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End the Horror of Foie Gras ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, suffering, foie gras, ducks, geese, environment, protection )

Cher
- 4 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Foie gras, considered by some to be a delicacy, is produced by forcing a long metal pipe down the throats of ducks and geese and force-feeding them massive amounts of grain, resulting in their livers swelling to up to 10 times their normal
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Further Success for World's Rarest Duck as Population Doubles
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, rare, ducks, population doubles, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 9 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Following the success of the first efforts to bring Madagascar pochard chicks into a conservation breeding programme, the combined team from Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) & The Peregrine Fund have successfully
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Progress in Plan to Save World's Rarest Duck
Animals  (tags: animals, endangered, extinction, birds, ducks, wildlife )

Maria
- 19 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Fewer than 20 Madagascar pochard are believed to be living on just one lake in the wild. The critically endangered duck is so rare that it was declared extinct in the late 1990s until scientists found a few of the birds by chance during a trip
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Madagascar Pochard - The World's Rarest Ducklings Hatched in Captive Breeding Programme
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, ducks, rare, hatched, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 19 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
complicated and challenging mission to a remote lake in Madagascar has resulted in a huge step being taken in efforts to save the world's rarest duck from extinction.
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Your Morning Adorable: Puppy and Duckling Are the Best of Friends! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, ducks, bonds, environment, protection )

Cher
- 55 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
In China, an unlikely duo -- a puppy and a duckling -- have formed a unique bond
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Foxes Removal From Scottish Island Boosts Nesting Ducks
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, birds, ducks, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 60 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
A few years ago, St Serf's Island, in the middle of Loch Leven, had one of the largest groups of nesting ducks in inland Europe at 1,000 nesting pairs. But in 2007, the duck colony almost completely disappeared. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), which
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Three Ducks Saved By Heroic Act of Compassion
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, ducks, heroic act, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 68 days ago - farmsanctuary.org
When good Samaritan Rina Deych and her son Julian decided to go food shopping one day in September 2009, they didn't suspect that a trip to the grocery store would turn into a dramatic rescue. But when they drove by Boro Park in their hometown of
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In Pictures: Leopards of the Sea
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, leopard seals, hunting, ducks, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 81 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Scientists have released pictures of a leopard seal hunting a duck, the first time this behaviour has been recorded.
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Fla. Officials: Couple Kept More Than 400 Sheep, Goats, Turtles, Other Animals in Filth
Animals  (tags: endangered tortoises, ducks, AnimalWelfare, danger )

Lone
- 87 days ago - startribune.com
OCALA, Fla. - Authorities say they've taken more than 400 animals, including sheep, goats, ducks and even four endangered turtles, from a filthy central Florida home.
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NY Senate Majority Leader Confronts Foie Gras Producer for Abusive Conditions
Animals  (tags: foie gras, horrendous cruelty, ducks, suffering, majorityleader, foie gras producer, farms, animal cruelty )

Simone
- 88 days ago - news.prnewswire.com
Senator Pedro Espada confronted the manager of Hudson Valley Foie Gras in person at the farm on Friday, as reported in Wednesday's NY Daily News. To constantly force feed ducks with long metal pipes so their livers painfully expand to over 10 times in
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Last Chance for Madagascar Pochard - World's Rarest Duck
Animals  (tags: animals, ducks, rare, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 92 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Conservationists have become increasingly concerned for the plight of the Madagascar pochard, the world's rarest duck and possibly the world's rarest bird, following the discovery of only six females during a recent expedition to the country.
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Justice Brutally Swift for Ducks
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, ducks, killing, habitat, protection, death, wildlife )

Cher
- 101 days ago - www2.canada.com
For those who like the wheels of justice to move swiftly -- and who doesn't -- it was quite a spectacle in a Saskatoon courtroom. But when the story was written, I couldn't help think that the wheels could use an alignment.
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Video May Give Clues to Culprits in Duck Massacre
Animals  (tags: video, ducks, massacfed, shot, scums, identitication, wildlife )

Simone
- 110 days ago - edmontonsun.com
With the possibility a trio's illicit drive-by duck shooting posted on YouTube occurred in Alberta, provincial officials are trying to get a bead on the poachers. The video was first reported to Saskatchewan government officials who concluded a sign
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Hunt on for Men Who Shot Ducks From Car Window
Animals  (tags: animals, ducks, shooting, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, killed )

Cher
- 111 days ago - cbc.ca
Wildlife officials in Western Canada are looking for three men who posted a YouTube video showing them shooting ducks, sometimes from inside a car.
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Camera-Loving Duck Killers Hunted
Animals  (tags: animals, ducks, killed, hunters, laws, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 115 days ago - cnews.canoe.ca
After posting video of themselves showing off their shooting skills on YouTube, three men with a penchant for killing ducks are being hunted by the law.
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