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University of Utah Continues Getting Bad Press

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Researchers told the Tribune that the testing gave the shelter animals "a second chance at life," while records obtained by the Tribune revealed that the labs had killed 116 of the 190 strays last year. Tags: animal research university of utah. Only 74 animals survived the research process to be adopted out as pets.

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Good News About Blue Whales

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From the Associated Press: Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say. The hunting peaked in 1931 with more than 29,000 animals killed in one season.

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"Sick" Vick to Get Out of Jail

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Imprisoned NFL star Michael Vick will be allowed to finish his sentence under home confinement because there is no room at a halfway house for him, a government official told The Associated Press Thursday. He also admitted to participating in the killing of several underperforming dogs. He is eligible for release in July.

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Former Virunga Park Officials In Prison

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Four senior Wildlife Officers have been arrested and imprisoned after the state Congolese Wildlife Agency (ICCN) pressed charges for complicity in the destruction of the protected forests of Virunga National Park in the east of DR Congo. Tags: wildlife crime virunga congo gorillas endangered species.

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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

Animal Person

Below is a press release about the mailing. Press Release Governors: Stop Ecodestructive University Training! Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. On March 11th, RPA sent the governors of all 50 states a letter and two factsheets urging them to help get their land-grant universities (LGUs) out of the meat industry.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

4 The Love Of Animals

Here is the press release, which explains why they are trying to do this. 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. “It

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 1 of 13

Animal Ethics

He is the author of several books, including Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990) and The Case Against Christianity (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991). You should survive as best you can, and killing the birds and eating them is the only way, given the situation as described.