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Basel zoo’s efforts to save the Indian rhinoceros

Basel zoo has the most successful Indian rhinoceros breeding programme for the species in captivity, with 32 babies produced so far. It’s considered a role model for other zoos to follow. But in the wild, Indian rhinos are not doing so well: they are highly endangered because of illegal poaching, (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch)

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Julie worked as a radio reporter for BBC and independent radio all over the UK before joining swissinfo.ch's predecessor, Swiss Radio International, as a producer. After attending film school, Julie worked as an independent filmmaker before coming to swissinfo.ch in 2001. 

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This content was published on Swiss delegation co-leader Mathias Lörtscher told swissinfo.ch that Switzerland supported a ban on the international commercial trade in the fish, whose numbers have dropped drasticallly. In 1997 there were an estimated more than 200,000 tonnes of the massive tuna in the east Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean. By 2007 this had fallen to under 80,000 tonnes.…

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Is frog delicacy on its last legs?

This content was published on Every year the Swiss nibble away at 120 tons of frogs’ legs – 90 per cent of which are imported from Indonesia. After fur coats and foie gras, the Vaud Society for the Protection of Animals (SVPA) this month launched a new campaign across canton Vaud urging foodies in the French-speaking region to boycott the…

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