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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

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

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Remember how we posted about the raids on puppy mills in Mount Vernon and Gold Bar, Washington? Tags: seattle animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. 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 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." From the student newspaper The Daily.

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JANUARY 24, 2009

We live in Seattle, which is part of King County. She says that northwest Washington is a refuge for puppy mills because regulation up there is particularly lax. Tags: animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. What a mess. We blogged about the Gold Bar, Snohomish County, raid last week).

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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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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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JANUARY 15, 2010

So, it's not just rednecks in Washington State who are doing this. 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.

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