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         <title><![CDATA["eBay&#8217;s New Year resolution: Protect endangered elephants"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Twiggy Boxing Day plea: report suspicious hunt activities to protect wild animals"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Urgent call for ban on killing of UK seals"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["New website launched to assist police with Hunting Act"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Applauds China&#8217;s Largest Cyber Store for Shark Fin Trade Ban"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Gorilla, missing in action: New take on iconic advert drums home serious conservation message"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Landowner Found Guilty Of Hare Coursing"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Greater protection secured for elephants, tigers, dolphins and turtles"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Government urged to use new Marine Bill to protect marine mammals from man-made ocean noise pollution"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Ocean noise poses grave threat to marine mammals"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan urged to turn whaling fleet around"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW double winner at Green Awards"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Bidding begins in controversial ivory sales"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["International sale of elephant ivory begins in southern Africa, amid controversy"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["eBay announces ivory ban in response to IFAW report"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Animal Heroes given prestigious awards for outstanding work"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["International ivory sale to be held for first time in decade"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Leonardo DiCaprio kicks off IFAW&#8217;s Animal Action Week"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Penguins flown South for record-breaking release to the wild in Brazil"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Warning to Cameron &#8211; Tory voters back hunting ban"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["School kids say &#8216;Fantastic! Not Plastic&#8217; as they join celebrity vet for river clean-up"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Animal Rescue operations underway in flooded Bihar, India"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW cautiously welcomes EU ban on seal products but warns that exemptions could allow cruelty to continue"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whaling Meeting Closes &#8211; Future Uncertain For Whales and Commission"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Olympic Travellers urged to Think Twice and avoid wildlife souvenirs"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whaling (08 February 2008)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Elephants killed in train crash (05 February 2008)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Tiger, Dozen Ways - 10 Dec 2007"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Pelts up in smoke, Kashmir - 04 Dec 07"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Westminster Adopt-a-Whale (21 Nov 07)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japanese fleet leaves + Humpbacks (18 Nov 07)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Legal Call to End Whaling - 14 Nov 07"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Hunting Private Prosecution (09 Nov 07)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Virtual Gifts"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Iceland Opinion on Whaling (29 Oct 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Solomon Islands Dolphins (17 Oct 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Animal Heroes Win Awards at House of Lords (15 Oct 07)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Tiger thought extinct spotted in China (12 Oct 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["New penalties for poaching show Russia means business (11 Oct 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Orphaned rhino and lost baby elephant on road to recovery (28 Sept 07)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Good news for whales as Iceland signals end to whaling (24 Aug 2007)"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["(Reykjavik  24th August 2007)  The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has welcomed a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["The Netherlands becomes the second EU nation to ban the trade in seal products  (18 July 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["London trader prosecuted for selling endangered species fur coats  (10 July 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Protections for elephants, whales, tigers, emerge from conservation forum (15 June 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["The World Says No to Tiger Trade (13 June 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Governments confront Internet trade at CITES.  Sharks lose grip (08 June 07)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Two members of Quantock stag hounds found guilty of illegal hunting (07 June 07)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cameroon, Hong Kong win Interpol award for their efforts in fighting wildlife crime (09 June 2007)"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["(The Hague, The Netherlands) Representatives from wildlife enforcement agencies in Cameroon and..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["CITES rebuffs Japan&#8217;s efforts to reopen whale meat trade (06 June 07)"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["(The Hague, Netherlands) Whales scored their second victory in as many weeks today when Parties to..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW investigation pushes eBay to announce global ban of all international ivory trade (05 June 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Critical lapses in CITES compliance revealed as Southern African nations push for reopening ivory trade (05 June 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["CITES Standing Committee releases stockpiles to Japan and makes mockery of system (03 June 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Nations stand strong against commercial whaling at international meeting (01 June 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Farming tigers to extinction: Illegal trade in tigers undermines China&#8217;s implementation of CITES (31 May 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Weak Japanese ivory controls fatal to elephants (30 May 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Weak Japanese ivory controls fatal to elephants (23 May 2007)"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["(Nairobi, Kenya) Three wildlife rangers and four poachers were killed this past weekend in a..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Bidding for Extinction: Rampant ivory trade on eBay threatens elephants&#8217; survival (15 May 2007)"]]></title>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Austrian Parliament votes for Ban on Seal Products &#8211; UK Urged to Follow Suit (25 Apr 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW witnesses suffering as Canadian seal hunt begins &#8211; despite global warming crisis (03 Apr 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada&#8217;s seal hunt starts today &#8211; 270,000 seals face death (02 Apr 2007)"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_kingdom/media_center/press_releases/04_02_07_10555.php</link>
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         <description><![CDATA["(Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada)  Canada's annual commercial seal hunt opened today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Public pressure for UK ban on trade in seal fur (30 March 2007)"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["(London) Polling results released today by IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) reveal that..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Outcry as Canada announces plans to hunt 270,000 seals (29 Mar 2007)"]]></title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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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 (27 March 2007)"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["(Charlottetown, Canada) Thousands of harp seal pups are assumed dead in Canada's Gulf of St...."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["UK urged to follow German lead on banning cruel seal pelts trade (26 Feb 07)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW implores Japan to recall fire-damaged whaling fleet  (23 Feb 2007)"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["(Cape Cod, MA) Experts with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare  www.ifaw.org) today..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Three Siberian Tiger Cubs Rescued in the Russian Far East (22 Feb 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Seals on thin ice (21 Feb 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Clampdown on South African Canned Hunting and Captive Breeding Welcomed (20 Feb 2007)"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["(Cape Town, South Africa) The captive breeding and canned hunting industry received a body blow..."]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA["(London) IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) welcomes the statement made..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Releases Rhinos Back To Wild in India (29 Jan 2007)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW welcomes fine for illegal trade in endangered species in London (15 Dec 06)"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["(London) IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) has today welcomed the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["SA Government Delays the Return of Taiping 4 Gorillas (11 Dec 2006)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Operation Charm: Dying for a cure &#8211; MET tackles wildlife crime (17 Nov 2006)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan's whale hunters set sail for slaughter in International Whale Sanctuary (11 Nov 2006)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Elephants taken from the wild in Zimbabwe for tourism trade (08 Nov 2006)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Indonesian forest fires force dozens of endangered orangutans to flee (07 Nov 2006)"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["(Mantangai, Indonesia) Wildfires that have been raging across Indonesia since mid-September have..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Intimidation and harassment of hunt monitors on the rise as hunting act shows its teeth (01 Nov 2006)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW welcomes maximum fine for UK company selling illegal ivory (24 "]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Devon Hunter Sentenced for Assaulting IFAW Hunt Monitor (23 Oct 2006)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["German parliament vote unanimously to ban seal product imports &#8211; UK urged to follow (20 Oct 2006)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Iceland urged to abandon commercial whaling plans (17 Oct 2006)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Invitation to visit unique whale research vessel at the Southampton Boat Show (14 Sept 2006)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["&#8220;Africa&#8217;s Elephants Must be Saved, Stop Ivory Trade Talks,&#8221; Say Wildlife Conservation Symposium Delegates (31 Aug 2006)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["New IFAW Report Uncovers Public Safety Dangers at Big Cat Facilities (24 Aug 2006)"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["(Yarmouth Port, MA) IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare  www.ifaw.org) has officially..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Live whales tell better tale (14 Aug 2006)"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Huntsman found guilty! (04 August 2006)"]]></title>
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