Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2011

About 10 million dogs in China are killed for their fur, prompting an animal rights group to seek a ban on fur trade to Australia. 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.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Nick Rahall and Raul Grijalva have introduced a bill that would protect healthy wild horses from being killed by the BLM. In a written statement, Rahall says the intent is to help spur alternatives to killing excess wild horses that are in holding facilities.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 10, 2011

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 Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. 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. We all do.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

There is no ethical justification for killing an animal for no good reason. We can willfully contribute to the prosperity of factory farmers who profit from the mistreatment of animals, or we can refuse to support factory farmers with our purchases and purchase cruelty-free plant-based meals instead.

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