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The Creepiness of Heidelberg Zoo

10,000 Birds

And then comes the duck food: First documented case of Anatidaephobia in fish It was not until I turned to the next aviary of the zoo that I came to comprehend the true horror of the grasscarp pond: they are fattening the fish for slaughter! All is peaceful, all is quiet.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

10,000 Birds

It is a documented fact that many predatory criminals begin young and focus on the animals who can’t escape them. Can a 17-year-old who mercilessly slaughters helpless creatures – and then brags about it both in person and on social media – suddenly see the light when he reaches the magic age of 18?

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"The Cove" Continues to Disturb

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The affecting cloak-and-dagger documentary “The Cove,” which documents a brutal dolphin hunt off the Japanese town of Taiji, is putting would-be amusement park visitors in an ethical bind and park owners on the defensive. The captivity industry keeps the slaughter going,” O’Barry charges in movie. From MSNBC.

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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

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By the early 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was aware that poison control centers were reporting 12,000 to 15,000 calls annually regarding children under the age of 6 ingesting rat poison, and rodenticides were documented as causing large numbers of secondary poisoning in wildlife.

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It's Back! The Horror of Horse Slaughter in DeKalb

Animal Ethics

that slaughters horses for human consumption. you might wonder how it is that Cavel has been able to brutally slaughter horses for human consumption right here in the U.S. but that leaves open the possibility of slaughtering horses for human consumption abroad. The answer is the proverbial loophole.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

22): PETA is proud to see that its hard work behind the scenes with Bell & Evans and other companies to encourage implementation of this new, less cruel form of slaughter is finally coming to fruition. To the Editor: Re “ New Way to Help Chickens Cross to Other Side ” (front page, Oct.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld writes about the horrors of a kosher slaughterhouse where “news reports and government documents have described abusive practices.” Religious slaughter is still slaughter. But he says almost nothing about reports of how badly the animals were treated there. Gretchen Berger New York, Aug.