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EU Sends Inspectors to Portugal for Farm Animal Welfare

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My 2010 resolution is to try and track animal rights issues in the homelands of Spain and Portugal. Tags: europe portugal farm animal welfare. The inspectors found nothing wrong, but at least they responded to the issues raised by Animal Angels, based in Germany.

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Purina’s Tales for the Pet Lover’s Heart

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Purina, Kroger, and animal lover Trista Sutter, from ABC’s “The Bachelorette,” have teamed up to launch the third-annual “ Tales for the Pet Lover’s Heart ” campaign, celebrating the unique bond between people and their pets, while donating funds to animal welfare organizations nationwide. Tags: events. Have a fun pet tale to tell?

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New Podcast Uploaded for 01/26/10

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In this week's podcast ending January 26, 2010: **Animal rescue efforts are underway in disaster-stricken Haiti; **A research study involving the burial of live pigs is halted; **The blood sport of dogfighting enjoys a revival in Afghanistan; **And a report by animal welfare organizations criticize pig farming in the European Union.

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Animal Rescue Month

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“Animal rescue and animal welfare continues to be a top cause for our volunteers and actually served as the genesis for the founding of our organization,&# said The Volunteer Advantage’s Merritt Friedman. Animal Rescue Month originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on August 13, 2010.

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BOCA to Stop Using Eggs by End of 2009

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We anticipate all BOCA products will be egg free in 2010." Tags: battery hens eggs farm animal welfare. On March 19, 2009 a company representative emailed Compassion Over Killing: "…I am pleased to let you know the BOCA brand will be eliminating eggs in all of its products by the end of this year.

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Whales in danger.

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The International Fund for Animal Welfare ( IFAW ), is a non-profit organization working to save animals in crisis worldwide, to help protect our oceans’ whale population. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on May 11, 2010. Tags: rescues. But recently, a new plan has been released to legalize this practice.

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Dosomething.org helps lost pets.

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Sophia E from Baxter Springs, KS is going to start a program to supply pet owners with proper id for their pets and a local system to bring interested pet owners together to teach them the importance of tagging. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on August 11, 2010. Tags: people helping animals.

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