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Northwestern University NOT Signing HSUS Pledge to Prevent Pain in Lab Animals

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The Humane Society began a campaign in March 2008 to get 600 university presidents to sign a pledge to prevent severe pain and distress in animals used in research. Tags: university research animal experimentation humane society medical research animal resear. So far only 37 presidents have signed it.

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Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

The DDF will be raising $20,000 for the training and care of a service dog (including medical bills, training and food) which will be donated to one lucky war vet from the FSD group. FSD’s custom trained service dogs assist their partners in day-to-day activities providing their human companions with a greater degree of independence.

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Dublin Dog Foundation Update

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which helps foster the therapeutic and service roles of dogs in the development, support, and inspiration they provide to their human companions, successfully completed the 2009 Let Freedom Bark Ride fundraising initiative and exceeded the fundraising goal of $20,000 in an effort to sponsor the life of a service dog for an individual in need.

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Dublin Dog Foundation (giveaway)

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which helps foster the therapeutic and service roles of dogs in the development, support, and inspiration they provide to their human companions, announced today that raffle tickets for the Dublin Dog Dream Bike and Sidecar Giveaway are now available online on at www.DublinDogFoundation.org for a minimum donation of five dollars.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Recent investigations by nonprofit groups in California, Ohio and Pennsylvania have revealed the atrocious living conditions of egg-laying hens, though their owners said they were humanely cared for. 9, 2008 The writer is president of United Poultry Concerns , a nonprofit organization that is a sponsor of Proposition 2.

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Tails of Aloha

4 The Love Of Animals

Tails of Aloha was established in 1994 and received its Non-Profit designation in October 2008. I didn’t want to imagine a place where tiny children lived on heavy medical equipment hanging on to life every moment. We were fully funded by our founder from 1994-2007. What is the mission of your organization?

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Combined Beats’ List – September

10,000 Birds

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. US-NY-New York-Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center – 40.6603x-73.9325. Finca Hamadryas. 09 Jan 2016. Cape May Warbler – Setophaga tigrina.

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