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Activists in Canada Found Not Guilty of Getting to Close to Seal Slaughter

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A judge has found five animal-rights activists not guilty of getting too close to seal hunters during the 2006 hunt off Canada's east coast. The five were charged with coming within 10 metres of seal hunters on March 26, 2006 while filming the annual slaughter in the Gulf of St. That's good news.

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Horse Slaughter Could Start Up Again in One Month

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Of course, right now, they're just being shipped to Canada and Mexico anyway, where health and welfare standards are much, much lower. Slaughter opponents pushed a measure cutting off funding for horse meat inspections through Congress in 2006 after other efforts to pass outright bans on horse slaughter failed in previous years.

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What is a Titmouse?

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A half-century ago, this species might have been restricted to Iowa or New Jersey, but now it can be found throughout New England and even south-eastern Canada. This post was first published in September 2006 but has been republished because titmice are always in vogue! ). The Tufted Titmouse ( B. Birds chickadees and tits titmice

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

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Most of these species can be found throughout the United States and Canada, and when they’re not, pains are taken to balance each Eastern species with a Western species. Her books include Secret Lives of Common Birds: Enjoying Bird Behavior Through the Seasons (2006), and Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin (2014, with David W.

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Turtles of the World: A Guide To Every Family–A Book Review by a Turtle Lover

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He has written several books, including Turtles of the United States and Canada, 2nd ed. , (with Carl H. Press, 2006) or Ernst and Lovich’s text on turtles of North America, cited above. He has studied the ecology of turtles, amongst other ecological subjects, for over 30 years and has discovered and named four turtle species.

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Come@me:Cameras with AA batteries are the best

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The Kodak Tele-ektralite 20 was made in Canada and had two lenses and they were 22mm and 44mm. In 2006 we chose a Nikon Coolpix S4 , which ran on 2 AA batteries and I became the photographer once again. It took 110 film rather than the more traditional 35mm film and this camera served me very well and it is still in my possession.

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Evening Grosbeaks Really Do Exist

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But between 1988 and 2006, Project Feedwatch showed a fifty-percent decline in Evening Grosbeak sightings. Even a big trip to Canada, though it turned up many other delightful species ( Boreal Owl , anyone?)

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