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In this image made from video released by Amur Tiger Centre/WWF, a male Amur tiger is seen before being released into the wild in Bikin National Park in southeastern Russia, Monday, May 15, 2017. A Siberian tiger that terrorized Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok by prowling its suburbs has been relocated to a vast, wild Russian national park where officials hope he will thrive. The tiger, nicknamed Vladik, was captured last October on the edge of Vladivostok. He was helicoptered Monday to Bikin National Park, 500 kilometers (350 miles) further north. (Amur Tiger Centre/WWF via AP)
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A stainless steel falcon sculpture by Hungarian artist Gabor Miklos Szoke is reflected in the glass exterior of Mercedes-Benz Stadium as the retractible roof sits under construction inside the new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons NFL football team in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. At 41.5 feet high and a wingspan of over 64 feet, it's the largest bird sculpture in the world. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Several Alaska state representatives gather in front of state House Speaker Bryce Edgmon during a break in a House floor session on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Three-time Super Bowl champion Ed McCaffrey throws a ball during a promotion for the Sydney Cup in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Stanford University and Rice will play the opening game of the college football season in Sydney on Aug. 27. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2011 file photo, wind turbines line the hillside at First Wind's project in Sheffield, Vt. Regulators in Vermont - a state that has been working toward some of the most renewable energy goals in the country - are seeking a state sound limit on wind power projects that is among the quietest in the country. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2008, file photo, an endangered desert tortoise sits in the middle of a road at the proposed location of three BrightSource Energy solar-energy generation complexes in the eastern Mojave Desert near Ivanpah, Calif. Scientists examining the deaths of female desert tortoises near Joshua Tree National Park say it appears the animals died while exhausting their water and energy to lay eggs during California's drought. U.S. Geological Survey biologist Jeffrey Lovich said Tuesday, May 16, 2017, he believes the tortoises died during a desperate attempt to fight extinction. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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Roy Costner III and Roy Costner IV, of Pickens County, South Carolina
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In this Feb. 6, 2007 file photo, an Eastern white pine seedling is held in Nebraska City, Neb. A warmer, wetter climate is helping push dozens of Eastern U.S. trees to the north and, surprisingly, west, a new study finds. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
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In this photo provided by Songlin Fei, Purdue University, taken May 16, 2017, an Eastern white pine tree. Eastern white pine trees in the U.S. have moved more than 80 miles west since the early 1980s, according to a new study. by Songlin Fei of Purdue University. A warmer, wetter climate is helping push dozens of Eastern U.S. trees to the north and, surprisingly, west, a new study finds. (Songlin Fei/Purdue Univesity via AP)
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Ron Bloomberg, who witnessed victim and neighbor Eric Gavin's body being recovered, embraces his girlfriend as he returns to his home in Chetek, Wis., after a tornado flattened a trailer park and nearby trees.(Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)
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Ringling Bros. clowns take a break between acts in "Clown Alley," a private area backstage, Friday, May 5, 2017, in Providence, R.I. Clown Alley is not just a place: the private area backstage where clowns get ready to perform. It’s how the clowns refer to themselves, a mini-fraternity within the circus, and a microcosm of it. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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A tornado flattened a turkey farm near the trailer park Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Chetek, Wis., during powerful spring storms that battered an area from the South Plains of Texas to the Great Lakes. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)
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A tornado flattened a trailer park and nearby trees in a mobile home park Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Chetek, Wis., during powerful spring storms that battered an area from the South Plains of Texas to the Great Lakes. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)
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A German Shepherd dog guards what remains of what appears to be its owner's home Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in a trailer park that was devastated by a tornado Tuesday during powerful spring storms that battered an area from the South Plains of Texas to the Great Lakes. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)
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FILE - In this July 21, 2015 file photo, French environmental activist Nicolas Hulot, delivers a speech during the Consciousness Summit in Paris, France, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Hulot has been nominated as Environmental Transition minister in French President Emmanuel Macron's first cabinet, Wednesday May 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon/Pool, File)
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This photo taken Feb. 14, 2017, shows Dr. Mary Wood, Wyoming's state wildlife veterinarian, feeding a young elk at the Tom Thorne and Beth Williams Wildlife Research Center in Sybille Canyon, near Wheatland, Wyo. The elk have been naturally infected with chronic wasting disease but carry a special type of genetics that could keep them alive longer than other elk. (Christine Peterson/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP)
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With barbless wire, Karl Lankford said less wildlife will get tangled in his fence located at the base of Sheep Mountain outside of Laramie, Wyo., meaning more animals for the rest of the public to enjoy. (Ike Fredregill/Laramie Daily Boomerang via AP)
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A sofa sits on damaged trees after a tornado ripped through Prairie Lake Estates trailer home park, just north of Chetek, Wis., Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The tornado swept into the mobile home park in western Wisconsin on Tuesday, as a storm system also pounded parts of at least seven states from Texas to near the Canadian border with heavy rain, high winds and hail. (Dan Reiland/The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram via AP)
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Ringling Bros. tiger trainer Taba Maluenda performs with a white tiger during a show, Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Providence, R.I. Maluenda has been with some of the cats for 13 years, has raised them from cubs. But they’re owned by Feld Entertainment, which owns Ringling, and he has to say goodbye. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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Part of a building sits on a vehicle after a tornado ripped through Prairie Lake Estates trailer home park, just north of Chetek, Wis., Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The tornado swept into the mobile home park in western Wisconsin on Tuesday, as a storm system also pounded parts of at least seven states from Texas to near the Canadian border with heavy rain, high winds and hail. (Dan Reiland/The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram via AP)
