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Southern Poverty Law Center on ALF

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Interesting article on ALF from the Southern Poverty Law Center. Tags: ALF. The SPLC is better known for going after racist extremist groups.

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King County, WA to Consider Law Against Continuous Dog-Chaining

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This article was actually on the first page of the soon-to-be-exclusively online Seattle PI. The dog spotlighted in this article just doesn't seem to fit that "cared for" criteria. Tags: chained dogs seattle legislation us. And he is simply one of many.

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Europe's Pig Industry Mad about Undercover Investigation

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Compassion in World Farming led an undercover investigation that showed illegal tail docking and poor attempts at pig enrichment on factory farms, in violation of EU law. Now the pig industry is mad and claiming bias ( scroll down in article.) If you complied with the law, you wouldn't look like such jerks!

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Animal Rights Lawyers Continue to Emerge

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Interesting article in the Gazette, a Canadian publication. Tags: animal rights animal law.

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Eating Cats and Dogs Could Become Illegal in China

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The legislation is only being drafted right now and there's a long way to go I suspect before such laws would pass. You can already read the excuses being cited in this article. Tags: meat cats dogs china.

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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?

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Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animal welfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. This New York Times article argues that it could lead to other states following suit. Well, maybe, although I think there is still a long way to go.

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Is Shelter Appreciation Week a Sham?

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HSUS’ latest public relations gimmick is part of a larger attempt by the very animal control officers responsible for this neglect and abuse to reform their image from one of “dog catcher” to “humane law enforcement.” Tags: animal shelters. You can read about his background here.

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