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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

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In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. Now, I know you're saying: That's not what animal rights is. And one of that handful is the environment.

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UK Animal Rights Activists Profiled

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Here is n article in the Guardian about several activists involved in SHAC (Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty).

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Mysterious Sled Dog Deaths

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Full article at the BBC News. An animal rights group claims the dogs were killed inhumanely by an outdoor adventure company and thrown into a mass grave. Bad allegations connected to Whistler. Local media reports say business slumped after the 2010 Winter Olympics and the dogs were no longer needed.

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Mexican Activists Staged Protest Early this Month

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I copied the full article from the Latin American Herald Tribune. MEXICO CITY – Animal rights activists staged a protest against the sale of pets in Mexico City, urging residents to adopt dogs and other animals instead of buying them. Late on this story.

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Hard for Russian Veterinarians to Use Anesthesia Due to Russian Drug Laws

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leaving them to sometimes do procedures with nothing to numb the animals' pain. Read the full article in The Moscow Times. Ketamine has long been used for operating on animals throughout the world, but when it came in vogue as a party drug in the late 1990s, Russia's response was to ban the substance entirely in 2003. "It

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Monkey Rescued in India

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According to the article, "Zoochosis is a term used by animal rights activists in reference to the degrading effect of zoos on animals that have been kept in captivity over a long period of time. an animal can be psychologically traumatized, why in the world do we still wonder if it has any intelligence?

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Where Does Entertainment Begin and End?

Animal Person

Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, takes me back to graduate school when he writes of the importance of the stories we tell ourselves in " Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to Enjoy Their Suffering." And the article is worth reading just for that. What do you think?