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Cryptozoology U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: "Are we ready for 'Bigfoot" or the Loch Ness Monster?" David Pescovitz
animals China plans to ban ivory trade "within a year or so." US official: Yes it's a "huge" deal. Xeni Jardin
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