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	<title>Care2 Causes &#187; Alicia Graef</title>
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		<title>Canucks Player Under Fire for Bear Baiting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 03:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Graef</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[animal cruelty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bear baiting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vancouver Canucks player David Booth is getting quite a bit of negative attention after taking to Twitter to post photos and video of himself killing a black bear while he was on vacation in Alberta. Animal advocates, and even some hunters, are taking a major issue with the fact that he was bear baiting, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grieving Pit Bull Refused to Leave Companion&#8217;s Side</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 02:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Graef</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grieving pit bull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phoenix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pit bulls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The sad story of a grieving pit bull in Phoenix, Ariz. is making its way around the web after he remained by his female companion&#8217;s side for over 14 hours on the side of the road over the weekend after she had been hit by a car, all the while laying next to her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of Animals Face Euthanasia at Overwhelmed Texas Shelter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 17:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Graef</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoptable pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal abandonment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euthanasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fort worth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shelter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of healthy, adoptable pets at the Chuck Silcox Shelter in Fort Worth, Texas are in danger of being killed for the first time in two years due to a sudden influx of animals. Last week alone, more than 560 dogs and cats were taken in. The shelter&#8217;s capacity is 400 and it is offering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit Seeks Justice for 50,000 Abandoned Hens</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 06:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Graef</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A&L poultry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal cruelty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neglect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stanislaus county]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of February an anonymous tip lead authorities to the discovery of nearly 50,000 egg-laying hens who had been left for dead at a farm in Stanislaus County, Calif., that was rented by A&#38;L Poultry. Officials estimated they had been left without food or water for over two weeks. About one a third [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support a Ban on the Commercial Trade of Polar Bear Parts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 01:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Graef</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment & Wildlife]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[polar bear parts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trophy hunting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Between climate change, pollution, development and habitat loss, polar bears have a lot of problems to deal with. Yet, they remain vulnerable to being legally hunted for their pelts, paws and teeth, among other parts, despite their threatened status and questionable future. The Obama Administration is currently considering whether or not to propose an international [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Save &#8220;Enviropigs&#8221; From Untimely Deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 18:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Graef</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enviropigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euthanasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetically engineered animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ontario pork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transgenic animals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday, Farm Sanctuary reached out to the University of Guelph about saving the lives of 16 &#8220;Enviropigs&#8221; who will likely be meeting an untimely death if they&#8217;re not rescued, but the university says that adopting them out is not an option. &#8220;We have had many generous and well-intentioned offers from individuals and groups who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Body Shop Joins Global Campaign to Stop Animal Testing</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/causes/the-body-shop-joins-global-campaign-to-stop-animal-testing.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Graef</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal cruelty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[animal testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buav]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruelty free international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruelty-free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaping bunny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[makeup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting today, more than 300 The Body Shop stores in the UK will launch a global pledge to ban animal testing on cosmetics around the world and will spread the campaign throughout its store locations in an additional 65 countries over the next few weeks in partnership with Cruelty Free International (CFI). According to CFI, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s First Vegetarian Shark Shuns Meat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Graef</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causes UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment & Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birmingham national sea life center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[captivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[florence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nurse shark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegetarian]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A six-foot-long nurse shark living at the Birmingham National Sea Life Center in England has reportedly become the first shark in the world to have developed a preference for leafy greens over meat. The shark, named Florence, made headlines in 2009 as the first shark in the world to survive an &#8216;out of water&#8217; surgery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s National Dog Bite Prevention Week</title>
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		<comments>http://www.care2.com/causes/its-dog-bite-prevention-week.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 06:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Graef</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog bite prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog bite prevention week 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog bites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday kicked off National Dog Bite Prevention Week, which will go from May 20-26 and is intended to raise awareness about the nearly 5 million dog bites that occur every year and help prevent these incidents from happening. This year it&#8217;s being hosted by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), along with support from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit Launched to Save California Condors</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/causes/lawsuit-launched-to-save-california-condors-from-lead-poisoning.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/causes/lawsuit-launched-to-save-california-condors-from-lead-poisoning.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 18:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Graef</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment & Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california condors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[center for biological diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endangered species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endangered species act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaibab National Forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lead ammunition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lead poisoning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sportsmen's heritage act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USFWS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservation groups including the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club and the Grand Canyon Wildland Council have notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) of their intent to file a lawsuit over the agency&#8217;s failure to protect endangered California condors from lead poisoning in Arizona’s Kaibab National Forest. Scientists unanimously believe that lead ammunition [...]]]></description>
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