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Offbeat News tagged with protection

Earth Picture Galleries
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, photos, protection, pets, wildlife )

Cher
- 6 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
Animal pictures of the week: 20 November 2009
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Homeless Animals Receive Special Holiday Gift
Offbeat  (tags: animals, homeless, gift, pets, protection, dogs, environment )

Cher
- 6 hours ago - blog.peta.org
This week Windsor, North Carolina, officials cut the red ribbon that wrapped PETA's very special gift to animals in this small Southern town. For nearly a decade, PETA has been working with Windsor and other area towns to provide homeless animals in
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Oregon Cat First Feline Death From H1N1
Offbeat  (tags: animals, cats, H1N1, virus, death, pets, protection )

Cher
- 7 hours ago - foodconsumer.org
A 10-year old male cat has died from the H1N1 flu virus, and veterinarians are cautioning that it may be possible for cats to transmit the virus to humans, according to the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA).
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Your Morning Adorable: Three Bumps -- Er, Siberian Tiger Cubs -- on a Log
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, cubs, zoos, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 7 hours ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Germany's Nuremberg Zoo welcomed Rangar, Khan and Domur, Siberian tiger cubs, back in August. Since Siberian tigers (also called Amur tigers) are endangered -- it's believed that only about 400 to 500 animals remain in the wild in eastern Russia and
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Cheap Home-Neutering of Kamloops Cat Is Cruelty: Judge
Offbeat  (tags: AnimalCruelty, animals, pets, suffering, home-neutering, cruelty, cats, protection )

Cher
- 7 hours ago - vancouversun.com
Everyone should know that double wrapping an elastic band around a cat's testicles would cause the animal pain, a judge said Friday as he convicted a Kamloops man of cruelty
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MSNBC to Air 2 Hour Special on Animal Conservation: "100 Heartbeats"
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, extinction, television program, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 8 hours ago - planetsave.com
Every 20 minutes a species will go extinct, 20,000 species this year, and this Sunday, November 22, 8PM Eastern MSNBC will be airing "100 Heartbeats" hosted by Jeff Corwin to fight back
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Earth Picture Galleries
Offbeat  (tags: animals, jaguars, Bolivia, environment, protection, photos, wildlife )

Cher
- 14 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
The Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi animal rescue centre in Bolivia
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Animal Lovers' Calendar: Weekend of Nov. 21-22 and Beyond
Offbeat  (tags: environment, animals, protection, art, pets )

Cher
- 15 hours ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Is it animal-inspired art that interests you? Helping homeless pets that floats your boat? We've got you covered with options like these (and many more) in the coming days and weeks. (Are we forgetting something? Let us know by leaving a comment!)
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Scaredy-Cat Tigers
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, zoos, scared, chickens, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 15 hours ago - ananova.com
Zoo-keepers in China say their tigers have grown so tame that they're frightened of the chickens they're supposed to eat.
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Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals
Offbeat  (tags: animals, social behaviours, environment, wildlife, protection )

Cher
- 15 hours ago - mnn.com
Cognitive ethologist Marc Bekoff reveals what he learned observing the social behavior of coyotes, domesticated dogs and compiling scientific research from around the world.
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Justice Round-Up 11/18/09
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, justice )

Cher
- 1 day ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
know, I've been slacking on Justice Round-Ups. There have been other issues keeping all of us busy. Here is the latest bunch I have and it's not pretty. Well a couple are, actually. You can blame the jury on the first two I have to report
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#3 Portland, Oregon (USA): Great Bicycle City Photo Tour
Offbeat  (tags: environment, bicycle cities, protection )

Cher
- 1 day ago - ecoworldly.com
With bike weddings, bike parades, hundreds of naked bicyclists, bike fashion shows, popular & interesting cargo bikes, and travelling bike pubs, Portland is #3 on this great bicycle cities photo tour list.
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WWF Announces New Year Contest for Children in the Year of the Tiger
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, environment, competition, awareness, kids, endangered, extinction, protection, conservation, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1 day ago - wwf.ru
WWF invites teachers, caregivers, educators and just creative people to participate in the educational project "Keeping the Tiger!".
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UDAW Campaign Reaches Critical Milestone! Video!
Offbeat  (tags: animals, UDAW, environment, protection, government )

Cher
- 1 day ago - wspa.ca
Since 2007, WSPA Canada has been working tirelessly to convince the Canadian government to support our campaign to achieve a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW). In a landmark decision on November 6, MPs from all four political parties
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Citing Harassment of Wildlife, Wyoming Officials Consider a Ban on 'Antler Hunting'
Offbeat  (tags: animals, antler hunting, ban, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 2 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Wildlife officials in Wyoming are considering implementing a ban on the practice of "antler hunting" from January to April. Antler hunting doesn't involve killing wildlife; instead, "hunters" just gather the antlers the animals shed naturally.
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WWF Announces New Year Contest for Children in the Year of the Tiger
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Scaredy-Cat Tigers
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Animal Lovers' Calendar: Weekend of Nov. 21-22 and Beyond
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Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals
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Justice Round-Up 11/18/09
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