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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

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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. Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon. Dogs Sniffing Out Disease. As we know, dogs have a keen sense of smell. by Marc Bekoff. Photo by Chris Gladis.

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