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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  Men and women wait to cross the street at a busy cross walk in Buenos Aires, Argentina.(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A Senegalese army tank drives through the border of Guinea Bissau  and Senegal  in the Casamance region of West Africa. Rebels in Senegal's southern Casamance [Cassamance] province have been waging a bloody independence campaign against the central government in Dakar since 1982. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has long used Senegal's southern neighbor Guinea-Bissau as a launching pad for attacks inside Cassamance. Guinea-Bissau's former president, Joao Bernardo Viera, was accused of supplying the rebels with weapons until he was overthrown in a coup in May 1999.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A young sorghum seed struggles to grow in the region of Affole in Mauritania where farmers who were once nomads built a dam.  Successive droughts and the attractions of settled life have reduced that figure of nomadic herders to about 10%. Almost half of Mauritanians live in the capital, Nouakchott, which was no more than a coastal village fifty years ago. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A Senegalese army tank drives through the border of Guinea Bissau  and Senegal  in the Casamance region of West Africa. Rebels in Senegal's southern Casamance [Cassamance] province have been waging a bloody independence campaign against the central government in Dakar since 1982. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has long used Senegal's southern neighbor Guinea-Bissau as a launching pad for attacks inside Cassamance. Guinea-Bissau's former president, Joao Bernardo Viera, was accused of supplying the rebels with weapons until he was overthrown in a coup in May 1999.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Africans scramble to get on the few trucks that are allowed through the border of Guinea Bissau and Senegal. Rebels in Senegal's southern Casamance [Cassamance] province have been waging a bloody independence campaign against the central government in Dakar since 1982. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has long used Senegal's southern neighbor Guinea-Bissau as a launching pad for attacks inside Cassamance. Guinea-Bissau's former president, Joao Bernardo Viera, was accused of supplying the rebels with weapons until he was overthrown in a coup in May 1999.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A Fulani from a village in the Casamance territory between the West African countries of Guinea Bissau and Senegal sits on an ancient tree durig a festival for peace.   Rebels in Senegal's southern Casamance [Cassamance] province have been waging a bloody independence campaign against the central government in Dakar since 1982. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has long used Senegal's southern neighbor Guinea-Bissau as a launching pad for attacks inside Cassamance. Guinea-Bissau's former president, Joao Bernardo Viera, was accused of supplying the rebels with weapons until he was overthrown in a coup in May 1999.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A Mauritanian makes his way on one of the few isolated roads in a country primarily made up of low-lying desert. During the recurrent droughts of the 1970s and 80s, many nomads were forced into the urban capital of Nouakchott. Now nearly half the population resides there. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A local fisherman tries to sell his days harvest to Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal. West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by EU fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen haul in a pirogue after they returned from a full night of fishing in the Atlantic  near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Senegalese traders wait for the local fishermen to bring in the days harvest from their small pirogues in the West Arican city of  Ziguinchor, Senegal located in the troubled Casamance region.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Mauritanian and Senegalese traders wait for the local fishermen to bring in the days harvest  near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen bring in the days harvest  near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Senegalesetraders prepare for the days harvest of fish to be brought  by local fishermen in the town of St. Louis in Senegal.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen bring in the days harvest  near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen bring in the days harvest  near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Women prepare tea for men during Rammadan in the village of Bounessa in the the Affole region of Mauritania. The village has only 61 families, all of one sub-clan and tribe, the Swaqer of the Hel Sidi Mahmoud and the families were once nomadic.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese traders wait for fishermen to bring in the days harvest near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen bring in the days harvest to local traders who wait on the beach near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A boy using a donkey to transport fish to the local markets is splashed by a motorbike on the coast of Mauritania where local fishermen struggle to compete with the huge tankers and trawlers used by the foreign fleets. West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Even in the pre-dawn light, cries of the farmers in the village of Bounessa in the Affole region of Mauritania ring across the valley, challenging the birds that want a share of the ripening sorghum. Bounessa is a village of only 61 families, all of one sub-clan and tribe, the Swaqer of the Hel Sidi Mahmoud. The families were once nomadic,  but since they built a dam in 1960, they are settled now. "We were tired going from one place to another. Before the dam (was built) we cultivated where we could. With the dam and the cereals we have a new life. We can buy goats and sheep. Now I have stayed in a permanent house for seven years. " (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Mariem Mint Cheikh holds her son, Vadal Ould Talebned, as they wait in a health post after walking 18 km through the desert to Gaat Teidouma in the Affole region of Mauritania. The baby was weak and emaciated and was eventually referred to the capital of Nouakchott which is several days journey through the desert ..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Aichetou Mint Dahi helped Mariem Mint Cheikh and her son, Vadal Ould Talebned, whom she holds,  walk 18 km to Gaat Teidouma in the Affole region of Mauritania to get to a health post. The baby was weak and emaciated and was eventually referred to the capital of Nouakchott which is several days journey through the unforgiving desert ..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Senegalese traders feed their horses at sunrise before the local fishermen have brought in the days harvest  in the town of St. Louis in Senegal.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Semeni Mustafa Mjumbe gets a small loan for her fish smoking business in the  village of Katumbi, on Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, August 26, 2011
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  • Four year old Andy Anderson, dressed only in his rubber boots and underwear,  rushes to help his parents Andrew Anderson and Hilary Zaranek to save a cow in the middle of the night who was having problems delivering in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012.  Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • Four year old Andy Anderson, dressed only in his rubber boots and underwear,  rushes to help his parents Andrew Anderson and Hilary Zaranek to save a cow in the middle of the night who was having problems delivering in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012.  Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • Elle Anderson is held by her nanny Karly while her parents work on the JBarL Ranch in the Centennial Valley of Montana. Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • Andy Anderson, 4, watches while his parents try to get a cow into their trailer in their summer pastures in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana in June 2012.  The age of the open range is gone and the era of large cattle drives  over. Today, very few ranches drive their cattle with horses, instead moving them by truck. Now, spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.    The idea is called ?sustainable ranching? and it says to heal the land, put more animals on it, not fewer - but move them after a relatively brief interval. If livestock mimick the grazing behavior of wild herbivores - bunched together for safety, intensely grazing an area for a brief period, and then moving on - rangeland health will improve..Andy Anderson, 4, waits while his parents gather a calf in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season  in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.    The idea is called ?sustainable ranching? and it says to heal the land, put more animals on it, not fewer - but move them after a relatively brief interval. If livestock mimick the grazing behavior of wild herbivores - bunched together for safety, intensely grazing an area for a brief period, and then moving on - rangeland health will improve..
