Boxing Day fox hunting expected
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The Countryside Alliance says it expects more than a quarter of a million people to take part in Boxing Day hunts.
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Japan is preparing to mobilise troops to deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government today will use fast-track rules to push a bill through the House of Commons that would ban fox hunting with hounds, a traditional pursuit in the British countryside.
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More than 250 hunts will meet legally the day after the ban on hunting with dogs comes into force, campaigners say.
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The traditional post-Christmas hunt in England and Wales is being held for what may be the last time before a ban.
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Britain outlawed fox hunting in England and Wales on Thursday as elected legislators won a dramatic standoff with the House of Lords to ban a popular country sport that is despised by many urbanites. Some hunting supporters vowed to defy the ban.
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Three hundred fox hunts begin as the government decides whether to push through an outright ban on hunting in England and Wales.
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Twice each year, North Dakota Game and Fish Department staff gather at agency headquarters in Bismarck. One meeting takes place in August before most hunting seasons open, while the other is held in early December after most popular seasons close.
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Defeated in Parliament, supporters of fox hunting went to court Friday to try to overturn a legislative ban on their more than 300-year-old sport and vowed a campaign of civil disobedience
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Wrangling in Parliament over a possible ban on hunting with dogs is entering what could be its final week.
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Outdoorsmen will be asked this spring whether the state should set a hunting season for timber wolves, whose numbers are rebounding here even though the species is endangered in most other states.
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Cash'n'Carrion Get 'em in by Thursday 9 December
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A search is being made around Maria Island on Tasmania&#39;s east coast to see if there have been any further whale and dolphin strandings.
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People take part in hunts across Wales, two months before a ban is due to come into force.
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Britain's upper house of parliament was set to begin debating a controversial government plan to ban fox hunting, with House of Lords members set to push for a compromise that would allow licensed hunting.
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By Robert Sloan, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Dec. 15--Fishing is in, hunting is out.   A forecast with highs in the mid 70s and morning lows in the mid 60s through Wednesday will definitely be in favor of fishing.
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British foxhunters failed to overturn a  ban on their ancient sport on Friday but vowed to fight on in  court, sparing Prime Minister Tony Blair rowdy protests in the  run-up to an election expected in May.