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How American Hunters Abuse U.S. Foreign Aid
Offbeat  (tags: africa, wildife, murdered, slaughtered, hunters, assaults, destruction )

Simone
- 705 days ago - technorati.com
Hunting, along with dealing in wildlife trophies, has been banned in Kenya since 1977. Trophy hunting was accurately described by the new Kenyan democratic government as 'a barbaric relic of colonialism.' Unfortunately, other assaults on wildlife have
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Fox Shoots Hunter With Gun In Belarus
Offbeat  (tags: animals, fox, wildanimals, humans, hunters, animal attacks )

Yrna
- 850 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
A man in northern Belarus was recently outfoxed...by a fox. According to Reuters,the hunter approached the fox after wounding it,intent on killing it with the butt of his rifle. However,the two ended up getting into a tussle,and the fox managed to trigger
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Experts Believe, "Black Bear Shot in Woodbridge, NJ May Have Been Planted There By Hunters."- PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS
Offbeat  (tags: canned hunts, controversy, new jersey, bear relocated, killed, cruelty, investigation, hunters, bear killers )

Simone
- 890 days ago - thedamienzone.com
A 300 pound black bear was shot and killed last week by a local policeman when it charged an officer at a park in Woodbridge, New Jersey. At first authorities believed the bear had come from the neighboring town of Clark, but new evidence suggests
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Lost Panther Visits the Wrong German Town-
Offbeat  (tags: sighting, black panther, hunters, town, survival, conservation, mystery )

Simone
- 934 days ago - animals.change.org
When officials in Koblenz, Germany, first heard about sightings of a mystery animal roaming the hills, described as a big black cat, they dismissed it as a myth, the town's very own Big Foot. When the reports didn't go away, local officials decided on a
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Will High-Tech Gadgets Terrorize Bears in California?
Offbeat  (tags: california, high tech gadgets, hunters, bear killers, cruelty, wildlife )

Simone
- 1143 days ago - bornfreeusa.org
As if going out into the woods using a pack of dogs to track, find, chase down, and terrorize a bear until he or she climbs up a tree or cowers in a corner long enough for the hunter following on foot to walk up and shoot isn't "fun" enough, the
15 comments
Recession Rescues Bulgaria's Brown Bears
Offbeat  (tags: brown bears, saved, bulgaria, recession, hunters, rescued, finances )

Simone
- 1169 days ago - digitaljournal.com
Despite reports to the contrary, the whole planet is not suffering from the global recession. Bulgaria's brown bears are literally saving their skins because hunters can no longer afford the high costs of shooting them.
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House Committee Gives OK to Plan Protecting Hunters' Identity
Offbeat  (tags: lawmakers, protecting cowards, wolf killers, hunters, identifies )

Simone
- 1177 days ago - idahoreporter.com
Hunters who received harassing phone calls or emails after shooting wolves during hunting season in 2009 could see an end to those actions very soon.
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Endangered Species or Protected Pest? Part 3
Offbeat  (tags: wolves, protectors, advocates, hunters, wolf killers, endangered )

Simone
- 1177 days ago - uppermichiganssource.com
Wolf tracking is one of Nancy Warren's favorite activities. It involves finding wolf tracks and markings near her Ewen home. "People who just randomly kill wolves, the illegal killing of wolves, all show that those negative attitudes towards wolves still
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Wolves Continue to Divide and Polarize
Offbeat  (tags: wolves, hunters, advocats, myths, history, humans, wild animals, protection )

Simone
- 1183 days ago - missoulian.com
Wolves have laid tracks across human front pages since the Romans mythologized about Romulus and Remus's wolf-mother 3,000 years ago. In art, they've bared bloody fangs at Red Riding Hood and stood watch over the children of blond Indian maidens in
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List of Wolf Tag Purchases in Idaho Who Have Killed Wolves as of 12.22.2009
Offbeat  (tags: wolf advocates, listing, hunters, names, public record, controversy )

Simone
- 1201 days ago - wildwolves.homeip.net
Names of individuals purchasing wolf tags in Idaho become part of public record.
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Hunters Helping the Hungry Is a Self-Serving Endeavor
Offbeat  (tags: hunters, killing animals, humans, hunger, plants, animal cruelty )

Simone
- 1209 days ago - all-creatures.org
In mid-December 2009, Congressman Scott Murphy introduced the Hunters Helping the Hungry Act. It entitles hunters who donate their kill to anti-hunger programs, and those who process the kill, to take a tax deduction.
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Hunters Become Rescuers
Offbeat  (tags: animals, hunters, rescue, sea turtles, environment, protection )

Cher
- 1217 days ago - floridatoday.com
A hunting trip for six duck hunters on the Indian River suddenly and unexpectedly turned into a rescue mission for stressed sea turtles during last week's record cold.
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Robotic Taxidermied Deer Makes Hunters the Hunted
Offbeat  (tags: robotic animals, widlife, robotic deer, hunters, confusion )

Simone
- 1255 days ago - dailytech.com
Some hunters are picking the wrong deer to mess with The United States has long supported its citizens in getting their hunting fix. For a variety of months of every year, hunters can take guns, bow, and other small arms and search out a wide variety
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Trespassing Hunters Kill People, Violate Rights, and Still Get Protection
Offbeat  (tags: environment, humans, hunters, protection )

Cher
- 1267 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Well, isn't this just lovely. Men out looking for bears to kill in northern Pennsylvania trespassed on another gun owner's land on Tuesday, and sometime after the latter man confronted the hunters, there was a shoot-out. The 63-year-old landowner
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Guns and Golf Clubs Shouldn't Have Anything in Common
Offbeat  (tags: hunters, golf clubs, guns, shooting, animals killed, golf courses )

Simone
- 1272 days ago - animalwelfare.change.org
Hunting never should have been labeled a "sport." The day it became entertainment, as opposed to part of food chain politics, it was only a matter of time before the "practice" devolved into canned hunts, allowing people to literally play with lives.
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