| NGOs call for Romanian minister to be sacked for GM links
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 AFP - Over 70 environmental NGOs including the WWF called Monday for the sacking of Romania's new agriculture minister for his links to the genetically modified crop industry.
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| Japan convicts Greenpeace's 'Tokyo Two' for whaling investigation
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The Christian Science Monitor - A Greenpeace effort to expose what it sees as widespread corruption in Japan's government-subsidized whaling industry ended on Monday with two of its activists convicted of theft and trespassing. |
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| Greek wildlife groups condemn mass mink release
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 AFP - Four Greek wildlife groups on Monday criticised as "misguided" the mass release of thousands of mink into the wild from fur farms in northwestern Greece by an animal rights protest group.
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| Greenpeace two get jail terms in Japan whale meat case
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 AFP - A Japanese court Monday sentenced two Greenpeace activists to suspended one-year jail terms for stealing a box of whale meat that the group said was proof of embezzlement in state-run "research whaling".
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| After 20 years of protection, owl declining but forests remain
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Twenty years after northern spotted owls were protected under the Endangered Species Act, their numbers continue to decline, and scientists aren't certain whether the birds will survive even though logging was banned on much of the old-growth forest in the Pacific Northwest where they live in order to save them. |
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| Sacramento eatery takes 'dancing shrimp' off menu
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AP - A Sacramento restaurant agreed to stop serving live shrimp after an animal-rights group said the practice was cruel to the shellfish. |
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| African livelihoods at risk as species threatened: IUCN
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 AFP - Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday.
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| Federal judge orders revised spotted owl plan
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AP - A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must revise a Bush administration recovery plan for the northern spotted owl. |
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| Animal rights group claims mass Greek mink release
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AP - An international animal rights activist group has claimed responsibility for releasing more than 50,000 minks from two fur farms in northern Greece. |
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| WWF calls for 'roar of support' for wild tigers
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 AFP - The conservation group WWF on Thursday urged people to send in a recorded "roar of support" for wild tigers, whose numbers have plunged over the past century from 100,000 to fewer than 3,200.
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| Obama urged to help end Japan's dolphin hunt
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 AFP - Animal rights activists protested against Japan's dolphin hunts in a rally outside the US embassy in Tokyo Thursday, calling on President Barack Obama to pressure the country over the issue.
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| Busted pot growers mistake wardens for suppliers
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AP - California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers. State Department of Fish and Game spokesman Pat Foy says two wardens in Tehama County were looking for deer poachers Monday night in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest when they heard footsteps behind them. |
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