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		<title>A Temporary End to Canadian Commercial Seal Hunt</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 19:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Harp seals have been targets of Canada’s seal industry for centuries, but they are receiving a bit of a reprieve in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. While the author of this piece expects that the seal hunt will resume when the effects of the virus diminish, the article serves as a reminder of the resilience of animal populations when they are freed from the harvesting pressure from humans.]]></description>
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		<title>Can your pets get coronavirus, and can you catch it from them?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Conversation]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was previously reported that lions and tigers in New York’s Bronx Zoo had become infected with SARS-CoV-2, and they were displaying symptoms of COVID-19. Now, it seems that there is evidence that other species, namely cats and dogs, can become infected with the virus, though they respond differently to it than humans do. This week's blog post below discusses the possibility of catching COVID-19 from a dog or a cat.]]></description>
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		<title>Fauci calls for closing down wildlife markets around the globe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Amundson and Kitty Block]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Closing wildlife markets within countries, as Dr. Anthony Fauci of the White House coronavirus task force rightly suggests, may be a more effective tool, however. This article examines the prevalence of wildlife markets around the world and notes that the ones in Asia aren’t the only ones worthy of scrutiny.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s wrong to blame bats for the coronavirus epidemic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 22:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Conversation]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bats, which make up a group of more than 1,200 species, are the only mammals capable of flight. They are important pollinators and seed dispersers, and they provide pest control by eating insects. A number of species also carry viruses that can sicken livestock and human beings---and they likely played some role in the SARS outbreak in 2002. Although much more evidence needs to be collected, researchers suspect that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus at the center of the coronavirus pandemic) originated in bats, and wildlife officials fear that they may become targets of human persecution. ]]></description>
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		<title>Coronavirus spotlights the link between clean water and health</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Conversation]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The connection between washing with clean water and avoiding coronavirus is an important one. ]]></description>
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		<title>How fake assistance animals and their users are gaming the system and increasing prejudices</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 20:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Conversation]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Service dogs and other assistance animals play important roles in helping people with disabilities interact and function in the modern world. But what happens when people exploit the system, possibly even to the point of blatant fraud?]]></description>
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		<title>Iceland didn’t hunt any whales in 2019&#8212;and public appetite for whale meat is fading</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 23:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Conversation]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the International Whaling Commission placed an international moratorium on whaling in 1986, few countries have engaged in the practice. Iceland was one of them, however, and it has hunted whales sporadically since then and has been roundly criticized by many neighboring countries for doing so. There are indications now that a generational shift in consuming whale meat for food is taking place in the country---with younger citizens avoiding whale meat altogether and thus reducing the economic demand for the product.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Bee-washing&#8221; hurts bees and misleads consumers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Conversation]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bee populations are declining because of pesticides and other human-generated activities. Some studies estimate that more than 40 percent of insect species' numbers are falling and that the numbers of insects at large decrease by 2.5 percent per year. While best known for their honey and wax, the practical value of bees as pollinators is enormously greater than the value of these products. ]]></description>
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