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     <title>Police Target Wild Bird Egg Thefts.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police Target Wild Bird Egg Thefts.Thieves have been giving police the bird recently with the theft of seabird eggs from a Co Down beauty spot Ireland. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:41:15 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=75662</link>
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     <category>Police Target Wild Bird Egg Thefts</category>
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     <title>legislation regarding wildlife One of the most far reaching pieces of legislatio</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the most far reaching pieces of legislation regarding wildlife has been the so called General Licence controlled by the Scottish Government]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:33:07 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.highland-news.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/3712/A_licence_to_kill_.html</link>
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     <title>Otis Ferry is to face trial charged with attacking a hunt monitor and more.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Otis Ferry is to face trial charged with attacking a hunt monitor and robbing another while they were trying to film him hunting in Gloucestershire]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:09:10 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7387505.stm</link>
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     <category>Hunting idiot</category>
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     <title>James Vincent was fined 250 pound following a hearing at Scarborough Court.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 51 YEAR OLD man was caught red handed by a police officer after trying to trap highly protected wild birds near Scarborough. James Vincent was fined 250 pound following a hearing at Scarborough Magistrates Court. He must also pay £50 costs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:09:36 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/Fine-of-250-for-wildbird.4051099.jp</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Authorities in Indias remote northeast said they were increasing security.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Authorities in Indias remote northeast said they were increasing security in the world's biggest reserve for the endangered great one horned rhinoceros to save them from poachers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 12:17:31 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL160443.htm</link>
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     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Conservation groups are calling for increased efforts to tackle the illegal kill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Conservation groups are calling for increased efforts to tackle the illegal killing of Britains birds of prey.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 22:47:15 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/environment/display.var.2248142.0.Groups_call_for_action_to_protect_UKs_birds_of_prey.php</link>
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     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>A BIRD trapper caught red handed has been fined 250 after pleading guilty.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A BIRD trapper caught red handed has been fined 250 after pleading guilty to attempting to snare highly protected wild creatures.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 18:17:32 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/yorknews/display.var.2247365.0.wildlife_crime_warning_after_bird_trapper_is_fined.php</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime Trapping</category>
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     <title>Helping to stop Wildlife Crime.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Asean Wildlife Enforcement Network AseanWen and the United States are establishing information sharing channels to stop East West wildlife crime.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 19:13:51 -0000</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/4/nation/20080504172049&sec=nation]]></link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>MATTHEW Borg educates children on the importance of protecting wildlife.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[MATTHEW Borg educates children on the importance of protecting wildlife. He visits Victorian schools to show how to handle everything from possums to pythons. But what he fails to mention is that he is a wildlife smuggler Borgs double life was revealed when he was caught trying to smuggle a dozen exotic snakes from Melbourne to Sydney.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 17:10:14 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/wildlife-warrior-no-friend-to-our-fauna/2008/05/03/1209235234251.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Smuggling</category>
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     <title>Three tigers have been saved by prompt and coordinated efforts of Wildlife Crime</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three tigers have been saved by prompt and coordinated efforts of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau WCCB recently in Corbett National Park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 13:02:38 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=38402</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>New mammal record for Ireland.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[New mammal record for Ireland. Even well studied island communities of terrestrial mammals are vulnerable to species introductions that may in turn lead to ecological degradation and loss of native species.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 13:01:19 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/ireland-mammal345.html?utm_campaign=Wildlife%20Extra%3A%20New%20species%20of%20woodpecker%20and%20reptiles%20from%20Brazil%3B%20Greenland%20birds%20disappearing%3B</link>
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     <category>New mammal record for Ireland</category>
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     <title>A GAMEKEEPER and a land agent have been sent for trial before a jude.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A GAMEKEEPER and a land agent have been sent for trial before a jude and jury after a raid by Royal Society for the Protection of Birds investigators and North Yorkshire Police on a Yorkshire Dales farm unearthed lethal poisons.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 13:00:35 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/nidderdale-news/Trial-for-gamekeeper-and-agent.4042743.jp</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>A police investigation has been launched after a dead beaver was found.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A police investigation has been launched after a dead beaver was found on a beach in the Highlands. Its body was discovered at Eathie on the Black Isle in April.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 12:58:49 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7380118.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>South Africa lifted a 13 year ban on killing elephants.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[South Africa lifted a 13 year ban on killing elephants yesterday a move conservationists warn could encourage poachers to slaughter the animals for ivory and threaten dwindling tusker populations elsewhere on the continent.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 12:57:02 -0000</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/02/endangeredspecies.southafrica?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews]]></link>
