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         <title><![CDATA["Senator John Kerry Introduces Legislation to Protect Whales"]]></title>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Further demonstrating his commitment towards environmental conservation, Senator John Kerry (D-MA)..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canadian government raises kill quota for harp seal pups despite severe lack of ice habitat"]]></title>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has increased the total allowable catch (TAC) for..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["A Precautionary Approach is the Key to CITES"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_11_2010_60848.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["On the eve of the 15th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the Convention on International Trade in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Urgent plea from Russian scientists for greater protection of Polar Bears"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_4_2010_60753.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW applauds two eminent Russian Polar Bear scientists who have spoken out in advance of an..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Animal groups pledge $1.1M dollars for long-term animal relief efforts in Haiti "]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_4_2010_60756.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) announced a $1.1 million-dollar agreement with..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Plan to legalize whaling considered"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_23_2010_60547.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A draft plan unveiled today proposes to  legalize commercial whaling for the first time since a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Conservation groups call on Australian Government not to compromise over whales"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_19_2010_60530.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Ahead of further talks on the future of the International Whaling Commission, conservation groups..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Will the Year of the Tiger be good for the tiger?"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_12_2010_60483.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["February 14 marks the arrival of the Chinese New Year--the Year of the Tiger. While communities..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Help for animals arrives in Haiti"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_26_2010_60137.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The ARCH team is meeting with officials from the Haitian government as well as international..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW, WSPA, and other groups band together to help animals in Haiti"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_15_2010_59871.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the World Society for the Protection of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Philippine volcano expected to erupt, IFAW to evacuate animals"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_18_2009_59760.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["As residents of the Philippines brace for the imminent eruption of the Mayon volcano, officials..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Battered and Bruised &#8211; Abused Elephants"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_30_2009_58781.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The rescue of nine cruelly abused elephants from a commercial training facility in Zimbabwe will..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["More than 100 elephants a day slaughtered by poachers &#8211;"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_20_2009_58708.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Despite ivory trade being banned 20 years ago, a shocking 104 elephants are still being killed..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Wildlife Groups Commend the United States for Seeking to Halt Polar Bear Trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_16_2009_58670.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Humane Society International and Defenders of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Iceland urged to abandon slaughter as 26 countries condemn its whaling"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_2_2009_58093.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Iceland is being urged to abandon its commercial whaling as 26 countries issued a statement..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Crocs saved from trophy hunting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_02_2009_58120.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW congratulates Environment Minister Peter Garrett on his decision to not approve the commercial..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW ready to help"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_30_2009_57971.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW is deeply saddened by the devastating news coming from Samoa of the many lives lost following..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW deploys animal rescue team to the Philippines"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_30_2009_58037.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The situation in the Philippines remains grim after Hurricane Ketsana wreaked havoc over the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["ANIMAL HEROES WANTED"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/09_17_2009_57595.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) is putting out the call for those who know an animal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["China dog cull looms, owners urged to kill pets"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_9_2009_57020.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["(Beijing, China -9 September 2009)  Media reports from China indicate another citywide dog cull..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW rushes animal rescue teams to Taiwan following Typhoon Morakot"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_17_2009_56481.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Rescuers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ) have mobilized to..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Mission accomplished - 83 elephants safely rescued"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_6_2009_55551.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A mammoth evacuation of 83 elephants was successfully concluded in Malawi this weekend."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IWC Meeting Closes, Course Set for Whale Conservation"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_26_2009_55428.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The sixty-first annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) closed here today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whale watching boom: New IFAW report"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_23_2009_55395.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A new report released today by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW 
-- www.ifaw.org )..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whaling Commission Countries Face Critical Choice:"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_22_2009_55325.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Governments from more than 80 
countries opened the 61st annual meeting of the International..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Iceland Whalers Kill Two Endangered Fin Whales"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_19_2009_55305.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["As the first of Iceland's whaling ships arrived back in port today with two dead 
fin whales..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Iceland urged to call off slaughter of endangered whales"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_18_2009_55262.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["
As the first of Iceland's whaling ships reportedly heads to sea today to train its harpoons on..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["China animal welfare law under review while 36,000 dogs culled"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_16_2009_55214.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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Today the Chinese state media announced that the dog cull in Hanzhong city, Shaanxi Province has..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada&#8217;s 2009 commercial seal hunt crawls to a halt &#8211; more than 200,000 seal pups spared"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_15_2009_55290.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, 
the Canadian government will officially close the 2009 commercial hunt for harp 
seals,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Epic Elephant Rescue Begins in Malawi"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_7_2009_55013.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Rescuers 
have started evacuating elephants persecuted in human-elephant conflict in the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Australia celebrates National Whale Day"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_5_2009_54994.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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As communities prepare to 
celebrate the second annual National Whale Day across Australia..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Epic rescue to save endangered elephants in Malawi"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_4_2009_54975.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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More than 60 endangered 
elephants under threat of certain death will be evacuated to safety in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["29 Elephant Tusks Seized in Northern Kenya"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_6_2009_54664.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["
Twenty-nine elephant tusks and three AK-47 
rifles were recovered yesterday after a three-month..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["European Union bans the sale of seal products"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_5_2009_54617.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["
The European 
Parliament today voted 550 to 49 in favour of a ban 
on the trade of all seal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW enforcement training prompts unprecedented wildlife seizure in Caribbean, 1000+ animals confiscated"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_1_2009_54549.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["In 
the Caribbean twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago, three corrupt police 
officers..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Highly endangered Western Gray Whales given fighting chance for survival &#8211; Russian energy consortium halts seismic activity"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_24_2009_54481.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, 
the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) applauds the Sakhalin Energy 
Investment..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW animal rescue underway in quake-ravaged Italy"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_17_2009_54041.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["
The 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck central Italy on 
April 6 has reportedly killed 294..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Croc safari plan - unecessary and inhumane"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/04_16_2009_54003.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Allowing crocodiles or any Australian native wildlife to be hunted for trophies 
and commercial..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan's whalers return with bloody swag"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/04_14_2009_53961.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["In clear defiance of international law and current International Whaling 
Commission (IWC)..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["No market for pelts overshadows expanded seal hunt quota"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_8_2009_53888.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["
As Canada's commercial seal hunt is set to re-open 
in the Gulf of St. Lawrence today with..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Treaty celebrates while turning blind eye to whaling"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/04_07_2009_53857.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["While the Antarctic Treaty celebrates its 50th anniversary, IFAW (International Fund for Animal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["New rules for responsible whale watching in the Pacific"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_29_2009_53765.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The first regional guidelines for responsible whale and dolphin watching across 
the Pacific..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW to help animals affected by record floods in North Dakota"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_27_2009_53767.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) has deployed an emergency relief 
team to aid animals..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Over 17,200 baby seals killed in just over two days"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_26_2009_53679.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["
Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) closed the first phase of 
the seal hunt..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada's 2009 commercial seal hunt opens today"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_23_2009_53644.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A team of observers with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) is ready 
to document..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["280,000 baby seals to be slaughtered in Canada"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_23_2009_53643.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has released this year's total 
allowable catch..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada&#8217;s 2009 commercial seal hunt opens today &#8211; the world watches as 280,000 baby seals are set to die"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_23_2009_53650.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A 
team of observers with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - 
www.ifaw.org ) is ready..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Rare Birds Confiscated in Russia"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_20_2009_53554.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Six highly-endangered gyrfalcons have been handed over to IFAW (International 
Fund for Animal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Victory for seals: Russia bans baby seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_19_2009_53512.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["After 15 years of campaigning against the Russian seal hunt, IFAW (The 
International Fund for..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whaling Commission harpoons science in favour of political compromise"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_12_2009_53398.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/53398</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["At the conclusion of a three-day meeting, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW receives Charity Accreditation Seal by Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_09_2009_53334.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/53334</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ) announced today that it received..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IWC meeting - no Rome for compromise"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_09_2009_53335.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/53335</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Australian Government must fight harder than ever for the future of whales 
as the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canadian Senator introduces groundbreaking legislation to end the commercial seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_3_2009_53303.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/53303</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The 
International Fund for Animal Welfare has applauded a private member's bill 
introduced..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Canadian Senator introduces groundbreaking legislation to end the commercial seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_3_2009_53309.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/53309</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare has applauded a private member's bill 
introduced today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["European seal import ban a step closer after crucial EU vote"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_02_2009_53288.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/53288</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) has welcomed a key European..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Small victory for seals: Russia moves towards banning baby seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_27_2009_52628.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/52628</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Russian ministers announced a complete ban on the hunt for &quot;whitecoat harp&quot; seals (pups up to about..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Poachers kill five elephants in Kenya's most critical elephant habitat"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_25_2009_52582.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/52582</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Five elephants have been killed by poachers in the last six weeks in the Tsavo 
ecosystem of..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Pregnant elephant benefits profits not conservation"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_19_2009_52544.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/52544</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) is astounded that another underage 
zoo elephant has..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Funding for animals following Fiji floods"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_18_2009_52514.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/52514</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) has provided urgently needed 
funding to help feed..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Iceland urged to rethink ill-advised and damaging whaling policy"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_18_2009_52543.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/52543</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is urging Iceland to rethink 
its latest..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Wildlife fire survivors not forgotten"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_17_2009_52489.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/52489</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Since arriving on the scene last Tuesday 10 February, IFAW's (International Fund 
for Animal..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW helps Victoria's animal victims"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_11_2009_52441.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/52441</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) has sent an Emergency Relief team 
to help wild and..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Whaling cave in"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_03_2009_52204.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/52204</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A plan released today by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) confirms 
negotiations to undo..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Newspaper reveals secret US plan to expand whaling"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_26_2009_52092.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/52092</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["According to secret documents obtained by the Washington Post, outgoing Bush 
Administration..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Elephant poacher shot and killed in Kenyan national park"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_22_2009_52011.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/52011</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An armed poacher suspected to be behind a spate of elephant killings was shot 
and killed by Kenya..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Japan's whalers defy Antarctic laws - new report"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_20_2009_51771.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/51771</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An independent group of Antarctic law and policy experts, convened in Canberra 
by IFAW..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Responds to Fiji floods"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_16_2009_51749.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/51749</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Following the worst flooding in decades in Fiji this week, IFAW (International 
Fund for Animal..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Japan - stop the senseless deaths in the Antarctic"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_06_2009_51481.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/51481</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW extends condolences to the family of Hajime Shirasaki, the 30 year old crew 
member missing..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Applauds China&#8217;s Largest Cyber Store for Shark Fin Trade Ban"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_19_2008_51716.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/51716</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The 
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW- www.ifaw.org.cn ) congratulates Taobao (..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Animal rescue training in disaster hotspot"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_09_2008_50379.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/50379</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A first of its kind training workshop on rescuing animals affected by 
disasters conducted by IFAW..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Closed-door meeting could lift whaling ban"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_08_2008_50360.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/50360</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Negotiations at a meeting taking place behind 
closed doors in England this 
week could..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Greater protection secured for elephants, tigers, dolphins and turtles"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_05_2008_50359.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/50359</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Some of the world's most threatened animals were afforded greater protection 
this week at the 9th..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Ocean noise poses grave threat to marine mammals"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_3_2008_50326.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/50326</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The future of many marine species is greatly at risk from man-made under-sea 
noise pollution,..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW urges restraint in unconfirmed rabies deaths"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_02_2008_50282.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/50282</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW urges Indonesian authorities to vaccinate not cull dogs following a 
possible outbreak of..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["A bear cub's not just for Christmas"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_01_2008_50269.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/50269</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Struggling for Christmas gift ideas this year, want something original but at 
the same time makes..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Conservation treaty urged to give turtles, tigers, whales and sharks a future"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_1_2008_50280.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/50280</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The future of some of the world's most threatened species will be discussed this 
week as..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Joining forces to combat wildlife trade on the internet"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_20_2008_50213.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/50213</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare) and Taobao (www.taobo.com.cn), China's largest..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Desperate need for vets in Pacific Island nations"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_17_2008_50101.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/50101</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The urgent need to improve animal health services in the Pacific Islands region will be discussed..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Turn the fleet around"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_17_2008_50137.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/50137</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["
The Australian 
Government should formally request the Government of Japan to recall its whaling..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Japan plays politics with humpbacks"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_13_2008_50081.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/50081</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["If 
the Government of Japan is genuine about participating in the International 
Whaling..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["International sale of elephant ivory begins"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_28_2008_49725.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/49725</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An elephant ivory auction totaling over 9,000 kgs will begin today in Namibia. 
