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Kentucky’s Crane Hunt-It Ain’t Over…

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For those of you who’ve been following the drama unfolding in Kentucky regarding a sandhill crane hunt, there’s bad news. An eight-member commission unanimously approved the hunt proposal in early June. That dog don’t hunt. Which wasn’t a surprise, since everyone on the commission is a hunter.

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Bush Meat, Trafficking Decimate Vietnam

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From Vietnam News. Dr Scott Roberton, head of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said that hunting wild animals for meat and trafficking had been happening in many countries, especially developing ones. In Viet Nam, hunting and trade in wild animals had been alarming, he said. Sounds just awful.

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Seal Meat Served in Canada

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And this is despite the bad press received by the annual seal hunts. Many diners are huge fans of its taste, describing the mammal's meat as somewhere between duck and veal. Tags: canada meat seals restaurants. Definitely a niche market ,but demand has been increasing.

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Alistair Darling Refuses to Eat Seal Meat at G7 Meeting

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He refused to eat the seal meat that the local Inuit community offered to the meeting participants, instead eating Arctic char. They're basically making participants choose between eating seal meat or pissing off the Inuits and risk being called racists. Tags: canada UK europe seal hunt inuit seals G7. Good for him!

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Book Review: Spillover – Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

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” Ebola is in the news a lot at the moment. Hunting, the bush meat trade, habitat loss, population increases, they all have a part to play in this story. .” I’ll sometimes add “It’s in West Africa, I’ll be in South Africa. This lake is close to the cave. My photo of the cave was bad, sorry.

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Phoenix Restaurant Serves Lion Burgers

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And now Selogie himself is questioning whether the meat was fair game. "I I was led to believe they were not hunted, they were not shot, they were not abused," Selogie said. "I Serving African lion meat is perfectly legal, said Michael Herndon, a spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration. I feel I was misled by this."

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Canadian Prime Minister Eats Seal Meat

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Tags: canada europe seals hunting.

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