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		<title>Journalist with good news story ends on a sour note</title>
		<link>http://www.chicobandido.com/2010/01/good-news-turns-sour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some good news out of Ontario for two condemned young dogs.  They've been shipped to the SPCA in Fredericton, New Brunswick.  It's a shame that Shawn Berry from the Daily Gleaner felt it necessary to end the story by quoting from the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeals judges.  In my opinion, it is probably one of the most inaccurate and inflammatory statements ever put into print by a judge about "pit bulls".]]></description>
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		<title>What if the Denver &quot;pit bull&quot; tribunal is wrong?</title>
		<link>http://www.chicobandido.com/2009/10/denver-pit-bull-tribunal-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any time someone makes the "gods" of breed identification look like idiots, I'm all for it!]]></description>
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		<title>Calgary Animal Services</title>
		<link>http://www.chicobandido.com/2009/09/calgary-animal-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I went to Nanaimo BC to attend a seminar by Bill Bruce, manager of Bylaw Services for Calgary Alberta.  Putting it bluntly, Calgary has the best run Animal Services department in North America. Here’s a quick overview.]]></description>
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		<title>Save lives &#8211; ban murder, alcohol, cars, suicide, and tobacco!</title>
		<link>http://www.chicobandido.com/2007/06/save-lives-ban-murder-alcohol-cars-suicide-and-tobacco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I was outside having a cigarette (nasty habit, by the way) and reading my cigarette pack.According to the statistics on the package (from Health Canada), tobacco kills almost five times as many people each year in Canada as murders, alcohol, car accidents, and suicides combined! Murders &#8211; 510Alcohol &#8211; 1,900Car accidents &#8211; 2,900Suicides &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Front Groups</title>
		<link>http://www.chicobandido.com/2006/12/front-groups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Barker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Cruelty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a comment from Anonymous about my previous post, PETA Kills Animals!, stating that &#8220;the Center for Consumer Freedom is a front organization&#8230;(with) almost zero credibility&#8221;.I do not dispute this. Everyone has an agenda and CCF definitely has one. The following quote is from their &#8220;About Us&#8221; section: &#8220;The Center for Consumer Freedom is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PETA Kills Animals!</title>
		<link>http://www.chicobandido.com/2006/12/peta-kills-animals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been almost a month since my last post. To make up for that, I&#8217;ll quote an article that&#8217;s over nine months old.The Center for Consumer Freedom has been a consistent critic of extremist animal rights organizations and has been a valuable source of information regarding not only the terrorist measures to which these groups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muzzle ALL dogs, again?</title>
		<link>http://www.chicobandido.com/2006/08/muzzle-all-dogs-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote an article a while ago in response to a columnist&#8217;s suggestion to muzzle all dogs over 40 pounds. Now we have a contributor in the Toronto Sun suggesting to muzzle all dogs, period.Most dog bites are not serious. They result in a little cut, abrasion, or bruising. Very few require medical attention, even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deaths from injury in USA 2002</title>
		<link>http://www.chicobandido.com/2006/08/deaths-from-injury-in-usa-2002/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Safety Council published a report showing the odds of dying by various types of injury in the USA in 2002. I have sorted it by the number of deaths for each type of injury and excluded the odds columns for ease of viewing. Note the deaths from being bitten or struck by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best of the Best</title>
		<link>http://www.chicobandido.com/2006/06/the-best-of-the-best/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to say I am in awe after reading Caveat&#8217;s June 8th entryRead it at http://caveat.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2006/6/8/2017198.html]]></description>
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		<title>Muzzle ALL Dogs?</title>
		<link>http://www.chicobandido.com/2006/05/muzzle-all-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicobandido.com/2006/05/muzzle-all-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 16:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At first glance, this article by Roger LeBlanc in the Guelph Mercury appears to be positive, especially when read by &#8220;pit bull&#8221; owners who have been the sole target of the Ontario government&#8217;s breed-specific legislation.The approach suggested by Mr. LeBlanc, however, is yet one more assault on responsible owners of all dogs, regardless of breed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presentation to Ontario</title>
		<link>http://www.chicobandido.com/2005/02/presentation-to-ontario/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is my presentation to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This committee was supposed to listen to all the testimony, especially that of the experts, and then make recommendations based on that testimony. However, the representation of political parties within that committee matches the proportion of those parties in the Legislative [...]]]></description>
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