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Animal Rights Activists Arrested in UC Attacks

Critter News

They trespassed on his front yard, chanted slogans and accused him of being a murderer because of his use of animals in research. 27, 2008: Demonstrations, including chalking, in front of the homes of several UC researchers. The researcher's husband was hit during the demonstration. We know where you work.

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Grallards: New Zealand’s Next Extinction or Newest Species?

10,000 Birds

Indeed, by 2008, when I first really became aware of the issue, the West Coast of South Island was pretty much their only stronghold. I mentioned 2008 as the year I became aware of the issue. A PhD student was presenting her research into the population in Westland, the relic population of Grey Duck. Or so it was assumed.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

billion a year between 1997 and 2005, totaling nearly $35 billion, according to researchers at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. It’s time that our tax dollars no longer finance the inhumane conditions—for workers and animals and the climate—of factory farms.