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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. Their relentless slaughter for ivory and trophies diminished the population from tens of millions to the less than 500,000 existing today.

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Crime Gang Dealing in Rhino Horn and Elephant Ivory

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China of course! From the African Conservation Foundation.the story was actually published earlier in August, but still worth posting A shocking undercover journey reveals that a poaching cartel known as ‘The Crocodile Gang’, led by Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa, is slaughtering rhinos and elephants to fulfill ‘requests’ for horn and ivory.

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Comebackers

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Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. However, the age of the Golden Gooney was to come to a brutal end; beginning in the late 1800′s, they were being slaughtered by the millions for their feathers at their breeding colonies. What a horror!

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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

Of course, Lobo is missing the point entirely. The HSUS isn't even anti-hunting ! I prefer "anti-unnecessary slaughter of sentient nonhumans" and it has nothing to do with perceived modernity. And of course what we do is about the issues. Parker uses the term "anti-modern farming activists," which is new to me.

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Highs and Lows from the Champions of the Flyway Bird Race in Eilat, Israel

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The high point of scouting was of course seeing a bunch of birds, something guaranteed at Eilat, especially during March. Migrants will be around but their hormone driven urges to get back to the breeding grounds for procreation make them less than reliable on count day. And yes, the need is desperate.

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On Different Results of Direct Action

Animal Person

It caught just one fin whale compared with a target of 50 in the hunt that began in November. Dr. David Jentsch says to his colleagues "your silence will no longer protect you" and his community of vivisectionists has decided to have a pro-torture and slaughter (i.e., That's one result.

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Crows, Contest Killing, and Communication

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The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. The one taking place this weekend at the Rip Van Winkle Rod and Gun Club in Palenville, NY is targeting American Crows , and parents are invited to bring their children along to participate in the slaughter. As a group, yes, we are anti-hunting,” she said.

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