Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2010

In four years it experimented on 157,839 mice, 17,324 rats, 11,096 fish, 1,941 birds, 1,253 guinea pigs, 933 pigeons, 884 frogs, 207 cats, 54 rabbits and 18 tree shrews from the tropics of south-east Asia. According to a Wales on Sunday investigation, the number of animals used at Cardiff has risen by 13 percent since 2006.

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Critter News

JUNE 24, 2010

The lab, which is run by the Britain-based Alpha Biologics, uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing. The veterinary services department launched a probe this month after animal rights campaigners accused the Progenix Research lab based in the northern state of Penang of cruelty to animals.

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Critter News

JUNE 14, 2010

Animal rights campaigners have accused the Progenix Research lab, which uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing, of poisoning the animals to death.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

I took home a few of the pellets and found that the owls were feasting on grey squirrels and cottontail rabbits. He returned less than 30 minutes later with surprising news. Check out the bones that are clearly visible, you wouldn’t find that with a hawk pellet. The beak was from a House Finch , that didn’t surprise me.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

She runs the popular birding blog, Birdchick.com , and has been in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and on NBC Nightly News as well as making regular appearances on Twin Cities’ TV and radio stations. She wrote the books Disapproving Rabbits and City Birds/Country Birds. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

ANIMAL shelters are searching for the owners of hundreds of dogs, cats, horses, rabbits and other pets displaced by fires. Pets have been displaced as well as their owners in the recent wildfires. Shelter workers fear many owners may have assumed their animals died or they could be looking for them in the wrong places.

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Critter News

JANUARY 13, 2009

But the decision to eradicate the felines from Macquarie island allowed the rabbit population to explode and, in turn, destroy much of its fragile vegetation that birds depend on for cover, researchers said Tuesday. It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The complaint also alleges violations of the federal Fur Products Labeling Act and Federal Trade Commission Act, which also prohibit the false advertising and mislabeling of any fur product.

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Critter News

JUNE 1, 2009

State police raided Everle's property, 30 miles north of New York City, in July, and witnesses testified that they found several animals dead, many malnourished and dozens living in unsanitary conditions. The animals included ducks, chickens, guinea hens, rabbits, sheep, dogs and cats.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

23,051 other animals (including rabbits, reptiles, horses, birds and more). Iams and longtime partner Helen Woodward Animal Center, along with more than 3,500 animal organizations from around the world once again joined forces to help reduce pet homelessness. Here are how the numbers break down: 593,146 dogs. 509,470 cats.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Cushman and Smith also manage a website about pet rabbit care and behavior called MyHouseRabbit.com. Animal Fact Guide came to life when Abi Cushman combined her skills as a web designer/illustrator with P.A. Smith's experience in the field of education.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The main challenge involves frog legs, rabbits, live lobsters (still moving) and other animals. And frankly, I'm not sure these chefs have the training to do anything that doesn't involve a baby animal. Today, I've seen an elimination challenge involving snails and foie gras. What the eff? I am so unimpressed by this pathetic bunch.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

There was a poster in the lunch room with four cute animals (a dog, cat, rabbit and something else.) Anyway, I couldn't enter the actual rooms where the animals were kept because I would have had to wear a bio-hazard suit. But I did get to walk around the floor. It was a rather grim place. It was a jarring moment.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 7, 2013

To mark the launch of the campaign, AC&C is offering a “Be one of New York’s Kindest” adoption special. From February 25 through the end of March, the adoption fee will be just $20 for cats and rabbits, and $50 for dogs.

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