4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2010

We love to share other sites who are helping spread the word about dog adoption and responsible pet ownership. Dogasaur.com is one of those sites, and they just celebrated a huge success! Their Facebook page has reached over 130,000 fans! That’s a whole bunch of dog lovers. And we couldn’t be happier for them. In addition to Dogasaur’s Facebook fan page, the Dogasaur official website boasts a large active global community of dog owners, veterinarians, trainers and other experts, as w

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Critter News

AUGUST 24, 2010

Ugh, this is barbaric and right out of the dark ages. From the AP. A declawed, defanged bear is chained to a stake as hunting dogs bark and snap, trying to force the bear to stand on its hind legs. The training exercise called bear baying is intended to make the bears easier to shoot in the wild and it's only allowed in South Carolina. Armed with new undercover video of four such events, the Humane Society of the United States is pressuring state officials to explicitly outlaw the practice, whic

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 25, 2010

To the Editor: Re “ A Hen’s Space to Roost ” (Week in Review, Aug. 15): We are glad to see an article describing the intensive confinement of egg-laying chickens, but we disagree when it says that animal advocates and consumers are “driving big changes” in the treatment of chickens. Thus far, the state ballot initiatives and agreements that will expand space for chickens (as well as for gestating pigs and veal calves) are really very minor.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 25, 2010

An Animal Person reader wrote me with the following question: There are many species of cichlids in Lake Victoria that are on the verge of extinction, and most are hardy and small enough to be kept in an aquarium. There are conservation efforts to save these species by individual aquarists, who are keeping and breeding them in hopes that they can someday be reintroduced into the lake.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 23, 2010

Another fun toy from Think Geek! Baby sure loved the Bacon Bubble Buddy. It’s a fun toy for both dog and human. The bubbles fill a small reservoir in the blower, and then with a few pulls of the trigger, bacon flavored bubbles come out for your dog to catch. They are safe to eat, and though I didn’t try tasting one, they did smell like bacon!

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Critter News

AUGUST 26, 2010

Here's an action alert from Physicians for Social Responsibility. "Since 2001, chimpanzees have been housed at APF, where they cannot be used for research. However, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to move the chimpanzees—many of them at least 30 years old—to the Southwest National Primate Research Facility in San Antonio, Texas, where they can be used in painful, invasive experiments.".

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 26, 2010

It’s so fun to watch the dolphins and dog interact through the glass. Enjoy. Dog and Dolphins originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on August 26, 2010. Tags: cute video.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 26, 2010

Have you hugged your dog today? It’s National Dog Day, so why not celebrate by spoiling your dog a bit more than usual today! We sure love our dog, and all dogs really. To celebrate National Dog Day we have been encouraging everyone who follows us on Twitter to hug their dog! No dog to hug? There are TONS of amazing dogs (and other animals) just waiting in shelters and rescues.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2010

I recently got a chance to read a charming new book called The Dog Who Healed a Family: And Other True Animal Stories That Warm the Heart & Touch the Soul. The book features short stories of animals who have touched the lives of people. Anyone who has ever loved a pet will relate to the power that animals can have on a person. But this book doesn’t just feature dogs, there are stories of all kinds of animals.

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Critter News

AUGUST 23, 2010

Here's an opinion piece from Ingrid Newkirk arguing to stop the transfer of 202 "retired" chimpanzees to a Texas facility where they may be subjected to more experimentation. The Governor of New Mexico has already met with the National Institutes of Health to try and stop this transfer with no apparent success. Some of the animals are 60 years old and veterans of the US space program.

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Critter News

AUGUST 22, 2010

Really sad. The Spoon-billed Sandpiper, one of the world's most threatened birds, is rapidly heading towards extinction because young birds are being targeted for human consumption. Spoon-billed Sandpipers nest only in the far north-east of Russia. In 2000, around 1,000 breeding pairs were known, but by 2009, the number had plummeted to just 120-220 pairs, a decline of 88%.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 21, 2010

Via: Travel Insurance. Pet Health Care originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on August 21, 2010. Tags: pet care.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 24, 2010

According to the RSPCA, in 2008 there was a 57% increase in the number of animals abandoned by their owners in the UK. A similar problem is also occurring in the United States, where the Humane society of the United states claims that up to 8 million animals enter animal shelters each year, showing that this is an international problem. It’s hard to ignore the link to the credit crunch, which has likely affected pet owner’s abilities to meet the food and vet bills needed for their pets.

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