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• Blue Ridge Parkway Bear Poachers Get Prison Time

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 593
  As a recent court case illustrates, people convicted of poaching animals in national parks face stiff penalties. Two North Carolina men who pleaded guilty to killing a bear on the Blue Ridge Parkway were given prison time to reflect on the error of their ways. read more
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• Rhinos: 11 Incredible Facts, Plus Photo Gallery

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  Thanks to rampant poaching and habitat destruction, rhinos have the unfortunate distinction of being one of the most endangered animals on earth. Over the last 30 years, the world’s overall rhinoceros population has declined by over 90% - and if not for dedicated conservation efforts over the last 100 years, it is ...
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• Rhinos: 11 Incredible Facts, Plus Photo Gallery

  
  EcoWorldly — Authority: 586
  Thanks to rampant poaching and habitat destruction, rhinos have the unfortunate distinction of being one of the most endangered animals on earth. Over the last 30 years, the world’s overall rhinoceros population has declined by over 90% - and if not for dedicated conservation efforts over the last 100 years, it is ...
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• Oil palm workers still below poverty line, despite Ministers statements

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 141
  On October 19th, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok told parliament that oil palm harvesters and rubber tappers are living above Malaysias national poverty line, according to a story in the Malaysian Insider . But now representatives of the workers are saying Dompok lied.
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• Pears Poached in Red Wine

  
  Angelnina's Cottage — Authority: 116
  I’ve eaten a few poached pears in my life, but none like the one I ate in Napa Valley while on vacation with my husband. The hotel we stayed in offered brunch every morning, and it was there where I discovered the beauty of fruit mixed in wine. This is a simple recipe.   Play with it. Next time, I will ...
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• Why Women Have Sex

  
  jamYe waXman. seX matters. — Authority: 117
  photo credit: margolove For the past few weeks I’ve had this note on my desk that read, read salon’s article “ Why do Women Have Sex? ” I only got to it yesterday. The article, based on the book  Why Women Have Sex: Understanding Sexual Motivations from Adventure to Revenge (and Everything in Between) , ...
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• Elk Poached in Park

  
  Blue Ridge Outdoors - Outdoor Sports and News — Authority: 134
  Hunter kills a protected elk inside the GSMNP
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• Two Stops Under #6: Tate Street After Dark

  
  Why? What Have You Heard? — Authority: 147
  "Rooms to Let, Walk to Class!" Greensboro, NC - October 2009 (Click to Embiggen) Two Stops Under   Thursdays on Why? What Have You Heard?
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• One more trophy moose poached in Montana

  
  Ralph Maughan's Wildlife News — Authority: 483
  Poaching was on the Rocky Mountain Front west of Choteau- Wardens seek poacher who killed moose on Front . Great Falls Tribune.
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• Hunters Asked To Report Suspicious Activity While Out On Wild Lands

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 609
  Hunters Asked To Report Suspicious Activity While Out On Wild Lands Wisconsin DNR MADISON, WI – Wisconsin’s 600,000 deer hunters provide land managers and law enforcement officials with something no amount of survey or police work can replace, more than a million additional eyes pushing out into remote ...
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• Thematic Photographic 76: "Orange" v.1.0 - One Of These Things...

  
  Why? What Have You Heard? — Authority: 147
  "Duckling Schmuckling" Greensboro NC - October 2009 (Click to embiggen)  Hosted by Written Inc. Okay so heres the thing. Carmi hinted that the theme for this week would be "Orange" yesterday like he does most every Tuesday, but it didnt sound finalized, so I held off. But I sniffed around the archives ...
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• Sepia Scenes #57: "Peabody Park"

  
  Why? What Have You Heard? — Authority: 147
  "Untitled" Greensboro, NC - April 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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• Thursday Challenge #49: "Music"

  
  Why? What Have You Heard? — Authority: 147
  "The Pies, The Pipes Are Calling" Greensboro, NC - October 2009 (Click to embiggen) Next Weeks Challenge: " TBA "
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• Thai Police Arrest Ivory Traffickers

  
  Critter News — Authority: 132
  Police arrested two Thai nationals for trafficking in African ivory. Unfortunately, if they are found guilty, they would face a maximum of only four years in jail. The fines could be up to 40,000 baht (1,150 dollars). The dollars part doesnt seem like much to me either, but it could be a fortune in Thailand. ...
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• Pygmy hippo shot and killed in…Australia

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 141
  Hunters going after pigs in Australias Northwest Territories got a big surprise when they shot an animal they mistook for a pig, only to find out it was a pygmy hippopotamus, reports the Northwest Territory News.
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• Edifice Rex #4

  
  Why? What Have You Heard? — Authority: 147
  "Facelift" Greensboro, NC - October 2009 (Click to embiggen) Eighteen Percent Gray   Tuesdays on Why? What Have You Heard?
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• Driver admits to 5 wildlife offences for the killing of at least 10 sun bears and other Malaysian wildlife

  
  Bornean Sun Bear Conservation — Authority: 414
  New Straits Times  17 November 2009 KUANTAN, Malaysia: A lorry driver was charged in the magistrate’s court yesterday with possessing clouded monitor lizards, which are a protected species, and body parts of wild owls and the sun bear. M. Ravindran, 31, from Indera Mahkota, near here, was read five ...
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• Foreign poachers using M16 in forest reserves in Malaysian state of Terengganu

  
  Bornean Sun Bear Conservation — Authority: 414
  Article translated from a local Malay newspaper.   Foreign poachers are using Terengganu as an illegal wildlife hub in the East coast before the items being smuggled into neighbouring countries. These poachers adopt a communist-like tactics in the forest reserves with the use M16. Their tracks are difficult to be ...
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• Bull Elk #21 Poached Inside Great Smokey Mountain National Park

  
  Moose Droppings — Authority: 421
  #21 Bull Photo Taken in Aug 2009 Poacher Killed this Bull Nov 2009 Park Rangers discovered the body of Bull Elk 21, part of the experimental elk herd that’s been introduced to the Smoky Mountain National Park, in one of the meadows. Investigators have already identified a suspect and an arrest is believed to be ...
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• North Carolina man confesses to poaching elk in Smokies

  
  The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog — Authority: 136
  A North Carolina man is facing charges for allegedly shooting an elk inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Last Friday rangers in the Smokies found a bull elk carcass lying along the edge of a pasture in the Cataloochee area. Authorities believed the animal had been shot. A lead on a vehicle led ...
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