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IFAW rescuers have mobilized to Japan

4 The Love Of Animals

Rescuers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org ) have mobilized to Japan to conduct an assessment and assist with animal rescue efforts following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. will be channeled into Japan. This is IFAW’s third emergency response effort in Japan.

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"The Cove" Continues to Disturb

Critter News

The film’s protagonist, Ric O’Barry, who trained the animals that played TV’s Flipper before he had a change of heart, indicts businesses like Sea World as being either overtly or tacitly complicit in the cruelty. The rest are killed with spears, knives and clubs in an orgy of cruelty. The cries of the dolphins are pathetic.

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Whales in danger.

4 The Love Of Animals

IFAW advocates for the protection of wildlife in their habitats, works to prevent cruelty to animals, and rescues individual animals. Thousands of whales die each year from commercial whaling, ship strikes, and habitat disruption. Whales are facing more threats today than ever before, largely from commercial whaling.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

In an incredible juxtaposition to the fanfare of Barbaro, more than 100,000 horses were slaughtered last year in the United States and shipped to Europe and Japan for human consumption. Each one of these animals suffered extreme cruel and inhumane conditions in the transportation and slaughter process. 30, 2007

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

4 The Love Of Animals

Soon people from South Africa to Japan heard about what was happening, and wrote to share their stories, their challenges, and their curiosity about what Henry was learning. He was named the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Cat of the Year for 2010, and he has authored two critically acclaimed books.

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