This is the first..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Ad agencies help save animals too"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_21_2008_49635.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/49635</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) is delighted to recognise Ben 
Peacock, founder of..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["eBay announces ivory ban in wake of IFAW report"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_21_2008_49644.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/49644</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) applauds eBay's decision to 
institute a global..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Whale envoy appointment welcomed"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_20_2008_49622.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/49622</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today's appointment of Sandy Hollway as the Australian whale envoy has been 
strongly welcomed by..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["International ivory sale to be held for first time in decade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_15_2008_49473.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/49473</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["For the first time in nearly 10 years, international trade in elephant ivory has 
been sanctioned..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Outstanding vet honoured with IFAW Action Award"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_14_2008_49405.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/49405</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Dr Jan Allen has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to animal 
welfare by being..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Wildlife heroes honoured with national awards"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_14_2008_49408.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/49408</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) is delighted to recognise two 
exceptional wildlife..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["New U.S. ship speed rule applauded in fight to protect endangered right whale"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_09_2008_49319.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/49319</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The U.S. government today enacted important regulation that is expected to 
reduce the number of..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Seabird hero honoured with international award"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_08_2008_49270.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/49270</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Marny Bonner, co-founder of Australian Seabird Rescue (ASR) has been recognised 
for her..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Penguins flown South for record-breaking release to the wild in Brazil"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_6_2008_51715.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/51715</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["
Close to 400 rescued penguins took to the skies on a C-130 
Hercules military aircraft bound for..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Tonga's Royal Patron for Whales"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_03_2008_49203.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/49203</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["In honour of the Tongan Royal Family's commitment to protecting whales, Her 
Royal Highness..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Animal rescue operation underway in flooded Bihar, India"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/09_10_2008_48323.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/48323</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Entire villages have been washed away in India's northern state of Bihar after a 
deadly..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW to eBay: first clean up your own site"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/09_08_2008_48300.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/48300</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["eBay's investment in a new &quot;socially responsible&quot; website is simply token 
greenwashing of the..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Noise pollution drowning out marine mammals"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/09_08_2008_48244.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/48244</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Noise pollution of the world's oceans now poses such a serious threat to 
marine animals that..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Local animal welfare ready to assist animals in hurricane's path"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_1_2008_48033.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/48033</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["As Hurricane Gustav roars toward Louisiana's Gulf Coast, teams from the 
International Fund for..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Protected humpbacks recovering, but whales worldwide face growing threats"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/08_12_2008_46307.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/46307</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Revisions to the status of humpback whales on the world's Red List of Threatened 
Species were..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Penguin stranding mystery in Brazil prompts rescue attempt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/08_07_2008_47285.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47285</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["More than 1000 juvenile 
Magellanic penguins have washed-up either dead or dying along the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Animal heroes wanted"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/07_30_2008_47286.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47286</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) is searching for animal lovers 
across Australia to..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["New training to help companion animals in disasters"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/07_29_2008_47287.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Animal rescuers from across Queensland will gather in Brisbane over the next two 
days to attend..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["New training to help animal victims in disasters"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/07_25_2008_47288.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47288</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["More than 40 wildlife carers from across the country will gather in Canberra 
this weekend for the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW cautiously welcomes EU ban on seal products but warns cruelty could continue"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/07_23_2008_47289.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47289</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today's announcement of a proposed ban on the trade in seal products in the 
European Union has..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Olympic travelers urged to Think Twice and avoid wildlife souvenirs"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/07_23_2008_17363.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17363</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["As sports fans gear up to visit the Beijing Olympics, the International Fund for 
Animal Welfare..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Ivory released to China - world's largest illegal market"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/07_15_2008_47290.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47290</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The 57th session of the Standing Committee for the Convention on International 
Trade in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canadians speak out on the commercial seal hunt: Not with our money!"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/07_14_2008_47292.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47292</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A new nation-wide poll released today, conducted by Environics Research on 
behalf of the..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Orphaned grizzly bears released into the wild"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/07_14_2008_47291.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47291</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A unique cooperative pilot project between IFAW (International Fund for Animal 
Welfare), the B.C...."]]></description>
      </item>
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         <title><![CDATA["Paul McCartney supports demonstrators in call for ban on trade in seal products"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/07_01_2008_47293.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47293</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Rock legend Paul McCartney joined concerned citizens from all over Europe in 
their call for a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whaling Meeting Closes-Future Uncertain For Whales and Commission"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_27_2008_17766.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17766</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The 
International Whaling Commission's (IWC) 60th annual meeting ended 
today having achieved no..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["African Elephant Coalition roots for conservation, not ivory trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_24_2008_17746.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17746</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["African elephant range states meeting in Mombasa, Kenya, have raised exception 
with undue focus..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IWC Voting Stops, But Whaling Continues"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_24_2008_17763.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17763</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["As the third day of the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission's 
(IWC) opened,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["New report charts massive growth of whale watch industry in Latin America"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_24_2008_17764.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17764</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A massive growth in whale watching in Latin America has seen income from ticket 
sales more than..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Rescue groups respond to animals trapped in Midwest floods"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_23_2008_17757.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17757</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Severe flooding in the U.S. Midwest which has already claimed the lives of 24 
humans and..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Conservation or Compromise? Whaling Commission Meets at Crossroads"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_23_2008_17749.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17749</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The fate of the world's whales and the future of the International Whaling 
Commission hang in the..."]]></description>
      </item>
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         <title><![CDATA["Mystery Meat: Japan Unable to Account for Fin Whales on Sale"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_23_2008_17755.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17755</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Evidence has emerged on day one of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) 
meeting suggesting..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Navy Sonar Case Ruling Could Be Made By This Fall"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_23_2008_17759.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17759</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, the United States Supreme Court announced its decision to hear arguments 
regarding the..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["African Elephant Coalition in Strategic Ivory Trade Meeting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_21_2008_17745.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17745</guid>
         <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["African elephant range states today began a consultative meeting - the third in 
two years - in..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Tonga's whales need conserving says new report"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_14_2008_47294.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47294</guid>
         <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["According to a new IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) report launched 
today whale..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Australia celebrates first National Whale Day"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_14_2008_47295.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47295</guid>
         <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, the whole nation has come together in celebration of cetaceans with 25 
communities, from..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["World Bank joins the global fight to save the tiger"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_9_2008_17762.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17762</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The World Bank launched its Tiger Conservation Initiative today in what 
conservationists hope..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Remnants of 10,000+ elephants may be on the auction block"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_9_2008_17756.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17756</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["For the first time in nearly a decade, the 
international sale of ivory from endangered African..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Taiping 4 Gorilla &quot;Oyin&quot; Dies"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_9_2008_17758.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17758</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Oyin, one of the &quot;Taiping Four&quot; gorillas died of unknown causes in Cameroon 
yesterday the..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Attempt to revive whale meat trade raises legal questions"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_05_2008_17747.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17747</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Legal and regulatory questions are being raised over the export of whale meat to 
Japan from..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW disburses emergency grant for Kenya's Tsavo Parks"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_04_2008_17752.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17752</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) has announced a US$ 117,000 grant 
to..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW provides humane solution to avoid dog culls in earthquake zone"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/06_02_2008_17753.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17753</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Dogs which survived the devastating earthquake in the Zun Dao township of 
Sichuan China have a..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Sends Relief Supplies to Earthquake Epicentre"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/05_28_2008_17751.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17751</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The first shipment of relief supplies from the International Fund for Animal 
Welfare (IFAW;..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW launches Australia's first National Whale Day"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/05_21_2008_47296.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47296</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The whole nation will celebrate Australia's first National Whale Day on Saturday 14 June, announced..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Iceland resumes whaling - first whale killed"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_21_2008_17609.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17609</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Iceland's whalers have announced that they have killed their first whale since 
it was revealed..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Food Relief for Pets Affected by Johannesburg Unrest"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_20_2008_17508.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17508</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Hundreds of dogs and cats left homeless and hungry after owners fled upsurges of 
unrest in areas..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Volcano eruption in Chile spells danger for animals"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/05_15_2008_17725.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17725</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Chaiten volcano in Southern Chile has blasted ash some 20 miles into the 
atmosphere which has..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Animals in Myanmar Need Help"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/05_09_2008_17438.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17438</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Cyclone Nargis has devastated Myanmar and, according to state media, has killed 
22,980 and left..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Senate committee passes legislation that would help protect endangered North atlantic Right Whales"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_24_2008_17702.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17702</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) praised the Senate Commerce, 
Science, and..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Nearly three tons of ivory torched in Japan"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/04_24_2008_17666.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17666</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A 2.8 ton ivory stockpile, confiscated in 2006 by Japan Customs in Osaka, has 
finally been..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Experts convene in Marine Mammal Stranding Conference"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/04_16_2008_17499.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17499</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, marine mammal experts, representatives from federal and state agencies, 
and members of the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Five orphaned bears get a new life in Russia; satellite tracking will monitor survival"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/04_10_2008_17506.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17506</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, in the forest of the Tver region of Russia, researchers from IFAW (the 
International Fund..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["&quot;Humane&quot; claims by Canadian delegation in Europe refuted by new video evidence from seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_4_2008_17522.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17522</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["As Canadian government officials continue a European tour in attempt to 
forestall an EU ban on..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW documents hunting activity on opening day of Canada's commercial seal hunt &#8211; new bleeding requirement ignored"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_28_2008_17571.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17571</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Observers with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) have just returned..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt starts today"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_28_2008_17457.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17457</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A team of observers with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) is set to..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW documents hunting activity on opening day of Canada's commercial seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_28_2008_17572.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17572</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Observers with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) have just returned after..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Newborn bear cub killing to be legalized"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_27_2008_17674.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17674</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW and Greenpeace Russia have reported the &quot;Rules, deadlines and list of ways 
