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Activists in Canada Found Not Guilty of Getting to Close to Seal Slaughter

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A judge has found five animal-rights activists not guilty of getting too close to seal hunters during the 2006 hunt off Canada's east coast. The five were charged with coming within 10 metres of seal hunters on March 26, 2006 while filming the annual slaughter in the Gulf of St. That's good news.

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Outdoor/Feral Cat Problem? Call the SWAT Team

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What do you do when you – a citizen whose rights are protected by the U.S. This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. Instead of Special Weapons and Tactics, think: Sealed With A Trap. Sealed With A Trap. You call the SWAT team.

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PETA Goes After Canada's Seal Hunt

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

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On Small Victories

Animal Person

Yesterday's " Do Small Victories Affect Big Picture in Animal Rights Debate? Here's the set-up: The European Parliament endorsed a ban on seal products. restaurants by animal rights activists." Notwithstanding their local tactical victories, are animal rights protesters really as effective as they appear?

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