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cull stories: 7 news summaries

 Slaughter of 37K Dogs 
 Outrages Chinese 

Angry response to slaughter highlights shifting attitude towards animal welfare

Jun 18, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The slaughter of 37,000 dogs, both strays and pets, in a city in eastern China has outraged the country's growing ranks of animal lovers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Dog ownership has become more widespread as China becomes wealthier, and the Hanzhong cull, ordered in response to a rabies... More »

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China • animal cruelty • dog • cull • rabies

 Australia to Kill 6K Kangaroos 

Burgeoning population is harming rare plants; protests planned

May 8, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(AP) - Australia's army has started shooting 6,000 kangaroos to thin the animal population on an army training ground near the capital, an official said today, outraging conservationists who have vowed to protest. The killings are intended to protect endangered plants and insects that share the grassy habitat with the kangaroos.... More »

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endangered species • Australia • cull • kangaroos • animal population

 UN Approves China to Buy Ivory 

Critics say allowing imports plays 'Russian roulette' with elephants' lives

Jul 16, 08 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - China has been given a green light to begin importing African ivory by a UN body that banned the sale 10 years ago, a decision that has infuriated conservation groups, the Daily Telegraph reports. African states say they need to sell stockpiles of ivory from elephants that are culled or... More »

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China • endangered species • Africa • conservation • ivory • wildlife • elephant • cull

 S. Korea Culls
 3M Birds in Flu Fight 

Nation on alert as troops sent in to slaughter poultry

Apr 17, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Korea has sent in soldiers to kill and bury birds as bird flu spreads rapidly throughout the country, Reuters reports. More than 3 million farm birds have been culled so far, but fresh cases continue to be reported and the disease is heading for the capital. The entire country... More »

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South Korea • avian flu • outbreak • H5N1 • poultry • cull

Aussies Face Protests Over Kangaroo Cull

Pro-whaling Japan pounces on neighbor's seeming hypocrisy

Mar 17, 08 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Australia is planning to cull 400 kangaroos on a military base, and Japan—oft-criticized by Australia for its whaling practices—is jumping at the opportunity to hail its neighbor as hypocritical, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Not so, says Australia’s PM. The whaling issue is subject to "... More »

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whale • hypocrisy • Kevin Rudd • whaling • Japanese whale hunt • kangaroo • kangaroo hunt • cull • hypocritical • Canberra • protesters

Whales Fall as Hunt Resumes

With Greenpeace gone to refuel, fleet harpoons 5 more

Feb 1, 08 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Japanese whalers have resumed their hunt in Antarctic waters, killing at least five whales when protest ships pulled back to refuel, the Australian News Network reports. Witnesses reported seeing the whales harpooned in the Southern Ocean after ships from Greenpeace and another protest group withdrew. In Tokyo, the Australian foreign... More »

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Greenpeace • Australia • Japan • whale • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society • whaling • Japanese whale hunt • whaler • cull

UK Bird Flu Cull Widens to 22K 

Culling seen as precautionary; no sign of disease spreading

Nov 14, 07 12:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Some 22,000 more birds are being killed in Britain after an outbreak of bird flu on a turkey farm in Suffolk, northeast of London. The cull has been extended to four nearby sites, although the disease has only been detected at the first farm. "This is a precautionary... More »

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United Kingdom • Britain • avian flu • outbreak • H5N1 • cull

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