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Bush Meat, Trafficking Decimate Vietnam

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Dr Scott Roberton, head of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said that hunting wild animals for meat and trafficking had been happening in many countries, especially developing ones. In Viet Nam, hunting and trade in wild animals had been alarming, he said. But the problem is the high demand for these products.

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Seal Meat Served in Canada

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And this is despite the bad press received by the annual seal hunts. Many diners are huge fans of its taste, describing the mammal's meat as somewhere between duck and veal. Tags: canada meat seals restaurants. Definitely a niche market ,but demand has been increasing.

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Alistair Darling Refuses to Eat Seal Meat at G7 Meeting

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He refused to eat the seal meat that the local Inuit community offered to the meeting participants, instead eating Arctic char. They're basically making participants choose between eating seal meat or pissing off the Inuits and risk being called racists. Tags: canada UK europe seal hunt inuit seals G7. Good for him!

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Canadian Prime Minister Eats Seal Meat

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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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Phoenix Restaurant Serves Lion Burgers

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And now Selogie himself is questioning whether the meat was fair game. "I I was led to believe they were not hunted, they were not shot, they were not abused," Selogie said. "I Serving African lion meat is perfectly legal, said Michael Herndon, a spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration. I feel I was misled by this."

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Of Whiskey Jacks and Water Ouzels

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Once known as the Canada Jay, but more interestingly by such tags as Camp Robber and Venison Hawk for its habit of hanging around humans and viewing them as a food source. Also known as Meat-bird, Moosebird, and Lumberjack. Issues like taxonomy take the back seat.

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Are We Much Better than Michael Vick?

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If you are a non-meat-eating, non-leather-wearing, non-shampoo-using, animal-rights activist for PETA, then it is not hypocritical to judge Vick for animal abuse. But the rest of us rat-killing, horse-racing, lobster-boiling, deer-hunting carnivores should take the planks out of our eyes before trying to remove the speck from Vick's.