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Farm Animal Welfare Fight Heats Up in Ohio

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Issue 2 in Ohio would create 13-member state board to oversee the care of farm animals in the State. The Humane Society and other groups oppose it as a power grab by big agriculture to prevent another Proposition 2 (the initiative passed last year in California to improve standards for farm animal care.) It's an issue to follow though.

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Irish Senator Complains of Animal Welfare "Cabal"

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The dog breeding legislation, intended to outlaw “puppy-farming”, was prepared by Green Party leader and Minister for the Environment John Gormley. The draft Bill proposes a new regime of annual inspections and fees for dog breeders. Tags: Ireland legislation puppy mills dogs.

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Thoroughbred Dealer Convicted of Animal Cruelty

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He didn't know how his horses were being treated on his own farm? Prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner Ernie Paragallo was convicted Wednesday of mistreating dozens of malnourished horses on his Hudson Valley farm. Tags: New York animal cruelty horses. Plus, this is the guy's BUSINESS. And he didn't know?

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"Zoo from Hell" Owner Convicted in New York

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A farm-animal breeder who ran what a prosecutor called "the zoo from hell" was convicted Tuesday of animal cruelty. Tags: animal cruelty farm animal welfare us. And people wonder why I'm so disappointed by humans.

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Animal Research Booming in State of Victoria

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Animals for research purposes are coming from municipal shelters, breeders and the greyhound trade. Unwanted farm dogs are another source. Tags: australia animal experimentation animal research. From the Herald Sun. In 2007, 394 dogs died during procedures for canine and human research. The fate of many others remains unclear.

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On Horses too Thin to Slaughter

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In " Prominent Horseman Faces Questions About Neglect ," Joe Drape of the New York Times reports: Four undernourished and neglected former racehorses belonging to Ernie Paragallo, a prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner, were rescued from a New York kill pen last month, one step from being slaughtered.

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Serbia self-drive birding tour planning

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The mapping exercise works particularly well with birds confined to a specific habitat (Baranda fish farm S49396968 and Pecena slatina S49396887 ). 10000birds.com/tag/serbia ). Very large flocks of Corn Buntings were contacted in Centa fish farm ( S49396841 ). A Moustached Warbler at Baranda fish farm ( S49396968 ).

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