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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

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Minus that role, the term implies, such an animal has no place; if they aren't some human's companion, or their companionship fails to please, they can be abandoned or killed" (8). Often it permanently disables or kills. Like any other unnecessary killing of innocent beings, it still wouldn't be humane" (137).

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On "Discarded" Greyhounds

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Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters. Over 16,000 greyhounds are bred to supply the approximate 10,000 annually racing on British tracks and even taking into account the 4,500 re-homed by the industry’s own Retired Greyhound Trust, we are still left with a huge shortfall of ‘unaccounted’ dogs.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

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This could include violence (torture, mutilation, intentional killings, etc.), Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax. Shon Rahrig : While living in Ohio in 1999, Rahrig allegedly adopted several cats and a puppy from local shelters and tortured them sadistically. Tags: news.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

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See TIME’s photo essay “ Puppies Behind Bars “ Henry the schnoodle just did a remarkable thing. If it did, the licking often prompts it to vomit up some of that kill for the other members of the pack to share. Even puppies understand, which means it can’t be a skill they need to learn.

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