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DECEMBER 22, 2008

It really sucks to be a factory farm pig in Europe. Tags: UK europe spain pigs factory farm. Investigators from Compassion in World Farming found 80 per cent of farms across five European countries engaging in illegal practices such as barren pens and routine tail-docking. Jaime Oliver is doing a show about the issue in Britain.

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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. It’s spectacular stuff.

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Detect radio-tagged birds that fly within several km. By the time the Terra ships we expect the automated ID to work very well in North America and Northern Mexico, and we will expand it throughout the Americas, the UK and Europe, and then across the globe.” Stream live audio from curated wild sites around the world.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Tags: blog europe PETA. And here it is.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

The moving of Europe's biggest military exercise to the outer Moray Firth poses a threat to bottlenose dolphins, conservations have claimed. Tags: dolphin europe sonar military. According to the BBC. The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) said noise from warships' sonar could harm the animals.

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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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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Tags: europe animal research mini-pigs pigs. A research project into the feasibility of using miniature pigs in laboratories concluded they are better suited for testing toxins, drugs and chemicals than dogs and monkeys.

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APRIL 5, 2009

If Europe bans seal products, Canada may go to the WTO (World Trade Organization) and appeal. Tags: canada europe trade seals.

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I haven’t yet been birding in Europe but whenever I occasionally skim a field guide about the birds on the other side of the Atlantic, I’m always encouraged to find that I’m already familiar with many species found over there, even though most of my birding experience has been limited to eastern North America.

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MARCH 26, 2010

Tags: europe pigs castration farm animal welfare belgium agribusiness. They castrate piglets WITHOUT anesthesia. I hope this bill passes. But I post about so many legislative proposals, with so few actual passages. We'll have to wait and see.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

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

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MAY 18, 2009

Tags: animal testing europe cosmetics Japan. Interesting article on animal testing and cosmetics in Japan. They still have a lot of work to do in the pursuit of alternatives. They also need the will to change.

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AUGUST 1, 2009

Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals. 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. victory for now.

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

Tags: europe portugal farm animal welfare. My 2010 resolution is to try and track animal rights issues in the homelands of Spain and Portugal. Spain is much more advanced than Portugal in this area, but both need improvement (as do we all.).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Tags: canada UK europe seal hunt inuit seals G7. They're basically making participants choose between eating seal meat or pissing off the Inuits and risk being called racists. The Canadian are just using its native peoples as a guilt rod. Stay classy Canada!

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Is there a different culture regarding animals in Europe? Tags: europe animal research drug companies medical research. I just don't understand it. They have drug companies that are just as powerful as those here. Is public outcry greater? Are animal rights organizations more effective? Are politicians more willing to act?

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Tags: europe cloning farm animal welfare. If this policy is adopted, European farms could be populated by cloned supersize animals used as breeding stock for cows, pigs and sheep that are reared for food. Clones themselves can suffer a range of painful conditions, including malformed organs and gigantism.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Europe's environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and other laboratories. Tags: europe apes. Their is a proposal to ban testing on apes in the EU.

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MARCH 3, 2009

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. Canada and Greenland have warned the EU that they could challenge such a ban before the World Trade Organization.

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MAY 9, 2010

Tags: habitat europe portugal environment wildlife endangered species. The resort includes 322 villas, 40 apartments and a hotel. It also foresees two golf courses, road infrastructure, a water treatment station and a waste water treatment plant. Four other resorts are also planned nearby.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Tags: europe animal research cosmetics medical research. The joint partnership between the European Commission and the European Cosmetics Association (Colipa) is calling on scientists to develop proposals for studies into new non-animal testing methods before a February 2010 deadline.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals hunting. 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 The meeting is scheduled for January 21.

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MAY 15, 2009

At the same time, the opinion of the European Parliament is that these objectives have to be achieved without impeding research on various serious diseases in Europe, reported the parliament’s press room. Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research.

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JUNE 14, 2010

If animal testing cannot be conducted in the United States or Europe, I see no reason why they should be allowed here," Abdul Aziz was quoted as saying. Tags: animal research malaysia.

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JANUARY 27, 2009

The demand for palm oil in the US and Europe, is threatening to wipe out orangutans in Indonesia. and Europe because it is touted as a "clean" alternative to fuel. Tags: orangutans. The demand for palm oil is rising in the U.S. Most live in small, scattered populations that cannot take the onslaught on the forests much longer.

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MARCH 22, 2009

The only way it will end is if the market for this product in Europe dries up. Tags: canada barbarism seals. The US already has such a ban in place. From the article, animal activist group Equanimal is working on it from the European end. Here is a link to the Google translated page of this group (it's in Spanish).

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MAY 18, 2009

Tags: climate global warming europe methane livestock vegetarian. Only when humans start to freak out about their own survival will they stop eating meat. In the meantime, they will always justify it in some manner whether it be "logic" or "God.".

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APRIL 15, 2009

Peta Europe has written to Pet Shop Boys with a request they are unable to agree to," reads a post on the band's official website. Tags: Stupid PETA. PETA has asked the group Pet Shop Boys to change their name to Rescue Shelter Boys. At first I thought that was from the Onion. Anything to get their name in the news.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation UK europe research alternatives medical research. 68,315 people signed an online RSPCA petition stating "We, the undersigned, call on the British Government to work towards ending the use of animals in experiments, replacing them with humane alternatives.".

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JANUARY 22, 2009

Tags: canada greenland europe seal hunters seals. The article does say that the Inuit communities would have special exemptions. I'm not sure it will pass though. This proposal would require all 27 EU nations to approve it.

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MARCH 1, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research. They talk out of both sides of their you-know-what.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Max Mara has long been the target of anti-fur activists in Europe and around the world. Tags: fur ALF. It was not a whim or an attempt to get attention, as the sensationalist press will say; instead this is a response to the domination, objectification and commodification of millions of animals (mink, chinchilla, fox, raccoons, etc.)

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AUGUST 19, 2008

Amy, a German shepherd, and Uno, a Labrador retriever, have joined the team at {Frankfurt,} one of Europe's busiest airports — the first two dogs in Germany trained to sniff out live animals, plants or derivatives or remains of them. Tags: wildlife trafficking smuggling Germany. Interesting. That's huge.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

The hunting and selling of ortolans, which have suffered a Europe-wide decline of 40-50% in the last 40 years, has been illegal in France since 1999. Tags: poaching france endangered species. It is time to make the state face up to its responsibilities." Plucked and roasted, they are served whole.

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JUNE 4, 2009

Tags: europe animal research medical research. Oh, but if you actually FEEL something, you might actually THINK about what you are doing. Maybe you'll feel some guilt about it. How lucky for you that your "subjects" can't speak. How lucky for them that there may be an upper threshold for their PAIN!

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Germany has been one of Europe’s strong economies, but things are changing for everyone. Tags: people helping animals. It began with the saddest story, as great ideas often do. Claudia Hollm saw a TV show about a family who had to relinquish their dog because of economic hardship.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Dog Gone SmartTM pet products can be purchased at retailers like Cutter’s Mill Pet Store, Petco, Pet Food Express, Pet People, Joyful Honda in Japan, Fressnaph in Europe, In the Company of Dogs and Fetch Dog catalogs, and U.S. Tags: reviews dog dog bed nanotechnology pet pet product pets review. Please visit Dog Gone Smart Beds.

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