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 Two heavily drugged elephants are prepared for translocation to Swaziland, whil e a biologist takes samples to measure their stress. An alternative to culling , translocation is dangerous: One angry matriarch nearly pulled a hovering hel icopter out of the air as rangers tried to shoot her with tranquilizer darts. Despite all b est efforts, families are sometimes broken apart, causing anguish for those who leave and those who stay. Moving elephants is also expensive. Were it not fo r the ban on ivory trading, the parks rapidly accumulating hoard of ivory could pay for tra nslocations well into the future. Animal rights groups, anxious to stop cullin g altogether, have raised millions of dollars to support alternatives, includin g birth control. AFRICAN-ELEPHANTS TRANQUILIZERS ROPES CHAINS-(HARDWARE) POPULATION-REL OCATION NATURE-VS.-TECHNOLOGY BIOLOGISTS MEDICAL-RESEARCH RANGERS CONSERVATION- DISPUTES-AND-ISSUES WILD-ANIMALS ANIMAL-ABUSE |
 Like money along the banks, miles of prime hardwood timber surround the Ramu River near Madang in Papua New Guinea, where a concession has been granted for future logging operations. Many leaders of developing nations view their rain forests mainly as a ready source of cash. |
 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) storing an acorn in tree trunk for future use, Europe |
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 Africa, Botswana, Okavango Delta. Typical mokoro boat traveling the waterways of the delta. |
 Boeing Future of Flight Museum in Everett, Washington; U.S.A. |
 Freedom, NH A hiker looks out towards Ossippee Lake from Marys Mountain in Freedom, New Hampshire. Part of future town forest near Trout Pond. (MR) |
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