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Animals News tagged with US

U.S. Maps Protected Alaska Habitat For Polar Bears
Animals  (tags: environment, bears, polar bears, news, US )

Katie
- 36 days ago - planetark.com
A vast swath of icy sea, barrier islands and coastal land on Alaska's oil-rich North Slope will be granted special protection because of its importance to the threatened polar bear, under a proposal released Thursday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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GIANT SNAKE PICTURES: Alien Species Invading U.S.?
Animals  (tags: animals, snakes, alien species, US, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 41 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
The world's heaviest snake, the green anaconda is one of nine huge alien snake species that may wreak havoc if they take hold in the United States, according to a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report released this week. (Read full story: "Alien Giant
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Male Chicks Ground Up Alive at Egg Hatcheries
Animals  (tags: US, egg hatcheries, chickens, chicks, AnimalCruelty, death, ethics, killing, suffering )

Karen
- 87 days ago - cbc.ca
A U.S. animal rights group is calling on the nation's largest grocery story chains to post warnings on egg cartons that unwanted male chicks are ground up alive, after videotaping the common industry practice at an Iowa egg hatchery.
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First Ever Comprehensive Report on US Bird Populations
Animals  (tags: birds, decline, US, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, conservation, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 248 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
US Interior Secretary Salazar releases study showing widespread declines in bird populations, highlights role of partnerships in conservation .
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U.S. Finalizes Ban on Cattle Too Sick to Walk
Animals  (tags: US, ban on downer cows, cows, protection, animal welfare, legislaiton )

Simone
- 258 days ago - ktakradio.com
Cattle too sick or injured to walk will no longer be allowed to enter U.S. slaughterhouses, the Agriculture Department said in a rule finalized on Saturday, nearly a year after the largest meat recall in American history spurred the change. The USDA
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Whaling and Dealing: Tell the US to Stop Negotiating at the Expense of Whales! Take Action!!
Animals  (tags: whales, killing, US, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 302 days ago - greenpeace.org
We have received worrying rumours of a political deal that could result in increased whaling off the coast of Japan - threatening already endangered whales. We need your your help in ensuring that this deal is killed off - and not the whales.
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Arkansas Horse Council Wants Horse Slaughter Legalized in the US!
Animals  (tags: horses, horse slaughter, abuse, AnimalCruelty, animaladvocates, animalrights, animalwelfare, cruelty, ethics, killing, law, protection, slaughter, suffering, US, USA )

Laurel
- 423 days ago - tuesdayshorse.wordpress.com
They were outlawed last year. The council says there are too many horses in Arkansas and many aren't taken care of properly. They say slaughtering is the humane thing to do. But some say there's a better answer.
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Polar Bear Now Listed as 'Threatened' Species
Animals  (tags: polar bears, protecttion, endangered, US, listed as endangered )


- 561 days ago - cnn.com
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Polar bears will be listed as " threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne made the announcement Wednesday afternoon, more than four months after a decision was due.
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Asean, US to Work Together on Wildlife Crime
Animals  (tags: Asean, US, animals, wildlife, wildlife crime, poaching, smuggling, wildlife law enforcement, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 573 days ago - thestar.com.my
Asean-Wildlife Enforcement Network (Asean-Wen) and the United States are establishing information-sharing channels to stop East-West wildlife crime.
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From ThePigSite: "No Humanity in Humane Slaughter Law"
Animals  (tags: animals slaughter, killing, cruelty, US, stunning )

Live
- 605 days ago - thepigsite.com
Even if every single slaughter plant was able to meet these voluntary industry goals, the report notes, 185 million chickens, 1.8 million cattle and sheep and 1 million pigs would still be killed inhumanely each year in the United States. "
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The Best Way to Fight Global Warming and Rising Health-Care Costs Is to Tax Meat
Animals  (tags: global warming, peta, meat, taxes, environment, US )

Cher
- 710 days ago - peta.org
This morning, PETA sent a letter to all the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates explaining that a 10-cent-per-pound "sin" tax on meat and fish could go a long way in protecting the environment, reducing health-care costs, and adding dollars
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2 Turkeys Pardoned! We're Going to Disney World
Animals  (tags: US, Bush, turkeys, pardoned, White House, Disney World, peace, traditions, Truman administration )

ON VACATI
- 738 days ago - foxnews.com
It might be scant reward when so many of their brethren will fall, but two turkeys are heading to Disney World to live out their days in peace. President Bush pardoned the two birds on Tuesday in the annual tradition that dates back to the Truman adms.
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Save the Dugongs - Stop the Expansion of Okinawa Base
Animals  (tags: Greenpeace, dugongs, US, Japan )

Eco
- 796 days ago - greenpeace.org
Take action: Call on the Japanese government to save the feeding grounds of Okinawa's last dugongs from plans to expand the U.S. military base into the sea.
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How to Save 189 Bird Species? Try $38 Million
Animals  (tags: birds, bird species, conservation, extinction, US )

Rebecca
- 833 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
An international conservation group launched an ambitious plan Thursday to raise tens of millions of dollars to save 189 endangered birds over the next five years, including 17 that are facing extinction in the United States.
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