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Asian elephant Koshik speaks Korean

3 Nov 2012

An elephant in a South Korean zoo is using his trunk to pick up not only food, but also human vocabulary.

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Walrus calf saved in Alaska headed for Brooklyn

11 Oct 2012

How do you transport a 106kg baby to New York? If he's a 15-week-old walrus rescued from the open ocean off Alaska, the answer is a jumbo-size crate aboard a FedEx cargo jet, accompanied by a...

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China Digest, October 4, 2012

4 Oct 2012

ANHUI

Museum to honour spy

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Cub's death might fuel debate on whether giant pandas can be saved

26 Sep 2012

For many, the death of the US National Zoo's newborn panda is a heartbreaking loss. But for others, the cub's demise could add fuel to a controversial debate: Is it a waste of time and money to...

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SPCA steps up animal trap patrols

15 Sep 2012

Primitive animal traps found across the city - including in Mid-Levels - have severely injured at least eight stray and pet dogs in the past two years.

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Man who set barking village dog on fire gives himself up

4 Sep 2012

A man turned himself in to police yesterday saying he was responsible for setting fire to a dog in its kennel in a Tuen Mun village at the weekend.

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Opinion

Albert Cheng

Is Frederick Ma readying himself for a political comeback?

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Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Now here's something to spout about

Have you ever been eyeball to eyeball with a humpback whale? I have. I even dreamed about it later that night. It was such a unique experience. All the more amazing for the fact that not so long...

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Then & now: imaginary friends

From being forced to live in stifling, cramped spaces to being treated like a child, it's a dog's life for many of Hong Kong's pooches.

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Officers seize 600kg of dead pangolins

A mainland-bound boat carrying 600kg of frozen pangolins - an endangered scaly anteater - was intercepted in Deep Bay by the Marine Department in an anti-smuggling operation.

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In blue whales' wake

In April, whale watchers off Sri Lanka's southern coast were greeted by an unsettling sight: the lifeless body of an 18-metre-long blue whale. Its nearly severed tail was floating in the water....

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Microchips help track released reptiles

Releasing pythons into the Hong Kong countryside after tagging them with microchips could provide crucial information about the habits and movements of the endangered species.

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Snakes alive, a U-turn on freeing pythons

Captured Burmese pythons are being released back into the Hong Kong countryside rather than being deported to the mainland in a policy U-turn that has delighted animal-welfare groups but worried...

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