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Tom Regan on Cruelty

Animal Ethics

Cruelty is manifested in different ways. The central case of cruelty appears to be the case where, in Locke's apt phrase, one takes "a seeming kind of Pleasure" in causing another to suffer. Let us term this sadistic cruelty. Cruelty of either kind, sadistic or brutal, can be manifested in active or passive behavior.

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UC Davis Named in Criminal Complaint for Mistreatment of Lab Animals

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From the Los Angeles Chronicle. Tags: universities animal experimentation animal research animal cruelty. The others are the University of Michigan and University of Louisiana/New Iberia. The primate center at UC Davis has been cited several times after monkeys were killed in preventable lab mishaps.

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National Justice for Animals Week

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With the theme “Fighting Animal Cruelty, Honoring Animal Victims,” the week will be an annual event dedicated to raising public awareness nationwide about how to report animal abuse—and how citizens can work within their communities to create stronger laws and assure tough enforcement. For more information, please visit www.aldf.org.

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Flight to Freedom

4 The Love Of Animals

About Animal Defenders International (ADI): With offices in Los Angeles, London and Bogota, Animal Defenders International (ADI) campaigns to protect animals in entertainment; replacement of animals in experiments; worldwide traffic in endangered species; vegetarianism; factory farming; pollution and conservation.

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