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New Podcast Uploaded for 01/26/10

Critter News

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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Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

FSD rescues dogs from shelters and custom trains each dog to assist a person with a disability. Over the years, FSD has rescued hundreds of dogs and has placed over 140 client-service dog teams. Tags: news people helping animals. FSD was founded as a 501c3 non-profit organization in 1987.

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A Win-Lose Proposition for Farmers and Consumers

Animal Person

Why the rescue plan? But all of that aside, the bold solution is: Americans who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would be the targeted consumers of the surplus (in addition to military food assistance programs in places like Afghanistan).