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USHS Alleges Animal Abuse at the University of Louisiana New Iberia Research Laboratory

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Other scenes show a newborn chimpanzee being taken from its mother and an adult screaming as a lab worker aims a tranquilizer gun before the animal falls sedated from a shelf to the floor. It is the nation’s largest primate research lab that studies chimpanzees. Here is a link to the Humane Society.

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Prop 2 Passes in California

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4, 2008) – Voters in California approved an historic ballot measure to halt the inhumane confinement of animals on factory farms by an overwhelming margin. All animals deserve humane treatment, including animals raised for food.” From the campaign website : (Nov. As of 11 PM PST, Prop 2 was leading 62% to 38%.

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On Humane Societies and Calf-Roping

Animal Person

Here's the backstory: Calgary has what they call a " western culture ," which essentially is their two word justification for abusing animals in the cruel and not-even-close-to fair venue of people-over-animals-who-don't-stand-a-chance. Safe, unharmed rodeo animals is an oxymoron). Not the rodeo.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Snakes may die during the capture and transport process, or they may be housed inhumanely in a small aquarium they can barely fit into. Wild animals belong in the wild, and in their native habitats. Wayne Pacelle President and Chief Executive Humane Society of the United States Washington, Jan.

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

A column entitled "Ag Industry Threatened by Animal Rights" appeared in today's High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [ HPMAJ ]. The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

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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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. Virtually everyone agrees that: (1) It is wrong to cause a conscious sentient animal to suffer for no good reason. Animal abuse is a crime in all fifty states, and rightly so.