Critter News

MARCH 9, 2009

I've received so many donation requests from "People Helping Horses" that I finally decided to send a donation. I've never been around horses much, but a friend of mine who has 3 horses and 2 burros (!) told me that horse groups have been hit particularly hard with the economy. Definitely one I want to follow.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

Boone Pickens said {November 18} that she would create a refuge for wild horses, after the federal agency that manages them said it might have to kill some to control the herds and protect the Western range. About 33,000 wild horses and burros roam the open range in 10 Western states. The wife of the Texas oil tycoon T.

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Animal Person

APRIL 4, 2009

Stephanie wrote about horses dying across the pond yesterday. They were among more than 20 horses from Paragallo’s Center Brook Farm in Climax, N.Y., In fact, Paragallo said, he had intended to ship another batch of horses to the man. And what do they think happens to the horses who aren't ever good enough to compete?

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Animal Person

APRIL 5, 2009

From Elizabeth Forel, of the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages. Tell the governor's office that (live) horses are a symbol of the American West and Montana should not want to be known as the horse slaughter capitol of the country. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. PLEASE TAKE ACTION.

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Critter News

MAY 3, 2009

Montana has passed a law making it difficult to challenge the building of a horse slaughtering facility in that state. Tags: horse slaughter. The last such facility in the US closed in 2007. This bill specifically makes for groups that might oppose it to use the court system to do so.

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Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2009

" Surge in Abandoned Horses Renews Debate Over Slaughterhouses " in today's New York Times begs a lot of questions that I wonder how you would answer. Let's deconstruct: The facts of the case: "Emaciated horses eating bark off trees. Abandoned horses tied to telephone poles. Horses subsisting on feces, walking among carcasses.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Tags: sea horses oceans marine animals 2010 oil spill environment Gulf of Mexico.

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Critter News

MARCH 14, 2010

He didn't know how his horses were being treated on his own farm? Prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner Ernie Paragallo was convicted Wednesday of mistreating dozens of malnourished horses on his Hudson Valley farm. Tags: New York animal cruelty horses. Plus, this is the guy's BUSINESS. And he didn't know?

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

6598) is a bill that criminalizes the sale and transportation of horses for slaughter. According to a statement from the AQHA, “The majority of horses processed for slaughter in the United States [prior to slaughterhouse closures in this country] were no longer viable for their intended use, unmanageable or simply unwanted by their owners.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I've always thought of horse-drawn carriages the way I think about greyhound racing or fur: Most people are against them, so why are they still around? The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages calls itself "an animal rights-protection-abolitionist organization," which I find interesting. Intro 658A will be reintroduced next year.

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Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2009

The New York Times presents us, this morning, with "Equine Alternative" regarding the recent discovery that horses decided to allow themselves be domesticated by humans for our mutual benefit, earlier than we had thought (3500 BC, and we preciously thought it was more like 2500 BC). The Botai did not just herd horses for meat.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Kennedy’s family owned many pets, including a horse, which was a present to 5 year-old Caroline Kennedy. Caroline often rode the horse around the White House lawn. First Pet, 1789-1791): In addition to horses and hound dogs, George Washington owned a parrot. Tags: random tidbits. Macaroni the pony. Polly the parrot.

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Critter News

JUNE 8, 2009

Sergeant Michael Lewis was demoted after he helped rescue malnourished horses in the Hampstead area. Tags: animal abuse. Monday, Sheriff Smith cited two other incidents where he claims Lewis took over animal abuse cases without informing animal control. Seems a bit harsh. Were the cases valid, or was he abusing his authority?

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

ANIMAL shelters are searching for the owners of hundreds of dogs, cats, horses, rabbits and other pets displaced by fires. Tags: australia. Shelter workers fear many owners may have assumed their animals died or they could be looking for them in the wrong places. They are urging anyone who has lost a pet to register with their council.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 19, 2008

UC Berkeley vivisector Ralph Freeman and all of the current lab members in Freeman's Visual Neuroscience Lab were sent a trojan horse virus embedded into email. Tags: ALF. This virus is designed to completely wreck their computers while leeching all vital personal information they've ever entered into their systems. Interesting.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

This illness is particularly dangerous since it can infect both humans and horses, causing damage to the central nervous system. The disease can attack domestic pets, such as dogs and cats, as well as livestock, such as horses, chickens, and cattle. This illness is another strain of encephalitis that affects horses alone.

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Animal Person

APRIL 21, 2009

Also, that's how you get the cat-and-dog-and-horse (and maybe dolphin) people to cross over into a world where cuteness isn't the primary concern. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. The goal is to provide blogospheric content that is easy to find, and from a variety of sources. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts.

