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Europe Votes to Ban Seal Products

Critter News

From the press release: Euro-MPs have voted overwhelmingly for a total ban on the trade in seal products across Europe. A resolution at the end of a three-year campaign, triggered by a public outcry at the annual seal culls in Canada and Norway, condemned the slaughter of seals as "inherently inhumane". Tags: seal hunters.

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Stamps to the Rescue

4 The Love Of Animals

This campaign continues the Postal Service’s 50+ year tradition of raising awareness of serious social issues with special commemorative stamps. With so many great pets waiting to be adopted, we are happy that the Stamps to the Rescue campaign is helping spread the word about the cause. by Sally Andersen-Bruce.

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Purina donates $200,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure

4 The Love Of Animals

Komen for the Cure and will raise awareness for breast cancer through the Purina Cat Chow Connected for the Cause campaign. The Purina Cat Chow Connected for the Cause campaign will culminate in October with limited-edition pink packaging at grocery, mass and pet retailers nationwide in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Dublin Dog Foundation Update

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Fundraising efforts surrounding the campaign included the 2009 Let Freedom Bark charity ride, the national raffle for the official Dublin Dog Foundation Dream Bike and Sidecar, and over two-dozen fundraising events. Dublin Dog products are sold online at www.DublinDog.com , as well as in fine pet stores and boutiques throughout the U.S

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On Small Victories

Animal Person

Here's the set-up: The European Parliament endorsed a ban on seal products. Both, of course, were seen as victories, but the article's author, Richard Foot, asks: Do such successes mean the animal rights movement is winning its long, controversial campaigns to gain the same legal protections for animals as those ascribed to humans?

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Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

FSD) for their second annual philanthropic campaign. From local fundraising events, to the national raffling of specially created goods, to the online sales of branded Dublin Dog Foundation products, The Dublin Dog Foundation uses a combination of initiatives to support its giving. Tags: news people helping animals.

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

Critter News

Animals are raw materials to process for product. Livestock don’t contribute to campaigns, but agribusiness does. This is mass production. They were simply factors of production at that time too. It’s the nature of the beast of mass production. Tags: farm animal welfare factory farm agribusiness.