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  • Semeni Mustafa Mjumbe gets a small loan for her fish smoking business in the  village of Katumbi, on Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, August 26, 2011
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  • Semeni Mustafa Mjumbe gets a small loan for her fish smoking business in the  village of Katumbi, on Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, August 26, 2011
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  • Andy Anderson, 4, races to say goodbye to his dad in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana in June 2012.  The days are long and hard on the ranch and family time is minimal. Now, spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.    The idea is called ?sustainable ranching? and it says to heal the land, put more animals on it, not fewer - but move them after a relatively brief interval. If livestock mimick the grazing behavior of wild herbivores - bunched together for safety, intensely grazing an area for a brief period, and then moving on - rangeland health will improve..Andy Anderson, 4, waits while his parents gather a calf in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season  in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.    The idea is called ?sustainable ranching? and it says to heal the land, put more animals on it, not fewer - but move them after a relatively brief interval. If livestock mimick the grazing behavior of wild herbivores - bunched together for safety, intensely grazing an area for a brief period, and then moving on - rangeland health will improve..
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  • Hank the cow dog waits to begin work  in their summer pastures in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana in June 2012.  The age of the open range is gone and the era of large cattle drives  over. Today, very few ranches drive their cattle with horses, instead moving them by truck. Now, spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.    The idea is called ?sustainable ranching? and it says to heal the land, put more animals on it, not fewer - but move them after a relatively brief interval. If livestock mimick the grazing behavior of wild herbivores - bunched together for safety, intensely grazing an area for a brief period, and then moving on - rangeland health will improve..Andy Anderson, 4, waits while his parents gather a calf in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season  in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.    The idea is called ?sustainable ranching? and it says to heal the land, put more animals on it, not fewer - but move them after a relatively brief interval. If livestock mimick the grazing behavior of wild herbivores - bunched together for safety, intensely grazing an area for a brief period, and then moving on - rangeland health will improve..
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  • Four year old Andy Anderson, dressed only in his rubber boots and underwear,  rushes to help his parents Andrew Anderson and Hilary Zaranek to save a cow in the middle of the night who was having problems delivering in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012.  Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • Four year old Andy Anderson, dressed only in his rubber boots and underwear,  rushes to help his parents Andrew Anderson and Hilary Zaranek to save a cow in the middle of the night who was having problems delivering in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012.  Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • .Four year old Andy Anderson cries as his father prepares to skin a dead calf and graft it to another calf who lost its mother in an effort to get the new mother to accept it and save its life.  Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season  in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • .Four year old Andy Anderson cries as his father prepares to skin a dead calf and graft it to another calf who lost its mother in an effort to get the new mother to accept it and save its life.  Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season  in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • .Four year old Andy Anderson cries as his father prepares to skin a dead calf and graft it to another calf who lost its mother in an effort to get the new mother to accept it and save its life.  Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season  in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • .Hilary Zaranek and her daughter Elle are met by  draft horses in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season  in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.    The idea is called ?sustainable ranching? and it says to heal the land, put more animals on it, not fewer - but move them after a relatively brief interval. If livestock mimick the grazing behavior of wild herbivores - bunched together for safety, intensely grazing an area for a brief period, and then moving on - rangeland health will improve..June 2012: Hilary Zaranek introduces her daughter Elle to draft horses in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana.  The age of open range is gone and the era of long cattle drives over. Today, few ranches drive their cattle with horses, instead moving them by truck. Spurred by growing concern over beef's environmental impact and the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of Montana ranchers is working to integrate ecological practices into livestock management.  The idea is that cows could be good for the landscape, particularly if they mimic the grazing behavior of wild herbivores. By bunching together for safety and intensely grazing an area for a brief period, before moving on, rangeland health will improve.
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  • Horses graze in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season  in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • Cowboys gather around a fire after a snowstorm and long day of herding cattle in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season  in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • Cowboys gather around a fire after a snowstorm and long day of herding cattle in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season  in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • A child of a mahout, tries to touch an elephant that is used for tourists in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. A mahout is a person who drives an elephant.  Usually, a mahout starts as a boy in the 'family business' when he is assigned an elephant early in its life and they would be attached to each other throughout the elephant's life. The Indian Elephant  is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant, and native to mainland Asia. Since 1986, Elephas maximus has been listed as endangered by IUCN as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, estimated to be 60–75 years. The species is pre-eminently threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation.
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  • Cowboys gather around a fire after a snowstorm and long day of herding cattle in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Ranching is tough business with most working 14-16 hour days in the calving season in the Centennial Valley of Southwestern Montana, June 13, 2012. Spurred by growing consumer concern over meat's environmental impact and concerned about the long-term viability of their livelihood, a cohort of ranchers is trying to apply the understanding gleaned from the science of ecology to livestock management.
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Virginia Tech businesses show their support   for victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identifiedas the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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