and means..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cruelty to continue under &#8216;new&#8217; Canadian seal hunt regulations"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_27_2008_17481.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17481</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, experts with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) denounced the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cruelty to continue under 'new' Canadian seal hunt regulations"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_27_2008_17480.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17480</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["
Today, experts with IFAW (International Fund for Animal 
Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) denounced the..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["International Fund for Animal Welfare Launches IFAW Island in Second Life"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_27_2008_17624.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17624</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ) announced today the launch of its..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Newborn bear cub killing to be legalized"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_27_2008_17673.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17673</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW and Greenpeace Russia have reported the &quot;Rules, deadlines and list of ways 
and means..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Nearly one ton of ivory seized in Guangxi, China, largest ever in region"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_25_2008_17427.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17427</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Approximately one ton (over 790 kilograms) of ivory was confiscated in the 
Guangxi Zhuang..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canadian government calls for the killing of 275,000 harp seal pups"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_10_2008_17370.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17370</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has once again 
decided to ignore scientific..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Through the Internet, Students from all over Latin America will be able to help Improve Animal Welfare"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_07_2008_17426.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17426</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[""]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW's Katie Touhey Receives Red Cross Animal Adult Hero Award"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_06_2008_17396.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17396</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Katie Touhey, IFAW's (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) Emergency Relief..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Extraordinary victory for harp seals: Russia moves towards banning the whitecoat hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/03_05_2008_17382.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17382</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[""]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["South Africa slams the door on elephant tourism - NGOs rejoice"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_25_2008_17419.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[""]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Rhino and elephants returned to wild in India, protected land increased"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_25_2008_17415.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17415</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[""]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW returns rehabilitated black bears to wild in India"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_22_2008_17393.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17393</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[""]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Penguins swim free after successful rehabilitation"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_13_2008_17412.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17412</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A total of 163 Magellanic penguins waddled into the South Atlantic waters after 
spending a few..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["London's wildlife crime unit saved from the axe"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_08_2008_17409.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17409</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Metropolitan Police has responded to 
public pressure and reversed a decision to make cuts to..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["African nations join forces to form anti-ivory trade coalition"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_07_2008_17366.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17366</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Delegates and experts of wildlife conservation agencies in Africa from 17 
countries came together..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["African Nations sign Bamako Declaration to Save remaining Elephants"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_07_2008_17365.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17365</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Representatives from 17 African states signed a monumental document, the Bamako 
Elephant..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Encourages Tourists and Shoppers in Dubai to &quot;Think Twice&quot; Before Buying Wildlife Souvenirs"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_06_2008_17388.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17388</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[""]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Applauds Sonar Injunction Against US Navy"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_06_2008_17386.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17386</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Leadership for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) praised the decision..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Conservation on the Agenda, as 17 African Nations meet to talk Elephants"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_06_2008_17376.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17376</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Delegates from 17 African elephant range states will hold meetings for two days 
in Bamako to work..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Train hits elephant herd, Three killed"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_05_2008_17423.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17423</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A herd of Asian elephants comprising three individuals (one adult pregnant 
female, an adult male..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["After Delay on Listing Status, Polar Bear Survival Remains Precarious"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_04_2008_17367.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17367</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["After a one month delay, an announcement by the Bush Administration is 
imminent on whether to..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["China increases enforcement of illegal trade of wildlife on the Internet"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_04_2008_17373.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17373</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A new report released by IFAW (www.ifaw.org) 
has led to increased law enforcement dedicated to..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Poll Shows Chinese Public Supports Ban on Tiger Trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_30_2008_17413.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17413</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Chinese public supports the ban on tiger trade and stands ready to pitch in 
to save wild..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Ivory trade continues its reach across myriad African nations"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_29_2008_17400.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17400</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Ivory smugglers nabbed, a poaching network dismantled, and hundreds of kilograms 
of ivory seized...."]]></description>
      </item>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan's Whaling - More Sushi than Science"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_17_2008_17403.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17403</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["While the drama unfolds in the Southern Ocean, IFAW (International Fund for 
Animal Welfare -..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Report Reveals Impact of Global Warming on Arctic Marine Mammals"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_17_2008_17414.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17414</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org) released On Thin Ice: The Precarious..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Victory for biodiversity Erika judgement compensates bird welfare groups"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_17_2008_17425.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17425</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The notion of &quot;ecological prejudice&quot; has been recognised by a court for the 
first time in France...."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Diverse Stakeholders Come Together to Address Northern Right Whale Regulations"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_11_2008_17377.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17377</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund of Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) held a landmark &quot;Lobster Gear..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Endangered Gibbons get a helping hand in the New Year"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_10_2008_17380.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17380</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["After successfully relocating three Bornean gibbons last year, the International 
Fund for Animal..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW's YouTube Content Surges Past 300,000 Views"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_08_2008_17397.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17397</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare 
(IFAW - www.ifaw.org) announced today that 
the 89..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Statement Regarding The Delayed Decision For Polar Bear Inclusion In The Endangered Species Act"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_08_2008_17389.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17389</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) U.S. Office Director Jeff Flocken..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW and AOLA to Host Whale Friendlier Lobster Gear Summit"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_03_2008_17390.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17390</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["To advance dialogue between animal conservation groups and fishing associations 
seeking practical..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["IFAW responds to oil spill in Patagonia"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/01_02_2008_17392.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17392</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) has mobilized a team to respond to..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Statement Regarding the Siberian Tiger Incident at the San Francisco Zoo"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_27_2007_17420.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17420</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) CEO Fred O'Regan issued the following..."]]></description>
      </item>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan continues largest hunt since whaling ban"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_21_2007_17402.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17402</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) today welcomed news that the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Safe passage for endangered elephants: India corridor given to government"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_20_2007_17417.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17417</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["More than one thousand wild elephants have been given a right of passage today, 
with the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["EFSA report to European Commission finds Canada's commercial seal hunt inhumane"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_19_2007_17378.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17378</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["At the request of the European Commission, The European Food Safety Authority 
(EFSA) today..."]]></description>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Christmas comes early for entangled humpback whale in the Bay of Fundy"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_19_2007_17374.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17374</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A collaborative effort from IFAW's (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) ..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Companies Linked to Japanese Whaling; Conservationists Call for Action"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_18_2007_17375.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17375</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["In letters released today, Humane Society International, the Environmental 
Investigation Agency..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["A Dozen Ways to Save the Tiger: Blueprint for conservation released by range states"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_10_2007_17364.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17364</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Following recent reports that the world's wild tigers have dwindled to as few as 
3,000, one dozen..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Celebrates Grand Opening of Middle East and North Africa Regional Office in Dubai"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_07_2007_17387.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17387</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW has celebrated the opening of the Middle East and North Africa Regional 
Office in Dubai, its..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Man bitten by 450-lbs tiger near Los Angeles"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_05_2007_17410.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17410</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A man was critically injured in a tiger attack at an animal sanctuary northeast of Los Angeles...."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Endangered pelts go up in smoke in Kashmir"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_03_2007_17381.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17381</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Indian wildlife authorities today torched a huge pile of banned wildlife furs 
and skins in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Jubilation as the Taiping 4 arrive home in Cameroon"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_01_2007_17406.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17406</guid>
         <pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Taiping 4 gorillas bounded free into their new home in Limbe, Cameroon last 
night - drawing..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Tears and Joy as Taiping 4 Gorillas Leave for Cameroon"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_29_2007_17421.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17421</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["There were tears of joy and tears of sadness this evening as the Taiping 4 
gorillas departed..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Early Christmas: IFAW set to return four gorillas to Cameroon"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_28_2007_17379.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17379</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Last minute preparations are underway for the popularly named &quot;Taiping 4 
Gorillas&quot; ahead of their..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Austrian Chancellor signals support for a national ban on seal products"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_28_2007_17369.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17369</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer today expressed his intent to support a 
national ban on the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan's Whaling Fleet Sails, Humpbacks on Target List"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_17_2007_17404.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17404</guid>
         <pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Defying growing international pressure and a global whaling ban, the Government 
of Japan launched..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Russian government asks IFAW team to assess oil spill"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_16_2007_17416.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17416</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Russian environmental officials have asked a team from IFAW (International Fund 
for Animal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["International Legal Experts Urge Action to End Japanese Whaling"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_14_2007_17399.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17399</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An international panel of independent 
legal experts convened in London has today issued a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW helping dogs and livestock after massive Mexican floods"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_14_2007_17391.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17391</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Floods in the Mexican state of Tabasco have affected one million people, forced 
seventy thousand..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW to help animals affected by severe flooding in Tabasco, Mexico"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_08_2007_17394.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17394</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The worst floods of the last 50 years have devastated southeast Mexico, where 
the water now..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Health Checks Wrapped Up as Taiping 4 Gorillas Go Home for Christmas"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_30_2007_17384.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17384</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Taiping 4 gorillas return to Cameroon on 30 November, 2007, it was announced 
today."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["UN report says we are living beyond our planet&#8217;s means"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_29_2007_17424.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17424</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["According to the United Nations Environmental Program flagship report, 
Global Environment..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Ivory trade galore: Elephants not yet seeing the benefits of trade suspension"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_22_2007_17401.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17401</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Gunfire battle with poachers, ivory confiscations, and smuggler prosecution. All 