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     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>A POLICE officer was arrested for allegedly interfering with a badger sett.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A POLICE officer was arrested for allegedly interfering with a badger sett at the same time his force was targeting the cruel sport of badger baiting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:09:37 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.2228476.0.cop_arrested_for_interfering_with_badger_sett.php</link>
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     <title>There have been no rhino sightings for several years in the Democratic Republic</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There have been no rhino sightings for several years in the Democratic Republic of the Congos Garamba National Park]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:08:32 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/letters/letters-saving-the-white-rhino-816660.html?r=RSS</link>
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     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>New Page on what to do and what not to do with fox cubs by NFWS.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Abandoned Injured or Orphaned Fox Cubs the NFWS has added a excellent page on what you should do and should know about.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:59:54 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nfws.org.uk/fox_cubs.html</link>
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     <category>Orphaned Fox Cubs</category>
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     <title>Illegal snares warning.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Illegal snares warning. A pet dog was found trapped in one of the snares recently although it was unharmed. Grampian Police are investigating the setting of the illegal snares which was reported by local land managers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:57:48 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/4740/Illegal_snares_warning.html</link>
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     <category>Wildlife Crime Snares</category>
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     <title>The list of creatures that some lairds would like to kill.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The list of creatures that some lairds would like to kill because they consider them to be vermin gets longer every day. Golden eagle sea eagle hen harrier buzzard red kite heron otter badger wildcat polecat fox seals merganser goosander cormorant mountain hare are included.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:47:24 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/4458/Wildlife_diversity_shot_to_pieces.html</link>
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     <title>Hotel asked to disassociate from coursing.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hotel asked to disassociate from coursing. The manager of the Clonmel Park Hotel in County Tipperary has been asked by ICABS to disassociate from a cruel blood sport.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:25:33 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.banbloodsports.com/ln-0804j.htm</link>
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     <category>Wildlife Crime Hare Coursing</category>
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     <title>Handy round up of all the latest ICABS news</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Handy round up of all the latest ICABS news updates campaign quotes and action alerts. Read on to find out how you can help Irish animals.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:24:17 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.banbloodsports.com/av08-04.htm</link>
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     <category>Handy round up of all the latest ICABS news</category>
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     <title>Police say the stereotype of poachers taking one for the pot is not true.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police say the stereotype of poachers taking one for the pot is not true anymore. Now the National Wildlife Crime Unit is targeting the poachers to address what is seen as a growing problem.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:44:50 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7361526.stm</link>
     <author>antghony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime Poaching</category>
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     <title>Highland Perthshire squad keep an eagle eye out for egg thieves.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Highland Perthshire squad keep an eagle eye out for egg thieves. A Special squad is rallying round to make sure the area’s spectacular wildlife does not become easy prey to egg snatchers this season.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:13:52 -0000</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://icperthshire.icnetwork.co.uk/perthshireadvertiser/news/tm_headline=keep-an-eagle-eye-out-for-egg-thieves&method=full&objectid=20799700&siteid=88886-name_page.html]]></link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>A New campaign has been launched to stop birds of prey being slaughtered.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A New campaign has been launched to stop birds of prey being slaughtered in the wild. The charity RSPB has said it is time to stop the illegal killing of the magnificent creatures across the UK.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:41:44 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Fresh-campaign-to-save-birds.4004987.jp</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>A flood of offers has turned the tide for a pack of bloodhounds.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A flood of offers has turned the tide for a pack of bloodhounds which was due to be disbanded. Within four hours of a dire warning from Jeremy Whaley master of the South Downs Bloodhounds Hunt that it was on the brink of closing down and its 26 hounds were up for sale there was a huge response from its supporters.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:33:39 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk/news/Backers-from-Midhurst-ride-to.3992001.jp</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Hunting with Blood hounds.</category>
