Critter News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

In Defense of Animals has taken up the cause of Lucky the elephant, the only elephant at the San Antonio Zoo, alleging poor conditions and emotional distress. She has been at the San Antonio Zoo for 47 years. Is this right? Tags: zoos animal cruelty Texas elephants. What amazes me is Lucky's age.49 49 years old.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

According to the article, "Zoochosis is a term used by animal rights activists in reference to the degrading effect of zoos on animals that have been kept in captivity over a long period of time. Tags: India animal cruelty macaque zoochosis. It's an adult male macaque suffering from zoochosis. Here's what I'd like to know.if

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2009

The legislation also imposes new rules on the province's dozens of roadside zoos, giving the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals the right to inspect them. Veterinarians are now required to report any instances of abuse or neglect.

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JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans.

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