaffen erholen sich in der Tierstation in Bogor
    December 28, 2017 - Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - Bogor, West Java 28 December 2017 : Activity from physician at International Animal Care Indonesia at Bogor on doing health examination of Slow Loris before release to the wild. Slow Loris is one of endagered species in Indonesia, from 2016 to 2017 based on Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data the species decrease to 80% because of deforestation and hunted down of the species for pet (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
    May 29, 2016 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - A young owl sits in the cable line wire at Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on May 29, 2016. Nepal is home to a total of 21 species of owl and four species among them are categorised as endangered. However, none of the species of owl found in Nepal are prioritised in the IUCN Red List 2015. Some species of owl are traded for as much as Rs 300,000 and beyond (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
    May 29, 2016 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - A close up view of young owl sits in the cable line wire at Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on May 29, 2016. Nepal is home to a total of 21 species of owl and four species among them are categorised as endangered. However, none of the species of owl found in Nepal are prioritised in the IUCN Red List 2015. Some species of owl are traded for as much as Rs 300,000 and beyond (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
    May 29, 2016 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - A foot of young owl sits in the cable line wire at Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on May 29, 2016. Nepal is home to a total of 21 species of owl and four species among them are categorised as endangered. However, none of the species of owl found in Nepal are prioritised in the IUCN Red List 2015. Some species of owl are traded for as much as Rs 300,000 and beyond (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
    May 29, 2016 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - A close up view of young owl sits in the cable line wire at Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on May 29, 2016. Nepal is home to a total of 21 species of owl and four species among them are categorised as endangered. However, none of the species of owl found in Nepal are prioritised in the IUCN Red List 2015. Some species of owl are traded for as much as Rs 300,000 and beyond (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
    May 29, 2016 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - A close up view of young owl sits in the cable line wire at Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on May 29, 2016. Nepal is home to a total of 21 species of owl and four species among them are categorised as endangered. However, none of the species of owl found in Nepal are prioritised in the IUCN Red List 2015. Some species of owl are traded for as much as Rs 300,000 and beyond (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Eulenart in Nepal entdeckt
    May 29, 2016 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - A close up view of young owl sits in the cable line wire at Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on May 29, 2016. Nepal is home to a total of 21 species of owl and four species among them are categorised as endangered. However, none of the species of owl found in Nepal are prioritised in the IUCN Red List 2015. Some species of owl are traded for as much as Rs 300,000 and beyond (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

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    Pictured: Freediver Sabrina Monella swimming with whales.

    A freediver looks tiny as she swims with a pod of huge sperm whales - which are bigger in length than a bus.

    Despite the whales' impressive size, they were more than happy to welcome a new addition to their pod as Sabrina Belloni held her breath for up to two minutes at a time in order to get close to the mammals.

    Photographer Franco Banfi, who specialises in underwater wildlife, and Miss Belloni, 49, spent 10 days with the whales, regularly freediving with them to take these amazing photos.

    Freediving is a form of underwater diving where divers do not rely on oxygen tanks - instead they must hold their breath until they resurface. SEE OUR COPY FOR MORE DETAILS.

    Please byline: Franco Banfi/Solent News

    © Franco Banfi/Solent News & Photo Agency
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    DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS

     

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    Pictured: Freediver Sabrina Monella

    A freediver looks tiny as she swims with a pod of huge sperm whales - which are bigger in length than a bus.

    Despite the whales' impressive size, they were more than happy to welcome a new addition to their pod as Sabrina Belloni held her breath for up to two minutes at a time in order to get close to the mammals.

    Photographer Franco Banfi, who specialises in underwater wildlife, and Miss Belloni, 49, spent 10 days with the whales, regularly freediving with them to take these amazing photos.

    Freediving is a form of underwater diving where divers do not rely on oxygen tanks - instead they must hold their breath until they resurface. SEE OUR COPY FOR MORE DETAILS.

