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Missouri Legislature Attacks Horse Activist

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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. Tags: Stupid legislation horse slaughter Missouri. The calls stopped, she said, after the Post-Dispatch started asking lawmakers about them.

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PETA Goes After Canada's Seal Hunt

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I hate the seal slaughter. Whether it's dumping raw sewage out of Victoria BC into Puget Sound, to their lenient treatment in animal abuse cases, I just don't agree with some of the policies they have. Tags: PETA. PETA has launched a spoof site for the Vancouver Olympic Games over seal hunting. Here is a link to the site.

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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

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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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On the Banning of Eating Cats and Dogs in China

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We can care about animals and people at the same time; they're not mutually exclusive. Why choose enslavement, rape, domination and slaughter? Notice how the story ends: "The focus has now been narrowed to prevention of animal abuse, which is defined as inflicting unnecessary pain and brutality." What do you think?

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On Responding to Jokes that Feature Animal Abuse

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Why is the torture and slaughter of sentient nonhumans to satisfy one's taste buds so easily made into a joke by some people? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Language animal rights humor Veganism. Would anyone (particularly a non-Jew) ever think it's acceptable to tell me jokes that featured mockery of my beliefs?