Their tests showed that SIV is endemic in wild chimpanzees in the country.

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There are about 4, 000 wild elephants in the country and a smaller number of domesticated ones used in sacred roles in Buddhist and Hindu temples.

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In the century since the days of Roosevelt, big game populations have nosedived across the continent, and this region counts among the last wild pockets left in the country.

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There are at most 60 wild tigers left in the country, about 20 of them Siberians.

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Combine a ride through the region's recent history with some of the most remote and wild regions of the country in Salavan and Attapeu.

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Rather than being able to declare victory in Afghanistan, a wild country of some 30m people, the West fears a nightmare: defeat in Pakistan, a country of nearly 200m that was once seen as a firm ally and a bastion of moderation.

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London 2012 has been the best British performance in an Olympics for 100 years, and the country has gone wild.

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"One of the biggest reasons for carrying a handgun is we spend a lot of time in the back country, so it's protection from wild animals, " Turner said.

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The few aid organisations in-country report a big rise in people taking to the hills to forage for wild foods.

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