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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

An Oxford University study published in the journal Nature found that wide-ranging carnivores like tigers and other big cats “show the most evidence of stress and/or psychological dysfunction in captivity.” How many people and animals must pay with their lives before we acknowledge that big cats don’t belong in captivity?

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

We’ve been educating, helping and begging people to spay and neuter their animals for years, but three million to four million cats and dogs still die in shelters every year because of simple math: too many animals, not enough worthy adoptive homes. It’s a sign of our indifference.” Daphna Nachminovitch Norfolk, Va.,