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Can we get a campaign going to shut down SeaQuest

Reddit Animals

This was the same for many other of the animals there: potbelly pigs, a sad otter, rabbits, chickens and Bengal cats. The skinny pigs had no enclosures. They were cowering together under a bright light for all the passersby to balk at. They also permit unlimited feeding where people can buy pellets and feed them to the animals.

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Malaysia Approves Controversial Research Lab

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The veterinary services department launched a probe this month after animal rights campaigners accused the Progenix Research lab based in the northern state of Penang of cruelty to animals. The lab, which is run by the Britain-based Alpha Biologics, uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing.

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Easter and Bunnies

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A campaign encouraging chocolate bunnies instead of live bunnies. Easter Rabbit Adoptathon Blog Hop. Complete with great tips on how to decide if a pet bunny is right for you. 5 Ways to Help the Easter Bunny. Cute ideas on how to celebrate Easter. Make Mine Chocolate! Who wouldn’t love a chocolate bunny?

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British-Funded Lab Under Investigation in Malaysia

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Animal rights campaigners have accused the Progenix Research lab, which uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing, of poisoning the animals to death.

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“New York’s Kindest” includes Rock & Rawhide!

4 The Love Of Animals

Rock & Rawhide , the charity that helps increase adoption levels of dogs and cats in shelters, announced today that it is included in Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C)’s latest advertising campaign, “New York’s Kindest” for their donations and assistance in increasing adoption levels through distraction therapy.

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

With the geese rediscovered, an intensive campaign to remove introduced foxes began, and many geese were relocated from Buldir Island to islands they formerly inhabited. Rabbits were introduced to the island by guano miners, which turned the previously verdant island into a giant sand dune; almost all vegetation was wiped out.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

How fertility control might be applied to millions of possums, especially in the face of evidence that trap neuter and release campaigns for cats achieve nothing useful in denting the numbers of cats, is not answered by these groups in any way I can see. In New Zealand at least public opinion is generally behind 1080.