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St. Johns hatches plan to curb swan population

CBC News – Nfld. & Labrador – St. Johns hatches plan to curb swan population. Well, damn. Just when I was starting to warm up to living in St. John’s they go and do this.

  • May. 21, 2010
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Vegan dating made easy… or sleazy?

How to know about vegan girl “Let her know that you are really interested in her. You really don’t have to follow a vegan girl’s belief in order to charm her.” Wow, this just made my life goal a lot easier. Thank you Internet for your wonderful advice!

Enough rope to hang themselves

Wow. With ad campaigns like this, who needs protests? This one image seems to sum up most of what is wrong with the sealing industry, and yet it is the one that is currently being used to market the whole thing. So, maybe we can take this time to fight against a few other things […]

  • May. 11, 2010
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Whaling clash report fails to determine cause

Whaling ship

So, I'm not sure how different things are on the open sea, but if two cars hit each other at the same time, it doesn't seem likely that one would be split in half. Is there something different to ocean physics that doesn't play out the same on land? Or is there some other force at play here? Read More »

  • May. 10, 2010
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Tofu Hunter: A solution to Apple’s seal hunt app denial?

So, no animals are killed in this game, but there is a lot of "dead" tofu and "bloody" bean curd. Could this be the solution to the issue of violence towards animals in video games? Read More »

  • May. 05, 2010
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And now for something udderly related

Alright, I'm with them on this angle of the project, but I'm not sure of the rest of it. There are some disturbing things brought up in this piece, and the fact that dairy cows end up in McDonald's trucks shouldn't be high on that list. Read More »

  • May. 03, 2010
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