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JULY 24, 2009

Right in my own home of Seattle. Tags: sea gulls seattle animal cruelty marine life. Most rednecks wouldn't be so cruel or so stupid. I hope the allegations turns out to be false.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Tags: seattle pacific northwest farm animal welfare chickens. Silly piece in a way about the battle between people who want urban chickens and those who don't.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Tags: chimpanzees seattle State of Washington animal sanctuary. This is now one of my favorite organizations. The silent auction is set for October 1, 2010, and details are here. You can donate too even if you can't attend the auction.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Tags: seattle State of Washington gall bladders poaching bears asia. This happened in my own State of Washington. We allow hunters to shoot bears, but not to sell their parts. Note the Asia connection again.

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MAY 12, 2009

I live in Seattle where Woodland Park Zoo is located. Tags: conservation seattle woodland park zoo elephants endangered species. I just don't know what to think. On the one hand, Woodland Park is very proud of its elephant conservation program and its elephant residents. I'm definitely open to feedback.

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MARCH 8, 2009

This article was actually on the first page of the soon-to-be-exclusively online Seattle PI. Tags: chained dogs seattle legislation us. While I know that sometimes people have little choice when it comes to keeping their animals outdoors, you can still tell when the animal is cared for. And he is simply one of many.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

From the Seattle P-I: A Japanese psychiatrist with a home in Seattle is facing poaching and gun-possession charges following allegations that he poached several black bears and tried to smuggle gallbladders back to Japan. Tags: wildlife trafficking gall bladders bears.

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MAY 6, 2010

Here's a good article in the Seattle Times about BP corporate misbehavior. Tags: oil drilling British Petroleum 2010 oil spill pollution. I had no idea. You really have to hand it to their PR people.

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JULY 31, 2009

From the Seattle P-I (yep, the online newspaper!). Tags: seattle navy marine life whales pacific northwest. The Navy has been able to get away with using it for "national security" reasons. But there may be rules on their way to help mitigate the damage, at least in the Pacific Northwest.

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MARCH 26, 2010

When they tried to ban circuses in Seattle about 10 years ago, there was this big outcry. Tags: circuses UK. The campaigners claim polls show 90 percent of the public would support such a ban. Hmmmm.sounds awfully high to me. It was actually pretty weird.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Tags: seattle animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. Remember how we posted about the raids on puppy mills in Mount Vernon and Gold Bar, Washington? Here's a blog for people who are trying to help them. About 600 dogs were seized from horrible puppy mill conditions. Our pet sitter alerted us to the site.

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JANUARY 18, 2009

This story comes out of Gold Bar in Snohomish County, north of Seattle (where we latte-sucking liberals live.) Tags: seattle puppy mills.

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OCTOBER 9, 2008

Tags: seattle fur. Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN) will be staging protests at this fur store in Everett, WA. The company is Terry L. Fieck Furs. Here is their idea of a fur coat. Nice and GREEN! Literally and sarcastically.

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JULY 30, 2009

If it's the Seattle Seahawks, I may have to move. Tags: pit bull animal cruelty blood sport Michael Vick sick. "Sick Vick" is on his way to a new team. Who will it be? Early rumors swirled around the Patriots or the Steelers.

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AUGUST 15, 2009

I wish the Seattle weeklies would at least try to cover the University of Washington's Primate Center. Tags: university research animal experimentation animal research primates medical research. Sounds like there can be a whole lot of drama surrounding the Willamette Week's attempts to report about this place. Here's an example.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Rabbit Meadows is a rescue group out of Seattle. We’ve subsequently rescued feral rabbit populations from Rocky Reach Dam in Wenatchee, Seattle’s Woodland Park, and the Aqua Barn of Kent, insuring each rabbit a safe haven to live out the rest of their life at Rabbit meadows without threat of harm.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Having cared for guinea pigs at the Seattle Animal Shelter, I can tell you that guinea pigs are certainly cute. Tags: Guinea Pigs. Here is a CBS article that at least explains basic care for guinea pigs. They are also the messiest animals on the planet. And, they require a lot of care.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2008

David Horsey is the brilliant political cartoonist for the Seattle P-I. Tags: Palin. This cartoon summarizes Sarah Palin to a "T.".

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DECEMBER 29, 2009

From the Seattle PI: The killing of about seven elk cornered in a farm pasture in eastern Skagit County has spurred state officials to close the elk archery season in the area and angered others who either witnessed or heard about the killings. Tags: idiocy. That can't be called hunting.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

His other books told the story of the cycle of water and chronicled life of waterfowl in the Seattle Arboretum. located across a large lake from Seattle. It really looked like a game of tag. Year of the Eagle is his third book. Click here for more information on his photography.

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MAY 5, 2009

We live in Seattle and I think it's very important to remember our oceans and the life that reside there. Tags: oceans marine life donations charities nonprofits. Anyway, they received three out of four stars. Here is a snapshot of their 2007 budget breakdown. The key is how big their program expenses are.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Someone told us it involved Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue. Tags: Cookie and Coco. People keep forwarding this chain email around. Since our site comes up number two in Google, they find out the story from this website. Or at least a version of it. Snopes has it originating in California. Either way, the story is OLD.

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JANUARY 24, 2009

We live in Seattle, which is part of King County. Tags: animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. What a mess. Up north are Snohomish County and Skagit County where two puppy mill raids have led to the rescue of almost 600 pregnant dogs, about 80 percent of whom are pregnant. (We

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Tags: animal shelter management seattle State of Washington King county. When is King County going to clean up its act? What is up with this "progressive" county government?

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FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Luckily, I have a coworker who volunteers with Seattle Purebred Rescue. Apparently, she had received the same email from someone else and she had contacted Seattle Purebred Rescue to speak to the Lab rep for help. Tags: animal rescue scam dogs. Before I did anything else, I went over to ask for suggestions. It boggles the mind.

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MARCH 30, 2009

For all you Seattle-area residents who have thought of buying a live lobster just to free it into Puget Sound.don't do it. Tags: lobsters animal rescue. Last summer, I spent a number of shopping trips walking by live lobsters with their claws taped up at the local Albertsons'. In other words, Albertsons' will just keep restocking.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

I went to graduate school at the University of Washington here in Seattle. Tags: animal research University of Washington USDA. I've been hearing nightmare stories about the Primate Center for years. The ineptness and cruelty continues, but all in the name of "putting people first." They have a friend that works at this vile place.

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JULY 10, 2009

And my husband thinks so too, and he's from Seattle. Tags: california. We grow a great deal of vegetables and fruit for the world, but don't consume that much for ourselves. But this article seemed a little over the top to me. Apparently, the Central Valley has been called the new Appalachia. A weird take on my home region.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Here in Seattle, NARN (Northwest Animal Rights Network) has been staging protests at a local restaurant that serves foie gras. Tags: animal cruelty california foie gras food. They've caught a lot of grief over it. They get laughed at by patrons and they are criticized by local paper The Stranger.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Birding Seattle About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Tags: features , owl woods , owls , saw-whet • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! I finally saw a saw-whet !

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