Two of the top three species he has selected, the black lion tamarin and Hispaniolan solenodon are part of the Jersey based Durrell Wildlife Trust's protection programme.

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The VGAs included a host of big Hollywood names, including past hosts Snoop Lion, Jack Black and Neil Patrick Harris.

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The judge had to personally enlist the assistance of a group of schoolboys, members of a local mountain climbing club, to accompany him to a deeply wooded valley and descend into a ravine infested with black snakes and populated by lion, leopard, baboons and elephants.

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The arrest last week of four men, including a white builder, accused of beating a black worker senseless and feeding him to a lion, has sparked a tense debate over race relations.

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In it, Lady Gaga is wearing a black angular outfit that is part clergywoman and part lion tamer.

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Black businesses are expected to reap some of the profits from the rebuilding of New Orleans, but the lion's share will go to companies that have become household names in Iraq.

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