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JULY 27, 2011

The second bear to meet its end this year on the Trans-Canada Highway has prompted an animal rights group to call for immediate repairs to a fence line intended to protect wildlife in Banff National Park. Park staff had been monitoring the bear in the hopes the adult female would avoid the busy roadway. From the Calgary Herald.

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JUNE 14, 2012

Canadian authorities want to release an orphaned baby bear into the wild at 6 months when mother bears usually push their children out at 18 months. Animal right groups are very angry and fear the baby might die by itself. I can't blame the activists. This decision makes little sense to me.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

A federal appeals court made a final decision Wednesday on whether Fish and Wildlife could allow oil companies to interfere with polar bears. Fish and Wildlife service wrongfully issued authorization for oil companies to work in areas that could potentially hurt the bears. Tags: oil drilling polar bear arctic.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

A declawed, defanged bear is chained to a stake as hunting dogs bark and snap, trying to force the bear to stand on its hind legs. The training exercise called bear baying is intended to make the bears easier to shoot in the wild and it's only allowed in South Carolina. From the AP. State law on the issue is murky.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

New Jersey’s first bear hunt in five years is just a week away and set to go on as planned despite a last-ditch effort by several animal rights organizations to have the hunt postponed. The bear hunt, set to take place from Dec. Tags: cull new jersey bears hunting. That really sucks. From North Jersey.com.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Here, a considerable amount of the forest has been removed for the first hundred or two metres into the road, including several fruit-bearing trees that used to attract a myriad of higher altitude specialists. No photograph as yours truly was busy with a bowl of cereal. No photograph as yours truly was busy with a bowl of cereal.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Please bear with us while this update takes place.” ” Been bearing with them for quite a while now. Reluctantly back to birds. Nice to see some Shanghai ones here in Yunnan as well, such as the Scaly-breasted Munia … … Barn Swallow … … Black-throated Bushtit … … or Crested Myna.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

Moon bears are rare, which makes this all the sadder. Tags: taiwan Traditional Chinese Medicine bear bile china asia. It's great that they were saved, but t hey arrived at the rescue center in wretched condition. Please note that the illegal bile farm was Taiwanese-owned. Again, the China connection. Thank Animals Asia for the rescue.

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MARCH 23, 2009

Therefore, to me it's a slam dunk as to whether trophy hunters should continue to hunt polar bears. Tags: indigenous hunting canada polar bear trophy hunting endangered species arctic. If a species' very survival is threatened, then it is impractical to hunt it for mere entertainment. Every member counts.

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AUGUST 8, 2009

Supposedly, environmentalists and animal rights activists have "unfairly made the polar bear into 'the panda bear of North America.'" Tags: canada blood sport polar bear hunting trophy hunting endangered species. insert crying baby picture here.) Here's the article from the Globe and Mail.

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JUNE 13, 2009

The load included 173 bear paws, one python skin and the carcass of a pangolin — a type of sticky-tongued, toothless, nocturnal anteater that is a menu item in southern China. Bear paws are also considered a delicacy in southern China where exotic animals are favored by diners despite the impact on populations of endangered species.

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MARCH 16, 2009

Native and sport polar bear hunters may be facing more restrictions due to increasing threats to bear populations. A limit on the hunting of polar bears by sportsmen and native Arctic people will top the agenda at an international summit in Norway tomorrow, seen as vital to the survival of the predator.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

We allow hunters to shoot bears, but not to sell their parts. Tags: seattle State of Washington gall bladders poaching bears asia. This happened in my own State of Washington. Note the Asia connection again.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Tags: australia India sun bears dancing bears bears.

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AUGUST 25, 2008

State wildlife officials are investigating a possible poaching case in which someone removed the gallbladder of a black bear -- which can sell for thousands of dollars in Asia -- after the animal was struck and killed this week by a car in the Lake Tahoe area. A surgical glove was discovered next to the bear's mutilated carcass. "It

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OCTOBER 23, 2008

And don't forget that a bear cub was shot, not by the kids, but by some other monster. Authorities said Tuesday that a student prank, not a political statement, was the motivation for dumping a dead bear cub draped in Barack Obama signs on a North Carolina campus earlier this week. This is not just stupid, but sick.

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JUNE 5, 2013

The new birds inhabit the southern portion of the Amazon, some only in Brazil but others in Bolivia and Peru as well. They bear wonderful-sounding names like “ Can-can-da-campina. ” The Rapazinho-estriado-do-oeste is the only non-passerine among the 15 new birds. Birding Birds News Amazon birds new species'

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Recent news that the NFL Chicago Bears just hired Marc Trestman, former head coach of the CFL Montreal Alouettes, as the team’s newest head coach.

