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FBI Discussed Ways to Discredit Animal Rights Activists

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The FBI and a previously-unknown informant in the animal rights movement discussed, among other topics, how to disrupt political activism, according to FBI documents. The FBI file is dated May 12, 2005, by the FBI’s Johnson City Resident Agency, which is part of the Knoxville field office.

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Doris Day Animal League is Part of the Humane Society?

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I just recently became a member of the Doris Day Animal League. I also learned that the Humane Society merged with the Fund for Animals in 2005. Tags: organizations animal welfare. Checking out their website, I came across this page saying that they merged with the Humane Society in 2006.

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Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research.Why Not Americans?

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Is there a different culture regarding animals in Europe? Are animal rights organizations more effective? At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing.

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Birding Gir National Park, India

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Underneath an arched branch, one familiar bird, a Common Blackbird female… but after a recent split in 2005 by Rasmussen and Anderton, it was elevated to a full species – Indian Blackbird ( Turdus simillimus ). It belongs to the same species as those in Europe, but a smaller subspecies ( Sus scrofa davidi ).

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Vile Practices at Tulare County, CA Animal Shelter

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That's why this action alert from the Animal Legal Defense Fund strikes a cord with me. Sargeant, doing business as Sargeant’s Wholesale Biologicals, buys carcasses from animal shelters and sells them to research facilities such as UC Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine. From the ALDF blog. Arrested in June 2007, Michael J.

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In 2005, a psychologist and an economist taught a group of monkeys the concept of money. Soon, the monkeys engaged in prostitution.

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Why Is the Federal Government Awarding Contracts to a Company That Was Involved in Smuggling Primates?

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was started by Mathew Block to import primates into the US for animal experimentation. Biggest contracts: $232,500 with Army for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. Signed on 2005-08-12. Signed on 2005-08-12. Completion date: 2005-10-17. Signed on 2005-12-22. Tags: animal experimentation.

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