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     <title>The systematic use of snaring to trap and kill mountain hares has been uncovered</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The systematic use of snaring to trap and kill mountain hares has been uncovered by League investigators on land used for shooting near Cawdor .Investigators found sixteen dead mountain hares along with evidence of extensive snaring in areas which would almost certainly trap and kill.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:17:37 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.league.org.uk/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime Snares</category>
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     <title>Animal rights campaigners have accused ministers.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Animal rights campaigners have accused ministers of stitching together a back room deal with Scotland's shooting lobby to allow the controversial practice of snaring to continue.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:44:26 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Animal-activists-accuse-ministers-of.4000868.jp</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime Snaring</category>
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     <title>Appeal to Coillte to stop allowing hunters to chase and kill foxes.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has renewed its appeal to Coillte to stop allowing hunters to chase and kill foxes on its property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:52:09 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/coillte-keep-hunts-out-of-our-forests/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime Hunting</category>
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     <title>New Page added to site make your own DVD Videos.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Welcome to this page on how you can copy your finished video from Microsoft Movie Maker on to DVD disc.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:20:58 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.anthony-dacko.net\Nero-setup..htm</link>
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     <title>Now you can Subscribe to the ICABS RSS feed Stay right up to date</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Subscribe to the ICABS RSS feed Stay right up to date on Irish Council Against Blood Sports campaign activities and action alerts by subscribing to our new RSS Feed. Afeed to your news reader and be the first to receive the latest ICABS news headlines]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:45:20 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.banbloodsports.com/ln-0804i.htm</link>
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     <category>ICABS New RSS feeds.</category>
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     <title>Alaska Petroleum Denies Polar Bear Protection.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Alaska Petroleum Denies Polar Bear Protection. Today, the Associated Press announced the government's ask for continued time in making their decision on whether not to list polar bears as an endangered species.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:44:29 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.animalrescueblog.org/2008/04/alaska-petroleu.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Protection</category>
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     <title>A Scottish grouse moor at the centre of allegations of bird of prey persecution</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Scottish grouse moor at the centre of allegations of bird of prey persecution is being put on the market four years after its current owners took control of the estate.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:42:39 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/18/wildlife.conservation</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>A self confessed dog fighter was jailed on Tuesday 15 April.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A self confessed dog fighter was jailed on Tuesday 15 April for 18 weeks after pleading guilty to four charges relating to dog fighting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:41:41 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rspca.org.uk/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Dog Fighting Case.</category>
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     <title>Malta bird hunters become prey as volunteers try to stop slaughter.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Malta bird hunters become prey as volunteers try to stop slaughter. Hunters who are willing to defy an international ban and shoot thousands of birds as they migrate from Africa to mainland Europe are being confronted by furious bird lovers in Malta.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:38:55 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3758901.ece</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime Shooting</category>
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     <title>The case against MP Nicholas Soames.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The case against MP Nicholas Soames allegedly filmed riding a quad bike illegally has been adjourned. The Mid Sussex Conservative MP is accused of towing two children in a trailer in Slaugham West Sussex following a hunt on January 3.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:37:42 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7350246.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>The case against MP Nicholas Soames</category>
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     <title>Egg theft sparks Morpeth swan alert.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Egg theft sparks Morpeth swan alert. Morpeths swans are being kept under close watch over fears of nest raiders The pair of Mute Swans is nesting in the town for the second season running after a previous 40 year absence.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:32:05 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/Egg-theft-sparks-Morpeth-swan.3993267.jp</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Five orphaned bears get a new life in Russia satellite tracking.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Five orphaned bears get a new life in Russia satellite tracking will monitor survival.  In the forest of the Tver region of Russia, researchers from IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare IFAW and veterinarians from the Moscow Zoo returned five orphaned bear cubs to the wild.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:45:07 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=228130</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wlidlife protection Bears</category>