is a week's work..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Animal groups rescue abandoned lions and tigers from Ohio woman"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_22_2007_17368.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17368</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today three animal welfare organizations: IFAW (International Fund for Animal 
Welfare;..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Federal Government protracts trade ban for seal products"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_18_2007_17383.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17383</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["One year ago, on October 19th 2006, the Bundestag unanimously decided on the 
introduction of a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Solomon Islands export dolphins to Dubai"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_17_2007_17418.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17418</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today 30 live Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins left the Solomon Islands on 
Emirates chartered..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Latin American Organizations Gather in Chile to Strenghten Whale Protection"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_16_2007_17408.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["For the first time, a significant number of regional civil organizations 
specializing in cetacean..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Jonah and the Whale at Pacific Islands Forum"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_12_2007_17405.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17405</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Rugby icon Jonah Lomu has joined the fight against whaling by fronting a 
campaign to be launched..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Tiger thought extinct spotted in China"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_12_2007_17422.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17422</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["For the first time in more than 20 years, a South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) has been..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["New penalties for poaching show Russia means business"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_11_2007_17411.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17411</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["In an historic move aimed at increasing protections for Russia's wildlife, that 
country's Federal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW upset about European Commission&#8217;s failure to deliver on an integrated Maritime Policy"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_10_2007_17395.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17395</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today's adoption of the European Commission's Communication on a future Maritime 
Policy for the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cape Cod Stranding Network Merges with IFAW"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_02_2007_17372.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17372</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Cape Cod Stranding Network (CCSN - www.capecodstranding.net), a small 
non-profit organization..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Animal Action Awards Honor Six Animal Heroes"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/09_28_2007_17385.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17385</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) today announced the six U.S...."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada's Strategy Fails Grizzly Bears"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/09_24_2007_17371.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17371</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Grizzly bears are disappearing from North America and the Federal Government's 
failure to engage..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Kenyan community partners with conservationists to resolve human-elephant conflict"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/09_19_2007_17407.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17407</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Taveta Community bordering Kenya's Tsavo West National Park has embarked on 
an ambitious..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["&quot;Taiping Four&quot; gorillas to be returned to Cameroon in November"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/09_14_2007_17712.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17712</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The four Western Lowland Gorillas, affectionately known as the Taiping Four, 
will be returned to..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Mexican Zoo Receives Aid After Hurricane Dean"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/09_07_2007_17654.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17654</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["After Hurricane Dean swept across the Yucatan peninsula and several Mexican 
states, a Rescue and..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["International Fund for Animal Welfare Names Jeffrey Flocken Director of Washington, D.C. Office"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/09_04_2007_17625.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17625</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) announced today the appointment of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Iceland signals an end to its commercial whaling enterprise due to lack of consumer demand"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/08_24_2007_17610.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17610</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Good news for whales arrives this week as an Icelandic government official was 
quoted as saying..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Penguins affected by Uruguay oil spill returned to ocean"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_23_2007_17681.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17681</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["After several weeks of rehabilitation work, the rescue crew of IFAW 
(International Fund for..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Monsoon rains threaten wild and domestic animals in India"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_22_2007_17657.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17657</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) has mobilized a team to aid 
animals..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["New rules protect public from dangerous big cats"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_17_2007_17671.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17671</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["On December 19, 2003 President Bush signed the Captive Wildlife Safety Act 
(CWSA) into law which..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Flood Relief Underway in Indonesia"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_16_2007_17507.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17507</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Severe floods and mudslides have devastated Southeast Asia in recent weeks. 
Torrential rains on..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan's biggest ivory smuggler walks free as government schemes to market contraband"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_13_2007_17633.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17633</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A Japanese court has flattered the country's worst ivory smuggler with a most 
lenient penalty,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Penguins rescued from oil pollution in South America"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_25_2007_17683.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17683</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Hundreds of oil-covered Magellanic penguins have surfaced off the Atlantic coast 
of South America..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Calls on Congress to Pass Haley&#8217;s Act"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_24_2007_17528.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17528</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Following a recent rash of attacks and maulings involving captive big cats such 
as lions and..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Kenya&#8217;s Meru Park awarded &#8220;World Class&#8221; status"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_19_2007_17644.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17644</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has unveiled Meru National Park as a unique and 
world class..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["The Netherlands becomes the second EU nation to ban the trade in seal products"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_18_2007_17714.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["One small step for seals, one giant step to end the brutal seal hunt. This is 
the message coming..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Orphaned grizzly bear cub gets a second chance"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_13_2007_17679.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17679</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A six-month old orphaned grizzly bear cub, who arrived at the NLWS (Northern 
Lights Wildlife..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Tahoe wildlife rescued from devastating fires"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_11_2007_17709.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17709</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["As displaced residents return to their homes, injured animals continue to 
surface from the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW&#8217;s whale research vessel &#8216;Song of the Whale&#8217; visits Alexandria, Egypt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_9_2007_17605.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17605</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Song of the Whale (SOTW), the 
International Fund for Animal Welfare's (IFAW - www.ifaw.org )..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada&#8217;s 2007 commercial seal hunt crawls to a halt &#8211; harp seal population undergoes another year of unnecessary hunting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_23_2007_17458.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17458</guid>
         <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, the Canadian government will officially close its annual commercial hunt 
for harp seals,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["The new life for Amur tiger cubs"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_20_2007_17716.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17716</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Two of four tiger cubs, saved in the period from the beginning of the year by 
IFAW (International..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Protections for elephants, whales, tigers, emerge from conservation forum"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_15_2007_17689.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17689</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Suspend ivory trade, stop the commercial breeding of tigers for their parts, and 
maintain the ban..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Elephants get 9 year break!"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_14_2007_17492.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17492</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["African elephant range states reached a compromise today by agreeing to a 
suspension of ivory..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["The World Says no to Tiger Trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_13_2007_17715.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["One of the greatest threats to the survival of tigers in the wild was averted 
today, after..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Governments confront Internet trade at CITES; Sharks lose grip"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_8_2007_17515.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17515</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Measures to confront escalating levels of illegal trade via the Internet were 
overwhelmingly..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cameroon, Hong Kong, China win Interpol award for their efforts in fighting wildlife crime"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_7_2007_17453.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17453</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Representatives from wildlife enforcement agencies in Cameroon and Hong Kong, 
China were honored..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["World&#8217;s Largest Photo Mosaic of Tiger Unveiled at CITES; World Leaders Urged to End Tiger Trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_7_2007_17740.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17740</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A two-storey-high photo mosaic of a tiger, created from personal photos of 
nearly 25,000 tiger..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["CITES rebuffs Japan&#8217;s efforts to reopen whale meat trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_6_2007_17450.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17450</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Whales scored their second victory in as many weeks today when Parties to the 
Convention on..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Critical lapses in CITES compliance revealed as Southern African nations push for reopening of ivory trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_5_2007_17478.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17478</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["As delegates prepare to take on the issue of ivory trade - one of the more 
heated topics that has..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW investigation pushes eBay to announce global ban of all international ivory trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_5_2007_17582.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17582</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["International online commerce site eBay has today said that it will announce a 
ban on the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["New and improved system to combat illegal wildlife trade unveiled"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_3_2007_17670.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17670</guid>
         <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The United Nations University, with the support of IFAW (International Fund for 
Animal Welfare -..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["African elephant makes appearance at opening day of international wildlife trade conference"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_3_2007_17434.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17434</guid>
         <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A life-sized, nine-foot African elephant dubbed &quot;Mjumbe,&quot; Swahili for 
&quot;ambassador,&quot; made a grand..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["CITES Standing Committee releases stockpiles to Japan and makes mockery of system"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_2_2007_17449.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Conservation organizations, including IFAW (International Fund for Animal 
Welfare - www.ifaw.org..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Nations stand strong against commercial whaling at international meeting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_31_2007_17663.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["This year's meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was 
characterized by strong..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Illegal trade in tigers undermines China&#8217;s implementation of CITES"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_31_2007_17619.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17619</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A new investigation report by IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org  )..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["US citizens stand behind global ban on elephant ivory trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_31_2007_17722.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17722</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["By a massive eight to one, Americans stand together with people across Western 
Europe in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japanese oversight flaws fatal to elephants"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_30_2007_17636.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17636</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An investigative report conducted by IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare 
- www.ifaw.org )..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Nations asked to put differences aside at international whaling meeting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_29_2007_17661.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Representatives from 75 nations convening for the annual meeting of the 
International Whaling..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["International commercial trade of elephants, whales, tigers and sharks to be voted on at CITES Meeting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_29_2007_17626.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["More than 2,500 government representatives from 171 countries will converge in 
The Hague,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Nations meet to decide fate of world&#8217;s whales"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_28_2007_17662.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17662</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Representatives from more than 70 nations are convening today May 28th through 
June 1st, 2007 in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan&#8217;s &#8220;scientific&#8221; whaling trashed by international scientists at global whale meeting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_28_2007_17639.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Members of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission 
(IWC) were today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Wildlife poachers claim lives of seven rangers in one week"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_25_2007_17739.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Seven wildlife rangers and at least four poachers were killed this past week 
throughout East and..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Fate of world's whales to be decided at international meeting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_25_2007_17502.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Representatives from more than 70 nations will convene May 28th through June 
1st, 2007 in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["European Parliament calls on Member States to vote for ivory trade moratorium"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_25_2007_17497.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today international efforts for better elephant and wildlife protection moved a 
step forward when..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Groundbreaking new resource to help vets and remote communities"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_23_2007_17516.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17516</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Vets can contribute to improving the health of remote Australian communities now 
they have access..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW highlights its efforts towards saving sea turtles during World Turtle Day"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_23_2007_17579.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17579</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Sea turtles around the world continue to face great threats from human activity. 
