Critter News

MARCH 6, 2010

Why would this West Virginia University project be the recipient of federal stimulus money? From West Virginia Metro News. The new facility is expected to result in 253 additional permanent jobs on the WVU campus, including 13 directly in the animal quarters and 240 in biomedical research laboratories around the Health Sciences Center.

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Critter News

AUGUST 16, 2008

pleaded guilty in March to five counts of trafficking in wild animals. Attorney Julia Dudley said Blevins had bought animals for several years from trappers in different states and brought them to Virginia to sell to the owners of "fox pens." Tags: wildlife trafficking blood sport fox hunting us. A statement from U.S.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

Another nasty farm animal abuse story. Bottom line: If you’re running a business where you allow the kinds of shortcuts that let animal abuse happen, please sell it and leave the industry now. Tags: PETA farm animal welfare thanksgiving turkey massacre. Overlooked this one. Find another line of work. It will be too late.

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Critter News

JANUARY 7, 2010

US District Judge Emmet Sullivan signed the December 30 ruling in favor of Ringling's owner, Virginia-based Feld Entertainment Inc. FEI) at the outset of a nine-year-old suit brought by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) that culminated in a six-week trial in March.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

after pleading guilty to bankrolling a dogfighting operation at a home he owned in eastern Virginia's Surry County. Tags: pit bull animal abuse animal cruelty blood sport Michael Vick. Vick is serving a 23-month sentence at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., He is eligible for release in July.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 6, 2010

Puppy Bumpers manufactured in Virginia at STEPS, Inc., Giveaway: Puppy Bumpers originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on July 6, 2010. Tags: giveaways. And, we are lucky enough to have one collar to giveaway ! More than just being a great solution for pet saftey, Puppy Bumpers are also helping people!

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Critter News

MARCH 14, 2009

Are there good breeders out there that care for their animals and run their business out of pure love of their work and the animals? She has had two for the past ten years, one she bought and had shipped from a breeder in Utah, the other from a breeder in Virginia. Tags: breeders. I may be passionate, but I'm not stupid!

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