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Japan wants anti-whaling ship barred from ports (AP)

In this Dec. 26, 2008 file photo provided by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, anti-whaling protestors in the ship M/V Steve Irwin, right, throw butyric acid onto the deck of the Japanese whaling ship, the Kaiko Maru, during a close encounter in the Antarctic Ocean. Japan plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, an official said Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, heightening a high-seas cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japan's whaling fleet and the Sea Shepherd conservationist group. (AP Photo/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Eric Cheng, HO, File)AP - Radical conservationists who have been chasing Japanese whalers in the Antarctic Ocean said Wednesday they were heading to Australia to refuel their ship, a day after Japan argued they were pirates who should be barred from refueling.


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Prince Edward accused of beating dog (AFP)

Prince Edward (pictured in 2007) has been in hot water with animal rights charities after using a stick to break up a dog fight. Edward, the third son and youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, was pictured in Sunday's newspapers waving the four-foot stick at the gundogs.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Shugerman)AFP - Prince Edward has been in hot water with animal rights charities after using a stick to break up a dog fight.


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China's goodwill giant pandas arrive in Taiwan (Reuters)

Tuan Tuan, one of two pandas selected as a gift for Taiwan, is put into a cage as it leaves a giant panda centre in Ya'an, Sichuan province December 23, 2008. A pair of giant pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, left their base in the mountainous southern Chinese province of Sichuan on Tuesday en route for Taiwan, a goodwill gift from Beijing and the latest sign of improving ties. (China Daily/Reuters)Reuters - A pair of giant pandas from China's fog-shrouded mountains reached an excited but wary Taiwan on Tuesday, a symbol of improved relations between the longtime political rivals who once stood at the brink of war.


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Whaling activists deny disrupting Japanese sailor search (AFP)

Photo released by the Australian Customs Services shows a mother whale and her calf being dragged on board a Japanese ship after being harpooned in Antarctic waters. Anti-whaling campaigners have denied charges that they had harassed Japanese whalers searching for a missing crewman in Antarctic waters and said they were simply trying to help.(AFP/HO/AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE/File/Ho)AFP - Anti-whaling campaigners on Wednesday denied charges that they had harassed Japanese whalers searching for a missing crewman in Antarctic waters and said they were simply trying to help.


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Increase of sick brown pelicans baffles experts (AP)

AP - Wildlife experts are trying to figure out why sick, disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are being found in record numbers along more than 1,000 miles of coastline.

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Anti-whaling activists leave Antarctica to refuel (Reuters)

Members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, aboard their ship the Steve Irwin, come close to the Japanese ship Kaiko Maru near Antarctica in this recent photo from December 26, 2008. (The Institute of Cetacean Research/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Hardline anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said it has been forced to temporarily abandon its pursuit of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic while its ship refuels.


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Giant pandas make historic trip to Taiwan amid eased China ties (AFP)

A Chinese giant panda eats bamboo while another one walks around at their new home in the Taipei Zoo. Two giant pandas made their long-anticipated, groundbreaking trip from China to Taiwan Tuesday, in the latest sign of fast thawing ties between the two former bitter rivals.(AFP/Taipei Zoo/Taipei Zoo)AFP - Two giant pandas made their long-anticipated, groundbreaking trip from China to Taiwan Tuesday, in the latest sign of fast thawing ties between the two former bitter rivals.


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China pandas lose weight at Taiwan zoo (Reuters)

Tuan Tuan, one of two pandas selected as a gift for Taiwan, is fed a piece of apple as it leaves a giant panda centre in Ya'an, Sichuan province December 23, 2008. A pair of giant pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, left their base in the mountainous southern Chinese province of Sichuan on Tuesday en route for Taiwan, a goodwill gift from Beijing and the latest sign of improving ties. (China Daily/Reuters)Reuters - Two giant pandas, goodwill gifts from China to political rival Taiwan, are losing weight since their arrival on the island last week because of a different diet and lack of exercise, a zoo official said on Monday.


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Bush moves to protect deepest part of Pacific Ocean (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush on Tuesday will create three new marine monuments in the Pacific Ocean to protect the deepest place on Earth, some of the last pristine corals and sanctuaries for vanishing marine species.