Since the year..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Kenyan rangers forge deadly battle with wildlife poaching gang"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_22_2007_17643.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17643</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Three wildlife rangers and four poachers were killed this past weekend in a 
pre-dawn shoot-out in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Unveils African Ambassador For The Ivory Trade Ban Campaign"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_18_2007_17554.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17554</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Elephants today sent a most unusual envoy to this year's CITES Conference of 
Parties Meeting..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Animal Welfare and Conservation Groups Urge Senate to Protect Polar Bears from Trophy Hunting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_17_2007_17437.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17437</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, three leading animal protection and conservation groups - The Humane 
Society of the United..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Watershed decision for the conservation of marine organisms"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_16_2007_17728.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17728</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["When Official Mexican Norm (known as NOM in Spanish) 029 on shark and ray 
fishing goes into..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Animal Welfare and Conservation Groups Urge Congress to Protect Polar Bears from Trophy Hunting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_15_2007_17436.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17436</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, three leading animal protection and conservation groups - The Humane 
Society of the United..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Bidding for Extinction: Rampant ivory trade on eBay threatens elephant survival"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_15_2007_17447.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17447</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An investigative report released today by 
the IFAW  (International Fund for Animal Welfare -..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whale watch workshop provides training, opportunity in the Eastern Caribbean"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_14_2007_17732.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17732</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A new, five-day whale watch tour guide and naturalist training workshop, 
sponsored by IFAW (the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cape Air and IFAW Take &#8216;Whale Plane&#8217; on Cross-Country Mission"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_10_2007_17465.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17465</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today Cape Air and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) take off on the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Elephant-back Safaris &#8220;Simply Accidents Waiting to Happen&#8221; Warns Top Tourism Insurer"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_10_2007_17490.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17490</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Elephant-back safari operators are under fire from Africa's top tourism risk 
insurer which says..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["&#8220;Save the Whale&#8221; campaign takes flight over America with 12-year-old conservationist aboard"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_9_2007_17697.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17697</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["This month will be no ordinary month for 12-year-old Henry Ramage of Cape Cod, 
MA. He is set to..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Australian Government can stop Japan whaling"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_7_2007_17442.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17442</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Australian Government can stop Japan killing any more whales in the Southern 
Ocean by taking..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Ivory Trade Makes Congressional Agenda"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_3_2007_17630.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17630</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The fate of the world's elephants was today the focus of a key congressional 
hearing,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW opens new center in Moscow to help stray animals"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_30_2007_17589.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17589</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) announced today that it has opened..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Icelandic whalers harpoon first minke whale of season"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_27_2007_17615.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17615</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Icelandic whalers have harpooned the first whale of the season, despite a lack 
of national..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["In defense of whales: Uruguay consolidates regional bloc of conservationist countries"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_27_2007_17620.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17620</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Sixty representatives of government, civil and whale watching organizations from 
13 countries..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Austrian Parliament votes for National Ban for Seal Products"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_25_2007_17443.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17443</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Yesterday the Austrian Parliament voted unanimously for a motion to introduce a 
national ban on..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Federal Legislation Introduced To Protect Public"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_23_2007_17503.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17503</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) today commended members of the 
110th..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW and green.tv partner up"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_17_2007_17560.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17560</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) has partnered with broadband TV..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cape Cod Stranding Network to Merge with IFAW"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_11_2007_17466.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17466</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Great things are on the horizon for the dolphins, whales, and seals that strand 
on Cape Cod and..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Major U.S. Sushi Supplier Linked to Japan&#8217;s Whale Hunts"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_10_2007_17651.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17651</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["True World Foods, one of the largest suppliers of sushi meat in the United 
States, has entered..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whales Need US: More than 50 members of Congress and 20 Conservation Groups Call for U.S. Leadership to Protect Whales"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_10_2007_17735.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17735</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The &quot;Whales Need US&quot; coalition, an unprecedented joint effort of 20 U.S.-based 
environmental,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Taiping Four Gorillas &#8211; Wet Weather Stops Play as Malaysia Delays Decision"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_6_2007_17710.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17710</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A final opportunity to return the Taiping 4 gorillas to Cameroon before the 
rainy season sets in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["New IFAW presence in Dubai"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_4_2007_17668.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17668</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) is proud to announce that the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW observers witness hunting activity on opening day of Canada&#8217;s commercial seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_2_2007_17586.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17586</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Observers with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) have just returned from..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada&#8217;s 2007 commercial seal hunt starts today &#8211; 270,000 seal pups are set to be slaughtered"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_2_2007_17459.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Canada's annual commercial seal hunt opened today, with total limits set this 
year for 270,000..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Conservationists Call on China to Support Law Over Tiger Farms"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_30_2007_17474.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17474</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Twenty-eight organizations involved in tiger conservation around the world today 
called on China..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada government announces massive hunt of 270,000 seals despite global outcry"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_29_2007_17454.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17454</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Canadian government today announced the total allowable catch (TAC) of 
270,000 harp seals..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Celebrities Mobilize Against Canadian Seal Hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_29_2007_17470.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17470</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Joaquin Phoenix, Julio Iglesias, Sylvie Vartan, Jane Birkin, Twiggy, Maria de 
Medeiros, the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Global warming disaster as thousands of harp seal pups perish: Experts call for annual seal hunt to be cancelled"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_27_2007_17513.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17513</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Thousands of harp seal pups are assumed dead in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence 
due to the lack of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Harp seal population at risk due to global warming -- Canadian government urged to call off seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_14_2007_17519.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17519</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) and its 2.5 million supporters..."]]></description>
      </item>
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         <title><![CDATA["Government Set to Hobble South Africa&#8217;s Elephant-back Tourism Industry"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_8_2007_17514.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17514</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["If Government gets its way South Africa's notorious captive elephant industry, 
including elephant..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW helps animals in flood ravaged Indonesia"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_7_2007_17575.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17575</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["After suffering the worst flood in its modern history, Jakarta is now busy 
trying to recover from..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Science &#8211; not guns &#8211; sought for management of South Africa&#8217;s elephants"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_7_2007_17698.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17698</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The government of South Africa has announced that it will reach out to the 
scientific community..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Science Gets the Green Light to Determine Ethical Elephant Management"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_28_2007_17699.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17699</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Government's decision to let science rule when it comes to the management of 
South Africa's..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Conservationists support Japanese whaling decision"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_28_2007_17477.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17477</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) supports the decision made by the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Germany moves forward with proposed legislation to ban the import of all seal-derived products"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_26_2007_17510.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17510</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Horst Seehofer, German Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Ivory DNA study sheds light on escalating international trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_26_2007_17629.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17629</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The release of the long-awaited ivory DNA testing report by the University of 
Washington reveals..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Elephants Released To Wild for First Time in India"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_26_2007_17491.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17491</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare www.ifaw.org ) and its partner, WTI (Wildlife 
Trust..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW implores Japan to recall fire-damaged whaling fleet"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_23_2007_17580.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17580</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Experts with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) today called on the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Elephant poaching pandemic featured in latest National Geographic"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_21_2007_17489.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17489</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The serious elephant poaching problem plaguing the Zakouma National Park region 
of the Central..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Three Siberian Tiger Cubs Rescued in the Russian Far East"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_21_2007_17717.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17717</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Within the last three weeks, three tiger cubs have been delivered to the Tiger 
Inspection Rehab..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["New scientific report indicates a recent lack of sea ice is dangerous for Canada&#8217;s harp seal population"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_20_2007_17672.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17672</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A new scientific report released today by IFAW (the International Fund for 
Animal Welfare -..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Clampdown on South African Canned Hunting and Captive Breeding Welcomed"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_20_2007_17472.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17472</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The captive breeding and canned hunting industry received a body blow today with 
the announcement..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Outrage at Plans to Axe Met&#8217;s Wildlife Crime Unit"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_19_2007_17680.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17680</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The UK's leading conservation groups are calling on the Mayor Ken Livingstone to 
safeguard the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Nearly 150 lbs of illegal ivory intercepted at Beijing airport"]]></title>
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approximately..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["No Return to Cruelty Says Poll to Mark Hunt Ban Anniversary"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_18_2007_17676.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A new poll shows public opinion is more than 3:1 in favour of the hunting 
ban remaining, as..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Southern Ocean Violence Must Stop"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_13_2007_17707.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The violent and unlawful deaths of hundreds of whales occurring now in the 
Southern Ocean could..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Million Rand Gourmet Valentine Gift for Pets of the Poor"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_12_2007_17656.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["It's a Valentine's feast as possibly South Africa's biggest ever single donation 
of pet food..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Art Exhibit Highlights Bond between Animals and People"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_9_2007_17441.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod (AFCC) and the International Fund for Animal 
Welfare (IFAW -..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Ivory tusks from endangered African elephants."]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_8_2007_17631.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) welcomes the statement made today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Arrests Made in Record Japan Ivory Haul"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_8_2007_17440.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Arrests have been made in the Osaka, Japan record-breaking elephant ivory 
seizure case of this..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Names Ramage Whale Program Manager"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_7_2007_17540.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ) has appointed its longtime Public..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Help Save the Whale, Britain Urges More Nations"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_1_2007_17520.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A government initiative to enlist more countries around the world to the 
