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59 Articles match "2008","Killing"

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UK May Require Microchipping of Dogs
The government's proposals are aimed at tackling the growing problem of aggressive canines being used to harass, attack and even kill. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said the number of complaints about dog fights had soared tenfold between 2004 and 2008, the last year for which figures were available.
Critter News - Thursday, April 1, 2010
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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries
This could include violence (torture, mutilation, intentional killings, etc.), Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax. But it’s not just about how animal abusers end up also hurting or killing humans,” said Wells. I recently got an email from the Animal Legal Defense Fund. COTATI, CALIF.
4 The Love Of Animals - Thursday, February 25, 2010
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Pigs Used in Explosives Tests in Britain
I wish we could stop killing animals for reasons related to killing humans. He said 25 pigs were used in 2006, 19 in 2007, 40 in 2008, and 35 in 2009. From the BBC News. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has defended its use of more than 100 pigs in explosive tests in Wiltshire.
Critter News - Friday, February 12, 2010
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  • Kill the Sea Lions Before They Kill Again!
    Portland judge said Wednesday the Northwest states can kill hungry sea lions on the Columbia River. Mosman denied an attempt by the Humane Society of the United States to stop the killings. This is pretty frustrating. The major threats to salmon are the 4 'H's: habitat, hatcheries, hydro(power) and harvest. All driven by humans.
    Critter News - Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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  • Peter Singer on the Moral Significance of Self-Consciousness
    Preference utilitarians count the killing of a being with a preference for continued life as worse than the killing of a being without any such preference. Then painlessly killing a pig while replacing it with another, equally happy pig is not wrong. have elsewhere argued that their interests do count. It is self-consciousness.
    Animal Ethics - Thursday, July 17, 2008
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  • Six Thousand Leave Virunga, One Ranger Killed
    Sadly, though, another ranger in the Congolese Wildlife Authority was killed by rebel guns. Six thousand people (over 1,000 Congolese soldiers with their families) have left Virunga National Forest where so many of the remaining mountain gorillas live. It's great news because it takes stress off the habitat and the species.
    Critter News - Sunday, September 7, 2008
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  • Palin Supports Brutal Method of Killing Wolves
    I understand there may be some instances where predator control is necessary. I'm not an absolutist on this point. Doing it from low flying aircraft, however, is just barbaric. The wolves suffer needlessly because hunters simply wound them more often then not firing from an airplane. This is what Palin has pushed for. It's worth watching.
    Critter News - Friday, August 29, 2008
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  • Spotlighting Palin's Barbaric Wolf Killing Policies
    We wrote about it here before Palin became the Republican VP nominee, now people like Andrew Sullivan are catching on to her cruel policies as governor. Bad for wolves, bad for America.
    Critter News - Monday, October 6, 2008
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  • Peter Singer on the Wrongness of Killing Animals
    The argument for vegetarianism is not based on any claim about the wrongness of killing animals—although some careless reviewers read this claim into my book, no doubt because they assumed that any moral argument for vegetarianism must be based on the wrongness of killing.
    Animal Ethics - Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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  • How to Tell Your Cat is Trying to Kill You
    Funny comic
    Critter News - Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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  • Vick Allegedly Put Family Pets in Ring to be Killed
    This is the allegation as reported on TMZ. In just released report, a person identified as confidential witness No. says Vick actually placed family pets in the ring against pit bulls owned by "Bad Newz Kennels" and watched as the animals ruthlessly attacked the domesticated dogs causing "major injuries." Here's hoping he dies broke and alone.
    Critter News - Sunday, November 23, 2008
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  • Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing
    From WildEarth Guardians: WildEarth Guardians’ research reveals this agency is: • Biologically Unsound - Wildlife Services uses a “sledgehammer approach” to wildlife management, meaning over one million animals are killed each year using non-selective killing controls such as poisons, traps, and aerial gunning.
    Critter News - Monday, February 23, 2009
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  • From Today's New York Times
    And when one considers that millions of dogs and cats are killed each year in shelters because there are no homes for them, cloning becomes unethical as well. May 21, 2008To the Editor: Re “ Biotech Company to Auction Chances to Clone a Dog ” (news article, May 21): Cloning animals to “replace” treasured companions is a boondoggle.
    Animal Ethics - Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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