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Boy Kills Bear That Wouldn't Leave Family's Front Porch

AP | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Protection, Driggs Idaho, Hunting, Black Bear, Boy, Idaho, Wyoming, Guns, Boy Shoots Bear on Porch, Wildlife, Home News

DRIGGS, Idaho — An 11-year-old Idaho boy fatally shot a black bear on his family's front porch after he said it wouldn't leave. The boy was at ...

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Hunting as a Means of Therapy

Reedu Taha | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Iraq War, Therapy, USA Today, Volunteering, Hunting, Animal Shelters, Big Sister, Big Brother, Impact News
Reedu Taha

"Who would have thought that an article about hunting could bring soldiers and animals in need, together," said Jennifer Panton, President of United Action for Animals.

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Conservative Hunters And Fishermen Back Climate Change Legislation

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Wildlife Federation, Fishing, Hunting, Climate Change Bill, Lobbying, Hunters Climate Change, Fishing Climate Change, Hunting Climate Change, Politics News

Hunters and fishers, afraid that global warming could hamper their favorite pastime, have stepped into the lobbying fray for climate change legislatio...

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Walking with Lions: The Myth of Conservation

Panthera | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Walking With Lions, South Africa, Conservation, Hunting, Lions, Cubs, Lion Conservation, Africa, Wildlife, Green News
Panthera

The 'lion encounter' industry is only that -- an industry. Churning out cubs for photo opportunities is a great revenue earner but none of those cubs are set free.

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Cammie Colin: 16 Year-Old Girl Bags 10-Foot Alligator With A Crossbow

AP | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Crossbow, Cammie Collin, Hunting, Cammie Colin, South Carolina, Hunting Weapons, Cammie Colin Alligator, Alligator, Alligator Hunting, Green News

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Wolf Hunting To Begin In Idaho - Unless A Judge Intervenes

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Gray Wolves, Wolf Hunting Idaho, Grey Wolves, Wolves, Wolf Hunting Season, Hunting, Animals, Green News

MISSOULA, Mont. — Gray wolf hunting was set to begin in the Northern Rockies, even as a federal judge eyed a request to stop the killing of the ...

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Get the Lead Out

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Migratory Birds, Lead, Lead Poising, Hunting, Toxic, Environment, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Waterfowl, Mourning Doves, Green News
Michael Markarian

When mourning dove hunting season begins next week, hunters will once again discharge enormous amounts of toxic lead into the environment.

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The Deer Hunter, Westchester Style

Juli Charkes | Posted 09.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Deer, Archers, Humane, Hunting, Population Control, Environment, Westchester, Bow and Arrow, New York News
Juli Charkes

For anyone handy with a bow and arrow there is good news: Westchester needs you. The county is counting on a few good marksmen to help rid the area of deer herd that are roaming the area.

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Yoga Levels: Meat Eaters are More Spiritual than Vegetarians

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Religion, Dalai Lama, Vegetarian, Hunting, Physics, Native Americans, Eckhart Tolle, Meat, Spirituality, Trees, Living News
Olivia Rosewood

Our world is made of different vibrations of pure energy and nothing else. How can it be better to eat one type of vibrating energy than to eat another type of vibrating energy?

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Putting a Stop to Pay-Per-View and Pay-to-Kill Hunting

Michael Markarian | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: u.s. Sportsmen's Alliance, Safari Club, National Rifle Association, Steve Cohen, Hunting, Internet Hunting, Ed Whitfield, Canned Hunting, Brad Sherman, Animals, Wildlife, Green News
Michael Markarian

The Sportsmanship in Hunting Act would ban the remote shooting of live animals over the Internet and the trophy shooting of exotic mammals held captive inside fenced enclosures.

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Canadian Governor General Eats Raw Seal Heart In Support Of Hunters

AP | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Seals, Canada, Animals, Seal Hunt, Hunting, Seal Heart, Green News

RANKIN INLET, Nunavut — Canada's governor general ate a slaughtered seal's raw heart in a show of support to the country's seal hunters, a displ...

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New Insight Into Cougar Behavior

Panthera | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Yellowstone, Hunting, Panthera, Environment, Mountain Lions, Animal Behavior, Science, Conservation, Endangered Species, Cougars, Environmental Threats, Green News
Panthera

In the science of describing cat behavior -- or any wildlife species for that matter -- a compelling question is, how connected are individuals to each other?

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Agricultural Pesticides a Major Threat to Lions

Panthera | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Poison, Lion, Hunting, Ranching, Panthera, Africa, Furadan, Conservation, Pesticide, 60 Minutes, Green News
Panthera

Sold legally to farmers for their crops, Furadan is all too accessible to herders, ranchers and pastoralists who use it to poison predators which might kill their livestock.

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Kangaroos Don't Know How To Use Snuggies (PHOTO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Baby Kangaroos, Photos, Animals, Hunting, Kangaroos, Australia, Green News

Adorable image(s) of the day from Getty: Joeys rescued after the recent bushfires are seen at the home of carer Annie Williams on April 23, 2009 in...

