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EU Bans Seal Imports

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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. Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals. And Canada is going to appeal the decision at the WTO. victory for now.

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Animal Ethics

Here is a New York Times story about seal meat.

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Seals

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Here is a New York Times story about the seal trade.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

But most important, they are beginning to starve, because the sea ice they depend on for hunting seals, their main food, is melting at a very rapid rate because of global warming. They are also endangered by a loss of habitat, as energy companies encroach on more and more of their territory for oil and gas operations.

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Does Vick Deserve a Second Chance?

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Do you agree with the New York Times ' William C. Like clubbing a seal to death? Rhoden in " The Case for a Second Chance for Michael Vick? " And I'm not just referring to Vick here. Is fighting and killing dogs the same thing? Is fighting and killing dogs the same thing? Is Vick a special kind of creep for what he did?

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Tsunami Pics from Midway Atoll

10,000 Birds

The Islands hold important populations of Monk Seals as well as all the world’s Laysan Ducks and Laysan Finches. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. The islands of French Frigate Shoals are also considerably less substancial than Midway.

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