    Please byline: Franco Banfi/Solent News

    © Franco Banfi/Solent News & Photo Agency
    UK +44 (0) 2380 458800 (FOTO: DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS)

    DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS

     

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    Pictured: Freediver Sabrina Monella swimming with whales.

    A freediver looks tiny as she swims with a pod of huge sperm whales - which are bigger in length than a bus.

    Despite the whales' impressive size, they were more than happy to welcome a new addition to their pod as Sabrina Belloni held her breath for up to two minutes at a time in order to get close to the mammals.

    Photographer Franco Banfi, who specialises in underwater wildlife, and Miss Belloni, 49, spent 10 days with the whales, regularly freediving with them to take these amazing photos.

    Freediving is a form of underwater diving where divers do not rely on oxygen tanks - instead they must hold their breath until they resurface. SEE OUR COPY FOR MORE DETAILS.

    Please byline: Franco Banfi/Solent News

    © Franco Banfi/Solent News & Photo Agency
    UK +44 (0) 2380 458800 (FOTO: DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS)

    DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS

     

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    dukas 51791670 son
    Pictured: Freediver Sabrina Monella swimming with whales.

    A freediver looks tiny as she swims with a pod of huge sperm whales - which are bigger in length than a bus.

    Despite the whales' impressive size, they were more than happy to welcome a new addition to their pod as Sabrina Belloni held her breath for up to two minutes at a time in order to get close to the mammals.

    Photographer Franco Banfi, who specialises in underwater wildlife, and Miss Belloni, 49, spent 10 days with the whales, regularly freediving with them to take these amazing photos.

    Freediving is a form of underwater diving where divers do not rely on oxygen tanks - instead they must hold their breath until they resurface. SEE OUR COPY FOR MORE DETAILS.

    Please byline: Franco Banfi/Solent News

    © Franco Banfi/Solent News & Photo Agency
    UK +44 (0) 2380 458800 (FOTO: DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS)

    DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS

     

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    Pictured: Freediver Sabrina Monella swimming with whales.

    A freediver looks tiny as she swims with a pod of huge sperm whales - which are bigger in length than a bus.

    Despite the whales' impressive size, they were more than happy to welcome a new addition to their pod as Sabrina Belloni held her breath for up to two minutes at a time in order to get close to the mammals.

    Photographer Franco Banfi, who specialises in underwater wildlife, and Miss Belloni, 49, spent 10 days with the whales, regularly freediving with them to take these amazing photos.

    Freediving is a form of underwater diving where divers do not rely on oxygen tanks - instead they must hold their breath until they resurface. SEE OUR COPY FOR MORE DETAILS.

    Please byline: Franco Banfi/Solent News

    © Franco Banfi/Solent News & Photo Agency
    UK +44 (0) 2380 458800 (FOTO: DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS)

    DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS

     

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    Pictured: Freediver Sabrina Monella swimming with whales.

    A freediver looks tiny as she swims with a pod of huge sperm whales - which are bigger in length than a bus.

    Despite the whales' impressive size, they were more than happy to welcome a new addition to their pod as Sabrina Belloni held her breath for up to two minutes at a time in order to get close to the mammals.

    Photographer Franco Banfi, who specialises in underwater wildlife, and Miss Belloni, 49, spent 10 days with the whales, regularly freediving with them to take these amazing photos.

    Freediving is a form of underwater diving where divers do not rely on oxygen tanks - instead they must hold their breath until they resurface. SEE OUR COPY FOR MORE DETAILS.

    Please byline: Franco Banfi/Solent News

    © Franco Banfi/Solent News & Photo Agency
    UK +44 (0) 2380 458800 (FOTO: DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS)

    DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS

     

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    Pictured: Freediver Sabrina Monella swimming with whales.

    A freediver looks tiny as she swims with a pod of huge sperm whales - which are bigger in length than a bus.

    Despite the whales' impressive size, they were more than happy to welcome a new addition to their pod as Sabrina Belloni held her breath for up to two minutes at a time in order to get close to the mammals.

