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Russia Vows to Stop Polar Bear Hunting

Apr 14th 2011 – 8:49AM
RIA Novosti/AP

RIA Novosti/AP

MOSCOW -- An program tied to Vladimir Putin says no polar bears will be hunted in Russia this year. A Russian-U.S. commission last year agreed to restrict polar bear hunting to 29 animals per year for each country. But Russia's polar bear program, established under Putin's patronage, said this week that no...

To the Hounds: Fox Hunting Lives On as an Animal-Friendly Pastime

Apr 11th 2011 – 10:57AM
David McNew, AP

David McNew, AP

GORMAN, Calif. -- It's a pastime, participants will tell you, that's as American as apple pie: one played in the great outdoors, on real grass, with lots of running and jumping and zig zagging all over the place. And, no, it's not football or baseball, although a horsehide is tangentially involved. David McNew,...

Sewer Gators: Swamp Creatures Invade New York City

By Ed MazzaMar 31st 2011 – 7:27AM
History

History

New Yorkers grow up hearing stories about the alligators that supposedly live in the sewers -- but no one ever expects to actually see one. Sewer gators are an old myth ... but this week, that myth got a little more real when gators began crawling out of and back into manholes throughout the city. Thankfully, however,...

The Dugout: Chicago White Sox Spring Training 2011

By Brandon StroudFeb 18th 2011 – 4:14PM

Michael Vick has learned his lesson. We should all just move on. He paid for his crimes. That's true, he did pay for the horrible crime of racketeering, which somehow equates to him realizing that torturing pit bulls and putting them into the ring with family pets because he thinks it's funny to watch the pit bulls kill...

Activist Chases Force Halt to Japan Whaling Season

Feb 18th 2011 – 10:14AM

TOKYO - Anti-whaling activists' high-seas confrontations with Japanese ships forced Tokyo to cut short its annual Antarctic hunt Friday for the first time, a move touted as a victory by the protesters. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - which has thrown paint and rancid butter at the whalers and tangled ropes in their...

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Should Hunting Be Allowed In America's National Parks?

May 31st 2012 - 08:11AM

The Sportsman's Heritage Act does have specific language written into it that provides for exemptions to the law in parks and monuments specifically.

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Paul LePage, Maine Governor, Signs Legislation To Rebuild State's Deer Herd

May 23rd 2012 - 05:39PM

With hopes of rebuilding a deer herd that has shrunk sharply in parts of Maine, Gov. Paul LePage has signed legislation to implement strategies that include restoring habitats that shelter the animals in the winter and thinning out the population of their main predator, the coyote.

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David Petersen: Keeping the "Hunt" in Hunting

May 11th 2012 - 04:28PM

As expected and frankly hoped for, not everyone was delighted with my "accusatory, inflammatory and inaccurate" rant against the canned (enclosure) killing of captive-raised "wild" game animals, specifically elk, on commercial game farms.

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Rasta The Vizla Dog Hunts Wolf (VIDEO)

By Christian Cotroneo Apr 30th 2012 - 09:30PM

If this dog hunting a wolf reminds you of a certain slow-motion dubstep artist , you wouldn't be alone.

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Laura Prudom: 'Supernatural' Recap: Felicia Day Gets Her Geek On

Apr 28th 2012 - 10:22AM

Do not read on if you have not seen Season 7, Episode 20 of The CW's "Supernatural," entitled "The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo."

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Background on hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife or feral animals, for food, recreation, or trade.

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