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German Artist Wants to Kill Puppies to Protest Dog Killings

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An unidentified German actor has been stopped by Berlin’s administrative court, following his announcement that he planned to strangle two puppies with cable wires on stage to protest against the slaughter of sled dogs in Alaska and hunting dogs in Spain, with their death being accompanied by a funeral march music and loud gong.

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Leaping Foxes

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The Common Buzzards , for example, who usually hunt by circling high above the landscape, will hover in kestrel fashion much more frequently. The kestrels , on the other hand, will more frequently hunt from low perches. Sometimes, red foxes can even be observed hunting during the day when rodents and fox babies are plentiful.

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Irish Senator Complains of Animal Welfare "Cabal"

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This complaint is the result of proposed legislation to ban puppy mills in Ireland. The dog breeding legislation, intended to outlaw “puppy-farming”, was prepared by Green Party leader and Minister for the Environment John Gormley. They also want an exemption for hunt kennels which do not breed dogs for commercial purposes.

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5 Puzzling Toys That Will Keep Your Pup Entertained for Hours

4 The Love Of Animals

A bored puppy is an unhappy puppy, and possibly a destructive puppy. What can your pup do to exercise their mind, if they aren’t involved in the pack’s hunt? Toys which challenge your puppy to figure something out are a great way to stave off boredom, and they help to develop your puppy’s mind. Ball-IN-Ball.

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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

Dunayer devotes a chapter each to the language used in hunting, zoos, "marine parks," vivisection and "animal agriculture." An animal's own terms are 'Don't hunt me'" (49). "At Avoiding first-person pronouns, vivisectors report that cardiac arrest 'was produced' in puppies, rather than 'We gave puppies cardiac arrest'" (118). "By

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

See TIME’s photo essay “ Puppies Behind Bars “ Henry the schnoodle just did a remarkable thing. Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. See TIME’s video “ The March of TIME: Hunting Dog Field Trials.&#.

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Falakhe’s Story

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It was, based on a quick glance, a puppy, around 6 to 7 months old. It took most of the rest of the day, but finally at around 5 we found the pack literally on the southern fenceline of the reserve, deep inside the hunting concession that made up the bottom of the park. It was not a pretty sight. Falakhe injured.

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