Critter News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

After all the brewhaha about improving the conditions at the King County animal shelters in Washington State (where we live), I'm still seeing this kind of stuff. Tags: animal shelter management seattle State of Washington King county. When is King County going to clean up its act?

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

In Washington State, Adam Karp is your man. Tags: animal law. But, he also has a list of referrals for lawyers in other states that do this kind of thing.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The world is facing a growing threat from new diseases that are jumping the human-animal species barrier as a result of environmental disruption, global warming and the progressive urbanisation of the planet, scientists have warned. Tags: global warming disease climate change environment.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The author is Nick Cooney and he's the Director of The Humane League, an animal advocacy non-profit with offices in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. Change Of Heart provides science-based answers to many questions that are hotly debated among animal activists. Tags: advocacy. In the author's words.

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

A prominent researcher in the specialized field of animal laughter, Jaak Panksepp of Washington State University, said it definitely goes farther back than that. "I Tags: animal behavior primates.

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JANUARY 18, 2009

Adult dogs and puppies were found living in crates and small pens filled with large accumulations of feces and heavily soiled shavings, said Vicki Lubrin of Snohomish County Animal Control Services. Tags: seattle puppy mills. This story comes out of Gold Bar in Snohomish County, north of Seattle (where we latte-sucking liberals live.)

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Tags: chimpanzees seattle State of Washington animal sanctuary. This is now one of my favorite organizations. The silent auction is set for October 1, 2010, and details are here. You can donate too even if you can't attend the auction.

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

Sorry, another Washington State story. About 60 have already been identified as nuisance animals with the possibility of future trapping and euthanization. Tags: State of Washington salmon Stupid sea lions dams endangered species. Sea lions are killed here for eating salmon. It really makes me angry.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Tags: chimpanzees State of Washington animal sanctuary primates. Here is a Thanksgiving video of the seven chimpanzees at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. Very heartwarming.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Another big issue gaining momentum is animal welfare. There are people who are saying, ‘This is just ridiculous,’ but that’s not how the general public sees it,” {Washington agricultural correspondent Jerry} Hagstrom says. Tags: farm animal welfare us agribusiness. and other advocates.”

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Critter News

JANUARY 15, 2010

So, it's not just rednecks in Washington State who are doing this. Tags: wildlife trafficking gall bladders bears. From the Seattle P-I: A Japanese psychiatrist with a home in Seattle is facing poaching and gun-possession charges following allegations that he poached several black bears and tried to smuggle gallbladders back to Japan.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

This is a nice story about the care of abused birds at a Washington, DC, Buddhist temple. Tags: birds animal abuse animal rescue buddhism animal sanctuary parrots.

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MAY 21, 2010

The conference is to be held from July 23-26 in Washington, DC. It looks like they have some great workshops with people like Gene Bauer from Farm Sanctuary and Nicole Pollata from the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF.). Tags: humane society conferences. I recently received this email announcement.

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AUGUST 15, 2009

I wish the Seattle weeklies would at least try to cover the University of Washington's Primate Center. Tags: university research animal experimentation animal research primates medical research. Sounds like there can be a whole lot of drama surrounding the Willamette Week's attempts to report about this place.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

The Humane Society Legislative Fund is having a contest where you can submit your idea for a new law protecting animals. The winner will get a trip to Washington DC to lobby for it with HSLF staff. Tags: HSUS.

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MARCH 2, 2009

The National No-Kill Conference scheduled for May 2-3 in Washington, DC is ALREADY sold out. Tags: spay and neuter feral cats animal welfare us.

