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The Deadly Dozen
Wildlife monitoring is the best defense against spreading pathogens, according to a report released by WCS that lists 12 wildlife-human disease threats in the age of climate change.
 

City Bears Live Fast, Die Young
A WCS study conducted around Lake Tahoe, Nevada shows that a life of garbage-eating, early pregnancies, and violent deaths plague black bears in the big city.
 

Bronx Zoo Hosts World Leader
Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana enjoyed a unique opportunity to tour his homeland at the Bronx Zoo’s new Madagascar! exhibit on September 21.
 

Chimp Eden
WCS facilitates an agreement between Rwanda and Burundi to protect the largest mountain forest block in East Africa—home to chimpanzees and other endangered primates.
 

Carnivores on Camera
In Myanmar’s wild lands, camera traps set up by WCS researchers provide glimpses on the lost world of tigers, civets, and other predators.
 

Poachers Feel the Heat
WCS’s Wildlife Crime Unit helps intercept the trade in illegal tiger parts on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Ten arrests have been made in three months.
 

 
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