Critter News

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

I wish we could stop killing animals for reasons related to killing humans. The tests "saved many lives" in Iraq and Afghanistan due to improvements in post-traumatic techniques, junior defence minister Quentin Davies said. Tags: UK animal research military pigs. From the BBC News.

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Critter News

MARCH 6, 2009

The Baghdad Zoo rakes in some more animals. I am no fan of zoos, especially in an unstable country like Iraq. In the middle of the war, animals are the least of anyone's concern," said Lisa Wathne, spokeswoman for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Tags: zoos baghdad primates.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 2, 2010

If humans were as varied as dogs we would range in height up to 22 feet tall and in weight more than 1,000 pounds. A Veteran’s Best Friend ” – Meet an incredible therapy dog named Tuesday who helps an Iraq veteran to overcome his debilitating PTSD. And Man Created Dog originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on August 2, 2010.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 10, 2010

FSD’s custom trained service dogs assist their partners in day-to-day activities providing their human companions with a greater degree of independence. FSD specifically focuses its efforts on donating these animals to disabled military veterans. “We Tags: news people helping animals.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Here's the good news: This is a very readable explanation of how animals in the Hundred Heartbeat Club (there are 100 or fewer individuals in the wild today) got to be in the club. This is irksome, as the premise is that we need to save the animals (and which ones is an interesting discussion) because we will suffer if they are gone.

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