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MAY 12, 2021

I know many of us seek birds as an escape from dreary, depressing news that seems to permeate almost everything of late. Bear in mind that the year thus far is supposed to be the dry season, as outlined previously. Not only that, but we were under our third adverse weather advisory for the year.

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APRIL 20, 2012

From the Wildlife Extra News. Apparently it isn't the first time the King has been shooting big game in Africa, or elsewhere (Apparently he killed a bear in Russia a few years ago too). April 2012.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

It’s cold enough in Chicago—where our high temperature for the day was –2 degrees Farenheit—that the polar bear at the zoo spent the day inside. News cold weather' Glad you asked. It’s cold enough to freeze vodka. It’s colder than both the South and North Poles. Is this “polar plunge” that’s gripping much of the U.S.

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

Tags: polar bear Palin.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Unless you have been hiding under a rock or watching Fox News for the past nine months, you probably know how devastating the Trump administration has been, not only for our environment, but for our country and the world. Hatch (R-Utah) that he will shrink Bears Ears National Monument, a 1.35-million-acre

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APRIL 11, 2009

Tags: Stupid bears.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

PETA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) are holding a joint news conference this week, and I would like to offer you an exclusive advance scoop on it. Plans will be unveiled at a news conference in Halifax in advance of the Olympic torch's arrival.

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MARCH 13, 2010

It's those species that either have a powerful personality or a cute face that endear people to them and garner news attention. Examples include panda bears, wolves, elephants, tigers, etc. We hear about the problem with charismatic land species. It's the same problem with marine life.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

Specifically, birds that live year-round in tropical regions, especially those which spend most of their days in dense forests, tend to have shorter, rounder wings, whereas birds that migrate long distance to and from more temperate climates or favor oceanic islands often bear longer, pointier wings.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

bearing some orange feathers? (As New research in The Auk: Ornithological Advances appears to have zeroed in on the culprit. It’s been a head-scratcher for quite some time. What’s with the yellow-shafted Northern Flickers in the eastern U.S. As in the photo above, courtesy of C.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Late last month, while searching for bears , woodpeckers and spirits of Greece, I deliberately avoided checking any news, especially from my home country. Every now and then, I need to cut the world off and clear my mind.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

I don't usually post anything cute, but I have to do this at least once.

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MARCH 22, 2010

From Vietnam News. Over the last two years, authorities have discovered 57 cases of trafficking in wild animals involving more than 7,612 individuals including monkeys and Tibetan bears and elephant tusks. Sounds just awful. But the problem is the high demand for these products.

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JUNE 8, 2015

Along the way, they braved sleepless nights and sleeping bears.) Scientists spent long days in the Arctic studying the growth of Red-throated Loon chicks in hopes of better understanding how their energy needs match up to their size. Their work found that young loons fledge before they reach their final adult weight.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It bears mentioning that the name of the series doesn’t refer to the physical dimensions of the featured species, but the size of the tiny black-and-white illustrations of each bird. Easy-drinking yet complex, Stumpy Duck makes for a crisp and flavorful summer ale that’s just as enjoyable for those first few, still warm weeks of autumn.

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JUNE 10, 2016

Dog ticks have been a bugaboo of mine ever since my first trip to Bear Mountain. The good news is, old money doesn’t care if you look eccentric — a lot of them look even weirder than that. Another expected, but decidedly less welcome, species was also spotted in abundance that day as well.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Forget the old news, Rwanda of today is one of Africa’s safest, cleanest and most stable countries. and to get my bearings I need some, however rough sketch of the area. So what if there are no proper maps, when I said that the text describes the trails with military precision? It may be so, yet I am a visual type (isn’t every birder?)

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

In my case, the news came in the form of an e-mail, a “Rare Bird” sighting sent to me as part of the eBird.org reporting system. Now bear in mind, I have never seen a Wood Stork , nor was it ever on my radar, as they have never been in any of the areas that I have birded.

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MARCH 4, 2010

We're talking about Knut the polar bear. He was the cute little polar bear whose birth at the Berlin Zoo was so controversial because his mother rejected him. Tags: zoos knut Germany polar bear PETA. He was raised by a trainer. PETA Germany's position is that he should be castrated so he doesn't mate with his cousin Giovanna.

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