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Walk for Farm Animals Scheduled for this Fall

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From the Farm Sanctuary. For 25 years, Farm Sanctuary has relied on the Walk to support its mission to protect farm animals from cruelty and inspire change in the way society views and treats farm animals. Farm Sanctuary’s shelters in New York and California provide lifelong care for nearly 1,000 rescued farm animals.

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Animal Cruelty at Texas Horse Farm

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Most of the horses on the 70-acre ranch are quarter-horses, and most showed signs of neglect and severe emaciation. The District Attorney's office served a seizure warrant to the owner of the horses Tuesday, opening the door for the rescue team to begin removal on Wednesday. Some even suffered from parasite infestation and overgrown hooves.

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Steven M. Wise on Farm Animals

Animal Ethics

The problem of the unjust use of farm animals is large, growing, historical, institutionalized, governmentally encouraged, and fundamentally unregulated at either the state or federal level. Farm animals are treated essentially as raw materials. They are of little use and little used. Because it is unjust it should be abolished.

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PETA Uncovers Horrible Conditions at Land O'Lakes Supplier

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From PETA's site: A new PETA undercover investigation inside a Land O'Lakes supplier facility in Pennsylvania has revealed routine neglect and cruelty to cows who are milked for the Fortune 250 company's products.

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Animal Hoarding is a Serious Issue

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From an article in, of all places, "Farm and Dairy: The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace:".there It’s not just one animal that was abused or neglected, it is usually hundreds that have suffered in deplorable conditions, many of these animals enduring a slow and painful death.

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Birdmania at the Cano Negro Bird Count, Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

I spent two full days where the birding was near constant, and, just to keep the binoculars from being neglected, topped it off with another half day of birding on our drive back from Cano Negro, Costa Rica. Just look for the biggest, darkest green spot and that’s the farm, the last sizeable remnant of intact rainforest in the area.

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On Horses too Thin to Slaughter

Animal Person

In " Prominent Horseman Faces Questions About Neglect ," Joe Drape of the New York Times reports: Four undernourished and neglected former racehorses belonging to Ernie Paragallo, a prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner, were rescued from a New York kill pen last month, one step from being slaughtered.

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