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New Blood Sport Involves.Canaries?

Critter News

From the WTF files.and reported by the Associated Content news site. Tags: animal cruelty blood sport Stupid. Canary fighting is the new blood sport in Shelton, Conn. Aficionados range in age from 26 to 62, and it is more widespread than you think.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

2): We disagree with your contention that the First Amendment protects animal “crush” videos. Stevens , the Supreme Court last year overturned a 1999 law banning depictions of animal cruelty on the grounds of overbreadth. To the Editor: Re “ Disgusting but Not Illegal ” (editorial, Aug. In United States v.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

Herzog states, “The awkward fact is that most wanton animal cruelty is not perpetrated by inherently bad kids but by normal children who will eventually grow up to be good citizens” (34). . And yet he’s perfectly content to lump himself in with the vast majority of people who claim to care about animals but act like they don’t.

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