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Who Could Do This to My Poor Cat?
Animals  (tags: cats, traps, illegal, animals, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, protection, pets, environment, suffering )

Cher
- 1864 days ago - new.edp24.co.uk
A horrified cat owner found her beloved pet trapped in an illegal gin trap set near the family home. One-year-old Motley was caught in the vicious jawed trap, outlawed some 50 years ago and thought to have been set by someone living near Shirley Flashman
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Unsustainable and Illegal Wildlife Trade
Animals  (tags: wildlife trade, illegal, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1893 days ago - panda.org
Whenever people sell or exchange wild animal and plant resources, this is wildlife trade. It can involve live animals and plants or all kinds of wild animal and plant products. Wildlife trade is easiest to track when it is from one country to another
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South Africa Will Sell Ivory to Japan, China
Animals  (tags: africa, japan, china, wildlife, wild animals, elephants, ivory, poaching, illegal, AnimalCruelty, abused, animalcruelty, killing, sadness, suffering, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1688 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The South African government said Thursday that it will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the trade. The Convention on Internatio
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PLZ SIGN PETITION; SHUT ILLEGAL WHALING DOWN- Sea Shepherd Support Group Petition
Animals  (tags: illegal, cruel, barbaric, japanese authorities, whales massacred, slaughtered, sea shepherd, sea animals advocats, survival, support group )

Simone
- 1607 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
31 countries issued a protest to the Japanese Government, calling on the country to end it's scientific whaling program. But the United States of Amercia was a no show. Ask USA for their support: We will contact: The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez,
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Man Sentenced for Attempting to Illegally Import Big Game Leopard Trophy
Animals  (tags: leopards, hunting, killed, trophy, smuggling, illegal, sentenced, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, endangered, extinction, killing, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1679 days ago - pr-canada.net
Jerry Mason, of Frankfort, S.D., pleaded guilty today and was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Denver for a false statement he provided to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in an attempt to illegally import a leopard hide and skull from
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Bloody Assault Against SA Rhinos
Animals  (tags: africa, wildlife, wild animals, rhino's, poaching, illegal, endangered, extinction, slaughter, suffering, sadness, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1594 days ago - iol.co.za
At least 76 white and black rhinos were killed by poachers in South Africa's reserves, national parks and on private land last year, illustrating the sudden bloody assault on the country's rhino populations for their valuable horns - but the figure could
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Illegal Marmosets Seek New Home
Animals  (tags: marmosets, illegal, escued, seek new home, Denver, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1879 days ago - denverpost.com
Six marmoset monkeys watch a visitor through brown eyes the size of apple seeds, their smooth pink faces solemn as they cling to the bars of cages at the Denver Municipal Animal Shelter. They were being kept in the basement of a house on Olive Street
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New Cry of the Wolf
Animals  (tags: wolves, massacred, protection, illegal, wildlife, slaughtered, cruelty, humans, destruction )

Simone
- 1623 days ago - www2.journalnow.com
When Brian Roell got word from an aerial-surveillance crew that the gray wolf's radio collar was indicating no movement, he knew what it probably meant. A few hours later, Roell, the wolf-program coordinator for the Michigan Department of Natural Reso
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Take Action Now!!! A Life Or Death Decision!!
Animals  (tags: elephants, ivory trade, illegal, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, conservation, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1794 days ago - e-activist.com
Elephants need your help urgently. In only a few weeks the fate of the world's remaining elephants will be determined by a dozen or more international representatives gathered around a table - the UK will be one of these representatives.
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Hunting & Wildlife Trade in Asia
Animals  (tags: animals, hunting, animal trade, illegal, killing, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1850 days ago - wcs.org
WCS's Hunting & Wildlife Trade Program was established in response to an overwhelming threat to wildlife in tropical forests today: unsustainable hunting and trade in wild animals and their parts. In Asia, trade in wildlife products in the form of meat,
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Rudd May Send Navy After Whalers Australia
Animals  (tags: australia, whales, humpbacks, whaling, japan, illegal, Labor, kevin rudd )

Chrissy
- 1990 days ago - news.com.au
AUSTRALIAN navy vessels could be deployed to track Japanese whalers as early as next week to gather evidence for a possible international legal battle. Labor raised the idea of using the navy to search for evidence of illegal whaling in Australian waters
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Palin Shows No Love for Baby Wolves
Animals  (tags: palin, wolf killer, wolf pups killed, orphaned, mother killed, illegal, wild animals )

Simone
- 1718 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
On a beautiful Alaskan summer morning in July of this year, a litter of 4-week-old wolf cubs were napping in the safety of their natal den, cuddled together, little bellies full of mother's milk when suddenly they were roughly pulled, half asleep, into
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Illegal Maltese Bird Hunting Getting Worse
Animals  (tags: malta, wildlife, wild animals birds of prey, honey buzzards, illegal, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1697 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The illegal shooting of birds of prey and other protected species in the Maltese islands has peaked this autumn, prompting renewed calls from BirdLife Malta and the RSPB for tougher action to be taken by the Maltese authorities against the illegal hunters
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Poaching Is Jeopardizing Conservation Efforts in Greece
Animals  (tags: birds, Greece, killing, poaching, illegal, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, conservation )

Cher
- 1855 days ago - panda.org
An adult lesser white-fronted goose named Mánnu was found dead at Lake Kerkini, south of the Greek-Bulgarian border, in an area where hunting is prohibited. An autopsy confirmed a poacher killed the bird with a shotgun.
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Raccoon Fatally Injured After Leg Caught In 'Barbaric' Trap! Video!
Animals  (tags: raccoons, traps, illegal, cruelty, animals, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1855 days ago - citynews.ca
Animal control officials weren't able to save a raccoon's life after its leg became caught in a trap. The scared and badly hurt creature was discovered hiding under a barbeque in the back yard of a Bayview and York Mills-area home with its front leg
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