Rare Lions killed by Poachers


	Rare Lions killed by Poachers

kkcapricorn

3-30-2007 2:13 PM

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protected species, lions, poachers, animals

kkcapricorn says:

This saddens me.

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Three more rare lions killed by poachers in Gir 
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AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Poachers have killed three Asiatic lions in the rare animal's only natural habitat, an official said on Friday, less than a month after killing another three of the big cats.
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