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Bird Litigation: Spotted Owl v. Barred Owl

10,000 Birds

Two environmental groups — Friends of Animals and Predator Defense — disagreed and filed suit against FWS, arguing that the plan to remove the Barred Owls violated the MBTA and other environmental laws. They argued that the scientific research exception only applied to research on the animal to be taken.

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Urgent Appeal for Flex, the Greyhound

Animal Person

Owen County Friends of Animals (KY) is a non-profit organization that fosters and seeks adoptions for the dogs picked up by their local dog warden. Doesn't he look like my boy Charles ? Dogs they can not place in foster care or find adoptive homes for are euthanized after 14 days by county ordinance. Their shelter is full.

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The Parable of the Goat Mites

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And so the Friends of Animals took them to court, demanding an injunction and a return to live-trapping. And so, the local subspecies of Bewick’s wren, a bird described in 1908 a “very common on all parts of the island,” was gone by the 1940’s, its habitat converted into goat flesh. And so, the U.S.

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An Animal Rights-Protection-Abolitionist Organization

Animal Person

Regardless, they are joining Friends of Animals and Hearts for Animals on Saturday December 5. I'm sure a lot went into that and I wonder why it is defined that way. Perhaps because it might appeal to almost everyone? What do you think about the description? at Central Park South (N/W corner) @5th Avenue, to.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Animals in nature don’t need to be controlled by a species that has such difficulty in controlling itself. Priscilla Feral President, Friends of Animals Darien, Conn., The mustangs should never have been corralled in the first place. Let them go, and let them be. Allow them the dignity of freedom. July 23, 2008

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Crows, Contest Killing, and Communication

10,000 Birds

Defenders of the gun club accused me of lying, of distorting facts, of being anti-hunting, of being an animal rights activist, of being allied with the dreaded Friends of Animals, of hiding my true agenda (gun control), and of being unconcerned that animal lovers were supposedly threatening members of the gun club with death.

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