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Predators Paid to Pester Problematic Pest Birds

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The benefits to the falconers, according to the article, include generous fees.) The touted benefits of this trend include an environmentally safe and sustainable way to discourage visits from pest-birds.

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Efforts to Rescue Lolita the Orca from Miami

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Read the rest of the article in the Courthouse News Service. The Animal Legal Defense Fund, People for the Ethical Treatment of Individuals and three individuals challenge the NMFS decision "to exclude from the listing of the Southern Resident killer whale population all captive members of that population and their progeny."

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Controversial Elephant Death at San Diego Zoo

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Here's the full article from the Los Angeles Times. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also criticized the zoo in the wake of the death. An animal rights group has called for a federal investigation into the death of an elephant at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

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Don't Eat Camel - Eat Schmeat!

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This article on Gristmill (excerpt below) goes into detail on pros and cons of "schmeat." Earlier this year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced that it will offer a $1 million X Prize for the creation of affordable, humane, and "commercially viable" test-tube meat by 2012.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The article does, however, gloss over the undeniable fact that even cows with names produce milk only because they have recently given birth to calves who, if male, have been taken away from them. NEWKIRK President, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Norfolk, Va.,

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: “ Some in California Skirt a Ban on Foie Gras ” (news article, Aug. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals applauds the efforts of those district attorneys and animal control officers who are enforcing the law against those few chefs who continue to flout it.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Animal Abuse as Clue to Additional Cruelties ” (news article, March 18): As someone who deals with dozens of cruelty-to-animals cases every week, I applaud states that are imposing stricter penalties on people who hurt animals and that are working to establish online registries of animal abusers.