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	<title>Hawaii Agriculture &#187; Livestock</title>
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		<title>Elephants and rhinos in Australia &#8216;could control damaging wild grasses&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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African gamba grass, introduced in the 1930s, wreaks havoc on the landscape and provides dangerous fuel for wildfires, experts say
   Elephants and rhinoceros should be introduced to the Australian outback to control the impact of damaging wild grasses, according to an Australian professor of environmental change biology. But other Australian academics warned the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuna, meat labeling disputes highlight WTO control</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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You might have missed this while you were busy taking the kids to school and preparing for the holidays, but last fall, two U.S. food labeling programs suffered serious legal setbacks that threaten to confuse consumers and thwart the intentions of the “dolphin-safe” tuna and “country-of-origin” labels.
The details are complicated, but in September and November, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers worried as Indonesia plans to cut beef imports</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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AUSTRALIAN cattle farmers fear a plan by Indonesia to drastically cut the amount of beef it imports next year will be a massive blow to the domestic industry.
Indonesia will only allow for 280,000 cows to be imported, down from 520,000 permits this year. Live exports to Indonesia are believed to be worth $300 million to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning panel approves Auwahi wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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WAILUKU &#8211; The Maui Planning Commission unanimously approved permits Tuesday for Auwahi Wind Energy to build and operate eight 428-foot-tall wind turbines on Ulupalakua Ranch land.
Two dozen people testified on the proposed special use and special management area permits, and none were opposed to the project, according to planner Ann Cua. Some testifiers shared concerns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review head defends decision not to make stunning of exported cattle mandatory</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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THE head of an independent review into live exports has backed the government&#8217;s decision not to make stunning mandatory in the slaughter of Australia animals overseas, saying the practice is not universal and can still be inhumane.
Former departmental secretary Bill Farmer released the report of his investigation into the industry today as Agriculture Minister Joe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US scientists closer to Hendra virus vaccine, new study reveals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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US scientists say a human antibody has been shown to protect lab monkeys from the deadly Hendra virus, which has killed 20 horses in NSW and Queensland since June.
Scientists said there were promising signs for the treatment of the bat-borne virus after research was carried out at a highly protected lab in Montana.
The Hendra virus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New flu virus infects two U.S. children, CDC reports &#8211; The Washington Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Two U.S. children were infected with a previously unknown flu virus that apparently formed when a pig influenza virus picked up a gene from the strain that caused the swine flu pandemic in 2009, federal health officials reported Friday.
Both of the children recovered, however, and there is no evidence that the virus is spreading easily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faye Blackstone, rodeo trick rider, dies at 96</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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Faye Blackstone, a rodeo trick rider who was elected to the Cowgirl Hall of Fame and was best known for her saddle-dangling signature move, the reverse fender drag, and who helped launch the career of country singer Reba McEntire, died Aug. 30 at a hospital in Bradenton, Fla.
She was 96 and had complications from cancer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of European farmers expected to flout battery hen ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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Hundreds of poultry farmers across Europe with millions of egg-laying hens are expected to flout a ban on conventional battery cages next year.
The new regulations are designed to eradicate the practice and dramatically enhance animal welfare.
According to European commission figures, 10 countries – including the UK – are set to be fully compliant with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wild donkeys to be taken from Hawaii to California</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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Home &#62; Breaking News &#62; World &#62; StoryAug 6, 2011Wild donkeys to be taken from Hawaii to California
HONOLULU &#8211; IN AN effort to control Hawaii&#8217;s wild donkey population, about 100 of them are being taken to California.
KITV reports the Humane Society of the United States is planning to remove the donkeys on a chartered plane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humans must guard against animal disease risk: WHO</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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BEIJING &#8211; CHINA must adopt a holistic approach to addressing food safety challenges connected to the risk of contracting infectious diseases from contact with animals, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.
Peter Ben Embarek, food safety officer at WHO&#8217;s China office, said the country faces risks connected to the need to produce more meat, eggs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cowboy Calendar &#124; Coordinating Rodeo &amp; Equine Events in Hawaii</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Makawao Rodeo 2011
ANNUAL MAKAWAO RODEO &#8211; A very exciting rodeo event presented by the Maui Roping Club &#8211; more than 350 paniolos (cowboys) attend the rodeo from all over the world. Oskie Rice Rodeo Arena, Makawao Rodeo, a mile above Makawao town, on Olinda Road at Kaanaolo Ranch on Maui. This Hawaiian style rodeo, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clean energy future racing toward reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Maui Electric Co. and other Hawaii utilities once again were ranked among the top utilities in the country for solar power capacity.
MECO parent Hawaiian Electric Co. again was named one of the nation&#8217;s Top 10 electric utilities for the amount of solar power added to its system per customer in the the 2010 Solar Electric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New MRSA strain appears in cows</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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A new strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA, has been discovered in cows and humans in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe, researchers reported Thursday. The new strain disturbs researchers because it evades one of the most commonly used tests to detect MRSA, which could lead physicians to prescribe the wrong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rinderpest, or ‘cattle plague,’ becomes only second disease to be eradicated</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 04:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Rinderpest, or ‘cattle plague,’ becomes only second disease to be eradicatedBy David Brown, Thursday, May 26, 4:12 PM
Rinderpest, a cattle disease that for centuries felled herds in Europe, Africa and Asia and caused periodic human famine, has been eradicated, veterinary epidemiologists announced this week.
Eradication is the Holy Grail of disease prevention and has been successful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 arrested in connection with goat slaying</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 06:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i Police Department arrested two Kilauea men in connection with the theft of a goat last month belonging to Kunana Dairy, according to a county press release.
Dairy co-owner Louisa Wooton said a few days after the theft that her goat, Kaitlyn, was “like a family member,” and was weeks away from giving [...]]]></description>
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