Critter News

JANUARY 20, 2012

The announcement below comes verbatim from the Pacific Free Press.they still need approval from the Canadian Transportation Agency though. Today, more than 40 animal advocacy organizations across Canada praised Air Canada for its recent decision to stop shipping non-human primates into the country for use in research laboratories.

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Primates Canada Animal Advocacy Advocacy 100

Critter News

MARCH 19, 2009

The Pork Board has planned delegate meetings at the {annual Pork Industry} forum to discuss quality assurance rules including animal handling, and how much money to allocate to promote animal welfare. Tags: animal cruelty pigs pork farm animal welfare factory farm animal welfare.

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Industry Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Welfare 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Masson tells Benjy's story--and Benjy stories--while explaining his theory about the mutual domestication of dogs and humans. You may know that dog/human coevolution has been a popular topic in the past decade, and if so, this might help: Masson "takes E. The point is that, as Chapter 3 is titled, "Dogs Make Us Human."

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Dogs Pit Bulls Greyhounds Kennels 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 18, 2009

hours on I-95 (we here in South Florida are known for our very limited public transportation options--boy do I miss NYC). While spending hours in the car I've been thinking about various issues related to sentient nonhumans, animal rights and veganism. I want humans to stop using sentient nonhumans for their own gain.

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Vegan Ethics Humane Killing 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Causing an animal to suffer for no good reason is cruel, and our ordinary commonsense morality tells us in no uncertain terms that cruelty is wrong. It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view. Animal abuse is a crime in all fifty states, and rightly so. Cohen, The Animal Rights Debate , p.

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Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40

Animal Person

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Human slavery, of course. But each time Oprah or a guest mentioned a statistic, and the audience was appropriately surprised and disgusted by that statistic, a statistic about animals quickly popped into my mind. Here's a video she showed, produced by the Nike Foundation: The message is clear and necessary and indisputable.

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Cows Vegan Trafficking Transported 100