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USHS Alleges Animal Abuse at the University of Louisiana New Iberia Research Laboratory

Critter News

This is a story of inhumane treatment and a story of psychological torment for these animals,” Wayne Pacelle, president and chief executive officer of the Washington-based animal rights group, said at a news conference Wednesday. It is the nation’s largest primate research lab that studies chimpanzees.

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BLM Admits Horse Roundups Have Involved Mistreatment

Critter News

An internal review by the US Bureau of Land Management admits that the roundup of wild horses has involved some mistreatment, but they refuse to admit the treatment was inhumane. Excerpted from USA Today. The Bureau of Land Management's internal review of a wild horse roundup in Nevada in Sept.,

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view. Animal abuse is a crime in all fifty states, and rightly so. Similarly, most people also agree that: (2) It is wrong to kill a conscious sentient animal for no good reason. Trivial or insignificant reasons won’t do. (p. Cross and Michael F.