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Handbags are a Dog’s Best Friend

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to shop brand new handbags and accessories from Rebecca Minkoff, Treesje, House of Harlow & more. From 4-7pm, Bostonians are welcome to bring their pooches by Luna Boston’s boutique at 205 Newbury St.

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Bill Introduced in Congress to Protect Wild Horses

Critter News

Starting in the 1950s, the American public became aware of the cruelty, disease and death suffered by these iconic animals, thanks in large part to the actions of one woman, Mrs. Velma Bronn Johnston--better known by the nickname she earned--Wild Horse Annie.

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Group Seeks to Ban Chinese Fur Trade with Australia

Critter News

The dog's fur is used to make Ugg boots, a popular fashion brand in Australia, to line the inside of the shoe. The dog fur are used are inside lining for ugg boots. What angered the society were reports that Chinese workers skinned the dogs while still alive. However, the fur is passed off as sheep skin.

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Chock Full of Celebration

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They show up with a brand new harness and leash like I asked, a sweater, and open arms. Her business, Happy Tails Books , collects stories from people who have fostered and adopted dogs and compiles them into books that inspire others to get involved in the fight against animal cruelty. These people get it.

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

Referring to battery-cage confinement, gestation-crate confinement, veal-crate confinement, and unanesthetized mutilations (including branding, castration, debeaking, tooth pulling, and tail docking) as "Acceptable Handling Practices" does not make those practices morally acceptable or humane.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

Causing an animal to suffer for no good reason is cruel, and our ordinary commonsense morality tells us in no uncertain terms that cruelty is wrong. In addition, the animals are subjected to excruciating mutilations – including branding, dehorning, debeaking, tooth pulling, tail docking, and castration – all performed without anesthesia.