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2009

The provincial government says it's gone from "worst to first" and Ontario is now the only jurisdiction in Canada with special protections for law-enforcement animals like police dogs and horses. Tags: ontario canada legislation animal welfare.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

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. It's not perfect, but it's progress in one of the more animal welfare-challenged parts of the US.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

They have a lot of fun items, especially for those who love horses (but they have things for all animal lovers too). Two years later -she’s a different horse because she was treated fairly and trained with consistency. Tags: good idea. Otrada is the name of a shop on Etsy that features products for animal lovers.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

They have a lot of fun items, especially for those who love horses (but they have things for all animal lovers too). Two years later -she’s a different horse because she was treated fairly and trained with consistency. Tags: good idea. Ortada is the name of a shop on Etsy that features products for animal lovers.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

When Jillian mounts her 2,000-pound horse Buzz, the 16-pound Seven barks incessantly and tries to nip him. Tags: tv. Life coach and “Biggest Loser&# fitness trainer Jillian Michaels whips contestants into shape, but when it comes to 14-month-old greyhound mix Seven, she is at a loss. Do you watch?

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Critter News

DECEMBER 18, 2009

It's about a dog and his family and it was made into a movie with Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson) The woman is a huge animal lover too who has five rescued horses and about four dogs. Tags: tales from the trenches. So it was weird when we got on the subject of health care reform and pharmaceuticals.

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Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

Americans systematically exploit and kill animals - sometimes for scientific progress; sometimes for leather jackets, ham sandwiches, or horse-racing. But the rest of us rat-killing, horse-racing, lobster-boiling, deer-hunting carnivores should take the planks out of our eyes before trying to remove the speck from Vick's.

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Animal Person

JULY 4, 2009

Tags: Books Economics Ethics. I read this book over a year after The Omnivore's Dilemma , despite it having been published first, and I feel strongly about recommending it because of what it teaches about culture, greed, history, and.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Animal abuse is not only a danger to our cats, dogs, horses, and other animals, but also to people. Tags: animal abuse ALDF. But we need much more support, in districts across the nation, to protect all Americans from repeat offender animal abusers. Keep your animals and your families safe.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 19, 2010

It was first used on race and show horses. Tags: guest post pet care. Personal recommendations are a great way to find a massage therapist you can trust. Animal massage therapy has grown in popularity since the 1970s. After the benefits became more widely known, the practice spread to dogs, cats and other household pets.

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Animal Person

JULY 1, 2009

Accordingly, we oppose the use of devices such as electric prods, sharpened sticks, spurs, flank straps, and other rodeo equipment that cause animals to react violently, and we oppose bull riding, bronco riding, steer roping, calf roping, "wild horse racing," chuck wagon racing, steer tailing, and horse tripping.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Tags: reviews dog dog bed nanotechnology pet pet product pets review. Baby gives the Dog Gone Smart pet bed 4 paws up for being comfy, and for being easy to keep clean! Thank you for sending this great product our way to try out. Dog Gone Smart Beds originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on October 28, 2009.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 11, 2009

In addition to dogs and cats, we now feature all kinds of pets for adoption, including rabbits, farm animals, ferrets, hamsters and other small animals, horses, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and even fish. Tags: guest post. For more information visit this page [link]. And thank you for sharing this information with our readers.

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Animal Person

JULY 10, 2009

Segue into horse racing. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Here are a handful of conversations I've had over the past few months, with people who stop me to say whatever they need to say about greyhound racing (most people can't wait to tell you their opinion): Greyhound racing should be banned (and why).

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 1, 2009

Our animals range from a small pet rat to miniature horses. Our Great Dane team is actually larger in size than our miniature horse team…LOL). Tags: guest post people helping animals. We now have animals certified on all 4 major islands of Hawaii and are trying to do more. Do you have a favorite story you’d like to share?

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Animal Person

MARCH 26, 2009

This occurs in all animal breeders: bovine, horses, dogs, cats, pigs, and other animals. Tags: Ethics. People who are breeders use racks to allow a male animal mounting the female without damage. There is no difference in this practice compared to any other bounding method. Any takers for any part of that?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Tags: names , nomenclature , Terminology , words • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? The naming of the hornbill family is a bit farther fetched. apparently has the same origin, the booming of the male’s wings recalling somehow the bellowing of a bull. Now if only the Hoatzin had been named for its smell.

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Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2010

When referring to cats, dogs and horses of unknown sex, the children would randomly assign sex, with the conventionally "prettier" animals being called "she." Tags: Books Ethics Language parenting publishing speciesism veganism. Meanwhile, the lizard has a male name so you'd think he'd be called "he." That makes sense to me.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Animal abuse is not only a danger to our cats, dogs, horses, and other animals, but also to people, said ALDF Executive Directory Stephen Wells. Tags: news. ALDF was founded in 1979 with the unique mission of protecting the lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal system. Visit www.aldf.org.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

I have one older riding horse and occasionally some laying hens. All these would have to be tagged if the National Animal Identification System becomes mandatory, and for no purpose, because none of my animals will be sold overseas for food. To the Editor: Re “ Plan for Tracking Animals Meets Farmers’ Resistance ” (news article, Dec.

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