Critter News

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

I wish we could stop killing animals for reasons related to killing humans. Some 119 pigs were used in the research at the Government's military research laboratory Porton Down, near Salisbury, between 2006 and 2009. He said 25 pigs were used in 2006, 19 in 2007, 40 in 2008, and 35 in 2009. From the BBC News.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 10, 2010

FSD’s custom trained service dogs assist their partners in day-to-day activities providing their human companions with a greater degree of independence. The DDF works with national organizations to help promote and facilitate the role dogs play in human health, development and service. The DDF is separate from Dublin Dog Co.,

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

When I was asked if I wanted to read Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS (Rodale 2009) I was ambivalent. In the majority of cases, it is humans who are to blame for the plunging numbers of animals, and Corwin is very clear about the extent to which we have destroyed the world around us.

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