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University of Arizona Gets Grant for Animal Lab

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Another Arizona story! They are certainly on the animal research kick. From the Arizona Daily Star. The University of Arizona College of Medicine won a $15 million federal stimulus grant to build a facility for research animals in downtown Phoenix.

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Will Arizona Exempt Animal Testing from Cruelty Laws?

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Tags: animal research biotech arizona. Supposedly people either 1) believe the State has no place overseeing labs (USDA does that) and 2) bioscience is already very well-regulated. This is all about making the stupid state friendly to the biotech industry. They get a huge tax break?

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Election Victories for Animals

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Also, Proposition 109 failed in Arizona. Tags: legislation elections Missouri arizona politics. It stops puppy mill abuses by establishing responsible standards for the proper care of dogs. This proposition would have given the legislature exclusive authority over wildlife issues.

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Phoenix Restaurant Serves Lion Burgers

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A restaurant owner who put lion burgers on the menu in honor of the World Cup has felt a roar of anger from outraged animal rights activists. But the burgers also attracted international attention and the scorn of animal rights activists, who picketed outside the restaurant. Tags: exotic meats phoenix arizona lion.

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Shutting Your Trap

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The name and town of the owner were engraved on a metal tag. The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. Later Astrid and I met in the woods with shovels and a pickaxe and broke the chain and yanked the trap from the ground.

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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?

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Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animal welfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. Similar limits were approved last year in Michigan and less sweeping restrictions have been adopted in Florida, Arizona and other states.

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DMX is Pretty in Prison Pink

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Rap singer DMX is currently serving a jail sentence for animal cruelty, drugs and fraud. Looks like Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has come up with the cure for DMX's addiction to jail. Tags: DMX animal cruelty. And things are even worse for him because his prison wardrobe is (gasp!)