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DeMuth Agrees to Plea Bargain

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From the Science Insider. DeMuth was arrested and charged in November 2009 after refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the Iowa break-in. Tags: animal research animal enterprise terrorism act FBI. He faces a maximum of 6 months in jail and/or a fine of up to $5000.

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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

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Animal science” – distinct from zoology, the science of Earth’s millions of animal species – is what LGUs call meat-industry courses, including slaughtering animals, making ice cream, the full range of meat-linked endeavor. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. -- if you'd like assistance or more information.

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On the Land Grant University Meat Problem

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Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. Today's message and call to action is from David Cantor of Responsible Policies for Animals (thanks, Mike!). Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends! Responsible Policies for Animals, Inc. Glenside, PA 19038. 215-886-RPA1. RPA4all@aol.com. www.RPAforAll.org. www.EatForSports.org.

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The Power of Pets Initiative

4 The Love Of Animals

Mars Petcare is the world’s largest petcare manufacturer, with 2009 global sales of approximately $12 billion. The WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition provides the science behind our leading petcare brands. Tags: events. About Mars Petcare. Headquartered in McLean, Va., For more information, please visit www.mars.com.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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Read Tim’s account and enjoy his (and the Tambopata Macaw Project’s Alan Lee’s) photos judge for yourself… (NOTE: we first published this post in January 2009 but have to run it again because it is so good!) Is this one of the ornithological highlights on the planet? Licking Clay’ Text and Photographs copyright T.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. The hope was that they would be recovered with the tags attached. Prized for their feathers, most of the birds that are recovered do not have their tags, the biodata, attached. And, rage and frustration. Mostly adult males.

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Africa’s endangered species

10,000 Birds

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. These birds are tagged and migrate to the Sululta Plains on the Ethiopian highlands were they spend their winter.