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     <title>Badger baiters and other wildlife criminals face a greater chance of prosecution</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Badger baiters and other wildlife criminals face a greater chance of prosecution in Scotland after a government commissioned review called for measures to combat offenders to be extended nationwide.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:44:16 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/wildlife+poisoning/SIG=13cjqgpj1/*http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2203074.0.Plans_to_crack_down_on_wildlife_criminals.php</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Weaknesses in tackling wildlife crime revealed.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Weaknesses in tackling wildlife crime revealed. A joint review by the police and prosecution inspectorates in Scotland released yesterday accused some forces of down grading the significance of crimes against protected species breaching their own guidelines and professional standards]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:42:59 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/17/wildlife.conservation</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>The European Parliament has called for a new strategy to prevent the tiger.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The European Parliament has called for a new strategy to prevent the tiger from becoming extinct. The organisations India delegation is holding a Tiger Day at the European Parliament in Brussels.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:42:04 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7350118.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Badger culling.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Following the debate yesterday April 15th in the Welsh Assembly which endorsed the decision by the Minister for Rural Affairs to commence the killing of badgers in support of a programme to control bovine tuberculosis.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:38:19 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.anthony-dacko.net/badgerstrust.htm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Clampdown on wildlife criminals.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Clampdown on wildlife criminals. A consultation on wildlife crime in Scotland is expected to recommend tougher sanctions against law breakers]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:19:11 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7348850.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Conservationists and police in Norway plan a campaign against farmers.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Conservationists and police in Norway plan a campaign against farmers who have killed wolves by blowing up their lairs and putting out poisoned bait. In one recent incident Kenneth Larsen of Hedmark University College spent a week trying to find a female wolf he had tracked before Aftenposten reported. When he returned to his car after a fruitless search he found that three of its tires had been slashed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:21:43 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/04/15/explosives_poison_used_on_norway_wolves/7746/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>An animal rights campaigner has accused pro-hunt supporters of intimidation.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An animal rights campaigner has accused pro hunt supporters of intimidation tactics after a dead fox was dumped on the roof of her car this weekend.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:55:25 -0000</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145809&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145792&contentPK=20388918]]></link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>The son of rock star Bryan Ferry has been charged with attacking and robbing.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The son of rock star Bryan Ferry has been charged with attacking and robbing two women anti fox hunt monitors. Otis Ferry 25 friend of Sienna Miller allegedly wrestled a video camera from them after he spotted the pair filming him.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:42:18 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/latest/2008/04/15/son-of-bryan-ferry-charged-with-attacks-and-robbery-89520-20383740/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Report warns that illegal wildlife trade in Mexico is increasing.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Report warns that illegal wildlife trade in Mexico is increasing.  A new report has warned that it is becoming increasingly easy to purchase rare and endangered animals in Mexicos street markets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:41:01 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.iar.org.uk/globalnews/articles/2008/04/report_warns_that_illegal_wildlife_trade_in_mexico_is_increasing_787.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Illegal wolf hunters become the hunted Yet another wolf has gone missing.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Illegal wolf hunters become the hunted Yet another wolf has gone missing in Norway and conservationists fear shes been killed by increasingly radical ranchers who want to see wolves wiped out. Police and conservationists are now teaming up to hunt the illegal hunters.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:39:12 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2367633.ece</link>
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     <title>The site of the first ever cull of badgers in Wales.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[THE site of the first ever cull of badgers in Wales will probably not be known until the autumn. A Welsh Assembly Government spokeswoman said the announcement last week by Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones of a cull of badgers in a pilot area signalled the start of work on various elements of a comprehensive package of measures to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in Wales.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:37:18 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/countryside-farming-news/farming-news/2008/04/15/no-badger-cull-site-named-yet-91466-20763646/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Report warns that illegal wildlife trade in Mexico is increasing.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Report warns that illegal wildlife trade in Mexico is increasing.  A new report has warned that it is becoming increasingly easy to purchase rare and endangered animals in Mexicos street markets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:34:26 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.iar.org.uk/globalnews/articles/2008/04/report_warns_that_illegal_wildlife_trade_in_mexico_is_increasing_787.html</link>
     <author>Anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Police are determined to raise their game.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police are determined to raise their game in a bid to combat a growing incidence of deer poaching in the Ribble Valley. Reports of deer being targeted by criminals often with dogs are widespread, particularly in the Gisburn and Sawley areas.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:26:42 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk/clitheroenews/Police-to-target-Valley-poachers.3978427.jp</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Vietnamese and Cambodian forestry law enforcement officers have completed a week</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Vietnamese and Cambodian forestry law enforcement officers have completed a week long study tour to Cambodia forests which provided an opportunity to discuss and share experiences of forest protection practices.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:25:40 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2008/04/778221/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>STAKEHOLDERS in wildlife conservation have set up a national committee on rhino</title>
