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Greece: Oliver the Husky

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I saw the man looking around and then he left the area with a car" Also rumours says that back in 2017 in Arachova the employees of the Municipality were hitting all the stray animals and they were killing all of them by putting them alive in a garbage truck to tear them to pieces, police is doing nothing because they have money and power!

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European Call to End Bird Trapping

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From July 6-8, there was a European conference in Larnaca about illegal bird killing , organized by Terra Cypria. That’s welcome news. Which gets me to the real big news in Cyprus of the fortnight, indirectly anyway. Kingfisher on a limestick (Credit: Hüseyin Yorganc?)

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Palin Supports Brutal Method of Killing Wolves

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The wolves suffer needlessly because hunters simply wound them more often then not firing from an airplane. I understand there may be some instances where predator control is necessary. I'm not an absolutist on this point. Doing it from low flying aircraft, however, is just barbaric. This is what Palin has pushed for.

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Military Used Pigs in Brain Injury Research

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The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. For an 11-month period that ended in December, researchers subjected pigs and rats to about 200 blasts, according to Pentagon documents and interviews. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Did you know this?

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Mountain Gorilla Ranger Slain in the Congo

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Just last week, a 33-year-old ranger was killed by Mai Mai rebels. Another ranger was wounded in the attack and a rebel was captured. Protecting mountain gorillas in the Congo is dangerous work. Mai Mai rebels are described as community-based militia groups frequently involved in banditry.

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Birding the Kruger Park (3): Malelane area

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Fate eventually caught up with him when he was killed by a wounded elephant in the Okavango area, though possibly the blow was lessened a bit by being elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since the news of his death had not reached Sweden yet ( source ). but later switched to forestry (?).

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