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It’s Deaf Dog Awareness Week

4 The Love Of Animals

Did you know that it is Deaf Dog Awareness Week? This group is made up of rescues that are trained with American Sign Language and hand commands. They are then trained to become registered therapy dogs. They are then trained to become registered therapy dogs. dogs people helping animals rescues' How truly sad.

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Mexican Border Town Offers Tax Exemption for Euthanizing Dogs

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There's a stray dog problem in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. If you bring in the dog for euthanization, you get a tax exemption.hooray! Mexican border town has a big dog problem, and it’s not sure what to do about it. There are about 70,000 stray dogs roaming San Luis Rio Colorado in northern Mexico. The solution?

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Dogtown Episode 3 - The Vick Dogs

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This final episode in the three-episode Season 1 disc was about the Vick dogs taken in by Best Friends for rehabilitation. (Be Be warned, there were some dog-fighting clips in the episode.) Rescuing the Vick dogs was a controversial move by Best Friends and some animal groups, most notably PETA, did not agree with it.

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King County Animal Shelters Still in Trouble

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A group of veterinarians that volunteered this year to treat sick animals at King County's two animal shelters has quit, citing a lack of accountability and a reluctance from shelter staff to fix a broken system. When is King County going to clean up its act? What is up with this "progressive" county government?

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Race for the Rescues

4 The Love Of Animals

Each year these groups combined, rescue and find homes for over 2,000 abandoned Southland dogs and cats, animals that most likely would otherwise have lost their lives. This means less dogs and cats can be saved. This means less dogs and cats can be saved. The animals need us now more than ever!”.

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On Fighting for "Animal Rights"

Animal Person

would call HSUS an animal rights group (after all, HSUS doesn't even do that). Fighting to maintain the integrity of the words humane, love, euthanasia or compassion, is also fighting for animals. I spent several years writing, daily, and often with shock, about how, for instance, the NYT- -the New York Times (OMG!!!!!)--would