4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 24, 2011

Rescuers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org ) have mobilized to Japan to conduct an assessment and assist with animal rescue efforts following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. The official death toll reached 9,811 with an additional 17,541 people still missing.

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Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2009

Up north are Snohomish County and Skagit County where two puppy mill raids have led to the rescue of almost 600 pregnant dogs, about 80 percent of whom are pregnant. (We Keeping abuse in the family! Tags: animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. We blogged about the Gold Bar, Snohomish County, raid last week).

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 7, 2013

As the only organization in New York City whose doors are open to any animal in need, AC&C rescues thousands of New York’s homeless, neglected, abused and abandoned animals each year. The nonprofit’s goal is to place every dog, cat and bunny in a new, loving home. About Animal Care & Control of NYC.

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Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2011

These family-friendly events are an opportunity for those concerned with the cruel and horrific practices of factory farming to take a stand in support of compassion for animals and raise awareness about the mistreatment of animals raised for food. For more information, please visit farmsanctuary.org.

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Critter News

JULY 2, 2009

I had forgotten all about Michael Jackson and his chimp Bubbles whom he rescued from a research facility. Chimpanzees, like Travis the chimp who mauled the woman in Connecticut, are not meant to be family pets. Apparently, Bubbles is now 26 years old and living at an animal sanctuary. He got too aggressive to live with Jackson's kids.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

A stray cat rescued by the Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, Socks lived in the governor’s mansion in Arkansas and later moved with the family to the White House. He could no longer stand and wasn’t eating," according to family friend and presidential historian Barry Landau.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 25, 2012

We were the type of family that bought the best dog food, dog insurance , BPA free chew toys, etc. Now, I’m not normally the type to routinely pick up a newspaper and open to the local news section. She was shortly adopted afterwards into a loving family. He can be reached on twitter @stentontoledo.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 2, 2012

With Petfinder’s mobile app, you can have access to the databases of 13,000 shelters and rescue organizations; and it definitely helps to have it with you as you bounce from one shelter to another, so you can compare fees and legal requirements. Cost: free).

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Critter News

APRIL 14, 2009

Some are saying that President Obama broke his promise to get a rescue dog. Bo is not really a rescue dog. The dog was a fit for the family and it's hard to say no to Ted Kennedy. There is a bit of a drama around the adoption of the Portuguese (yay!) Water Dog puppy Bo. Others are accusing him of getting a dog from a breeder.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 26, 2012

Big Miracle is a film inspired by the true story of a small town news reporter (played by John Krasinski) and an animal-loving volunteer (played by Drew Barrymore) who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

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MARCH 6, 2018

Scientists were largely limited to studies birds in breeding colonies, at least those we knew about and that were accessible (and, if you think that’s a complete list, you haven’t read the news that came out this week about a new colony of Adélie penguins found in the Danger Islands, Antarctica). Technology to the rescue!

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Critter News

DECEMBER 18, 2009

It's about a dog and his family and it was made into a movie with Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson) The woman is a huge animal lover too who has five rescued horses and about four dogs. But I had hopes for the other two because they both started up the lunch talking about how they both bawled over that book Marley and Me.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 8, 2008

To the Editor: While businesses that rent dogs may be well intentioned, they’re unlikely to benefit the overall welfare of pets, and may actually do harm to the individual dogs they “rent” (“ For a Temporary Best-Friend Fix, Rent a Dog (Kibble Included) for a Day ,” news article, March 30).

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Starting with Casey and Arrow, our keepers in the woods, our family would keep cats and dogs. death things—on their minds, and rescuing animals just isn’t a priority. We both feel that even though we’ve never met these dogs, they’re ours, too; an extension of our family, someone to keep Peter smiling.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 27, 2010

For information on how to get involved, how to find a participating shelter in your area and other important tips for new parents, please visit the Iams page on Facebook www.facebook.com/iams or on their website IamsHome4theHolidays.com. And as always, if you are looking to add a pet to your family, please consider adoption/rescue first!

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