Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

The University of Puerto Rico, an "1862" LGU founded in 1900, operates a slaughter facility killing small ruminants -- typically goats and sheep, cattle being large ruminants. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. There's an Archive icon for possible later listening.

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Puerto Rico Responsible Policies Meat Industry Humane Treatment 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S. The aerial gunning program has killed at least 10 agents and injured 28 more. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog.

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Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. Symptoms in domestic animals vary: dogs tend to show nervous system signs such as convulsions and uncontrollable running, whilst large herbivores such as cattle and sheep more predominantly show cardiac signs.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 266

Animal Ethics

JULY 28, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Mustangs Stir a Debate on Thinning the Herd ” (front page, July 20): The Bureau of Land Management is charged with protecting wild horses and burros on the Western rangelands. A total of 33,000 wild horses are degrading the environment, but around 3 million to 4 million cattle are not?

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New York Times New York Horses Oregon 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. There is no ethical justification for treating an animal inhumanely for no good reason.

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Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

This physical evidence of properly handled cattle would go a long way toward ensuring healthier meat while lifting the shared burden that comes with consigning millions of animals yearly to a terrifyingly cruel death. I think most would, enthusiastically. Jonathan Spitz Westfield, N.J., Thomas Richard Concord, N.H., 21, 2008

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New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40