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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 zoo also allows patrons to pay to interact with certain animals, allowing kids to flop around with them in enclosures. They were cowering together under a bright light for all the passersby to balk at.

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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. The animals included ducks, chickens, guinea hens, rabbits, sheep, dogs and cats. And people wonder why I'm so disappointed by humans.

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What’s In the Freezer for Tonight?

10,000 Birds

As long as they had no drugs in their system, and as long as they weren’t touched by a cat (and thus contaminated with salmonella/pasteurella/Bartonella, etc.) He then ate a screech owl, a robin, two squirrels, a mourning dove, three chipmunks, and a rabbit. My mammal-rehabber friends give me their unfortunates, as well.

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Pets Aplenty Blog Tour

4 The Love Of Animals

Pets Aplenty is a humorous book written by Malcolm Welshman, a retired vet who has worked at London Zoo, in a small animal hospital, and as a consultant dealing with exotics. We start right off with some crazy shenanigans that center around Paul dressing like a rabbit as part of a fund raising attempt.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

One of the first examples I ever encountered was in the books of Gerald Durrell, the famous conservationist who was an early pioneer of the roles of zoos in conservation. He often defended that role in his books from animal rights activists who opposed “imprisoning” animals in zoos even if it saved them from extinction.

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Animal Rights Zone Launches Today

Animal Person

Also, that's how you get the cat-and-dog-and-horse (and maybe dolphin) people to cross over into a world where cuteness isn't the primary concern. The goal is to provide blogospheric content that is easy to find, and from a variety of sources. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts. Project Treadstone. Responsible Policies. New York Times.

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The Struggle to Save the Birds of Honduras

10,000 Birds

In the Far East they keep birds of prey which they use to capture other animals such as foxes and rabbits. Millions die each year that are hit by cars, crash into windows, wind turbine blades or at the paws of domestic cats. Many birds around the world in the Robin family ( Turdidae ) are favorites due to their musical songs.

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