The endangered Mexican gray wolf routed the northern hairy-nosed wombat 78 percent to 22 percent in the championship round of "Rare & Ready to Be Saved,"
TakePart's bracket game showcasing the work of Conservation
International and Disneynature to safeguard imperiled animals and their
diminishing habitats. The northern hairy-nosed wombat's Cinderella run—the underdog
marsupial defeated the wild sand cat, the red panda, and the Asian tapir
in the first three rounds to reach the title match—came to an abrupt
end against the loping juggernaut that was the Mexican gray wolf. In
four rounds, "El Lobo," as the wolf is known, won by an average margin
of victory of 52 percentage points. The predator's fictional victory added to its already stellar nonfictional year...more
Take note:
“Rare & Ready to Be Saved” is a sponsored series produced in collaboration with Disneynature, its upcoming film Monkey Kingdom (in theaters April 17), and Conservation International. For every person who sees Disneynature’s Monkey Kingdom
during opening week (April 17–23, 2015), Disneynature will contribute
$.20 per ticket to Conservation International through the Disney
Worldwide Conservation Fund, with a minimum guaranteed donation of
$100,000.
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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