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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

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They say cats and dogs at the lab get excellent veterinary care and survivors are placed into a volunteer-run adoption program. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays. University officials say they only collect animals from shelters willing to participate and pound animals are steered toward nonlethal experiments.

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University of Utah Continues Getting Bad Press

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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. Only 74 animals survived the research process to be adopted out as pets. Tags: animal research university of utah.

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Finally. Jasmine the Greyhound

Animal Person

They named her Jasmine, and they started to think about finding her an adoptive home. The list of orphaned and abandoned youngsters she has cared for comprises five fox cubs, four badger cubs, 15 chicks, eight guinea pigs, two stray puppies and 15 rabbits. Tags: Current Affairs Greyhound Matters. But Jasmine had other ideas.

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Race for the Rescues

4 The Love Of Animals

5K Run/Walk, Kid’s Fun Run and Adoption Celebration. This is Los Angeles’s premier animal-related fundraising event benefiting the following non-profit rescue organizations: The Rescue Train, Best Friends Animal Society, Animal Alliance, A Dog’s Life Rescue, Stray Cat Alliance, Four-Legged Friends Foundation, and Molly’s Mutts & Meows.

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Event: Save a Stray for the Holidays

4 The Love Of Animals

Found Animals Foundation to Host Spectacular “Save a Stray for the Holidays” Adoption Event at 14 Los Angeles Animal Care Centers. WHAT: Found Animals Foundation ( www.foundanimals.org ) will host their second annual “Save A Stray For The Holidays” adoption event on Saturday, December 19th, 2009 from 9am-2pm.

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