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Costume drama Taiwan MPs look gift pandas in the mouth (Reuters)

Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, the two giant pandas from China, are seen in the quarantine area at Taipei zoo in Muzha December 23, 2008. The Panda bears are a goodwill gift from Beijing and the latest sign of improving ties between the political rivals. (Taipei City Government/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Two Taiwan legislators danced in giant panda costumes in parliament on Wednesday to mock the much-ballyhooed arrival of goodwill gift pandas from China which they see as an unwelcome interference by the mainland.


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Calif. sues to block Bush endangered species rules (AP)

AP - California is suing the Bush administration to block last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce input from federal scientists, state Attorney General Jerry Brown announced Tuesday.

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Taiwan party labels 'panda diplomacy' propaganda (AP)

Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, the two giant pandas from China, are seen in the quarantine area in Taipei zoo in Muzha December 23, 2008. The Panda bears are a goodwill gift from Beijing and the latest sign of improving ties between the political rivals. (Taipei City Government/Handout/Reuters)AP - Legislative aides from Taiwan's pro-independence opposition donned panda suits Wednesday, part of a public relations effort by anti-China lawmakers to paint the mainland's panda gift as a stalking horse for its pro-unification agenda.


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Elephants give up treats and lose 11,314 pounds (AP)

AP - They could be the next stars of "The Biggest Loser." Seven elephants at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park have lost a combined total of 11,314 pounds ever since zookeepers enforced a nutrition and exercise regiment for them in 2000.

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Four animal rights activists guilty of fear campaign (AFP)

File photo of LA police officers holding a group of animal rights activists in 2000. Four animal rights activists, unrelated to the photo, were found guilty on Tuesday of blackmailing companies that supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences in a campaign that included hoax parcel bombs and threats of violence.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown)AFP - Four animal rights activists were found guilty on Tuesday of blackmailing companies that supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences in a "relentless" campaign that included hoax parcel bombs and criminal damage.


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Think pink: Galapagos' rosy lizard is new species (AP)

In this photo released by Galapagos National Park, a pink iguana is seen at the Galapagos Islands National Park, Ecuador, Dec. 7, 2008. A team of Ecuadorian and Italian researchers have discovered a unique species of pink land iguanas living on the Galapagos Islands, scientists said. (AP Photo/Galapagos National Park)AP - Hard to believe a giant, pink lizard could be overlooked for almost two centuries.


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Japan wants anti-whalers barred from ports (AP)

In this Dec. 26, 2008 file photo provided by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, anti-whaling protestors in the ship M/V Steve Irwin, right, throw butyric acid onto the deck of the Japanese whaling ship, the Kaiko Maru, during a close encounter in the Antarctic Ocean. Japan plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, an official said Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, heightening a high-seas cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japan's whaling fleet and the Sea Shepherd conservationist group. (AP Photo/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Eric Cheng, HO, File)AP - Japan said Tuesday it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, heightening a cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japan's whaling fleet and the conservationists.


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Costume drama: Taiwan MPs look gift pandas in the mouth (Reuters)

Reuters - Two Taiwan legislators danced in giant panda costumes in parliament on Wednesday to mock the much-ballyhooed arrival of goodwill gift pandas from China which they see as an unwelcome interference by the mainland.

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China pandas sniff at Taiwan bamboo, lose weight (Reuters)

Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, the two giant pandas from China, are seen in the quarantine area in Taipei zoo in Muzha December 23, 2008. The Panda bears are a goodwill gift from Beijing and the latest sign of improving ties between the political rivals. (Taipei City Government/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Two giant pandas, goodwill gifts from China to political rival Taiwan, are losing weight since their arrival on the island last week because of a different diet and lack of exercise, a zoo official said on Monday.


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Japanese whaler missing in Antarctic: officials (AFP)

Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru harpoons a whale in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica. A crew member on Japan's controversial whaling mission is believed to have fallen overboard in icy Antarctic Ocean waters, the fleet's operator has said.(AFP/GREENPEACE/File/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert)AFP - A crew member on Japan's controversial whaling mission is believed to have fallen overboard in icy Antarctic Ocean waters, the fleet's operator said Tuesday.


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Govt: Ribbon seals not endangered (AP)

AP - Ribbon seals do not currently face extinction and don't need to be added to the endangered species list, the government said Tuesday.

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