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Grizzly Bears Spreading Through Yellowstone Region

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Grizzly Bears, Hunting, Animals, Bears, Yellowstone, Green News

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Hunters are killing grizzly bears in record numbers around Yellowstone National Park and researchers say the once-endangered pr...

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Mountan Lion Cub Poses Imminent Danger?

Cheri Shankar | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Cougar Kitten, Santa Paula Police Department, Cougars, Mountain Lion Cubs, Mountain Lions, Department of FIsh and Game, California, Hunting, Preservation, Animals, Santa Paula, Wildlife, Green News
Cheri Shankar

As we encroach on the forests and up into the mountains, we continue to displace hundreds of thousands of creatures that have lived for a millennium in harmony with their surroundings.

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It's Not Just Chimps: Americans Have 7,000 Pet Tigers

Keith Thomson | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Tigers, Animal Rescue, Exotic Animals, Taxidermists, Chinese Medicine, Humane Society, Tiger Attack, Lions, Congress, Internet, Education, Alabama, Cats, Beijing, Hunting, Chimpanzee Attack, Tennessee, Detroit, Apes, Cougars, Wildlife, Green News
Keith Thomson

The Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition estimates that as many as 7,000 tigers are currently kept as pets in the United States--that's more tigers than currently inhabit all the wilds of Asia.

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Like Deer Hunting? Play Here!

Supreme Deer Hunting | MochiAds | Posted 03.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Games, Shooting, Shooting Game, Doe, Shotgun, Gun, Outdoors, Shoot 'Em Up, Guns, Buck, Deer, Shooting Range, Hunt, Deer Hunting, Hunting, Shoot, Game, Hunter, Comedy News

Do you like a deer hunting? Or you like sooting range? Then play here and enjoy new shooting game! Challenge your hunting skills in this classic hunting game. Earn points to upgrade your gear for better hunting. Realistic shooting with range, weapon accuracy and so on.

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Shooting the Bird of Peace into Pieces

Michael Markarian | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hunting, Animals, Iowa Govenor Chet Culver, Tom Vilsack, Dick Dearden, Mourning Doves, Iowa, Politics News
Michael Markarian

There's simply no good reason to legalize dove hunting. Doves are not overpopulated, they don't damage property or cause nuisance problems, and there's no management justification.

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Human Hunters Genetically Shrink Their Prey

Wired | Alexis Madrigal | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, National Academy of Scientists, Genetics, Hunting, Animals, Green News, Biodiversity, Green News

Like a negative image of farmers breeding progressively larger chickens and cows, human hunters are making their prey become progressively smaller. A...

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World Record Elk, "The Spider Bull," Killed By Denny Austan

New West Network | Daniel Jack Chasan, Crosscut.com | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Spider Bull, Hunting, Denny Austan, Animals, World Record Elk, Green News

Rumors have been flying this fall about a new world record elk shot down in Utah, and now, the world's record keeper, the Boone and Crockett Club, has...

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How Hunting Is Driving "Evolution In Reverse": Newsweek

Newsweek | Lily Huang | Posted 02.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Hunting Evolution in Reverse, Hunting and Evolution, Evolution, Hunting, Green News

Some of the most iconic photographs of Teddy Roosevelt, one of the first conservationists in American politics, show the president posing companionabl...

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Recession is for the Birds

Michael Markarian | Posted 01.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Pheasant, Hunting, Animals, Recession, Economy, Green News
Michael Markarian

Hunting enthusiasts usually justify their sport by pointing out a management necessity such as controlling wildlife populations. But there's no compelling need to breed birds in factory farms.

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We Need Change at Interior, Not More of the Same

Michael Markarian | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Interior Department, Safari Club, Raul Grijalva, Secretary of the Interior, Mike Thompson, Animals, Depatment of the Interior, Nra, Obama Cabinet, Hunting Heritage Award, Federal Parks, Sport Hunting, Obama Administration, Obama Environment, Bear Protection Act, Hunting, Obama Appointments, Obama Animal Rights, U.S. Sportsman Alliance, Sportsmen's Caucus, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Environmental Conservation, Endangered Species Act, National Parks, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Obama faces a choice between a new direction that would place environmental conservation above corporate interests, and a pick similar to past selections at the Department of the Interior.

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NFL's Adrian Peterson on His Two Brothers being Killed & His Halle Berry Obsession

Graham Bensinger | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Modeling, Halle Berry, Jim Brown, Careers, Football, Vikings, Rabbits, Brian Peterson, Pro Bowl, Adrian Peterson, Shot, Drunk Driving, Murder, Minnesota Vikings, Nfl, Hunting, Prison, Nelson Peterson, Jail, Father, Chris Peterson, Deion Sanders, Entertainment News
Graham Bensinger

Recently, I sat down with the Minnesota Vikings' Adrian Peterson. Peterson's athletic accomplishments are remarkable; however, not for his records, but rather for the adversity he's overcome.

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