Critter News

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Mike Beebe has signed into law new animal-cruelty restrictions that make aggravated cruelty to cats, dogs and horses a felony on the first offense. Arkansas becomes the 46th state to make cruelty to animals a felony, according to the Humane Society of the United States.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

[T]here is another class of cases where the state is accorded the right to interfere with the individual when he is not interfering with any other person, namely, where cruelty to animals is involved. Yet it is legislation that few of us should wish to condemn as lacking in justification. who cannot protect their interests.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

With the theme “Fighting Animal Cruelty, Honoring Animal Victims,” the week will be an annual event dedicated to raising public awareness nationwide about how to report animal abuse—and how citizens can work within their communities to create stronger laws and assure tough enforcement. For more information, please visit www.aldf.org.

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Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

Here are some of my favorite quotes: " Companion anima l reduces a dog, cat, or other nonhuman to the role of companion. By pairing humane with slaughter , legislators have sanctioned horrific cruelty and mass murder. What if slaughter were freed (miraculously) of all terror and pain?

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Victoria, who proclaims ”A holiday feast that’s cruelty-free is one fit for a queen;”. Here at Farm Sanctuary, we live with turkeys, so we know they are interesting and intelligent and have complex emotional lives like dogs, cats and other animals. Antoinette, who declares ”Let them eat squash!;”.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 3, 2010

With these lions there were clear welfare and public safety issues, When dealing with lions there are not only welfare and public safety issues, we are therefore delighted to be working with PAWS who have enormous experience with big cats and a reputation for setting the highest standards in animal care.”.

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