anti-whaling cause has..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Rectification: EU-Commission does not reject seal ban"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_29_2007_17691.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Contrary to a report by an international news agency, the European Commission 
has not rejected..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Releases Rhinos Back To Wild in India"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_29_2007_17544.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare, www.ifaw.org ) and its partner, WTI (Wildlife..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Belgium becomes first EU country to place a national ban on all seal product imports"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_25_2007_17446.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Belgian parliament today unanimously voted to implement a national ban on 
the import of all..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Environmental protection urged as Russia&#8217;s Gazprom takes over Shell shares in Sakhalin-2"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_21_2006_17495.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17495</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ) is urging decision-makers to..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["China halts dog cull after international uproar"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_21_2006_17471.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17471</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Thanks to thousands of letters from concerned animal lovers around the world, 
including from..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["65,000+ say no to Caribbean commercial whaling"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_20_2006_17432.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17432</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["More than 65,000 emails and faxes urging Caribbean leaders not to consider 
commercial whaling..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Proposed Hunting Bill a Sham as Government Bows to Big Business"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_15_2006_17688.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Instead of a promised shut down of canned hunting, the Government has bowed to 
threats of legal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["South African Government Delays the Return of Taiping 4 Gorillas"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_11_2006_17705.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Taiping 4 gorillas will not return to Cameroon this week as planned, the 
International Fund..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Caribbean whale watching operators jump-start CARIBwhale"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_7_2006_17469.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["More than 15 Caribbean whale watching organizations, in partnership with the 
International Fund..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Taiping Four gorillas leave South Africa next week"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_4_2006_17711.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Taiping 4 gorillas are set to depart for the Cameroon on 13 December 2006, 
the International..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Latin America steps forward to protect cetaceans"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_2_2006_17646.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Government representatives of twelve Latin American countries met in Buenos 
Aires, Argentina in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Icelanders believe whaling damages tourism"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_24_2006_17614.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["48% of Icelanders believe commercial whaling will have a negative impact on the 
country's tourism..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW: Think Carefully Before Giving Puppies and Kittens as Gifts"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_24_2006_17552.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The holiday shopping season is in full 
swing and many people, for the first time, consider giving..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW opposes call for commercial whale hunt in the Caribbean: whale meat for tourists?"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_22_2006_17590.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ) today urges leaders and citizens..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW and Eurogroup applaud European Commission&#8217;s strong stand on protecting cats and dogs"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_20_2006_17558.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, Commissioner Kyprianou unveiled plans to end the production, marketing 
and trade of cat..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW delighted by Council of Europe recommendation to ban seal products"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_17_2006_17568.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, the Council of Europe reflected the concerns of millions of European 
citizens that the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Germany&#8217;s National Veterinary Association demands a trade embargo on all seal products"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_16_2006_17511.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Germany's National Veterinary Association (Bundestierarztekammer) this week demanded that the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["European Parliament votes in favour of greater protection for Europe&#8217;s seas"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_14_2006_17498.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Joint comment by Greenpeace , BirdLife International, the European Environment 
Bureau, the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan&#8217;s whale hunters set sail for slaughter in International Whale Sanctuary"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_14_2006_17640.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17640</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Government of Japan will tomorrow launch a fleet of six boats from Arukaport 
to commence a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Russian gyrfalcons released to wild by IFAW"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_9_2006_17693.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17693</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["This October, police confiscated five rare, endangered falcons at a Moscow area 
airport, during..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW to Support Landmark Community Elephant Fence in Kenya"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_8_2006_17598.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17598</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ), CEO and President, Fred O'Regan 
has..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Elephants sent into Safari Slavery from Zimbabwe&#8217;s World Famous Hwange National Park"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_8_2006_17493.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Up to 15 wild juvenile elephants are being captured in Zimbabwe's world renowned 
Hwange National..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Indonesian forest fires force dozens of endangered orangutans to flee"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_7_2006_17621.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Wildfires that have been raging across Indonesia since mid-September have choked 
the country in a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["VistaPrint and IFAW Announce New Charity Holiday Cards"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_6_2006_17724.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Exclusive Animal Cards Available on All 17 Of VistaPrint's Web Sites - 50% of Proceeds go to IFAW..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["25 Countries Launch Diplomatic Protest Against Iceland&#8217;s Whale Hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_1_2006_17430.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17430</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ) today welcomed continued..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Confiscated goshawks released to the wild"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_31_2006_17473.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Thirteen of 14 goshawks that were confiscated earlier in the month by wildlife enforcement..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Breaks Ground on New International Headquarters"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_25_2006_17527.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) today began construction of a new..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["NGO&#8217;s and Zoo Combine Forces to Return Taiping 4 Gorillas to Cameroon"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_25_2006_17659.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ) and the National Zoological..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whales killed for fish freezer, no market for meat &#8211; &#8220;It&#8217;s a cruel waste,&#8221; says IFAW"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_24_2006_17736.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["A second fin whale - classified as an endangered species - has been killed by whalers in Iceland..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW welcomes maximum fine for UK Company selling illegal ivory"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_24_2006_17599.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A company dealing in illegal ivory goods were today fined a total of $10,000 at 
City of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whalers bloody Iceland&#8217;s waters and international reputation with first whale kill"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_22_2006_17733.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The crew of an Icelandic whaling ship killed an endangered fin whale yesterday - 
the first of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Icelandic whalers head out to hunt first fin whale &#8211; global outcry pours in"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_20_2006_17616.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An Icelandic whaling ship headed out yesterday to commercially hunt whales for 
the first time in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["German parliament votes unanimously to ban seal product imports"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_20_2006_17509.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17509</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Germany's parliament voted unanimously late last night on a motion to ban the 
import of seal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Iceland to hunt whales despite global moratorium and international outcry"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_17_2006_17611.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The government of Iceland has announced today that it will commercially hunt 
whales for the first..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["EU Parliament adopts Animal Welfare Action Plan"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_12_2006_17487.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, the European Parliament reflected the concerns of millions of European 
citizens that..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["CITES Falls Short of Addressing Critical Threats to Wild Tigers"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_6_2006_17448.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Convention on International Trade in 
Endangered Species (CITES) approved an action at today's..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Victory for elephants as CITES says No to ivory stockpile sale"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_5_2006_17723.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Conservationists, including IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare; www.ifaw.org ), scored a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["More than one million children learn about seals this week"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_4_2006_17658.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Some 1.2 million children in 15 countries worldwide, including 500,000 in all 50 
states, will..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Fate of elephants hangs in balance at meeting of world nations"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_2_2006_17501.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The fate of elephants will be decided this week at the 54th Standing Committee 
meeting of the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Sakhalin pipeline environmental damage estimated at US$70-million"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_29_2006_17696.php</link>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Names Winner of Innovative &#8220;Whale Song Remix Project&#8221;"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ) today announced the winner in the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Enivornmental concerns could halt Shell oil project"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["Russia's Ministry of Natural Resources announced it has revoked its 
environmental certification..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["&#8220;Want to end the cruelty, then end the hunt,&#8221; says IFAW of calls to ban hakapiks from Canadian seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_15_2006_17726.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Calls this week by Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams and Minister 
of Fisheries..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Zambia hands down tough sentence to ivory dealer"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_8_2006_17741.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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labor to a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW applauds European Parliament resolution to ban seal product trade"]]></title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) applauds a new European 
Parliament..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["No Need for Delay, as IFAW Offers to Fund Return of Taiping 4 Gorillas"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_5_2006_17675.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["Delays should not hamper the early return of the &quot;Taiping Four&quot; - four Western 
Lowland gorillas -..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["&#8220;Africa&#8217;s Elephants Must be Saved, Stop Ivory Trade Talks,&#8221; Say Wildlife Conservation Symposium Delegates"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_28_2006_17435.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["Wildlife management authorities and experts from 19 African states came together 
on August 24th..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["New IFAW Report Uncovers Public Safety Dangers"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_24_2006_17667.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A new report released today by IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare - 
www.ifaw.org )..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Launches Web&#8217;s First Animal Rescue Blog"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_17_2006_17538.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) has officially launched the Animal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Live whales tell better tale Researchers learn about the lives of whales, from photographs of whales&#8217; tails"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_14_2006_17650.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An international team of researchers aboard IFAW's (International Fund for 
Animal Welfare -..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Ryun bill would protect public from big cat attacks"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_1_2006_17694.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) today commended Congressman Jim 
Ryun..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Penguins released back to wild after oil spill in Argentina"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_31_2006_17682.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ), in cooperation with Fundacion 
Mundo..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cape Air and IFAW Launch Whale of a Plane"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_26_2006_17464.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Cape Air and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) today formally 
unveiled a new piece of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Condemns Cruel and Unnecessary Namibia Seal Cull"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_17_2006_17532.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) has condemned Namibia's annual 
seal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Five Leading Animal Welfare Organizations Give $3.2 Million Boost to Spay/Neuter Efforts in Gulf Coast Communities"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_11_2006_17505.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today in St. Bernard Parish, La., the Big Fix Rig -- a traveling spay/neuter 
clinic for cats --..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW helps dogs after volcano forces evacuation of Indonesian villages"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_6_2006_17576.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) is working near Mt. Merapi,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Massive ivory seizure signals rebound of illegal trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_5_2006_17652.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Taiwan custom officers seized more than two metric tons (4,000 lbs) of illegal 
elephant ivory..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["President Bush and Japan Prime Minister Koizumi greeted by Elvis singing &#8220;Don&#8217;t be cruel &#8211; stop whaling&#8221;"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_30_2006_17685.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["U.S. President George W. Bush and Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a 
die-hard Elvis..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["$10,000 reward offered after hundreds of baby terns wash up dead"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_29_2006_17428.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["On June 28, reports of dead baby 
terns on the shores of Long Beach sent wildlife rescuers from..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["President Bush to Meet with Japan Prime Minister Koizumi: Conservationists say, &#8220;tell Japan to stop whaling&#8221;"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_28_2006_17686.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, is set to meet with U.S. President 
