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Wildcat Conservation

Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From: Pat Maxwell
Length: 00:01:30

For over 200,000 years, the Iriomote Cat lived in isolation on a tiny island between Taiwan and Japan. More recently, however, Iriomote Island has become a popular tourist destination. Read the full description.
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Wildcat Conservation
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Inlay2_small For over 200,000 years, the Iriomote Cat lived in isolation on a tiny island between Taiwan and Japan.  More recently, however, Iriomote Island has become a popular tourist destination. While it may look and sound like its domesticated cousin, the Iriomote is a wild animal, and it hasn’t exactly taken to resort living...

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For over 200,000 years, the Iriomote Cat lived in isolation on a tiny island between Taiwan and Japan.  More recently, however, Iriomote Island has become a popular tourist destination. While it may look and sound like its domesticated cousin, the Iriomote is a wild animal, and it hasn’t exactly taken to resort living...

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