China announces plans to shut down its domestic ivory trade, Tilikum, the ‘Blackfish’ orca dies of unknown causes, we say goodbye to the world’s oldest panda and a snake-eating snake spotted in Australia! <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/3156804/105-year-old-orca-known-as-granny-has-died-researchers-say/" target="_blank">GOODBYE GRANNY </a><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/eastern-brown-snake-eats-carpet-python-video-australia/" target="_blank">PYTHON-EATING SNAKE </a><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38470861" target="_blank">CHINA’S IVORY TRADE TO END </a><a href="http://phys.org/news/2016-12-world-oldest-male-panda-dies.html" target="_blank">WORLD’S OLDEST PANDA DIES </a><a href="https://gorillafund.org/no-gorillas-caught-snares-year/" target="_blank">GOOD NEWS FOR GORILLAS </a><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&amp;objectid=11777187" target="_blank">THIRSTY LITTLE LIZARD </a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/06/blackfish-killer-whale-tilikum-dies-seaworld-orcas-film" target="_blank">TRIBUTE TO TILIKUM</a>

Rare snow leopard sighting, bumblebees in trouble & Ringling Bros. circus shuts down for good

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