     <description><![CDATA[STAKEHOLDERS in wildlife conservation have set up a national committee on rhino protection to curb poaching and come up with an emergency action plan to raise awareness on poaching of the endangered species in the country.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:24:49 -0000</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=32978&cat=1&livedate=4/9/2008]]></link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>The Scottish Borders claimed another shameful record in wildlife persecution.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Scottish Borders claimed another shameful record in wildlife persecution. A record number of poisoned baits was found within a square mile area near Greenlaw Berwickshire. Rabbits and hares containing the banned chemical carbofuran had been left out to attract birds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:23:53 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.grough.co.uk/content/view/753/2/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Welcome to the fox web site this is a fascinating web site on the foxes.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the fox web site this is a fascinating web site on the red foxes it is all so done by Prof Stephen Harris that has written a number of books articles and more on the red foxes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:22:50 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thefoxwebsite.org/index.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Excellent site on Foxes</category>
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     <title>Man sought in badger bait inquiry.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Man sought in badger bait inquiry. A third man is being sought by police in connection with suspected badger baiting in Cumbria.A member of the public alerted police after seeing a group of men digging at a badger sett near Cockermouth at the end of March]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:21:21 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7343241.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Badger bait inquiry</category>
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     <title>IFAW Helps Release Orphaned Bears Free Into the Russian Wilderness.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[IFAW Helps Release Orphaned Bears Free Into the Russian Wilderness.  In the early morning light we walk from the dirt road to the forest where five bear cubs have been learning to live in the wild.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:20:12 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.animalrescueblog.org/2008/04/ifaw-helps-rele.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Helping wildlife back to the Wilderness.</category>
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     <title>Study aimed at preventing the continued destruction of wildlife in Madagascar</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Study aimed at preventing the continued destruction of wildlife in Madagascar is being heralded as a scientific triumph that could act as a blueprint to save many other species from mass extinction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:19:04 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-miracle-in-madagascar-ndash-a-blueprint-for-saving-species-807799.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Helping to save wildlife</category>
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     <title>Welcome to the latest edition of the ACE e newsletter.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the latest edition of the ACE e newsletter. The e newsletter features campaigns which are predominantly eb based or are on a strict time limit. Those of you who also received our snail mail bulletin may be interested to note that it is no longer produced due to editorial time constraints.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:17:41 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.anthony-dacko.net/dear_all3.htm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Helping all Animals.</category>
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     <title>Police in Lancashire are being trained to tackle deer poaching.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police in Lancashire are being trained to tackle deer poaching. The force is working with the British Association for Shooting and Conservation for the specialist work.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:17:05 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7342291.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>EC court hearing on bird hunting in Malta held behind closed doors.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[EC court hearing on bird hunting in Malta held behind closed doors. The court case against Malta over spring bird hunting was held behind closed doors at the European Court of Justice ECJ in Luxembourg this week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:16:04 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.iar.org.uk/news/2008/apr08.shtml</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>The amount of plastic littering Britains beaches.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The amount of plastic littering Britains beaches is at its highest level since records began according to the Marine Conservation Societys MCS Beach watch 2007 survey report published yesterday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:12:48 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/10584/Plastic_litter_hits_new_record_for_Britain's_beaches.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>The amount of plastic littering Britains beaches</category>
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     <title>Indian officials seize rare animal hides on government plane.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Indian officials seize rare animal hides on government plane. Custom officials in India found hundreds of hides of rare wild animals when they searched a cargo aircraft of the Indian Postal department.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:11:57 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.iar.org.uk/globalnews/articles/2008/04/indian_officials_seize_rare_animal_hides_on_government_plane__823.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Patrolling the squirrel frontline.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Patrolling the squirrel frontline. A small group of control officers has carried out about 650 humane killings along the border between Scotland and England in the past 18 months]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:11:09 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7336991.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime Patrolling the squirrel frontline.</category>
