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Rare White Giraffe Photographed in Tanzania
A rare white giraffe has been spotted in Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park, and animal lovers are concerned about its welfare.
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Tourist Swims Over to Cheetah at Swimming Pool — and Pets It!
There are moments when travelers take their lives in their hands. And at first glance, this looked like one of those moments: New Zealander Gareth Poley was vacationing at the Tshukudu Game Reserve in South Africa and swimming in the camp pool when a cheetah padded over and bent down to take a drink. Poley decided that was a good time to swim over and pet the wild animal. But rather biting his hand (or head) off, it turned out that the cheetah didn’t mind at all.
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Revealed: Killer of Famed African Lion Cecil Is an American Dentist?
Zimbabwean police said Tuesday they are searching for an American who allegedly shot a well-known, protected lion with a crossbow in a killing that has outraged conservationists and others. The American allegedly paid $50,000 to kill the lion named Cecil, Zimbabwean conservationists said. Walter James Palmer was identified on Tuesday by both the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force and the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe as the American hunter, a name that police then confirmed.
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Never Ever Take a Lame Safari Photo Again
Rick Collins waited patiently for this cheetah yawn in the Serengeti. Rick Collins is a patient man. Collins spends five months of the year taking groups on photo safaris through Alaska and then travels for the remaining seven months.
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Has the Safari Experience Gone Too Far?
All in the last few weeks, a lion escaped from a park in South Africa, zoo animals were on the lose in Tbilisi, Georgia, and there was a fatal lion attack of an American within a South African game park — there have also been buffalo-gorings, moose-stompings, and bear-maulings happening with alarming regularity in within the United States. Particularly in third-world countries, rules can be bent on behalf of visitors with ready cash.
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Add This to Your Bucket List — Serengeti Hot Air Balloon Safari
Capt. Moses Msuya was quite confident as the sun began slinking up over the horizon. The sky was starting to blush as Msuya prepared to load 16 passengers into his green-and-tan-striped hot air balloon for a 19-kilometer flight over the plains and rolling green hills of Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. There are plenty of perfect ways to see the Serengeti.
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We've Got You Clooney: Here's Your Perfect Honeymoon
George Clooney is finally settling down. Yesterday, we gave you the perfect wedding cake for your destination wedding and today, Yahoo Travel has pitched in to plan your perfect honeymoon. It ain’t easy for the paparazzi to track you down in a yurt in Mongolia’s Gobi desert.
