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Our Penchant For Rarity Could Threaten Conservation Efforts

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:39:42 -0700
Rare plant and animal species are like rare stamps or coins: they are perceived to be inherently more valuable to people, whatever they look like. Researchers Elena Angulo and Franck Courchamp, from Université de Paris-Sud, have found that people are more attracted to species labeled “rare” than those labeled “common” even when they do not know which species are involved. The study, published April 22 in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE shows that this irrational value con

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Lawsuit: Flea collars dangerous to pets, humans (USA Today)

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:16:51 -0700
A U.S. environmental group filed suit today to halt sales of flea collars containing chemicals that are hazardous to pets and humans, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. In tests of several popular flea collars for cats and dogs, the Natural Resources Defense Council found that some left residue of two chemicals that was up to 1,000 times higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...