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Boyfriend's Mother Considering Euthanasia for her Dog Due to Allergies and Paw Fungus

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The alergies are under control with one medication. This is not about financial constraints, rather, it stems from the emotional strain of dealing with a dog's health issues. She says that she is very depressed (she is just angry of the dog licks the paws).

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Texas Tech Allowed to Withhold Info on Animal Testing

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From the Avalanche-Journal: The university has purchased cats already scheduled for euthanasia from Odessa Animal Control since the 1980s, a shelter spokesperson, Cpl. Tags: university research animal experimentation animal rescue medical research. I bet there's probably some ugly stuff in those records.

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Uncovered Reports Show Three Research Labs Fined for Violations

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Rockville, MD: A lab assistant reported a hamster running loose inside a walk-in refrigerator and a live hamster was found in a euthanasia bag inside the walk-in freezer. Tags: university research animal research welfare violations medical research animal laboratories. Thanks to Stop Animal Exploitation Now! for finding them.

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Vet-Stem

4 The Love Of Animals

Vet-stem also just recently announced a new study that shows that 60 percent of the dogs treated by Vet-Stem now use a decreased amount of pain medication or no medicine at all. This is good news both in terms of money savings, but also because of possible side effects from medication during a lifetime use.

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Annual Animal Care Gala in NYC

4 The Love Of Animals

The animals are given shelter, vaccinated, medically evaluated, housed, and fed until they are reunited with their owners or adopted into loving homes. This year’s fundraiser event is being coordinated via Choice Productions along with organic catering. To learn more about ongoing Animal Care adoption campaigns please visit www.nycacc.org.

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On the Freezing of Birds

Animal Person

Note to everyone who works with birds and water fowl: Hypothermia and rapid freezing are not appropriate methods of euthanasia and are not considered to be humane unless the animal is anesthetized prior to freezing. In other words, I may as well have doused him in gasoline and set fire to him.