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Animal Cruelty at Texas Horse Farm

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Some even suffered from parasite infestation and overgrown hooves. The group also included pregnant mares and a few yearlings. The District Attorney's office served a seizure warrant to the owner of the horses Tuesday, opening the door for the rescue team to begin removal on Wednesday.

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Group Seeks to Ban Chinese Fur Trade with Australia

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The call was issued after the animal rights group discovered that the fur were sourced from the raccoon dog in China, ABC Radio Australia reports. About 10 million dogs in China are killed for their fur, prompting an animal rights group to seek a ban on fur trade to Australia. The dog fur are used are inside lining for ugg boots.

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Beefsteak

Animal Ethics

Lukas also reports that these beefsteaks "are popular as political meet-and-greets, annual dinners for businesses and civic groups, and charity fundraisers." As for charity fundraisers, they don't have to support animal cruelty on a massive scale to be effective. Whatever happened to gluttony being one of the seven deadly sins?

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Animals raised for food suffer miserably. After time in the Marines, I veered strongly away from eating creatures, thinking of their suffering. The debeaking of hens and other routine cruelties of egg production are seldom put before the public. To the Editor: Re “ Humanity Even for Nonhumans ,” by Nicholas D.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

9): Thank you for encouraging California voters to support the state’s Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, or Proposition 2, on the November ballot. To the Editor: Re “ Standing, Stretching, Turning Around ” (editorial, Oct. This modest proposal would bring a smidgen of comfort to millions of hens used for egg production.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

If you like animals you will generally not want them to suffer and you won’t want them to go extinct. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans. You cannot care about the individual, not at that level of suffering.

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From the Animal Rights Action Network re: Greyhounds

Animal Person

Today it is a different situation, i learned from then about respecting animals and my life has been devoted to ending their suffering and torment. Need reminding why cruelty to animals is wrong? ARAN works with volunteers, activists, members of the public and other animal protection groups.