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Conservationists raise alarm over province's flirting with penned hunting

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Conservation group takes aim at the UCP government consideration of allowing penned hunting on Alberta game ranches.

Alberta Wildlife Federation says game ranching industry is seeking permission to allow hunting to reverse its steady decline in a province where such operations have dwindled from 600 a few decades ago to 133 today .

Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation is currently prohibited under the Livestock Industry Diversification Act .

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68

Informative language

73

Neutral language

17

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

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63

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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