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Horrible Tail Docking Video Spurs Call for Ban

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More great undercover work though by Mercy for Animals. Tags: New York tail docking farm animal welfare. Just awful.

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Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

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But the disregard for animals that leads to teams using a live owl as a mascot…and having so little control over it that it got onto the field during play? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Video and desultory apology here. Wicked, right?

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Animal Rights Zone Launches Today

Animal Person

I'm excited to be a blogger for Animal Rights Zone because its target market is people who don't usually subscribe to blogs. New York Times. New York City. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Today is the launch of. Also, it has the added bonus of organizing my content better than I have. Kazakhstan.

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New Podcast Uploaded for 01/30/10

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Fur Free Fashion Show Winners Announced

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Travers said, “We created this competition to boost fashion careers and honor independent designers who have compassion for animals and for the ethical and green fashion movement. Compassion for animals is part of the planet’s social and environmental equation. Tags: born free fur fashion.

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40 Ways to Help Lab Animals

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When you read stories in major newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek, be wary of simplification, bias, and a tendency to support traditional views indifferent to animals’ interests. It is not a free country for animals in laboratories, but it is a comparatively free one for you.

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Animals Have Personalities? No WAY!

Animal Person

Have they not ever observed nonhuman animals? I'm going to try hard to have this not become a rant, but " Even Among Animals: Leaders, Followers and Schmoozers ," by Natalie Angier in yesterday's New York Times begins with "even." Why is it surprising that nonhuman animals have personalities when human animals do?

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