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Conklin Farm Owner Will Not Face Charges

Critter News

the tape {from an undercover investigation by Mercy for Animals,) Conklin is shown kicking a cow that is lying down. The Union County sheriff's office said it had four veterinarians with experience in large-animal care review the tape. A cow's muscles may atrophy. The criminal investigation isn't over, however.

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UK May Require Microchipping of Dogs

Critter News

In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can result in a prison sentence, animal rights experts and politicians say street thugs have turned to dangerous-looking dogs to cow their victims. Tags: UK microchips legislation dogs.

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An Affront to the Idea of Family

Animal Person

The idea of family is currently being used by the dairy industry in a series of commercials with the tag line: "99% of dairy farms are family owned." That doesn't mean that 99% of dairy products are from family farms , as the average number of cows on each family farm is just over 100. The cows' tails swing in the breeze.

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The Irony of The Girl Effect

Animal Person

But the cow part? The irony of the cow part is that much of this Oprah show was about slavery. The irony of the inclusion of the cow in The Girl Effect is that it swaps one form of slavery for another. Yesterday was World AIDS Day and I anticipated her doing a thoughtful program, which I think she did. Human slavery, of course.

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On Wipeout and Lion Burgers

Animal Person

Contestant (mortified, laughing, with hand over her mouth): "Cows.". Interviewer: "Cows, okay, there's another one you kill. I think you actually support animal cruelty." I respect the lives of lions, no matter where they live, and I don't believe that they should be used for food any more than cows should.

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Where Does Entertainment Begin and End?

Animal Person

Free Speech may be a noble ideal, but perhaps we are better served by thinking of it not only as a right but also as a privilege. They certainly depict cruelty to animals, right? Or don't they because animals we use for food are not thought by the masses as victims of cruelty? Need it be gratuitous to be offensive?

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On the Banning of Eating Cats and Dogs in China

Animal Person

I've been blogging here less partly because I've been blogging at Animal Rights & AntiOppression (check out my latest post " On Corporate Personhood and Animal Rights " and the better-than-the-post comments) but also because I've been feeling like a broken record and I don't want to bore anyone. What do you think?

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