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Pet treat recall 11.6.09 may be contaminated with Salmonella!

http://www.examiner.com/x-15464-Kansas-City-Pets-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Pet-treat-recall-11609-may-be-contaminated-with-Salmonella

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Doctors File Federal Petition to Stop NASA’s Monkey Radiation Exper

http://pcrm.org/news/release091105.html **Go to the link and click on Take Action to send a message to NASA's... more

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Bear Necessities

The Mitzi TV crew head into the wilds of central London to seek out some furry characters at the Hugglets Teddy Bear Festival.... more

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Massachusetts General Hospital Urged to Stop Killing Sheep

http://www.pcrm.org/newsletter/nov09/mass_hospital.html It’s one of the last facilities in the country still using... more

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RARE PHOTOS: Giant Squid Eaten by Sperm Whale

Carrying the remains of a roughly 30-foot (9-meter) giant squid in her jaws, a female sperm whale, with a calf at her side, swims... more

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FDA urged to ban feeding of chicken feces to cattle

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-feed31-2009oct31,0,1227725.story Farmers feed 1 million to 2 million tons of poultry... more

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Obama seeks changes in Alaska hunting, fishing oversight

Sarah Palin won't be happy.

The Obama administration is launching a rapid, sweeping review of the way the federal government manages subsistence hunting and fishing in Alaska, Interior Department officials said Friday.

"The system, frankly, today is broken," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced in a video shown at the annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention in downtown Anchorage.

Subsistence rights -- the battle over who gets the first opportunity to hunt and fish on state or federal land -- is a headline issue at this year's convention. For decades, the debate has pitted rural Alaskans and Alaska Natives, who say they hunt and fish to survive, against sports groups and urban hunters and fishermen, who argue everyone should have equal access to fish and game.

The state makes hunting and fishing rules across Alaska. But the feds regulate subsistence on federal lands, creating a confounding, overlapping system.

In contrast to the state Constitution, a 1980 federal law guarantees rural Alaskans priority when it comes to subsistence. Some Alaska Native leaders say the feds haven't done enough to protect that right, and are proposing a resolution at the convention today that calls for broad changes to subsistence management.

AFN leaders met with Interior officials at least twice in the past four months, outlining some of those requests, said state Sen. Albert Kookesh, an AFN co-chairman who praised Friday's announcement.

"We couldn't have asked for more," he said.

Gov. Sean Parnell couldn't be reached for comment Friday afternoon. Parnell served as lieutenant governor to Sarah Palin before inheriting the job in July. Palin opposed a rural preference for subsistence hunting and fishing. Parnell's rural affairs adviser, John Moller, answered an interview request with an e-mail:

"The administration is interested in hearing more about the suggested federal review," he wrote. "We plan to take an active role in the review and look forward to hearing details on what changes the federal government believes would make the existing dual-management system more workable."

In a statement explaining Friday's announcement, the Interior Department said subsistence is vital to the physical and spiritual culture of Alaska Natives, and federal oversight needs to be retooled to better meet the needs of Native communities.

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A mountain lion in Kansas? Wildlife biologists say yes

After more than a century of rumors of mountain lions in Kansas, state wildlife biologists confirmed this week that a live... more

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Ideas needed to save local organic farm: Green business "manure runoff into ocean" problem

What: 650 acre Oceanfront Wolfe's Neck Farm. The problem: Losing cattle herd, now, if no immediate solution.... more

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United Nations declares 2009 'Year of the Gorilla'

Extinction Blog United Nations declares 2009 'Year of the Gorilla' Poaching, deforestation and the dreaded Ebola... more

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Ethiopia suffers from Middle East animal smuggling

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia should take urgent steps to curb animal smuggling to the Middle East that is cutting into export... more

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'Vegan Ugg' (V-Uggs?) style boots can help the environment and our local regional economies, also.

In New England we have an almost idle shoe industry, due to foreign imports. Students and others are annually needing new Ugg... more

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Elephant Poacher Killed in Zimbabwe, 3 Others Arrested

After a gun battle in Charara National park near Sanyati Gorge, park rangers shot and killed an elephant poacher, arrested three... more

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more GREENWASHING...'Can Palm Oil Be Sustainable?'

I AM IN DISBELIEF THAT A COMPANY that is supposed to be based on healthy, CRUELTY-FREE and ECO-FRIENDLY principles would even... more

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Milk farmers’ protests in Brussels get chaotic

Farmers drove hundreds of tractors and a lone cow to the heart of the European Union bureaucracy on Monday, pelting police with... more

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CEQ Initiatives - Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force - Interim Report | The White House

PLEASE LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD!
If you care about about marine wildlife, the health of our oceans, and the future of life on this little blue planet... please read this report and comment.

The Task Force’s Interim Report is now available and is undergoing a 30-day public review and comment period. This report provides proposals for a comprehensive national approach to uphold our stewardship responsibilities and ensure accountability for our actions. Additionally, the report outlines a more balanced, productive and sustainable approach to our ocean resources.

The Task Force seeks input on its work from interested communities, governments, tribes, businesses, associations, non-governmental organizations and the general public.

THE INTERAGENCY OCEAN POLICY TASK FORCE: INTERIM REPORT
The Task Force’s Interim Report is available here
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/oceans/interimreport/

THE PRESIDENT'S MEMORANDUM
On June 12, 2009, President Obama sent a memorandum to the heads of executive departments and federal agencies establishing an Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The Task Force is charged with developing a recommendation for a national policy that ensures protection, maintenance, and restoration of oceans, our coasts and the Great Lakes. It will also recommend a framework for improved stewardship, and effective coastal and marine spatial planning.

"The oceans, our coasts, and the Great Lakes provide jobs, food, energy resources, ecological services, recreation, and tourism opportunities, and play critical roles in our Nation’s transportation, economy, and trade, as well as the global mobility of our Armed Forces and the maintenance of international peace and security," President Obama wrote in the memorandum. "We have a stewardship responsibility to maintain healthy, resilient, and sustainable oceans, coasts and Great Lakes resources for the benefit of this and future generations."

"The challenges our oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes are facing are complex, and to meet these challenges we must have the participation of a wide spectrum of views from within the federal government," said Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. "The Task Force has a wealth of opportunity to make our oceans, coasts and Great Lakes healthier - both environmentally and economically."

The recommendations and frameworks developed by the Task Force will be cost effective and improve coordination across federal agencies. The Chair will terminate the Task Force upon the completion of its duties.

Read the President’s Proclamation on National Oceans Month http://www.whitehouse.gov/asset.aspx?AssetId=2146PLEASE LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD! If you care about about marine wildlife, the health of our oceans, and the future of life on... more