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		<title>News from the Founder&#8217;s Desk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our trips are always too short. What we need to do is plant ourselves in Galapagos for a good 3 months at a time. We could then make some real progress. When funding comes through we will do just that We built a fence for Bruno Moreira Garcia, A sweet gent of a dog. He ]]></description>
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		<title>Galapagos Campaign, May 2013</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello All! We just returned from a whirlwind week on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. As always, we did a lot of work but we also managed to have a little fun as well. We build a fence for a chained dog, dropped off donated supplies to Darwin Animal Doctors, rescued a kitten for rehoming ]]></description>
		<link>http://gpsociety.org/galapagosmay13</link>
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		<title>Galapagos, Here We Come!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three of us are headed to Santa Cruz Island in late April for our spring 2013 campaign. We have been in the process of some changes at home and are thrilled to be on our way back to the Islands. We will spend about a week there, building fences for chained and stray dogs, looking ]]></description>
		<link>http://gpsociety.org/spring2013campaign</link>
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		<title>Giant tortoise &#8216;extinct&#8217; for 150 years found on remote Galapagos island</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Jennifer Viegas A species of giant tortoise believed extinct for 150 years was actually just moved from its original home and now lives on the volcanic slopes of the northern shore of Isabela Island in the Galapagos archipelago. A genetic analysis, published in the latest Current Biology, found that DNA footprints of the long lost ]]></description>
		<link>http://gpsociety.org/giant-tortoise-extinct-for-150-years-found-on-remote-galapagos-island</link>
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		<title>Make Your Year-end Gift to Wildlife in Galapagos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year has been a busy and productive one for GPS.  In the spring, I led a successful two-week campaign in Galapagos where I advanced our mission of protecting wildlife and preserving island ecosystems while promoting animal welfare. I traveled to Santa Cruz Island where a small team of volunteers and I constructed a fence ]]></description>
		<link>http://gpsociety.org/give</link>
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		<title>Give Animals in Galapagos a Helping Hand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you work at a veterinary clinic? Do you know anyone who does? (Your pet&#8217;s vet counts!) If so, you can help us round up the supplies we need for upcoming campaigns in Galapagos! As you know, Galapagos Preservation Society protects wildlife, preserves ecosystems and promotes animal welfare in the Galapagos Islands. Many people are unaware that the Galapagos has ]]></description>
		<link>http://gpsociety.org/helpinghand</link>
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		<title>GPS BLOG:  Kitten Season on Santa Cruz Island</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey GPS Fans! Karstan here again! We&#8217;ve been super busy the past several days! And, as one might expect, there have been tons of ups and downs.  A good example of the highs and lows is the 3-day old kittens we rescued nearly two weeks ago.  They were found on the side of the road a ]]></description>
		<link>http://gpsociety.org/kittens</link>
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		<title>GPS BLOG:  Reporting from Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hola, amigos! It is I, Karstan, your intrepid volunteer here in the Galapagos. As some of you know, I’m based in Porta Ayora, the largest town in Galapagos, on the island of Santa Cruz. I’ve spent the past couple of weeks getting oriented and learning as much as possible about the situation here so I ]]></description>
		<link>http://gpsociety.org/karstan</link>
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		<title>GPS BLOG:  Wolfie Has a New Home and a New Name!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are ecstatic to report that Wolfie&#8217;s long journey has finally come to an end at her new home in Canada. Galapagos Preservation Society (GPS) supporter found her hungry, sick and injured, tied to weeds in an empty lot on Santa Cruz Island. Volunteers untied her and cared for her with the help of Darwin ]]></description>
		<link>http://gpsociety.org/wolfie</link>
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		<title>Wolfie&#8217;s Journey, Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wolfie, or Trudy departed Ecuador this morning and is on her way to Seattle. Here is what advisory board member Maria Navarro had to say about picking her up in Ambato and delivering her to the airport in Quito: Everything went just fine. I picked up Wolfie at 3 p.m. There was this woman who knew I ]]></description>
		<link>http://gpsociety.org/wolfies-journey-part-ii</link>
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