Critter News

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Animal-rights activists claim an orca is being held in an "inadequate tank" in the Miami Seaquarium. The federal complaint focuses on a whale named Lolita, who was captured more than 40 years ago, and has been held at the Miami Seaquarium. Read the rest of the article in the Courthouse News Service.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2012

Artist Enrique Gomez De Molina was sentenced to 20 months in prison and a $6,000 fine in Miami on Friday for trafficking in illegal and threatened wildlife. “In promoting that message, he fell grievously from doing things the right way and became one of the very people he tried to educate,” Kuehne said.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 26, 2009

Today's message and call to action is from David Cantor of Responsible Policies for Animals (thanks, Mike!). Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends! Our most insidious institution -- as my talk in Miami in 10 days (August 29th) will explain! Responsible Policies for Animals, Inc. Best wishes, .

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

And when you think about it, that seems right. Large species, like the hatchet-billed Lapped-faced Vulture or the large Cape Vulture gets first dips, because they are the only species that can tear open the hides of some of the larger prey animals. Turkey Vulture on Little Miami River – Kelly Riccetti, The Red and the Peanut.

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