Newsonline   Jan-June 2008

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Pets
   MALAYSIA DOG OLYMPIC DAY 2008
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Adopt pets, don’t buy
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Squeamish HK pet lover rushed to hospital..
  
Dog show at Kulai mall lures more than 2,000 people..
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Refuge for homeless animals  
  
Website for pet finders  
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All for the love of cats  
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All in the grooming for top Persian  
   ▪ It's showtime, cats
   Taiwan's ex-president Chen denies abandoning pet..
   Meet the pet rescuers      
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Don’t abandon your pets, owners told  
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Reward offered for information leading to cat killers  
   Animals our friend
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Canine sanctuary appoints second ambassador  
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Rabbit tales of true love  
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Doggies steal the show
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Dog whisperer gets tremendous response  
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Plucky pooch  
   RESCUED PUPPY INSPIRES PET ADOPTION WEBSITE     
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Not your average pet shop  
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Strays being poisoned  
  
Mission to save strays
   ▪ Runaway dog crosses desert, mountains and turns..  
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Pampered pooches in Japan  
  
An underestimated pet   
   Resting place for beloved pets  
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Pet lovers splurge on professionally-taken pictures
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He’s got my back 
   ▪ Dogs part of the family  
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How to travel with your pet  
  
Buddhist dog prays for worldly desires  
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Kitten survived in shipping crate from Spore to US  
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Purebred dogs dumped at 'alarming" rate  
  
What the animals tell us
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Paris’ pooch procreation problem  
   ▪ Animal assisted therapy gaining in popularity
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Beagle is best in show at prestigious dog contest
   Helping the animals
   All for the love of a dog
   Pampered lot
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Dogged for life
   ▪ Much ado about mutts
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Saved from hell  
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Spaying keeps strays in check  
   Dog day afternoon at the K9 2008 event
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Pet-mad Hong Kong takes pampering to new levels  
  
30 sign up for spaying programme
   ▪ Dog is back on its feet  
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Limelight on the Rat  
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A second chance for strays
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Big demand for hamsters..
  
Dog saved in daring rescue
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Regular canine patrols of Beijing's subway..
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A cat's natural instinct to hunt cannot be killed

Opinion
   Anti-poaching laws need more punch
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Ban foreigners from eating dog meat
  ANIMAL CRUELTY > No excuse to eat dogs
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ZOO LETDOWN: The lions look skinny
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Better legislation to protect animals
  
Rottweiler a potential danger
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SAM calls for flaws of Wildlife Act to be rectified  
   ▪ STRAY ANIMALS > Help them, please  
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Treatment of wildlife: Watch out for the loopholes
   Dogs on the prowl
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Wildlife crime: Join hands with other agencies   
   Educate the public on conservation of tigers  
   Stop dog poisoning if found to be true
   ▪ Girl wants her dog back
   ▪ Stop animal testing 
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Food security: Give livestock rearing a boost as well
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Group: No pet permits for wildlife animals
   Canine heroics: That dog deserves a medal
   Change laws on animal protection
   Modern pig farming the solution
   Pig farms: Imports will cut production
   Laws being reviewed for better control   
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Hope for endangered wildlife with breeding...  
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Educate dog owners  
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Residents in Taman Antarabangsa fear attack by dog  
   ▪ Perhilitan reviewing laws, improving enforcement    
  
Practise ethical farming  
   Give a dog a home
  
Full probe on all macaque reports
  
Wildlife department ready to tackle problem
  
  
Pet stores: Ministry promises action
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Macaque control: Culling not humane solution
   ▪ Stray dogs a danger  
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How diseases move from animals to humans  
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Give vets incentives to neuter animals 
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Super dogs: Give the two canines Msian names
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It takes a village to save the animals
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Exotic and illegal food  

Livestock Industry
  PD folks fed up with stink fr.swiftlet-rearing..
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Breeding blood suckers
  ▪ Limited Promotions, High Prices Hinder Market
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Breeding wriggly worms right in backyard
  ▪ Import of Processed Chicken May Be Allowed..
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Sick and tired of chicken farms
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Poultry farmers want to raise price
  ▪ Pig price war may spell cheaper pork
  ▪ RESOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS,..
  ▪ Pig farmers to turn pork sellers
  ▪ Growing interest in breeding Boer goats..
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Full study before decision on pig farm
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Big money from little suckers
  ▪ Have cattle for grazing..
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Bird nests dispute: CM urged to step in
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Two new chicken processing plants..
  ▪ Pork sellers forced to get tough..
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Import Duty on Chicken Pieces....
 
