Zimbabwe accuses 2nd American of illegally hunting lion

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Lions in Africa Need Protection According to US Government

Following a recent story about illegal lion hunting:

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has accused a Pennsylvania doctor of illegally killing a lion in April, as it seeks to extradite a Minnesota dentist who killed a well-known lion named Cecil in July.

Jan Casimir Seski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, shot the lion with a bow and arrow near Hwange National Park, without approval and on land where it was not allowed, said Zimbabwe’s National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.

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Mars or Bust

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Great piece by Mark R. Madler:

Mars or Bust
im Sullos, a retired accountant who serves as president of ERB, said 2016 should be a good year for the Burroughs stable of characters. Next summer, Warner Bros. Entertainment will release a new “Tarzan” movie with Alexander Skarsgard and Samuel L. Jackson. An animated series “Tarzan and Jane” will begin streaming on Netflix in fall of 2016, and there are plans for reprinting comic strips of Tarzan and launching a John Carter role-playing game.

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Famous African Lion Killed by a Minnesota Dentist?

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Interesting piece in GrindTV today:

The hunter said to have lured a beloved lion named Cecil out of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, to be shot and killed as a trophy, has been identified by authorities as Walter James Palmer, a Minnesota dentist. The July 1 killing of a Cecil, a 13-year-old black-maned lion that held iconic stature in the wilderness preserve, sparked outrage as details began to leak about his death and how the lion was killed.

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Preview: Mars or Bust

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A little press release from Mark Madler about what’s coming ahead for ERB:

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Jim Sullos, a retired accountant who serves as president of ERB, said 2016 should be a good year for the Burroughs stable of characters. Next summer, Warner Bros. Entertainment will release a new “Tarzan” movie with Alexander Skarsgard and Samuel L. Jackson. An animated series “Tarzan and Jane” will begin streaming on Netflix in fall of 2016, and there are plans for reprinting comic strips of Tarzan and launching a John Carter role-playing game.

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Hidden cameras in rhino horns to combat poaching

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This is a brilliant example of how technology and nature can come together!

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Poaching for rhinos has become so rampant and the prospect of the species going extinct has become so real that scientists have developed an extreme measure to fight back: a hidden camera inserted into the horns of the rhinos.
The aim is for the hidden camera to provide evidence to convict poachers and act as a deterrent to poaching.

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Pluto gets a new fly-by from NASA after a long time!

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Image of Pluto from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft

Fans of the forgotten dwarf-planet rejoice!

NASA’s New Horizons probe flew by Pluto this morning (July 14), capturing history’s first up-close looks at the far-flung world — if all went according to plan. (Mission team members won’t declare success until they hear from New Horizons tonight.) Closest approach came at 7:49 a.m. EDT (1149 GMT), when the spacecraft whizzed within 7,800 miles (12,500 kilometers) of Pluto’s frigid surface. To celebrate, NASA unveiled the latest photo of Pluto, showing a reddish world with a stunning heart-shaped feature on its face.

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Tourists Watch Hungry Lions Take Down Prey On African Road

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Tourists Watch Hungry Lions Take Down Prey On African Road

Scary story from Yahoo News:

The word “roadkill” took on a whole new meaning during a recent visit to Kruger National Park.

In the early hours of July 10, Carolyn Dunford was driving through the Orpen gate when she saw cars starting to slow down. That’s when she noticed two huge male lions walking along the road, marking their territory.

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Liberia’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ chimps facing starvation

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Sad news for our Monkey friends today, as reported by Yahoo:

Monkey Island (Liberia) (AFP) – A speedboat laden with fruit approaches and four chimpanzees come bounding over from the dense forest, screeching excitedly as volunteers throw them pineapple and mango chunks.

The apes are part of a colony of former research lab captives enjoying retirement uncaged on an atoll deep in the jungle of southern Liberia, known as Monkey Island.

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Tarzan of the Apes: The Original Dailies Review

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The new york journal of books wrote a piece about the Dailies:

“moving and deeply beautiful art illustrating stories of risk, choices, loss and life.”
The strips collected in Tarzan of the Apes: The Original Dailies: LOAC Essentials Vol 7 portray the original Tarzan. The one that has quickly become one of the most recognizable characters in the history of fiction.
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