Critter News

APRIL 10, 2009

Good news following an investigation of farm animal abuses by Mercy for Animals. In a written statement the company said it was making the move after an investigation revealed that Radlo Foods violated the terms of an agreement by working with a farm that is not in compliance with its strict animal welfare standards.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Kansas University Medical Center was nailed by USDA inspectors for violations including improper treatment for sick animals, aging facilities and failing to provide appropriate enrichment opportunities for animals who appear to be under psychological stress. Tags: animal research.

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APRIL 11, 2023

" A lot of people have the opinion that snakes are "mindless" creatures, and that they can be treated with no consideration to their welfare. People worry about the welfare of lizards such as Bearded Dragons. So why not worry about the welfare of a snake? They respond to pain in the same way.

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Critter News

MARCH 17, 2009

They are working with local animal welfare groups on this issue. Joining PETA as the petition’s signatories are the Animal Kingdom Foundation Inc. Opponents like to think that animal welfare is only an issue in developed countries amongst the white middle class. Good for them. That's not true.

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Critter News

JUNE 21, 2009

From Wildlife Extra News. There has been a lot of violence between the elephants and subsistence farmers (unfortunately, I think the violence is pretty one-sided.)

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Critter News

JANUARY 28, 2010

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

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Critter News

APRIL 24, 2009

We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animal welfare. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line. Animal welfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation. Tags: economics pigs farm animal welfare agribusiness. Here's an example.

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Critter News

MARCH 4, 2010

Yale animal researchers complain that all these darn regulations for animal welfare are creating too much paperwork. Tags: Yale animal research. insert crying baby here).

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Thanks to Mercy for Animals for their undercover work exposing this egg industry practice. Tags: animal cruelty eggs farm animal welfare factory farm. What a subject line, but it's true. This is the second time this year that I've heard of this group capturing headlines. I'd never heard of them before.

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Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2011

In our opinion, Air Canada is not legally obligated to accept monkeys as cargo," said the opinion written by Lawyers for Animal Welfare. According to a legal opinion solicited by the Humane Society International Canada, Air Canada can set and amend the terms of its tariffs. "In

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Critter News

MARCH 9, 2009

I also learned that the Humane Society merged with the Fund for Animals in 2005. Tags: organizations animal welfare. The live link takes me to an announcement in 2006 about the merger. So now I'm a contributor and member of all three.without even realizing they were related!

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Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

"International collaboration in wildlife crime enforcement is critical to protecting species like tigers that are on the brink of extinction," said Fred O'Regan, President and Chief Executive Officer of IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

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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. About IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare).

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility. From the PR Newswire.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

It's not perfect, but it's progress in one of the more animal welfare-challenged parts of the US. Mike Beebe has signed into law new animal-cruelty restrictions that make aggravated cruelty to cats, dogs and horses a felony on the first offense. Tags: animal cruelty legislation Arkansas us.

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Critter News

APRIL 12, 2009

Whether or not you choose to eat eggs, this is a major victory for animals. Tags: battery hens eggs farm animal welfare. They are striking a blow against the cruel egg industry. This brings us one step closer to ending intense confinement of hens in factory farms.

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Critter News

MAY 12, 2009

Animal hoarding is a pretty serious act that causes untold suffering for animals. there are probably several factors that go into how a person develops into an animal hoarder, but “we think it may be related to obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.” Tags: animal cruelty animal welfare hoarding.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 23, 2008

The endangered animals are often hunted for their ivory tusks. The International Fund for Animal Welfare will say more than 4,000 ivory products have been listed on eBay. The ban comes as a conservation group prepares to release a report critical of the auction site.

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Critter News

MARCH 19, 2010

(Media-Newswire.com) - The Humane Society of the United States has obtained government reports showing that the University of Minnesota has violated federal standards of care for animals in laboratories. The public doesn't want animals to suffer gratuitously in research laboratories," said Martin Stephens, Ph.D.,

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Critter News

JANUARY 7, 2010

(FEI) at the outset of a nine-year-old suit brought by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) that culminated in a six-week trial in March.

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Critter News

JUNE 21, 2009

Further advancing its leadership in human-animal studies, Humane Society University, an affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States, announced today that it has received a license as a higher education degree-granting institution by the District of Columbia Education Licensure Commission.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 25, 2007

To the Editor: “ For ‘Animal Precinct,’ Reality Subject to Dispute ” (news article, July 23) missed the entire point of comprehensive animal welfare: that effective animal welfare requires both response and prevention. New York, July 23, 2007 Edwin Sayres President and Chief Executive A.S.P.C.A.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

This is actually good for animal welfare, but goes to show that only greed will motivate these bastards to do anything.) Not only did they arrange for exports, they also are accused of colluding to limit production and to increase cage sizes so that fewer hens can be kept. Scarcity then leads to high prices.

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Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

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.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 1, 2008

They are doing very important work on animal welfare in Asia. I especially appreciate the work they do on those horrific bear bile farms that are really just a form of torture for the animal. Our Vision Change for all animals, inspired by empathy for the few. In a nutshell, here they are.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 23, 2008

employee, claims the defendants inhumanely and illegally mistreat their Asian elephants and have done so for decades.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

I don't support animal research and I have no sympathy for animal researchers. I don't believe they are working for human welfare. I don't believe they want an honest dialogue about what they are doing to animals. I don't believe they are "brave" for "standing up" to animal rights activists.

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Critter News

JANUARY 10, 2012

Once again, the wonderful Mercy for Animals provides footage of possible abuse of turkeys at a Butterball farm in North Carolina. The full story is at CNN.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 29, 2011

New legislation in California increases the misdemeanor penalty for animal neglect and makes it a crime to sell a live animal on any street, highway, public right-of-way, parking lot, or carnival. California SB 917 Two new laws in Oregon and California prohibit the possession, sale, trade or distribution of shark fins.

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Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2011

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.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Each product must be assigned a cost including the different cuts of meat for human consumption, different food products for animal consumption (pet food) and basic ingredients for glue.". "The meat packing industry takes a single input, a steer, and produces many different final products.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

I’ve certainly seen the story plenty in my Facebook news feed, and were I more of a Twitter user I am sure I would have seen it there too. The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

As an Illinois state senator, he backed at least a dozen animal protection laws, including those to strengthen the penalties for animal cruelty, to help animal shelters, to promote spaying and neutering, and to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption. In the U.S.

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