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Power Companies and Springtime Tree Removal

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The person in charge says they’ve been hired by the power company to clear the area around the poles and lines. They say the power company has an easement on your property, so there’s nothing you can do. But back to power companies. Is this true? These were big trees!” Some were 40 feet!” You see how this goes?

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Appeal Denied for Six Activists Convicted Under AEPA

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The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. The company had been a target of animal activists since video footage surfaced on television in the 1990s depicting animal abuse at its laboratory in the United Kingdom.

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Organizations Putting Animals First

4 The Love Of Animals

Proving that society’s conscience hasn’t been completely compromised, these companies and their employees make it a point to put animals first. Thankfully, there are some organizations out there that make it their business to look after and care for our animal counterparts.

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. Additional issues include a shortage of law enforcement officials, as well as invasive species problems on 2.5 There is an operations and maintenance backlog of $3.3

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The California law adds an arbitrary and unscientific requirement that chickens be prohibited from touching one another or the side of any enclosure. The new law will cost American family farmers, and ultimately California consumers, hundreds of millions of dollars. Gene Gregory President, United Egg Producers Alpharetta, Ga.,

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It's Back! The Horror of Horse Slaughter in DeKalb

Animal Ethics

Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S., Cavel, a Belgian company, kills horses in Illinois for export to Europe. On May 24, Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the bill into law. In DeKalb, Illinois, that monster is Cavel International, the only remaining plant in the U.S. Or so we thought!

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We are Just Money Grubbers

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Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway. But, lacking the law enforcement in the field, nothing has really changed. Disturbance on breeding grounds (e.g. European Turtle-Dove by Denis Cachia. We are just money grubbers.”.

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