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Paws UP for Union Township Animal Shelter

4 The Love Of Animals

Research has shown that if noise and stress are reduced, adoptions go up! According to the Humane Society, over four million dogs and cats are euthanized every year with six to eight million placed in kill shelters across the country. They do this by providing toys and other items.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

A bill now in Congress—the Great Ape Protection Act —provides many of the protections for chimps the Spanish resolution does, but without engaging (or attempting to resolve) the controversial and polarizing issue of granting legal rights to animals. Our findings follow many other studies demonstrating mental anguish in traumatized animals.