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University of Utah Continues Getting Bad Press

Critter News

Only 74 animals survived the research process to be adopted out as pets. Researchers told the Tribune that the testing gave the shelter animals "a second chance at life," while records obtained by the Tribune revealed that the labs had killed 116 of the 190 strays last year.

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Mexican Senators Look at Banning Bullfights

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"Bullfights seem really thoughtless and savage to me," the senator said in a press conference on Monday. The legislation provides for the punishment of those who abuse animals, including pets, and it would create incentives for people to adopt pets instead of purchasing them.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

4 The Love Of Animals

Here is the press release, which explains why they are trying to do this. Such registries would help protect animals, pet guardians and communities by preventing repeat offenses from anyone with an established history of abusing animals. They are pioneering legislation in California to make public animal abuse registries.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Press, 2000), and updated in terms of taxonomy, status, and distribution. Actually, I thought I could press it and hear a bird call, till I remembered that this was a book not a web page.). Press in 2003. The information here is more extensive than what is offered in Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Orlando H.

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To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami

10,000 Birds

But its not just parrots that are doing well in their adopted city. Dozens of other introduced bird species, largely escapees from pet owners, now call Miami home. Nearly 70 species of parrots have been recorded flying free at some stage or another in Miami, including Hyacinth Macaws.

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R. G. Frey on Anthropomorphism

Animal Ethics

Yet, in the case of domesticated animals especially, many people, particularly lonely people, regard (and often want to regard) their pet as a kind of lesser human being, with a less rich but still plentiful mental life which explains why their cat or dog behaves as it does.

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Fancy Feasts (For Fabulous Floors)

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And because I adopted him as a 6-week-old kitten when I was 15 and he turns 17 in 2014, I have lived with him longer than I lived without him. Check out how I put together Cy’s custom placemat and maybe it will help spark some ideas for creating one of your own for the beloved pet in your life. DIY Laminated Pet Placemat.

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