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The hunters become the hunted: Indian state sanctions shooting animal poachers
A western Indian state has declared war on animal poaching by sanctioning its forest guards to shoot hunters on sight in an effort to curb rampant attacks against tigers, elephants and other wildlife.
The government in Maharashtra says injuring or killing suspected poachers will no longer be considered a crime.
According to the Wildlife Protection Society of India, 14 tigers have been killed by poachers in India so far this year — one more than for all of 2011. The tiger is considered endangered, with its habitat range shrinking more than 50 per cent in the last quarter-century and its numbers declining rapidly from the 5,000-7,000 estimated in the 1990s, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. (AP Photo/Corbett Tiger Reserve)
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Anyone who has toured as long as I have, or who has traveled as extensively, and says that they’ve never cheated is lying. Trying to cope with the balance between home life and road life has been a theme in my music since early Red House Painters records. You get into a deep enough conversation with anyone— an accountant, whoever— and stuff comes out. Crazy things happen at those work conventions, or at a wedding on a drunken night. We’re all human and life is complicated. You really think all of those indie music dorks go to SXSW every year to check out music? They go there to wear their laminates and act important and try to get laid.
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The kid brought me a toad she said ‘wasn’t moving’ she looks fine to me. :) #talesoftennesseetoads #toads #toad #nature #tennessee (Taken with instagram)
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The kids brought in a bucket full of toads. They say there are 14 in there. #talesoftennesseetoads #toad #toads #kids #nature (Taken with instagram)
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THE FUMBLING MOM: The Next Survivor →
This has been sent around to Mom friends. I had to share
THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES
- Six married men will be dropped on an island with 1 car and 3 kids each
for 6 weeks
- Each kid will play 2 sports and take either music or dance classes
- THERE IS NO FAST FOOD
- Each man…
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Hm. Interesting. Me, my brother and four of my cousins are April babies. — Tanya B.
Guess humans have a mating season after all.
My birthday is one of the least common…
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Farewell to the Canadian penny
Maybe the US should follow…
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