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     <title>Two men from the United States have been arrested and charged.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two men from the United States have been arrested and charged with trying to smuggle about 1.300 native beetles out of Australia in empty yoghurt containers customs officials said on Thursday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:10:19 -0000</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/wildlife+smuggling/SIG=136kkjvma/*http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSSYD32819420080410?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews]]></link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Canadian commercial seal hunt.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Please be warned In what may prove to be some of the most violent footage of the 2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:09:35 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.stopthesealhunt.co.uk/site/c.ltJWJaMOIqE/b.2610359/k.D042/Stop_the_Seal_Hunt.htm</link>
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     <title>UN pledges to focus on environmental crime.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[UN pledges to focus on environmental crime. Environmental crimes including the sale and trafficking of illegal animals and animal goods is now high on the world agenda the United Nations has said]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:08:45 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.iar.org.uk/globalnews/articles/2008/04/un_pledges_to_focus_on_environmental_crime_526.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>WSPAs campaign for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare UDAW got a boost</title>
     <description><![CDATA[WSPAs campaign for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare UDAW got a boost when staff presented the initiative in the House of Commons.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:06:39 -0000</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wspa.org.uk/latestnews/2008/udaw_apgaw.aspx?j=4467061&e=Anthony@anthony-dacko.net&l=1195822_HTML&u=31485844&mid=52985&jb=0]]></link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Law enforcement officers from two provinces in central Vietnam have completed.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Law enforcement officers from two provinces in central Vietnam have completed a week long Forest and Wildlife Law Enforcement Study Tour of Cambodia a press release said Wednesday]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:05:41 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6389505.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Thai Police today conducted their largest operation on wildlife dealers.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thai Police today conducted their largest operation on wildlife dealers this year when 40 officers raided ten shops suspected of selling rare and endangered species in the famous Jatujak Bangkok weekend market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:05:01 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wildlifealliance.org/news/in-the-news/effect-of-the-bangkok-bust.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Eagle on the Mend After Shotgun Attack.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Eagle on the Mend After Shotgun Attack. A bald eagle seriously injured by shotgun shot is recovering at the West Sound Wildlife Center according to staff there.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:04:12 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/apr/08/eagle-on-the-mend-after-shotgun-attack/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>A badger cull in Wales would be a colossal mistake</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A badger cull in Wales would be a colossal mistake for cattle farmers and badgers says the RSPCA. The Welsh Assembly Minister for Rural Affairs Elin Jones has today announced a badger cull in Wales as part of a strategy to tackle bovine tuberculosis bTB in cattle.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:02:02 -0000</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RSPCA/RSPCARedirect&pg=badgers&marker=1&articleId=1137587636912]]></link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed to prevent tiger body parts being offered on open sale in Indonesia according to a TRAFFIC report launched today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:51:50 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.savethetigerfund.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home1</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Grouse shooting could return to Ilkley Moor.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Grouse shooting could return to Ilkley Moor a decade after it was controversially scrapped for being offensive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:50:59 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/newsindex/display.var.2178237.0.grouse_shooting_returning_to_moor.php</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>A GAMEKEEPER has been arrested in connection with the deaths of six badgers.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A GAMEKEEPER has been arrested in connection with the deaths of six badgers following a joint operation involving police and wildlife welfare officers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:50:11 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Gamekeeper-arrested-over-badger-deaths.3956502.jp</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Baby cubs bring hope for South China tigers.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Baby cubs bring hope for South China tigers. They are South China Tigers the most endangered of all the worlds remaining tigers. And it is only down to a unique breeding programme that the animals stand a chance of increasing their dying numbers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:49:22 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/06/ntiger106.xml</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Wildlife crime syndicate exposed.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wildlife crime syndicate exposed. Authorities believe they are on the verge of cracking a sophisticated organised wildlife crime syndicate operating in South East Asia. The breakthrough follows a recent seizure of dead tigers and leopards found on the Thai Laos border.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:47:59 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc.net.au/ra/programguide/stories/200804/s2209635.htm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>The hunting of wild animals in a confined area from which they cannot escape</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The hunting of wild animals in a confined area from which they cannot escape is widely known as canned hunting.  It is common in South Africa and North America and has become a massively lucrative industry see what you can do to help stop it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:47:04 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bornfree.org.uk/campaigns/further-activities/canned-hunting/</link>
