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JANUARY 22, 2009

They are testifying with Canada against an EU ban on seal products. Canada has said a ban could violate trade rules and it threatened action if a ban was introduced. Tags: canada greenland europe seal hunters seals. Oh, yeah, I forgot about Greenland. Both claim that a ban would be devastating.

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JUNE 16, 2009

I like Canada. I'm an American, but I grew up seeing Noltan Nash, the Beachcombers and Hockey Night in Canada on the TV. Tags: PETA. You can go on and on about tradition, but just because something is old doesn't make it good. Slavery used to be a tradition in some societies. On environmental and animal issues, not so much.

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This tagged bird was wild-bred Pheasants are largely ignored by birdwatchers , despite their good looks Rose-ringed Parakeet , now a common (but unpopular) resident of many European towns, including London. Red Kites are now widespread in much of England, thanks to a highly successful re-introduction scheme.

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JANUARY 2, 2009

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. Tags: canada seal hunters seals. We're proceeding as usual." "No

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Crowds gathering across Canada to watch the Olympic torch pass through their towns will also be greeted by a 12-meter-tall baby "seal." Tags: IFAW PETA. 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.

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

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. Tags: seal hunters humane society. 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.

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Birders in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada (and perhaps further afield?) should keep an eye out for Herring Gulls with pink alpha-numeric bands and wing tags and Great Black-backed Gulls with green alpha-numeric bands.

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And while I didn’t find anything rare hiding amid the hordes of Branta bernicla I did manage to find one that was banded and color tagged. I was also notified of a study of Brant behavior that is being done collectively by wildlife agencies from New Jersey, New York, and Canada. What could that possibly be?

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Tags: mink fur. The Canadian Mink Breeders Association will be holding it's annual meeting in Madison WI. Here is a list of the attendees. Here is the link to the CA Mink Breeders site, but it seems to be down.

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MAY 6, 2010

They're hoping to use it to discourage tourism to Canada and hit the country economically. Tags: canada seal hunt seals PETA.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Alistair Darling, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, is in Canada for a G-7 meeting. Stay classy Canada! Tags: canada UK europe seal hunt inuit seals G7. He refused to eat the seal meat that the local Inuit community offered to the meeting participants, instead eating Arctic char. Good for him!

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AUGUST 1, 2009

The New York Times reports that the ban will still allow seal products from traditional hunts by the Inuit people, also known as Eskimos, in Canada and Greenland. And Canada is going to appeal the decision at the WTO. Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals. victory for now.

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JULY 1, 2013

When I photographed a pair a couple of years ago that were sporting radio tags , I assumed (and it may be the case) that they were two birds of twenty tagged that year in Virginia. Birds Arctic Canada shorebirds' The rest of their story, and their breeding success, would be fascinating to know.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Canada plans on appealing to the WTO. Tags: canada europe seals hunting. He's doing it to show his opposition to the EU's ban on seal products. Stay classy Harper!

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tags: canada british columbia animal research. The writer is from Stop UBC Animal Research, so there is a bias. But, still, an informative overview.

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MAY 14, 2010

If people in indigenous communities can only make money off this, then perhaps Canada should invest in some education and economic development programs to bring these communities into a more sustainable and kinder 21st century economy. Tags: canada seal hunters seals. I would think they deserve better too.

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APRIL 19, 2010

Tags: canada europe seal hunt seals. It ended early as a result of low demand for pelts (due to the European ban on seal products) and the lack of ice floes.

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APRIL 26, 2009

EU nations agree to ban on seal products * Ban would lead to trade clash with Norway and Canada * Final approvals seen as a formality. Tags: canada norway europe trade seals. Thanks to Animal Rights Person for the heads up on this. As of last Friday. *

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AUGUST 8, 2009

Now that the species is listed in the US as "threatened," hunters can't import the dead body parts (aka hunting "trophies") in from Canada. 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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APRIL 29, 2010

Tags: canada seal hunt Stupid entertainment seals. One who can't understand what all the fuss is about. It's just like all that clubbing you usually see in cartoons. Thanks to Apple for not accepting this game onto their app store.

