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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.whatbird.com/forums/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Animals</title><link>http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/88/ShowForum.aspx</link><description>Anything relating to animals and global issues surrounding them.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP3 (Build: 20423.1)</generator><item><title>pet portraits</title><link>http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/94641.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 12:14:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">043f7e55-290a-4b01-a6c2-ce179dd3d836:94641</guid><dc:creator>vikasm</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/94641.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=88&amp;PostID=94641</wfw:commentRss><description>Many people use a visualization meditation where images are used to help focus like &lt;a href="http://www.paintyourlife.co.uk" target="_blank" title="http://www.paintyourlife.co.uk"&gt; pet portraits&lt;/a&gt; images . There are many types of meditation images that can be used. ThanksJSR Solution</description></item><item><title>U.S. National Parks Centennial Initiative</title><link>http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/9495.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:32:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">043f7e55-290a-4b01-a6c2-ce179dd3d836:9495</guid><dc:creator>Cataclysmic Beefstick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/9495.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=88&amp;PostID=9495</wfw:commentRss><description>With the United States National Park Service's 100th birthday coming up, an initiative is under way to improve services at our national parks.&amp;nbsp; The great thing is that you have a chance to comment on how money should be spent, and what things you value most about our parks.&amp;nbsp; Read about the Centennial Initiative and leave send your comments to the National Park Service, starting with this link: &lt;a href="http://www.nps.gov/2016/"&gt;http://www.nps.gov/2016/&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Chimpanzee exploitation</title><link>http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/6894.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:36:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">043f7e55-290a-4b01-a6c2-ce179dd3d836:6894</guid><dc:creator>Janeybug</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/6894.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=88&amp;PostID=6894</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;This prank video using chimpanzees is making it's way around the internet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=c8A-Y1FTlhs"&gt;http://youtube.com/watch?v=c8A-Y1FTlhs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;In contrast this special program is now airing on PBS, "Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History" about the exploitation of chimpanzees. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcojxUVQHO4"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcojxUVQHO4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The issue here is exploitation and cruelty.&amp;nbsp; Where are the lines drawn?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Do you find the video cruel and wrong or harmless fun?&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>