George W. Bush on..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IWC Meeting Concludes, Whaling Continues"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_20_2006_17606.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The 58th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) ended 
today after five days..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Stands With Greenpeace as Activists are Arrested at International Whaling Meeting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_20_2006_17551.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The conservation community stood together today on the Marriott Resort beach in 
St. Kitts, when..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Growth of Pacific Islands Whale Watching Industry Cited at Meeting of International Whaling Commission"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_19_2006_17518.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Whale watching has emerged as an industry growing &quot;strongly&quot; in the Pacific 
Islands region, says..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Row over &#8220;St. Kitts and Nevis Declaration&#8221; Erupts at International Whaling Commission Meeting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_18_2006_17692.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Having lost votes on every policy proposal they put before the 58th annual 
meeting of the IWC,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cruelty of Japanese Whale Hunt Unveiled in New Scientific Report"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_17_2006_17479.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["The cruelty of Japan's whaling methods was unveiled today with the release of a 
new report on the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Caribbean Conservationists Issues &#8220;St. Kitts Declaration&#8221; as IWC Debates Fate of World&#8217;s Whales"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_16_2006_17467.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Dozens of conservation experts from across the Caribbean met in St. Kitts today, 
on the eve of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Fate of World&#8217;s Whales Hangs in Balance, International Whaling Commission Meets Today"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_16_2006_17500.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Representatives from 66 nations are convening today in the Caribbean nation of 
St. Kitts and..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Narrowest of Votes Leaves Whales Safe &#8211; For Now &#8211; at International Whaling Commission"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_16_2006_17660.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["Japan failed today by a narrow margin to lead pro-whaling nations to a simple 
majority voting..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW team aids thousands of animals in Indonesia earthquake disaster"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_12_2006_17596.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) is working in Central Java to give..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japanese Scientific Whaling &#8220;Unlawful&#8221; Say Top Legal Experts"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_1_2006_17634.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An international panel of independent legal experts convened in Paris has found 
that Japanese..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Despite Global Protests, Japan&#8217;s Whaling Fleet Sets Out Again to Hunt 260 More Whales"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_24_2006_17485.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["The government of Japan has announced the deployment of its whaling fleet to 
hunt 260 whales in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Innovative Whale Song Remix Contest"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_16_2006_17622.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) today launched the &quot;Whale Remix 
Project,&quot; an..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Caribbean Environmentalists Issue Strong Statement in Run-up to Controversial Global Whaling Meeting"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_12_2006_17468.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Forty-eight environmental leaders from across the Caribbean region this week 
released a strong..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Conservationists &#8220;Outraged&#8221; By Massive Illegal Ivory Haul"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_10_2006_17475.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["Hong Kong, Province of China customs officials announced today that a 
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         <title><![CDATA["South Africa allows capture of wild elephants"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_24_2006_17704.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["Six young wild elephant were forcibly removed from their herd last week and 
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW launches U.S. whale campaign"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_18_2006_17583.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) today joined with a 
coalition of national..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW helps pass Kansas law banning tigers as pets"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_18_2006_17577.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["This week, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed a bill that will make Kansas 
a safer place..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canadian Seal Hunt Begins Again"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_12_2006_17461.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["The senseless slaughter of 230,000 seal 
pups began this morning off the coast of Newfoundland...."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["U.S. Endangered Species Act protects Tibetan antelope"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_28_2006_17720.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that it will protect 
the Tibetan antelope..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Global protection for South Africa&#8217;s southern waters"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_27_2006_17512.php</link>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canadian Hunt for Seal Pups Draws International Criticism"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["Canada's annual hunt for harp seal pups will begin tomorrow, according to 
IFAW (International..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW calls on Canada to cancel seal hunt due to lack of ice"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is again calling on Canada's 
new government to..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW President challenges Premier Williams to a televised debate on Canadian seal hunt"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["Today, IFAW President Fred O'Regan challenged Danny Williams, Premier of 
Newfoundland and..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canadian seal hunt goes ahead despite calls for caution"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_15_2006_17462.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["Despite repeated calls for caution based on sound science, conservation and 
preventing cruelty,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Deadly Elephant Safari Tourism Under Fire"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_10_2006_17484.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["Animal welfare groups reacted angrily this week following the trampling to death 
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW demands apology from Canadian politician"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_8_2006_17569.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["Today IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) demanded an apology from..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW brings Whale Trail to Cape and Islands"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_7_2006_17563.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) announced today that it is the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW supports training for wildlife officials in Kenya"]]></title>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Kenya's Tourism and Wildlife Minister, Morris Dzoro, launched an anti-wildlife 
crime course..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW offers cold weather tips for your pets"]]></title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW rescues frozen swan following oil spill"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_23_2006_17593.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Shiver the swan has swum to freedom after being rescued by IFAW (International 
Fund for Animal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["DFO puts harp seals in jeopardy, study finds"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_16_2006_17482.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Department of Fisheries and Oceans' management approach for harp seals risks 
depleting the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Italy temporarily bans imports of Canadian seal products"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_13_2006_17628.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Italy announced today that it has temporarily suspended imports of seal skins and seal derived..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Oil &#8220;Timebomb&#8221; Threatens Wildlife in Estonia"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_10_2006_17677.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An oil spill, that has already killed thousands of seabirds off the northwest 
coast of Estonia,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW ER Team helps wildlife at Estonia oil spill"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_6_2006_17535.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An international team of wildlife experts from IFAW (International Fund for 
Animal Welfare -..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Mexico Bans Imports and Exports of Primates and Marine Mammals"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_6_2006_17655.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) announced that Mexico has banned 
the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Wins Improved Conditions for Australian Elephants"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_6_2006_17557.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has today placed a number of conditions on 
the permits to..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["New Regulations Limit Tiger Trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_31_2006_17669.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today the U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service (USFWS) published proposed rules 
under the Captive..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW China Educates Locals on Asian Elephant Protection"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_18_2006_17530.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) and its local partner,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Wetstone to lead IFAW U.S. expansion"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_9_2006_17730.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare, www.ifaw.org ) today announced the hiring of 
Gregory..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whales Killed by Japan in Protected Waters"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_6_2006_17734.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The full cruelty of modern-day commercial whaling was made public today by the 
release of footage..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Thrilled by Canada&#8217;s Green Party Stand on Commercial Seal Hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_2_2005_17553.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) congratulated the Green Party 
of Canada for its..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Holiday Gifts for Animals and People"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/12_2_2005_17521.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17521</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["This holiday IFAW is offering a unique gift for the animal lovers on your 
shopping list."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Fifth Health camp for Captive Elephants at Sonpur"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_29_2005_17504.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17504</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW helped micro-chip 77 elephants at the fifth consecutive health camp for 
captive elephants in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Time to Rethink Elephant Culling"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_23_2005_17718.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["To conserve or to cull? In a nutshell that is the question facing the South 
African Government in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW&#8217;s Emergency Relief Team starts rescuing wildlife in Chile after Oil Spill"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_18_2005_17602.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["On November 1 a Hong Kong, Province of China-flagged cargo ship ran aground on 
the northern coast..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["EP stands up for animals &#8220;trapped by bad science&#8221;"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_17_2005_17486.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, the European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the Commission Proposal 
on humane trapping..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Call for Ban on Captive Breeding as Investigation Reveals Wildlife Industry&#8217;s &#8220;Dirty Underbelly&#8221;"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_15_2005_17451.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An investigation that reveals &quot;captive breeding&quot; of large predators as the dirty underbelly of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Launches Project to Address Stray Dog Problem in Dominica"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_10_2005_17537.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare, www.ifaw.org ) and the Roseau City Council today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japanese Whaling Fleet Bound for International Whale Sanctuary"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_8_2005_17635.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Defying international criticism and a global ban on commercial whaling, the 
Government of Japan..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Conservationists say No to Wildlife Gift as Thai Prime Minister Visits Kenya"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_8_2005_17476.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Conservationists, including IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare- www.ifaw.org ), today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whaling season ends with more than 600 whales harpooned"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/11_1_2005_17738.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Norway's 2005 whaling season closed at midnight (October 31st) with a total 
catch of 639 minke..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canned Hunting and Captive Breeding Report Regarded a &#8220;Good Start&#8221;"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_25_2005_17463.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The proposal by a Government appointed task team that South Africa impose an 
outright ban on..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Zoos admit &#8216;optimal&#8217; care for elephants not the priority"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_20_2005_17743.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Taronga Zoo and Melbourne Zoo plan to keep eight new Asian elephants in city 
zoos rather than..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cameroon Seeks to Reclaim Gorillas from South Africa"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_13_2005_17452.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A high-level delegation of Cameroon government officials arrives in South Africa 
on Saturday..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Welfare groups gear up for major legal challenge against Government"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_7_2005_17729.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Three leading animal welfare and 
conservation organisations are gearing up for the start of a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Leading Animal Welfare Group Applauds &#8220;Common-Sense&#8221; Government Crocodile Decision"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_6_2005_17647.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) congratulates the Minister 
for the Environment,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW&#8217;s Special Week is World&#8217;s Largest Animal Event"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_4_2005_17604.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today IFAW announced the start of its annual Animal Action Week - the largest 
animal-focused..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Hurricane Dog Flies Cross-Country to Reunite With Family"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/10_4_2005_17523.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The 2,000-mile flight from Baton Rouge, LA to Los Angeles, CA will be a journey 
home of sorts for..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Moves Katrina Animals From Rita&#8217;s Path"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_22_2005_17539.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) rescuers are transporting 250..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW, Kenya Wildlife Service to Enhance Tsavo National Park"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_22_2005_17600.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Kenya's Vice President, Hon Moody Awori, today unveiled a US 1.25 million dollar 
rehabilitation..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["69% of Canadian voters oppose commercial seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_20_2005_17433.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["With only some six months remaining before Canadians go to the polls a 
1,000-person national..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Helps Move Hurricane Animals to California Shelters"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_16_2005_17536.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Emergency rescuers with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) are today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW emergency experts carry out post-Tsunami training"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_12_2005_17573.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Indonesian vets are being trained by IFAW experts in emergency animal care on 
