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Almost One-Third of Japanese Whale Kill Was Pregnant

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Of 679 whales reported to have been killed during the 2008-2009 whale hunt in Antarctica, 304 were female. The Japanese government's "Cruise Report" gives gruesome details on the foetuses killed. Tags: whales Japan hunting whaling. From Wildlife Extra.

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Canada Up to Its Old Seal-Killing Tricks

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The amendments to the Marine Mammal Regulations, which include strengthened federal enforcement, come just over a month after newly appointed federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said Canada is "going straight ahead for the 2009 hunt. We're proceeding as usual." "No

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Nesting Eagle Killed in Portugal, Another Brilliant Move

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March 2009. Tags: Stupid eagle portugal fox hunting. I come from a Portuguese family and I have no problem dumping on the Portuguese. This makes me angry. It has nothing to do with poverty, just stupidity. If predator persecution cannot be adequately controlled, the future recovery of many important predator species will be in doubt".

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An Osprey Nest and The Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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This is a poor photo I took of this pair’s nest back in 2009. So the persistent Osprey pair began to rebuild their nest … a nest that had survived years of harsh wind and weather… was now being laboriously reconstructed at great speed to begin this nesting season.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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The Osprey tries another hunt, finally a successful one, while Telia goes deeper into the water and lies down. In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months.

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On "The Road" and Humanity

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Last night I watched 2009's " The Road " (based on the Cormac McCarthy novel , which I haven't read), a post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive. They hunt them down in "the wild." They corral them, lock them up, and take them out to kill, cook and eat them as needed. He asks the man if he eats people.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

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Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. If it did, the licking often prompts it to vomit up some of that kill for the other members of the pack to share. See TIME’s video “ The March of TIME: Hunting Dog Field Trials.&#.

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