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Update on National Meat Association vs. Brown

Critter News

Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently heard arguments in National Meat Association v.

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Paws UP for Union Township Animal Shelter

4 The Love Of Animals

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. In the past nine months, R&R has collected 4,807 items weighing 2,360.5 pounds with a value of $42,923.50…and and they are just getting started!

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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.