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Group Seeks to Ban Chinese Fur Trade with Australia

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The call was issued after the animal rights group discovered that the fur were sourced from the raccoon dog in China, ABC Radio Australia reports. About 10 million dogs in China are killed for their fur, prompting an animal rights group to seek a ban on fur trade to Australia. However, the fur is passed off as sheep skin.

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“petcentric” mobile application

4 The Love Of Animals

4 on Forbes’ list of 2009 “Best Branded Mobile Applications” after its 2009 launch as an iPhone application, now provides pet owners an even more engaging mobile experience through location-based utility, entertaining content featuring videos and photos, and relevant pet information. In addition, it is now available to 500,000 iPad owners.

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Jusani; Clothes for a Cause

4 The Love Of Animals

Jusani Culture is a haute lifestyle brand representing a new culture of supporters for a no-kill nation. A really great group! Not only are their clothes fun to wear, but they help actual shelter pets through the money that is donated via each purchase. You can shop from their website, www.jusani.com , or supporting retailers.

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Fun Time Dog Shop (and giveaway)

4 The Love Of Animals

Fun Time Dog Shop is a brand new online shop for modern pets (and people)! But the truly special part is all profits from the shop are donated to non-profit dog rescue groups! Fun Time Dog Shop (and giveaway) originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on July 27, 2010. Tags: giveaways people helping animals.

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Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

The DDF will be raising $20,000 for the training and care of a service dog (including medical bills, training and food) which will be donated to one lucky war vet from the FSD group. FSD specifically focuses its efforts on donating these animals to disabled military veterans. “We Tags: news people helping animals.

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

10,000 Birds

I also enjoyed reading the company histories of familiar brands like Duncraft, Kaytee, Droll Yankee, and Wagner all of which started as family companies, some as offshoots of other businesses, some as the result of clever inventions. The story of Duncraft is a good example. The writers have created a good book. If you are one of those 58.2

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

10,000 Birds

In 1903, the distinguished Elliott Coues declared , “This is a definite and perfectly natural group, which will be immediately recognized by the foregoing characters, one of which, complete webbing of hallux, is not elsewhere observed among birds.&# He could not say the same today. almost everything about flamingos and grebes).

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