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     <title>Thousands of animals and wildlife products are being sold on the web each day</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thousands of animals and wildlife products are being sold on the web each day many of which are endangered species. Commercial trade in wildlife is incredibly destructive. Each one of us has a responsibility to stop buying and selling wildlife products.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:45:41 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?id=210165</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>The RSPCA calls on the Welsh Assembly to rule out badger culling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The RSPCA calls on the Welsh Assembly to rule out badger culling as a means of reducing cattle TB in Wales]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:44:52 -0000</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RSPCA/RSPCARedirect&pg=NewsFeature&articleId=1207152679781]]></link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>A man in New Zealand has been charged with using a hedgehog as a weapon</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man in New Zealand has been charged with using a hedgehog as a weapon the New Zealand Herald has reported.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:43:56 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7334233.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Wildlife Crime in the UK 2007 to 08 Author National Wildlife Crime</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wildlife Crime in the UK 2007 to 08 Author National Wildlife Crime  PDF Wildlife crime threatens critically endangered species. In addition species are also being moved into the UK ...]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:42:37 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu9qZzvhHxCEAAK5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzcXJsYTMwBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDNQRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkA0RGUjVfMTIw/SIG=12c2soe2r/EXP=1207574553/**http://www.defra.gov.uk/paw/pdf/crime-assessment</link>
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     <title>An ongoing poaching problem has plagued Alaskas bears for far too long</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An ongoing poaching problem has plagued Alaskas bears for far too long. As an example three years ago seven bears were killed in Katmai National Park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:41:38 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.akwildlife.org/content/view/56/64/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Here is a video from you tube with a Hyena with a Snare around its neck</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Here is a video from you tube with a Hyena with a Snare around its neck please note Snares are a global problem.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:40:47 -0000</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://search.orange.co.uk/redirect?ug=-1&uu=0000011920d1365d08e7b3de63284b0d&brand=ouk&sv=video&p=searchbox&pt=tab&q=wildlife+crime&pge=1&src=google_video&pos=1&id=0&sp=7OcBQEMHD3u3HDMP%2FHKzPA%3D%3D]]></link>
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     <title>Russia is a nesting place for birds of prey many of them almost extinct.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Russia is a nesting place for birds of prey many of them almost extinct in other parts of the world. No wonder some enthusiasts of the falcon hunt are willing to pay a lot of money for them and do not hesitate to break the law. On the other hand there is a flow of exotic pets smuggled into Russia Video.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:48:28 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ietZkKnsNs</link>
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     <title>A hunt supporting farmer has told ICABS that over the years he has killed.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A hunt supporting farmer has told ICABS that over the years he has snared hundreds of foxes and killed them with a baseball bat You can help the ICABS by viewing all the ICABS site.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:48:55 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.banbloodsports.com/ln-0804d.htm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
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     <title>Anti hunt campaigners listed 25 instances of suspected illegal hunting.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Anti hunt campaigners listed 25 instances of suspected illegal hunting harassment abuse and motoring offences in a complex six page report presented to Sussex Police on Wed. 26th March in a handover covered by Meridian TV news.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:47:51 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.crueltyexposed.co.uk/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Nepals royal family facing the end of centuries of rule.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nepals royal family  facing the end of centuries of rule after imminent elections has been accused of stealing money that was set aside to safeguard the countrys threatened wildlife.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:46:29 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/nepals-royal-family-is-accused-of-stealing-from-wildlife-fund-802365.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Fifteen men arrested in a high profile sting by wildlife authorities last year.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fifteen men arrested in a high profile sting by wildlife authorities last year have pleaded guilty including a Wisconsin fox breeder who claims he was railroaded in court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:45:45 -0000</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-35/1207316341152180.xml&storylist=alabamanews]]></link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Big game hunting hasnt died out with fears for endangered species.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Big game hunting hasnt died out with fears for endangered species it's just moved to private game reserves. Louis Theroux went to South Africa to try to understand the thrill of paying to kill an animal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:44:45 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7329425.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Clouded Leopard Conservation in Vietnam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Clouded Leopard Conservation in Vietnam. Vietnam is a hotbed of illegal wildlife trade activity. Wildlife and wildlife products collected throughout Southeast Asia, especially Malaysia and Thailand move through Vietnam en route to markets in China.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:43:23 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cloudedleopard.org/default.aspx?link=vietnam_main</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Clouded Leopard Conservation in Vietnam</category>
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     <title>Campaigning for an end to foxhunting in Ireland.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Irish Council Against Blood Sports is campaigning for an end to foxhunting in Ireland. Help save Irish foxes from the cruelty of this blood sport by joining our monthly action alert email list.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:42:25 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.banbloodsports.com/ln-0804b.htm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Help save Irish foxes</category>
