Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Before 2008, only one person had been incarcerated for dog fighting in Georgia. Considering the state had one of the weakest dog-fighting laws in the nation, that's no compliment. But since a new and tougher dog fighting law was passed in May 2008, multiple arrests have been made, with more on the horizon.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 25, 2009

SAEN said UC Davis is responsible for the deaths of at least 14 monkeys over an 11-month period from June of 2008 to April of this year, and that the deaths violated federal law. Tags: universities animal experimentation animal research animal cruelty.

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Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2010

The surprise truce in Ohio follows stronger limits imposed by California voters in 2008; there, extreme caging methods will be banned altogether by 2015. In another sign of the growing clout of the animal welfare movement, a law passed in California this year will also ban imports from other states of eggs produced in crowded cages.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Reason To Become a Bird Watcher #2: Birds Are Everywhere You Are Why Cats Love FeederWatch Where Are You Birding This Last Weekend of October 2008? Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of July 2008? Following a detour to Harvard Law School, he took the Ph.D. Get yours today!

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S. Tags: fish and wildlife USDA. The aerial gunning program has killed at least 10 agents and injured 28 more.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Following a detour to Harvard Law School, he took the Ph.D. Now a Senior Leader with WINGS, Rick was a department editor at Birding from 2004 to 2008, editor of Winging It from 2005 to 2007 and currently writes Aimophila Adventures. A bit risqué, all of it, and something to think about next time you watch a thrasher, well, thrashing.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

ALDF points to the following examples for why a registry is needed to help animal guardians, law enforcement and shelters protect their animals: Robert Rydzewski : In 2004, the then 29-year-old upstate New Yorker shot his neighbor’s dog in the face twice. Tags: news. The current bill’s sponsors are Rep. Visit www.aldf.org.

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