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Indian Officials Order Elephants Out of Zoos, Circuses
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, elephants, zoos, circuses, banned, India )

Cher
- 3 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Animal rights advocates are heralding the decision, announced this month by officials with India's Central Zoo Authority, that the country's zoos and circuses will no longer be allowed to keep captive elephants.
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Confinement of Elephants to Zoos Banned in India
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, elephants, captivity, banned, India, zoos, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 15 days ago - blog.peta.org
That's right. India, which is home to an estimated 23,900 to 32,900 wild elephants, will no longer allow its most prominent national symbol--the elephant--to be imprisoned in zoos. The move by India's Central Zoo Authority (CZA) comes after years of
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Putting a Stop to Pay-Per-View and Pay-to-Kill Hunting
Animals  (tags: animals, canned hunting, internet hunting, banned, AnimalWelfare, environment, killing, protection, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 162 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
About half the states have banned or restricted canned hunts, and more than two-thirds of states have banned Internet hunting since a Texas entrepreneur launched the first pay-per-view snuff site in 2005. Far from being a slippery slope, hunting is still
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Hunting Of Captive Lions Banned In South Africa
Animals  (tags: banned, hunting of captive lions, S. Africa, good news )

Kathy
- 166 days ago - chattahbox.com
'Canned hunting', a controversial sport in which breeders raise lions in captivity for paid hunters to shoot at specified ranges, has been banned in South Africa, the Telegraph reports.
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Bolivia Prepared to Ban Animal Circuses ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, circus, banned, Bolivia, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 196 days ago - blog.peta.org
Bolivia--yep, the same Bolivia that banned military training exercises on animals a month ago--recently passed a bill to ban all circuses that exploit animals from their country. After members of the Bolivian wing of animal rights group Animal Defenders
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Animal Sacrifices Banned? Only on Paper...
Animals  (tags: animal sacrifices, banned, animal cruelty, investigations, animal suffering )

Simone
- 229 days ago - thestatesman.net
Despite a groundswell of opinion against animal sacrifice, reports of mass animal slaughter during the Chaitra Purnima rituals yesterday were received in Kendrapapara today. The sacrifice was reported from the Satabhaya Panchuvarahi shrine in this
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Oppose Cruel Bullfighting ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: bulls, bullfighting, WSPA, banned, animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, protection )

Cher
- 230 days ago - tinyurl.com
Bullfighting pits a bull against men wielding barbed spikes, spears, swords and daggers. These weapons are designed to inflict intense pain and cause blood loss to weaken the animal. WSPA believes this violent form of animal abuse should be banned
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Win for Native Wildlife as African Cat Banned
Animals  (tags: animals, African cats, banned, Australia, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 233 days ago - theage.com.au
Savannah cats have been banned from Australia after Environment Minister Peter Garrett concluded they posed an extreme risk to native animals and the environment.
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Bolivia Bans Military Abuse of Animals (Historic Victory!)
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, Bolivia, military, banned, AnimalCruelty, abuse, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 240 days ago - blog.peta.org
After less than a month of PETA campaigning, the Bolivian minister of defense went on that country's national television to announce an historic ban on all animal abuse in military training exercises, stating that the Bolivian government is issuing
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Industrial Fishing Banned From Arctic Waters
Animals  (tags: industrial fishing, banned, Arctic, sea birds, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 240 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The groups were concerned about the impact of commercial fishing on seabirds and other Arctic wildlife due to incidental take, reduced prey availability, and habitat disturbance. Of particular concern are activities such as bottom trawling, and
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Foie Gras Banned In Chicago
Animals  (tags: abuse, AnimalCruelty, animalcruelty, animals, cruelty, death, protection, foie gras, protection, banned, Chigago )

Suzi
- 241 days ago - cbsnews.com
AP) The bird liver delicacy foie gras was banned from restaurants Wednesday in a measure approved by the Chicago City Council after members decided it was inhumane to force-feed the birds.
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Victory! Elephant Rides Banned!
Animals  (tags: nosey, elephant rides, banned, victory, peta, elephants, captived, suffering, abused, legislation )

Simone
- 250 days ago - opposingviews.com
After finding out that Renninger's Farmers and Flea Market in Mount Dora, Florida, was offering rides on a female African elephant named Nosey, we immediately contacted the manager and alerted him to the dangers that elephant rides pose to both elephants
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Victory! Elephant Rides Banned!
Animals  (tags: elephants, rides, banned, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 251 days ago - blog.peta.org
After finding out that Renninger's Farmers and Flea Market in Mount Dora, Florida, was offering rides on a female African elephant named Nosey, we immediately contacted the manager and alerted him to the dangers that elephant rides pose to both elephants
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Maltese Prime Minister Bans Spring Bird Hunt
Animals  (tags: birds, hunt, Malta, banned, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 254 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
BirdLife International, BirdLife Malta and the RSPB have welcomed the Maltese Prime Minister's announcement last night that the spring hunting of quail and turtle dove will be banned on the islands in 2009.
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Anglers Banned From Catching Big Whaler Sharks
Animals  (tags: australia, marine wildlife, whaler sharks, anglers, banned, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 263 days ago - news.com.au
RECREATIONAL anglers in WA have been banned from catching big whaler sharks in an move aimed at protecting several at-risk shark species. The new laws prohibit recreational fishers from taking whaler sharks with an interdorsal fin length exceeding 70cm
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