Poultry traders shocked over price..
  ▪ Frogs for the frying pan
  ▪ Pork sellers won’t sell for 3 days a week..
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May 31 deadline for chicken farmers
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Ustaz turned livestock entrepreneur
  ▪ Chicken Processing Plants In ECER to Boost..
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Upset over stink from goat pen
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Bird’s nest farming, ..new ECER initiatives
  ▪ FLFAM Wants Ceiling Price for Chicken Abolished
  ▪ Pig farm owner in Papar may lose the land
  ▪ Govt to Allow More 'Yellow Cattle' Imports..
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Yet to grow our own food
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Price of pork up again
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Shortage of pork in M'cca
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Talk on swiftlet industry
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Kedah to Allow Only Environmentally-Friendly..Farms     
 
No need for public hearing on pig farming
  Rompin dairy farm to start producing soon
  ▪ Rich pickings from swiftlet rearing  
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Ban not realistic, says pork sellers association
  Cattle project to meet needs of Msia, Indonesia 
  Breeder proud of new 'hybrid'
  Malaysia unlikely to export pork to China
  ▪ Production will stop if price stays..
  ▪ Permanent site for cattle farmers mulled
  Hard work pays off for Jamnapuri goat breeders
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Something good about leeches
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Pricier chicken wings
  Breeding leeches
  Pig farms to be relocated
  City to build chicken centre for halal hub
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Swiftlet farming grows quickly in east coast
  Good Potential in Commercial Breeding of Leeches..
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Aiding in the mating game
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Chicken prices rise by 50 sen per kilo
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A lesson in leeches
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National Feedlot to import more cattle
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Malaysians ate 964 tonnes of chicken in 2006
  Rising demand for swiftlet ecoparks
  ▪ MOA to Hold Beef Industry Development Seminar..
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Protest against S'kan pig farm
  Livestock workshop on Feb 26
  Japan farmers ask for public understanding..
  Big boost for Boer breeding project
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Control prices in poultry industry...
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Johor poultry farmers in a price bind
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Bird condo boom for Thai's "birds nest soup" birds
  Closed system for pig farms
  149 licensed premises operating in Pahang
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Time for own milk factory, says PKR
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New chicken abattoirs
  ▪ ‘Yim kai’ rule the roost for a prosperous CNY
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Animal feed prices up
  ▪ From engineer to goat breeder
  ▪ Their ‘wish’ for 2008
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Biotech centre to produce 300 goats a year

Research, Discoveries Tech.
  Well-Done Steak Could Have Deadlier Bite...
  ▪ Mare's Milk Can Help Fight Diseases
  Single-horned ‘Unicorn’ deer found in Italy
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Saving rhinos more important  
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Animals fare better in zoos as experts learn more
  Mind over matter: monkeys control robots with brain power
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Tasmanian Devil listed as endangered
  Fighting bird flu
  ▪ Extinct Tasmanian tiger gene brought back to life

  Javan link
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Ministry sets its sights on bird-watching
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How did Noah's Ark float?
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Scientists lay bare unique genome of platypus
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Hair of the dog keeps children's allergies at bay
  Precious find
  Pygmy elephant may have been introduced to Borneo..
  Vietnam Tests Bird Flu Vaccines among Humans
  New bird flu vaccine could last longer, protect more 
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Experimental U.S. bird flu vaccine uses cold virus
  Researchers find rare giant turtle in Vietnam
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Small company gets U.S. go-ahead on bird flu patch
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Lungless frog discovered in Borneo
  7 or more eggs a week raises risk of death
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Tapir for research caught after two months
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British scientists make human-cow embryos 
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Tennessee zoo breeds endangered frogs thru in-vitro...
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Singapore Firm Develops Test Kits for Influenza
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Why do birds sing? It's all in the brain
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Cow gas power
  Japan to make vaccines for multiple strains of flu
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Scientists find ‘Devil Toad’ fossil
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Bats could fly before they had ‘radar’
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New shrew-like mammal in Tanzania, in rare find
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Some ordinary flu strains resist Tamiflu in study
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Seasonal flu vaccine may help in fight against H5N1
  ▪ Engineered blood may help fight bird flu
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Study till the cows come home
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Macaque-malaria link found
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Bye, bye dark sheep due to genes, study finds
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On the warpath for happy chickens

Policies Enforcement
   'Beef cuts' worth RM464,700 seized
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SKorea decides to implement deal to resume...
   Poor Tribal Pays Price for Nurturing Abandoned..
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No plans to replace sniffer dog Manny
  
Govt nod to test open import policy for chicken
   S.Korea claims to win extra safeguards on US beef
   Korea to ban import of US beef from older cattle
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..Smugglers Switch To Livestock
  
2,500kg of reptile meat seized from factory
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16 head of cattle seized
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Civet in showcase seized
  
Ban on export of macaque reimposed
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Jailed for possessing skins of wildlife
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Marine cops nab wildlife product smugglers
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Turtle-egg smugglers to watch it    
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Two held over trafficking in protected animals  
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Flawed wildlife law 
   Nature: Wildlife caught in the act  
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Need to review Wildlife Act      
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Rubber tapper caught ..
   2 drivers held, 27 cattle seized
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Kuantan council solves problem of ticks  
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Four Arrested In Nepal for Illegal Wildlife Trade