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Stop baby seal hunting

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:11:59 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: Barbarians!

Save Baby Seals: End the Seal Hunt

Each year, hundreds of thousands of baby harp seals are slaughtered on the ice fields off Canada's east coast for their pelts. Over 95% of the seals killed during this hunt are just days or weeks old.

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Clip Source: www.greenexpander.com

The Seal Concentration Camp

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has been waging a war for quite some time now with the seal hunting industry. The Canadian Government insists that the seal hunt is an animal production industry like any others, while animal activists says the levels of suffering present here most than in any other industry cannot be tolerated. According to independent studies 79% of the sealers involved in the study did not check to see if an animal was dead before skinning it. Furthermore, in 40% of the cases, the sealhad had to be struck a second time, because it was still conscious after the first blow. Almost half of the seals were conscious when skinned.

Tags: seals, newfoundland, canada, nova scoatia, ifaw.org, stopthesealhunt.org, arkhangelsk, russia, italy

World's tallest log cabin

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:18:12 GMT

clipped by: michellezm

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

For the one-time gangster who built it, it is nothing less than "the eighth wonder of the world". The less charitably disposed dismiss it as a glorified barn, fire hazard and eyesore.

But on one thing everyone agrees: Nikolai Sutyagin's home is certainly different.

Dominating the skyline of Arkhangelsk, a city in Russia's far north-west, it is believed to be the world's tallest wooden house, soaring 13 floors to reach 144ft - about half the size of the tower of Big Ben.

The house that Sutyagin built is also crumbling, incomplete and under threat of demolition from city authorities determined to end the former convict's eccentric 15-year project.

When Sutyagin began work on his dacha in 1992, he claims he was only intending to build a two-storey house - larger than those of his neighbours to reflect his position as the city's richest man, but certainly not a contender for the Guinness Book of Records.

Tags: architecture, home, housing, log cabin, current affairs, russia

World's Largest and Tallest Wooden Houses

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:08:40 GMT

clipped by: Arturo
clipper's remarks: In 2005, the world’s largest all-wood treehouse was built amongst the lime trees of the Alnwick Garden in Northumberland County, UK. Alnwick Gardens can be reached from the A1 approximately 50 miles north of Newcastle. This 6,000 square foot treehouse is comprised of walkways, cottages, shops, a restaurant, and play areas. There is an expansive deck area and rope bridge loop behind the house, all of which can be accessed by wheelchair.

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Dominating the skyline of Arkhangelsk, a city in Russia's far north-west, it is believed to be the world's tallest wooden house, soaring 13 floors to reach 144ft - about half the size of the tower of Big Ben.

The house that Nikolai Sutyagin built is also crumbling, incomplete and under threat of demolition from city authorities determined to end the former convict's eccentric 15-year project.

When Sutyagin began work on his dacha in 1992, he claims he was only intending to build a two-storey house - larger than those of his neighbours to

Clip Source: damncoolpics.blogspot.com

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Arkhangelsk oblast transport

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:28:08 GMT

clipped by: baltacs

Clip Source: www.dvinaland.ru

Tags: arkhangelsk