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The Dog Who Healed a Family

4 The Love Of Animals

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. It was so fun to read about the adventures of a rescued fawn who was “adopted&# by a group of very special people. Tags: books.

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Animal Activists Steal Ashes From Grave of Novartis CEO's Family

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Animal rights activists from a group called The Militant Forces Against Huntingdon Life Sciences went to a cemetery and dug up an urn belonging to the family of Novartis CEO Daniel Vasella. Tags: ALF. This happened at the end of July. They also splattered paint on the headstones.

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Beagles Rescued from Bankrupt Lab

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On Friday, the beagles — owned by a research facility in New Jersey whose parent pharmaceutical company went into bankruptcy — were released to the care of animal rescue groups that, after socializing them, hope to adopt them out as family pets. Tags: animal research dogs Best Friends animal laboratories. and Elmsford, N.Y.,

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Humane Society Calls for Refuge for 9 Chimps

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Jeff Rowell, NIRC director, in an e-mail Wednesday} "said the nine remaining animals are being housed as a family group at the center with access to indoor-outdoor caging. Tags: chimpanzees animal research humane society chimp haven new iberia research center primates. Interesting. Let's make this as clinical as possible.

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Kittens!

4 The Love Of Animals

We tried to find a rescue group to take the little family so they could hopefully find a loving home. Tags: cute animal photos cute animals. This little mama cat was super smart and found her way into the hot tub, and here are her little kittens snuggled up in a flower pot. They sure are cute though, aren’t they?

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Preparing for the Onslaught

Animal Person

The conversations with family and friends have already begun about "Turkey Day." I've had family members ask me to refrain from "proselytizing" to not "spoil the day" for everyone and to "give it a rest" and let everyone eat in peace. I haven't had a Thanksgiving with family members in years. Now I'm called "hardcore," though.

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British Student Attacked by Portuguese Fur Shop Owner

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There were plenty of shocked witnesses and the student is going to press charges upon her return from Xmas with her family. ANIMAL is a Portuguese animal rights group that had already been having weekly actions directed at this particular shop, so they were not surprised by the venom of the owner's response.

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