By mid-June Ace of Diamonds had more than 10 of these "guided mineral hunts" scheduled, said Ted Smith, a co-owner.
A six-day bear hunt scheduled to start on Dec. 4 was effectively canceled yesterday when Gov. Jon S. Corzine delayed new state regulations authorizing bear seasons for five years.
The bear hunt, scheduled from Dec. 8 to 13, is administered by New Jersey environmental officials and would be the state's first in three decades.
With the help of Teacher Space NY, an agency that caters to teachers on tight house-hunting schedules and equally tight budgets, the group found a five-bedroom on the Upper East Side that is near the subway and is flooded with natural light.
Ms. Baker and Ms. Goldberg both teach in Brooklyn schools — Ms. Baker in Red Hook and Ms. Goldberg in Crown Heights — and they found their apartment through TeacherSpaceNY, a real estate agency that caters to teachers on tight house-hunting schedules and even tighter budgets.
The first wolf hunting season, scheduled for this fall, was delayed after Judge Molloy's order.
This is conveniently occurring before Sept. 18, the day a black bear hunt is scheduled.
And even in Canada, where the world's largest seal hunt is scheduled to begin later this month and top leaders vigorously defend the industry, a legislator for the first time introduced a proposal to curtail sealing.
The scavenger hunt, also scheduled to start Monday, showcases a regular Bing feature, a 3-D map based on photographs (like Google Street View), which enables users to click on a spot on a map, then amble around at street level and look anywhere, as a pedestrian might.
According to the New York Humane Society, one of those hunts was scheduled for this past weekend, leading activists to fear that the pigeons they say were stolen from Washington Square Park have already met their maker.