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JUNE 5, 2009

Thanks to Patty at Animal Rights-Do Whatever is Necessary for reposting this list of 40 ways to help lab animals. There are many excellent books on issues related to animal research. Know Your Adversary Part of being an effective activist on animal research issues is knowing the arguments in support of animal research.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

This is a good article about the puppy mills operated by a Western Washington woman and her parents. Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty puppy mills animal welfare us. She kept being given "one more chance" with the end result of about 600 dogs finally being seized from the establishments.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Today is George Washington’s birthday! First Pet, 1789-1791): In addition to horses and hound dogs, George Washington owned a parrot. Polly actually belonged to Martha Washington. It’s said the George Washington and the parrot didn’t get along! Tags: random tidbits. Socks the cat. Polly the parrot.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 23, 2008

District Court in Washington, D.C. Tags: animal cruelty circus elephants. employee, claims the defendants inhumanely and illegally mistreat their Asian elephants and have done so for decades. The anticipated three-week, non-jury trial takes place in U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The name and town of the owner were engraved on a metal tag. The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. Later Astrid and I met in the woods with shovels and a pickaxe and broke the chain and yanked the trap from the ground.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Knowing now how highly intelligent these animals are, I am very resistant to "using" them for therapy. From the Washington Post. These critics charge that it is no more effective and considerably more expensive than skillful conventional treatment, while potentially harmful to the humans and the animals. Tags: dolphin.

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Animal Person

JULY 15, 2010

In the Washington metro area, we have a BIG deer problem. Let's deconstruct: What we have here is the myth that killing animals in the wild and then eating them is somehow a compassionate act. Tags: Activism Ethics Language Cayuga deer hunting. There's a lot going on in the above three sentences. But that's not what happens.

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AUGUST 17, 2008

Again, thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this update on California's proposition 2. Efforts for such a ballot initiative in Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire and Vermont have failed but efforts are currently underway to establish similar legislation in Colorado and Washington.

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

The animals eat salmon as the fish try to pass Bonneville Dam each spring. Judge Michael Mosman’s ruling means Washington, Oregon and Idaho can shoot or remove up to 85 sea lions next year. Army Corps of Engineers estimates the animals eat three thousand salmon annually. Tags: salmon sea lions.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

For it’s first year the program will premiere in YMCA locations in Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C. – Mars Petcare and Human-Animal Interaction. The Power of Pets Initiative originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on October 1, 2010. Tags: events. New York City; Nashville, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn. –

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 5, 2009

First let's deconstruct: The recession has caused a decrease in demand for animal products. What if Meatless Mondays and all of the messages about decreasing consumption of animal products have made a difference and consumers have spoken? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Food and Drink Language. Translation?

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DECEMBER 21, 2008

She supports medical research on animals. One scene has the author entering the part of the hospital where the research animals are. She said that there were guidelines on how to treat animals and that, in medical ethics, they are considered "sacrifices." She then said, "I think people are more important than animals."

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Travers said, “We created this competition to boost fashion careers and honor independent designers who have compassion for animals and for the ethical and green fashion movement. Compassion for animals is part of the planet’s social and environmental equation. Tags: born free fur fashion.

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JUNE 8, 2009

You can buy some extra time by presoaking the animal in a basin of ice water.)" Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington. Actually, I didn't quit neuroscience as a result of the experiences described, but I did quit working with animals. But that's neither here nor there -- I'm very supportive of animal research in principle.

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MARCH 16, 2011

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MARCH 16, 2011

Searching for kiwi is unlike spotlighting that I’ve done while looking for nocturnal animals in the past. Share Your Thoughts « Crossley Giveaway Reminder Bird Deaths in Washington D.C. Tags: features , kiwi , national bird , new zealand • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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MARCH 20, 2011

Mail Stop 7060 Washington, D.C. Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! Nina Mar 20th, 2011 at 8:09 pm “The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant, “What good is it?&# Street, N.W. 20240 And write: Rowan W.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

broke the news that Chiquita was represented by a powerful Washington law firm, Covington & Burling LLP, and its consultant, McLarty Associates (2). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. The other hired gun for the coup government that has deep Clinton ties is (lobbyist) Bennett Ratcliff.” (1) 1) DemocracyNow!

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