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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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The Bar-backed Partridge was also one of four focal species in an investigation into illegal bird hunting in Southwestern China. ” Unfortunately, this makes it much less likely this hunting will stop once people get richer. At least not to the extent of wearing name tags. Unsurprisingly, it is.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says Vancouver's Olympic organizers have the clout to convince the Canadian government to end the controversial seal hunt on the East Coast. Tags: indigenous hunting canada seals PETA hunting. It will be PETA's first Olympics! Let's see how far they take it.

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JUNE 16, 2009

PETA has launched a spoof site for the Vancouver Olympic Games over seal hunting. Seal hunting is just plain wrong. Tags: PETA. I criticize PETA a lot, but in this case I think they are right on the money. I hate the seal slaughter. I think it's barbaric and should be ended. Slavery used to be a tradition in some societies.

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JANUARY 22, 2009

Canadian fisheries ministry representative Garry Stenson said the hunt “is humane, well regulated and sustainable” and that new rules for the hunt were under review to strengthen inspections, monitoring and enforcement of animal welfare rules. Tags: canada greenland europe seal hunters seals. I'm not sure it will pass though.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

The second half of the article deals with their attempts at pushing that damn seal hunt. Tags: canada seal hunters Stupid seals. Is it THAT much a part of its economy? Canada needs to stop exploiting its natural resources and move into a more sophisticated type of economy.

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MAY 9, 2018

When we were at an amazing rock formation, called the Olgas, or Kata-Tjutas as the locals call them, this Nankeen Kestrel hunted all around me for well over 30 minutes before drifting away in search of better hunting grounds. Many of the birds were being wing tagged and GPS makers as well in order to track their movements.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Tags: elk wildlife crime State of Washington poaching national parks. This guy is a real piece of work. Click on the link and see the picture. It says it all.

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MARCH 14, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

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MARCH 22, 2009

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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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. George Wuerthner, an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology, takes the debate a step further. Smith and Donald A.

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Scores of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks circled overhead, these vocal ducks are often hunted illegally here so it was refreshing to see so many. The vocal seedeaters remain prized possessions for many rural citizens here, some have heavy price tags around their necks; unfortunately confining them to a lifetime of incarceration.

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MARCH 23, 2009

They are not hunting for food or for any subsistence whatsoever. It's all about the thrill of the hunt and, sorry to say it, the thrill of the testosterone surge. Therefore, to me it's a slam dunk as to whether trophy hunters should continue to hunt polar bears. The cost of a trophy hunt can start at $35,000.

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APRIL 5, 2024

This was a co-operative individual that spent some time hunting a field of rough grass, giving plenty of opportunities for photography.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

It's a documentary about an annual Japanese dolphin hunt that occurs in the village of Taiji. Tags: oceans dolphin hunt Japan hunting. It's gruesome, bloody and disturbing. It has just been screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Here is a glowing review from Joel Reynolds with the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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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. Hunters say the exercise popular in the state's hilly northwestern corner helps them train their dogs on what to do when they come across a bear during a hunt. From the AP. State law on the issue is murky.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2010

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

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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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JANUARY 30, 2010

A PETA anti seal hunt activist was hit in the face with a pie in Newfoundland. In other news, PETA received more publicity for their anti seal hunting campaign when one of their protesters was hit in the face with a pie. That's good, because I really hate Canada's odious seal hunt. Tags: seal hunters PETA.

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MARCH 20, 2011

With the proposed hunting seasons on sandhill cranes being discussed in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin, we must not forget the whooping crane, which travels and winters in the big sandhill crane flocks. More states will doubtless join the queue of those proposing hunts. Another thing to consider. Now, it’s time to go to the top.

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JULY 12, 2009

Of 679 whales reported to have been killed during the 2008-2009 whale hunt in Antarctica, 304 were female. Tags: whales Japan hunting whaling. Four of the female whales were lactating, and 192 were pregnant at the time of death. The Japanese government's "Cruise Report" gives gruesome details on the foetuses killed.

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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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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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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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Eventually, the name came to be attached to another kind of game hunting device with which we’re more familiar today: life-sized wooden carvings of waterfowl floated on water to fool birds into landing within range of nearby hunters lying in wait. The playful name admits the ruse, of course, and Decoy might be commended for their honesty.

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APRIL 13, 2010

He was transporting them across state lines from Ohio to a hunting preserve in South Carolina. The deer still got screwed because they ended up at the hunting preserve, but any kind of sentence for wildlife trafficking must be enforced. Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking ohio south carolina Lacey Act deer.

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AUGUST 22, 2010

To prevent the Spoon-billed Sandpiper's extinction urgent action is needed, both to find ways to give local people economic alternatives to hunting birds and to persuade hunters to release any sandpipers they catch. Tags: birds hunting endangered species.

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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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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Scaup are so worthless that when you input “I love scaup” into Google you only get four results and three of them are hunting related. We have exactly two posts tagged with either “ Greater Scaup ” or “ Lesser Scaup.” And even if such a bird existed and were endangered no one would want to see it.

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APRIL 27, 2011

My boss on French Frigate Shoals performed a study on their movements, catching and marking them with wing tags. Out at sea the most common prey items are flying fish, although other prey are taken particularly when pushed to the surface by hunting tuna and dolphins. An adult female with a wingtag from the study.

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AUGUST 8, 2009

They are basically portrayed as benefiting from the horrific hunting and capture of dolphins in Japan. Tags: captivity dolphin marine life Japan amusement parks. It is not a favorable portrayal.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The wild Saola, which resembles antelopes and was only discovered in 1992, is already near extinction due to hunting. Tags: vietnam laos endangered species. Way to go humans! Another notch to add to our belt!

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FEBRUARY 1, 2009

The Inuit harvest, or hunt, polar bears in Canada. "In 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. In the past, Inuit always considered the WWF Canada as our friend," {Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.'s

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MARCH 22, 2010

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. From Vietnam News.

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AUGUST 16, 2008

Hunters would then pay to hunt in the pens. Tags: wildlife trafficking blood sport fox hunting us. He was caught after a yearlong investigation by Virginia game officials that included the undercover purchases of 54 red foxes and 47 coyotes from Blevins. Often they were injured.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

She's referring to the pie thrown in the face of Fisheries Minister Gail Shea by a PETA member protesting the Canadian seal hunt. 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.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Tags: Japan hunting greenpeace whaling. The Spending Review Committee recommended that the Overseas Fisheries Cooperation Fund (OFCF), which gives loans to the Institute for Cetacean Research (ICR) to run the discredited science programme, have all of its funding revoked, except monies needed for loans in 2010.

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