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Animal Welfare at Change.org

Animal Person

Did you see that Change.org now has an Animal Welfare page? As far as I know, Change.org is the only relatively-mainstream site with a broad, global audience, that has made this distinction and doesn't lump welfare and rights together as if they're the same thing. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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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. They also want an exemption for hunt kennels which do not breed dogs for commercial purposes. Tags: Ireland legislation puppy mills dogs.

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EU Backing Cloned Animal Products

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It's bad enough having to deal with the welfare of normal farm animals, but what about the welfare of cloned animals? If they are cloned solely for the products they provide, will it be more difficult to argue for their welfare as living creatures? Tags: europe cloning farm animal welfare. From the Daily Mail.

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Questionable Practices at the Calgary Zoo

Critter News

They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare. Incidents include a hippo who died in transport from Denver and a Turkmenian markhor, a species of wild goat, hung itself at the zoo after becoming trapped by a rope.

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Dog Whisperer: Inside Puppy Mills

4 The Love Of Animals

Dog Whisperer: Inside Puppy Mills exposes inhumane conditions at these factory-like breeding operations, as Cesar joins an undercover mission with the animal welfare organization Last Chance for Animals (LCA). Tags: tv. We are from two different points of rescuing,” Cesar says of LCA. So together it’s a team, it’s a good pack.”

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

But there is a significant contingent who is not as enamored with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act as he is. To this day, 95 percent of the animals used in research labs receive no federal protection whatsoever under the Animal Welfare Act." Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. It "guarantees humane treatment?"

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On The Respectful Emperor

Animal Person

That leaves us with animal welfare, which I do think we are genuinely interested in, mostly because of the myriad videos, documentaries, books and websites that have made it tough to avoid over the past few years. You didn't have to think too deeply about that one before you reached its fatal flaws. That's respect.

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