    Photographer Franco Banfi, who specialises in underwater wildlife, and Miss Belloni, 49, spent 10 days with the whales, regularly freediving with them to take these amazing photos.

    Freediving is a form of underwater diving where divers do not rely on oxygen tanks - instead they must hold their breath until they resurface. SEE OUR COPY FOR MORE DETAILS.

    Please byline: Franco Banfi/Solent News

    © Franco Banfi/Solent News & Photo Agency
    UK +44 (0) 2380 458800 (FOTO: DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS)

    DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS

     

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    Pictured: Freediver Sabrina Monella swimming with a whale.

    A freediver looks tiny as she swims with a pod of huge sperm whales - which are bigger in length than a bus.

    Despite the whales' impressive size, they were more than happy to welcome a new addition to their pod as Sabrina Belloni held her breath for up to two minutes at a time in order to get close to the mammals.

    Photographer Franco Banfi, who specialises in underwater wildlife, and Miss Belloni, 49, spent 10 days with the whales, regularly freediving with them to take these amazing photos.

    Freediving is a form of underwater diving where divers do not rely on oxygen tanks - instead they must hold their breath until they resurface. SEE OUR COPY FOR MORE DETAILS.

    Please byline: Franco Banfi/Solent News

    © Franco Banfi/Solent News & Photo Agency
    UK +44 (0) 2380 458800 (FOTO: DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS)

    DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS

     

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    Pictured: Freediver Sabrina Monella swimming with whales.

    A freediver looks tiny as she swims with a pod of huge sperm whales - which are bigger in length than a bus.

    Despite the whales' impressive size, they were more than happy to welcome a new addition to their pod as Sabrina Belloni held her breath for up to two minutes at a time in order to get close to the mammals.

    Photographer Franco Banfi, who specialises in underwater wildlife, and Miss Belloni, 49, spent 10 days with the whales, regularly freediving with them to take these amazing photos.

    Freediving is a form of underwater diving where divers do not rely on oxygen tanks - instead they must hold their breath until they resurface. SEE OUR COPY FOR MORE DETAILS.

    Please byline: Franco Banfi/Solent News

    © Franco Banfi/Solent News & Photo Agency
    UK +44 (0) 2380 458800 (FOTO: DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS)

    DUKAS/SOLENT NEWS

     

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    Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Michael S. Nolan / SplashdownDirect (1192532a)
    Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with two coy (cubs-of-year) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern side of Heleysundet in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. An adult male weighs around 400?680 kg (880?1,500 lb) while an adult female is about half that size. The IUCN now lists global warming as the most significant threat to the polar bear, primarily because the melting of its sea ice habitat reduces its ability to find sufficient food. The IUCN states, If climatic trends continue polar bears may become extirpated from most of their range within 100 years. On May 14, 2008, the United States Department of the Interior listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
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    Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Michael S. Nolan / SplashdownDirect (1192889a)
    Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with two coy (cubs-of-year) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern side of Heleysundet in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. An adult male weighs around 400?680 kg (880?1,500 lb) while an adult female is about half that size. The IUCN now lists global warming as the most significant threat to the polar bear, primarily because the melting of its sea ice habitat reduces its ability to find sufficient food. The IUCN states, If climatic trends continue polar bears may become extirpated from most of their range within 100 years. On May 14, 2008, the United States Department of the Interior listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
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    Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Michael S. Nolan / SplashdownDirect (1192923a)
    Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with two coy (cubs-of-year) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern side of Heleysundet in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. An adult male weighs around 400?680 kg (880?1,500 lb) while an adult female is about half that size. The IUCN now lists global warming as the most significant threat to the polar bear, primarily because the melting of its sea ice habitat reduces its ability to find sufficient food. The IUCN states, If climatic trends continue polar bears may become extirpated from most of their range within 100 years. On May 14, 2008, the United States Department of the Interior listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
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    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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