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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?

Critter News

Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animal welfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. Similar limits were approved last year in Michigan and less sweeping restrictions have been adopted in Florida, Arizona and other states.

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Thoroughbred Dealer Convicted of Animal Cruelty

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Yeah, right. The 52-year-old Long Island resident was charged after state police and animal welfare investigators raided his farm in Coxsackie in April and seized 177 malnourished horses. Most of the horses were eventually adopted by other horse farms around the nation, but several were in such poor shape they had to be euthanized.

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5 ways to help the animal rescue efforts in Chile and Haiti

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These three groups are already operating mobile veterinary clinics and other services in Haiti, and planning to go to Chile when they’re allowed in: IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare). Adopt a displaced pet. If you’re looking for a pet, consider adopting a cat or dog displaced by the recent disasters. Offer your time.

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On Individuals and Thanksgiving

Animal Person

Yesterday, I was on my way to the Foster and Adoptive Parents Association, which has a "store" and allows those parents to "shop" for clothing, toys and baby gear at no cost to them. cause for concern about his welfare. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language animal rights Thanksgiving veganism. Yet the turtle.

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Mexican Activists Staged Protest Early this Month

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MEXICO CITY – Animal rights activists staged a protest against the sale of pets in Mexico City, urging residents to adopt dogs and other animals instead of buying them. Late on this story. I copied the full article from the Latin American Herald Tribune.

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The Parable of the Goat Mites

10,000 Birds

And so, most had been neutered, adopted out to soft-hearted landowners as odd pets, conversation pieces. No wait, they were, but they had experienced so much genetic drift and selective pressure that they now constituted a unique breed in their own right. Also, they were infested by a species of ear mite unknown to science.

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On Coping Mechanisms

Animal Person

Yesterday , Abby wrote: Off topic, but I was wondering if you have any advice for those of us who are highly emotionally sensitive and also interested in animal welfare issues? I do what I do because it's the right thing to do--not because I want a reward or fear punishment. So I do what I can do, beginning of course with being vegan.

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