At the zoo: China in Tennessee
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A quick trip to the land of giant pandas, Tennessee City is detailed. The giant pandas live in high-tech facilities in the Memphis zoo's China exhibit, each weighing 170 to 330 pounds forages in China's bamboo forest habitat to munch on upto 40 pounds of bamboo each day and the Memphis zoo has committed $1.5million annually to support panda conservation.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2004
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Conservation hotline: a devil of a time
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The number of foxes in Tasmania had increased to about 150,000 by the early 1990s, after having gained legal protection in 1941. The Tasmanian government has established the Fox-Free Taskforce to eradicate these exotic and deadly animals, because of their destructive nature.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2004
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Back to basics
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The author described some of the places and animals encountered while tracking on narrow mountain paths in Tasmania.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2004
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