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Mysterious Sled Dog Deaths

Critter News

An animal rights group claims the dogs were killed inhumanely by an outdoor adventure company and thrown into a mass grave. Throats slit' The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in British Columbia, alleged that an Outdoor Adventures employee was told to cull the dogs in April last year.

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Europe Votes to Ban Seal Products

Critter News

A resolution at the end of a three-year campaign, triggered by a public outcry at the annual seal culls in Canada and Norway, condemned the slaughter of seals as "inherently inhumane". From the press release: Euro-MPs have voted overwhelmingly for a total ban on the trade in seal products across Europe.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

And it certainly doesn't follow that it is permissible to eat meat that comes from animals who were forced to endure horribly inhumane factory farm conditions and who were then slaughtered inhumanely. are raised in cruel, inhumane factory farms. Over 95% of all animals raised for food in the U.S. Running time: 12 Minutes.