how to cope with..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW recognizes marine conservation leaders"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_12_2005_17591.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) today announced it has recognized..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Team from Cape Cod rescues scores of pets from New Orleans homes"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_11_2005_17713.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) is currently carrying out 
emergency..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Scores of pets rescued from homes in New Orleans"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_8_2005_17700.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) is currently searching door-to-door in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Hurricane Leaves Owners Desperate About Pets Whereabouts"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_2_2005_17525.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Animal welfare groups are being inundated by calls from pet owners who are 
searching for their..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescue: IFAW Saves Dogs and Cats"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/9_1_2005_17524.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17524</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Hundreds of pet cats and dogs are in urgent need of care and evacuation from 
Hurricane Katrina..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Rescues Animals from Floods in India"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_26_2005_17545.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) announced today results of a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Poaching Remains Main Threat to Tibetan Antelope"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_20_2005_17684.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Sponsored by IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare -- www.ifaw.org ), the fourth Tibetan..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Illegal Trade in Endangered Animals Flourishes on Web"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_16_2005_17618.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An investigation by IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) released 
today reveals that..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["International Conference to Address Oiled Wildlife Problem"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_4_2005_17623.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["An estimated 300,000 seabirds are killed each year off the East coast of Canada, 
from deliberate..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Partners with Zodiac Group to Protect Marine Wildlife"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_4_2005_17542.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17542</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) and the Zodiac Group today 
announced..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Rescues Elephant Calf From Poachers"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/8_2_2005_17546.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Members of IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) rescued a three-year old..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Date is set for Asian elephant appeal"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_28_2005_17483.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A legal appeal to decide the fate of eight Asian elephants earmarked for 
Australian zoos has been..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Interpol Gives Ecomessage Award to Kenya for Fighting Wildlife Crime"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_18_2005_17627.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Interpol has chosen the Government of Kenya as the first-ever recipient of the 
Interpol..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Zoo Document Admits Taiping 4 Gorillas from Cameroon"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_13_2005_17742.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A major obstacle to the return of the Taiping 4 gorillas from South Africa's 
Pretoria Zoo to..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Arab League Calls for Collaboration to Fight Wildlife Crime"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_13_2005_17439.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17439</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Arab League has called for Arab States to join in the fight against wildlife 
crime by..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW&#8217;s Penguin Network Releases First Birds"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_7_2005_17603.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17603</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The IFAW Penguin Network has released its first birds this year after successful 
rehabilitation..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Iceland's Whaling Boats Resume Hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_6_2005_17613.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Iceland's whaling boats have left port to begin this season's hunt. Although 
there has been no..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Kenya Government to Export Wildlife to Zoo in Thailand"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/7_6_2005_17642.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17642</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Kenyan Government announced its decision to provide wildlife for the Chiang 
Mai Night Safari..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Illegal Ivory Trade Flourishes in China"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_28_2005_17617.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17617</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Despite systematic efforts by regulators and enforcement officials, the illegal 
ivory trade is..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whaling Commission Saved, Whales Still in Trouble"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_24_2005_17737.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17737</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The 57th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) ended 
today following five..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IWC Notes Growth of Whale Watching Industry Worldwide"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_23_2005_17607.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17607</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["After rejecting Japanese proposals to expand whaling, the annual meeting of the 
International..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IWC Rejects Japanese Scientific Whaling Proposal"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_22_2005_17608.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17608</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A new Japanese proposal to increase &quot;scientific&quot; whaling failed to gain majority 
support at the ..."]]></description>
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      <item>
         <title><![CDATA["Elephant Tragedy an Accident Waiting to Happen"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_22_2005_17488.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17488</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Yesterday's trampling to death of an elephant handler has raised alarm bells 
with regards to the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan&#8217;s Commercial Whaling Proposal Rejected by IWC"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_21_2005_17638.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17638</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["On a strong majority vote, member countries of the International Whaling 
Commission (IWC) today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan Targets More Whales, Whaling Commission"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_20_2005_17632.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17632</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The 57th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opened 
today amid a storm..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Watching Whales In East Asia"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_17_2005_17727.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["As countries from around the world gather in Ulsan, South Korea for the 
annual meeting of the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Kentucky bans exotic pets"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_15_2005_17641.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17641</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare www.ifaw.org ) today announced that Kentucky has..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Urges China to Say No to Japanese Whaling"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_14_2005_17555.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17555</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Prior to the 57th International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting  in Ulsan 
Korea next week,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Leading conservationists sound alarm over whaling"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/6_9_2005_17648.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17648</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) and other leading conservation..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW and North Shore Animal League America team up to rescue 30 dogs from shelter in China and re-home them in the United States"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_26_2005_17559.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare- www.ifaw.org ) and the North Shore Animal League..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Iceland urged to abandon whaling"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_25_2005_17612.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17612</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is urging Iceland to end 
whaling as the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japanese whaling&#8212;a threat to whale recovery"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_20_2005_17637.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Australian Government's whale recovery plans, released today by the 
Environment Minister,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW: Canada enacts law to punish polluters and protect wildlife"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_19_2005_17529.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare -- www.ifaw.org ) and Canada's 
largest..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW.org receives top international award for web sites"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_4_2005_17601.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17601</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal 
Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) announced today that 
it won the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW collaborates with Spanish and Moroccan conservationists on Atlantic monk seal study"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/5_4_2005_17567.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17567</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The team onboard Song of the Whale, the International Fund for Animal Welfare's 
(IFAW) unique..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada kills 250,000 seal pups in annual hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_21_2005_17456.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["As the Canadian commercial seal hunt draws 
to an end, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW applauds Arkansas ban on private ownership of lions, tigers and bears"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_21_2005_17561.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/17561</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) announced today the passage of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW to South African Government: Return gorillas to Cameroon"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_14_2005_17597.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW criticized the Government of South Africa today for failing to return 4 
gorillas to West..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW destroys giant tusk of unwanted ivory in its campaign to protect elephants"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_12_2005_17570.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare today sent sparks flying in central 
London as it..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW gives Tibetan antelope more space to roam"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/4_11_2005_17574.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) provided another 10,000 USD to..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW: Shell agrees to move oil pipeline to protect endangered Western Gray Whales"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_30_2005_17550.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) today hailed the decision of the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada kicks off annual hunt for baby seals"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_29_2005_17455.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Canada's annual hunt for baby seals began today according to IFAW (International 
Fund for Animal..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Sixteen Years After Exxon Valdez Spill, Oil Continues to Kill Thousands of Seabirds Each Year"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_24_2005_17703.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Sixteen years after the devastating Exxon Valdez spill, the deliberate and 
illegal discharge of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW supports call for on-the-spot fines to tackle illegal meat imports"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_23_2005_17594.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) today welcomed a National Audit 
Office (NAO)..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Mexican Senate recommends banning importation of seal products"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_22_2005_17653.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) announced today that Mexico's Chamber..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whale of a rescue"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_18_2005_17731.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A traumatic week for three young pilot whales trapped in a lagoon in Tonga has 
ended happily,..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["SANParks accused of trying to force through elephant cull plans"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_15_2005_17695.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["South African National Parks (SANParks) appears ready to steamroll its plans to 
resume culling..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Bears Released Back to Wild in India for First Time"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_10_2005_17445.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["In a pioneering effort two Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) have been 
released back to the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Welcomes Enhanced Protection for Ontario&#8217;s Wolves"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_10_2005_17556.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) today welcomed the Ontario 
Government's decision..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["One of nature&#8217;s great wonders: Annual birth of seal pups off coast of Eastern Canada"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_8_2005_17678.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["One of the wonders of the natural world - the annual birth of thousands of baby 
harp seals - is..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW calls on Senate to Pass Bill C-15"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_2_2005_17565.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW today expressed outrage that eider ducks were victims of deliberate and 
illegal bilge oil..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW helps remove lions, tigers and leopards from private owners in Nevada"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_1_2005_17578.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Thirteen big cats and their neighbors will be safer thanks to the help of IFAW 
(International..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Zoos refuse to provide answers"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/3_1_2005_17744.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare), RSPCA Australia and the Humane 
Society..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW: Dutch officials seize illegal elephant parts"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_22_2005_17534.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org ) today praised Dutch enforcement..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW celebrates start of UK hunt ban"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_18_2005_17566.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today heralds the end of cruel sports in the British countryside. The ban on 
hunting wild animals..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Donates Heating System to Beijing Animal Shelter"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/2_1_2005_17533.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["IFAW (International Fund for Animal 
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW investigation concludes that pollution is destroying China's world famous Swan Lake"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_28_2005_17581.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Earlier this year, 13 swans suddenly died, within a month of each other, at Swan 
Lake in..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW launches rabies vaccination program in tsunami disaster area of Sri Lanka"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_25_2005_17584.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["A rabies vaccination and medical care program for dogs was recently launched in 
Sri Lanka by..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Environmentalists breathe easier as South Africa signs on for oil spill relief"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_19_2005_17496.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Environmentalists have expressed relief that South Africa has finally signed on 
to a pair of..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW offers cold weather tips for your pets"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/1_19_2005_17587.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2005 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Winter presents many hidden dangers for pets and with the cold weather in full 
force this week;..."]]></description>
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