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Shelter Strays Used as Lab Animals

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The county has a contract with R&R Research in Howard City to euthanize the county's unwanted animals. In return, the company can use some of the unwanted dogs for animal research. The animal shelter committee voted to end the contract, but it goes before the County commissioners in April.

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Feral Cats More Important Than Humans?

10,000 Birds

Such was the sad fate of a New York City veterinarian who refused to release a stray cat she treated back to a feral cat freak who planned to release the cat back into a feral cat colony. Dr. Shirley Koshi was a woman who devoted her life to caring for animals and sought to prevent a cat from the miseries of living out-of-doors.

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Please tell me If I did the right thing

Reddit Animals

So I live in an area where there are stray cats. But I will take a video incase he is nuts and then If he is an a **e then I will put him on blast for animal abuse. Since I’ve moved here last year I have had 5 cats fixed and found homes for 9 kittens. Anyway I have 4 more that need homes.

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Finally. Jasmine the Greyhound

Animal Person

In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a Greyhound female, to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by a man named Geoff Grewcock and known as a willing haven for Animals abandoned, orphaned or otherwise in need. It took several weeks, but eventually both goals were achieved. And one roe deer fawn.

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Race for the Rescues

4 The Love Of Animals

This is Los Angeles’s premier animal-related fundraising event benefiting the following non-profit rescue organizations: The Rescue Train, Best Friends Animal Society, Animal Alliance, A Dog’s Life Rescue, Stray Cat Alliance, Four-Legged Friends Foundation, and Molly’s Mutts & Meows.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

day, I had come home to a scraggy, skittish stray of my own. The process of taking in a stray isn’t usually instantaneous and straightforward. It’s a critical juncture where our worlds collide, and where the promise of shared purpose can benefit all animals, including us. One typical, blue-sky, L.A. See her website here.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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I think he also doesn't know that not all of us think that chasing down Class B dealers is as important as working to shut down animal experimentation and create more alternatives. But there is a significant contingent who is not as enamored with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act as he is.