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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

10,000 Birds

It also brings to mind the uncontested link between animal abuse and violent behavior toward fellow humans. Obviously killing contests have nothing to do with traditional hunting, and “animal abuse” is normally used when describing domestic animals. So how do you classify these contests?

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

4 The Love Of Animals

I recently got an email from the Animal Legal Defense Fund. They are pioneering legislation in California to make public animal abuse registries. The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) today announced an effort aimed at creating public registries in each state of anyone convicted of felony animal abuse.

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Missouri Legislature Attacks Horse Activist

Critter News

An activist organized an appeal in which people from around the country and the world could contact the legislators in opposition to the bill. Even when her organization got involved in the high-profile animal abuse case of NFL quarterback Michael Vick, she had never seen such a vitriolic reaction.

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Radlo Foods Pledging Conversion to Cage-Free Eggs

Critter News

Good news following an investigation of farm animal abuses by Mercy for Animals. Its white eggs, cage-free and organic eggs are not involved. Instead, Eggland's Best says it will get classic brown eggs from other locations.

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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

Critter News

How many people know this about the Animal Welfare Act? No wonder there is so much "farm" animal abuse out there. Humane treatment runs counter to the entire industry when the point is to make money by processing these animals as fast as possible. This is really interesting. I certainly didn't.

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Excellent Group for Animal Rights in Asia

Critter News

I love this organization and have supported them for a few years now. Please consider Animals Asia for your future donations. They do important work.

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From the Animal Rights Action Network re: Greyhounds

Animal Person

These poor animals are literally running for their lives and we must do everything we can to educate people about their suffering and exploitation and work towards ending this horribly cruel activity because many people out there just don't know any different, so we must be the greyhound's best advocate and use our voice for theirs.