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Tens of thousands of American mink are facing slaughter in a bid to save one of Britain's
best-loved mammals, the water vole.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,905710,00.html
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National Geographic: Deer Behind Britain's Great Bird Decline?
Ornithologists investigating the dramatic collapse in UK woodland bird populations are finding the
prime suspect to be deer, which therefore must be culled.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0303_030303_britdeer.html
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Shooting Times: Why Shooters Shouldn't Trust Alun Michael
Despite the government's manifesto commitment to shooting, Simon Hart explains how the current
Hunting Bill will detrimentally affect shooting by its restrictions on gamekeepers and field
trials.
http://www.countrylife.co.uk/shootingtimes/hart_shooting.htm
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Times: Activists to shame public schools over beagle hunts
Valerie Elliott, Countryside Editor. Douglas Batchelor, LACS chief executive, has now turned his
attention to student beagle packs at public schools.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-605406,00.html
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Guardian: Minister draws a bead on problem ruddies
The wildlife minister, Elliott Morley, is ordering the extermination of the entire ruddy population
of 6,000. Experimental shoots over the past three years have bagged 2,500.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,906227,00.html
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Times: RSPCA supports hunt Bill
David Charter and Anthony Browne. The RSPCA reversed its opposition to the Hunting Bill after Alun
Michael arranged amendments during the committee stage to rewrite his own bill.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-597817,00.html
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Scotland on Sunday: Ruddy duck faces UK wipe-out in £5m cull
DEFRA wildlife minister Elliot Morley announced the ruddy duck is set to be wiped out in Britain
after the government agreed in principle to eradicate it to protect other endangered species.
http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/uk.cfm?id=258052003
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Independent: Animal charities in row over ruddy duck cull
Geoffrey Lean, environment editor. The proposed cull its Animal Aid against the Royal Society for
the Protection of Birds (RSPB). English Nature, the Wildlife Trusts and Sir Peter Scott's Wildfowl
and Wetlands Trust.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=383057
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Times: Look out, here comes a stag party
James Owen. Deer are on the rampage and putting rare birds at risk, according to the Royal Society
for the Protection of Birds, the British Trust for Ornithology, and the British Deer Society. The
League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) wants the deer population to be self-regulating, regardless.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1561-593979,00.html
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Times: In the eye of the beholder
Martin Evans. Describes the long history of coursing and the Waterloo Cup in Altcar and interviews
people attending. "Some tribes have their Glastonbury, others their Bayreuth, the coursing
family have their Waterloo Cup."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,175-593929,00.html
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