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DECEMBER 30, 2008

You can search for all kinds of crimes against animals in the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Spain. Tags: canada australia animal abuse UK new zealand us. There are 14,436 cases in the animal abuse database. Great research tool. Amazing work.

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MARCH 26, 2010

Tags: climate canada seal hunt seals. Canadian seals are being screwed by an exceptionally warm winter and lack of ice. They are dying and starving. And that's not even mentioning the hunters that are after them.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Tags: climate canada global warming endangered species arctic. Global warming and climate change (aren't they one and the same thing?) are wreaking havoc on Arctic species.

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JULY 26, 2010

No one likes putting animals in pain," said Mogil, who holds a Canada research chair in the genetics of pain. Tags: canada animal experimentation animal research mice pain. The faces of the mice were then photographed to understand how they express pain. "No

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JANUARY 30, 2010

This after a PETA activist hit Canada Fisheries Minister Gail Shae with a pie. That's good, because I really hate Canada's odious seal hunt. Tags: seal hunters PETA. A PETA anti seal hunt activist was hit in the face with a pie in Newfoundland.

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MARCH 3, 2009

Canada and Greenland have warned the EU that they could challenge such a ban before the World Trade Organization. Tags: canada greenland europe seal hunters seals. Nordic EU countries such as Denmark, Sweden and Finland have opposed such a ban, and EU legal experts say it could violate world trade rules.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Tags: canada animal enterprise terrorism act seals PETA. It's pretty scary that a Liberal MP would actually question whether a pie in the face is terrorism. I'm wondering whether the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act in the US is making the rounds of Canadian politicians.

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MAY 6, 2010

She is the lone elephant at the Edmonton Zoo in Alberta, Canada. Tags: zoos animal sanctuary elephants. Here's an update on the battle to release the Lucy the Elephant to a sanctuary.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said Monday that Canadian officials will meet with EU politicians in a bid to convince them that Canada's commercial seal hunt is humane and should be exempt from a proposed seal import ban.A Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals hunting. The meeting is scheduled for January 21.

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MARCH 3, 2009

Tags: porpoise captivity canada aquariums vancouver. The Vancouver-based animal rights group Lifeforce wants the Vancouver Aquarium to free Daisy the porpoise. Here is a video from the group.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Tags: canada seal hunt seals olympics. Go to OlympicShame2010.com com see PETA's seal hunt site.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

The latter comment is in reference to Zoocheck Canada , a zoo watchdog demanding the independent investigation. Tags: zoos canada. “They’re basically a bunch of ambulance chasers.” Since I agree that the excessive number of deaths at this zoo should be investigated, I guess I must be an extremist too.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2009

The Inuit harvest, or hunt, polar bears in Canada. "In In the past, Inuit always considered the WWF Canada as our friend," {Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.'s Tags: indigenous hunting canada inuit polar bear. Here's an article in the Nunatsiaq News that talks about polar bear conservation from the Inuit point of view.

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AUGUST 18, 2008

Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife officials from Environment Canada and the U.S. Tania Siyam originally operated art import and export businesses in Montreal, Canada, and Cameroon that were fronts for smuggling products from endangered and protected wildlife species, including raw elephant ivory. Attorney's Office in Cleveland, Ohio.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

All eyes are going to be on Canada as it's preparing to host the 2010 Winter Olympics and we think that all that extra attention comes with an increased responsibility to set a positive example for the rest of the world," said Lindsay Rajt, PETA's manager of campaigns. Tags: indigenous hunting canada seals PETA hunting.

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JANUARY 9, 2009

Canada, Russia, the US, Denmark [via Greenland] and Norway want a piece of it. Tags: canada norway national security us russia arctic. AND the Arctic is getting even more accessible due to global warming (knew it would be good for something!) Will control of the Arctic become another national security issue?

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APRIL 25, 2010

Tags: canada gordon ramsey mexico horse slaughter. I understand what animal activists are trying to accomplish, but every time I read one of these stories, I wonder if this ban was the right thing. I just don't know. He's such a douchebag.

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