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     <title>Two men have been given six month suspended jail sentences.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two men have been given six month suspended jail sentences after they were caught badger baiting with dogs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:41:27 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7328546.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Three species of birds of prey have been reclassified from endangered</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three species of birds of prey have been reclassified from endangered to threatened. The Ohio Wildlife Council ruled that conservation efforts have increased the numbers of bald eagles osprey and peregrine falcons in the state. Bald eagles peregrine falcons and osprey continue to be federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:39:50 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/04/three_bird_species_make_a_come.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Three species of birds of prey</category>
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     <title>Rare water birds recovering in Cambodia.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rare water birds recovering in Cambodia. The findings mark a success story in efforts to protect the bird colonies from poachers said Noeu Bonheur the Cambodian Environment Ministry's deputy director of the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:38:51 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_sc/cambodia_bird_conservation_2</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Elephants Lions Top Locals Hit List.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Elephants Lions Top Locals Hit List. HUMANWILDLIFE Conflict continues to claim the lives of elephants and lions in and around Amboseli National Park]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:37:45 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://allafrica.com/stories/200803311765.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Elephants Lions Top Locals'Hit List.</category>
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     <title>American songbirds are being wiped out by banned pesticides</title>
     <description><![CDATA[American songbirds are being wiped out by banned pesticides. The number of migratory songbirds returning to North America has gone into sharp decline due to the unregulated use of highly toxic pesticides and other chemicals across Latin America.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:36:57 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/american-songbirds-are-being-wiped-out-by-banned-pesticides-804547.html?r=RSS</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>A warning has been issued to potential egg thieves.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A warning has been issued to potential egg thieves following the return of an elderly osprey to Perthshire. Wildlife crime officers will be patrolling the reserve and other areas to track down anyone trying to steal birds eggs]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:36:06 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7328027.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>Doomed badger struggled for 24 hours in Dept snare Photos released.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Doomed badger struggled for 24 hours in Dept snare Photos released by Badger Watch Ireland show a badger injured so badly in a Department of Agriculture snare that a vet called to the scene had to put the exhausted animal out of its misery]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:35:20 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.banbloodsports.com/ln-0804a.htm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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     <title>A PROFESSIONAL egg thief who collected bird eggs has been Jailed.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A PROFESSIONAL egg thief who collected an Aladdins cave of illegal birds eggs was jailed for 23 weeks yesterday. Richard Pearson 41 was found with more than 7.000 eggs many from rare birds such as golden eagles peregrine falcons and ospreys.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:09:36 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/04/02/thief-s-hoard-included-protected-birds-eggs-91466-20705116/</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime bird egg thief</category>
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     <title>Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association suspends two hunts.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association suspends two hunts. The Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association IMFHA has suspended the Avondhu Foxhounds of Co Cork and the Ormond of Co Tipperary after allegations of maltreatment of a fox.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:08:45 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/224719.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Hunting</category>
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     <title>Indias magnificent big cat the Bengal tiger is on its way to be a relic.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Indias magnificent big cat the Bengal tiger is on its way to becoming a relic. According to a disconcerting census conducted recently by the National Tiger Conservation Authority NTCA]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:06:49 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JD01Df01.html</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife crime</category>
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     <title>Postcards calling on Chief Constables and MPs to do more.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Postcards calling on Chief Constables and MPs to do more to enforce the Hunting Act are now available from IFAW.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:05:55 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.anthony-dacko.net/postcards_calling_on_chief_const.htm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Hunting ban</category>
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     <title>The deaths of a group of seal hunters.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The deaths of a group of seal hunters last weekend was a tragedy that never should have happened a sealer who witnessed their boat capsize said Monday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:04:47 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080331/missing_hunter_080331/20080331?hub=TopStories</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>The deaths of a group of seal hunters</category>
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     <title>A gamekeeper convicted of bird poisoning has won a legal bid.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A gamekeeper convicted of bird poisoning has won a legal bid for the return of his shotgun licence. Maurice Gibson 63 of Kelso launched the action after he was stripped of the certificate due to his wildlife crime.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:59:50 -0000</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7322339.stm</link>
     <author>anthony@anthony-dacko.net</author>
     <category>Wildlife Crime</category>
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