Critter News

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Animal rights groups are calling for a ban on the sale of horse meat after disturbing video at a slaughterhouse in west Quebec was sent to the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition. Captured on video, is one horse being stunned 11 times. The video was sent by a source inside the slaughterhouse. Excerpted from CTV.CA.

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Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

They have video. The video footage shows monkeys biting themselves and slamming against the bars of small cages. Other scenes show a newborn chimpanzee being taken from its mother and an adult screaming as a lab worker aims a tranquilizer gun before the animal falls sedated from a shelf to the floor.

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Critter News

APRIL 10, 2009

Good news following an investigation of farm animal abuses by Mercy for Animals. Nathan Runkle, executive director of Mercy for Animals, an Ohio-based animal rights organization, commends Eggland's Best "for finally stepping up to the plate and taking responsibility for their involvement in this abusive facility."

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Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Brief commentary follows this e-mail I received regarding greyhounds, animal rights and Ireland. DO [link] SOMETHING, WORDS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH - ONLY YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WILL END ANIMAL ABUSE ARAN has designated August 24-30th 2009 as our official week of action against the Irish greyhound racing industry.

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