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Wild Turtles Containing Mercury and Pesticides Sold as Food

Article: Wild Turtles Containing Mercury and Pesticides Sold as Food

Posted April 01st, 2008, 4:04 PM by

TUCSON, Arizona, March 30, 2008 (ENS) – Turtles collected in four southern states and sold as food are often contaminated with mercury, pesticides andpolychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs, according to a coalition of conservation and health groups seeking to stop the export of contaminated turtles to international food markets. The Center for Biological Diversity Thursday filed emergency…

Arizona to Reintroduce Black-tailed Prairie Dogs

Article: Arizona to Reintroduce Black-tailed Prairie Dogs

Posted February 25th, 2008, 5:02 PM by

PHOENIX, Arizona, February 24, 2008 (ENS) – The Arizona Game and Fish Department is poised to reintroduce the black-tailed prairie dog to a portion of its historic range in the southern part of the state. This small burrowing mammal was once common across the grasslands of southeastern Arizona but is now extirpated there due to…