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Predators Paid to Pester Problematic Pest Birds

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Organizations such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals argue, though, that this success comes at a steep price: captivity for the birds of prey, and potential collateral damage when raptors occasionally catch up to their target birds and, well, do what raptors do.

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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

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Marra and Santella are very much anti-TNR, a view that is shared by others, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), not to mention Birdchick. The traditional, supposedly humane answer to the glut of feral cats has been institution of “TNR” programs – trap, neuter, return.

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Efforts to Rescue Lolita the Orca from Miami

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund, People for the Ethical Treatment of Individuals and three individuals challenge the NMFS decision "to exclude from the listing of the Southern Resident killer whale population all captive members of that population and their progeny."

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Coast Guard Defends Medical Practice on Animals

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Frederick was responding after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called on the Pentagon to stop the practice. The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt. Frederick, spokesman for the Atlantic Area, wrote in an email.

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Lucy the Elephant's Case to be Heard by Canadian Supreme Court?

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Every day that Lucy spends at the Valley Zoo, her condition continues to deteriorate," Jeffrey Kerr, a lawyer for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said Wednesday.

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Controversial Elephant Death at San Diego Zoo

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also criticized the zoo in the wake of the death. "This elephant's shocking death is another tragic example of how elephants suffer in inadequate and artificial zoo exhibits," said Catherine Doyle, elephant campaign director for the group.

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Your Friday Moth to a Flame

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"We want to take a building that has been a flashpoint for conflict on one moral issue and turn it into a place of dialogue on another one," said Bruce Friedrich, vice president for policy at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.