Critter News

OCTOBER 18, 2010

It's bad enough having to deal with the welfare of normal farm animals, but what about the welfare of cloned animals? Concerns surround the ethics of the process, the welfare of the animals and a lack of research on food safety. Tags: europe cloning farm animal welfare. From the Daily Mail.

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Breeding Stock Farm Animal Farmed Animals Welfare 100

Critter News

MAY 15, 2009

Around 12 million animals are used each year in the European Union (EU) for research purposes. This became clear from a report addressed at the European Parliament (EP) session on May 5–7, which seeks to vote on a directive concerning animal research. I really hope this passes.

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Experience Experiments Medical Research Animal Research 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

It hasn’t achieved as much attention yet, presumably because people are rather preoccupied with wars brewing in Eastern Europe and missing airliners, but give it time. I’m not gong to go into the ethics and reasons behind why a zoo might want to, well, manage its stock. And, I’m afraid to say, they aren’t.

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Lions Giraffes Zoos Killing 150

Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2008

Global warming is an animal ethics issue. As the planet warms, fragile habitats that countless animal species depend on for survival will be destroyed. Loss of potable water threatens countless animal species including Homo sapiens. As such, it is incumbent upon the U.S. to make radical reductions in CO2 emissions.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 23, 2008

15), is precisely on the mark regarding the urgency and importance of today’s plant and animal extinction crisis. An estimated $13 billion a year would be enough to maintain and expand protected areas in the tropics, where the vast majority of plant and animals species are found.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 31, 2007

In an incredible juxtaposition to the fanfare of Barbaro, more than 100,000 horses were slaughtered last year in the United States and shipped to Europe and Japan for human consumption. Each one of these animals suffered extreme cruel and inhumane conditions in the transportation and slaughter process.

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New York Times New York Horse Slaughter Slaughter 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2007

The horse slaughter industry in the United States has nothing to do with feeding hungry people and everything to do with animal cruelty. The transport and subsequent slaughter of these animals is brutal. The facts are these: ¶Most horses that end up slaughtered are bought by buyers acting on behalf of slaughterhouses.

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New York Times Horse Slaughter New York Slaughter 40