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Seal Industry Tries to Capitalize on Medical Researchers Conjectures

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But the seal industry doesn't care. Dr. Philippe Pibarot has been studying seal heart valves to see if they might be a better transplant option for humans than those from cows or pigs, believing they may be more durable than the other animal tissue. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald.

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Russia Bans Canadian Seal Imports!

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Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. I don't see what they get out of it, unless they want to impress Europe, which has already banned seal products. Russia has been the biggest market for the Canadian seal fur industry. Excerpted from the Globe and Mail.

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Rocky & Bella, Inc. earns National Animal Supplement Quality Seal

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recently met the National Animal Supplement Council’s nationally recognized standards after a rigorous facility audit, earning the NASC Quality Seal. The NASC is setting the standards for the pet supplement industry in quality, consistency and responsible conduct. —Pet supplement company Rocky & Bella, Inc.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison

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In fact, it wasn’t until the Industrial Revolution that brewing became a decidedly urban endeavor, as beer barons – particularly in Britain and America – amassed the means of production and harnessed cheap labor in booming cities, using raw materials hauled in from the distant countryside by modern conveyances such as the canal boat or railcar.

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On Small Victories

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Here's the set-up: The European Parliament endorsed a ban on seal products. But if they continue to just take a fundamentalist position against people who live in the same ecosystem as the seals, then they'll never achieve an end to this activity, because these people rely on this for their living."

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The Cutting Edge II: Hummingbird Feeders

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The Woodstream Corporation has a number of brands, one of which is Perky-Pet , a major player in the bird feeding industry. The feeder 10 consists of three basic components: a reservoir bottle or liquid container 12; a feeding basin designated by reference numeral 14; and a biased sealing mechanism designated by reference numeral 18.

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A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia: A Book Review by a Penguin Groupie

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The descriptions of the territory’s birds, seals, whales, introduced mammals, invertebrates, and plants are written within the framework of the conversationist, so it is more than a field guide, it is a record of endangered wildlife and the efforts being made to protect it. Surprisingly, South Georgia is not all ice and snow.

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