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Portuguese City Tries to End Killing of Strays

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This weekend Lagos Town Hall executives are expected to sign a landmark protocol drawn up in collaboration with animal protection association Cadela Carlota, in which it is decreed that the two organisations will endeavour to put a stop to the extermination of healthy unwanted and stray animals being held in the municipal kennel.

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California Budget Woes May Lead to More Shelter Deaths

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It's the constant and conscious culture of killing animals in this society that I absolutely hate. Tags: animal shelter management euthanization california strays. It's not the animals' fault that they have found themselves in this situation. Thanks to LA Unleashed for the story.

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University of Utah Continues Getting Bad Press

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Researchers told the Tribune that the testing gave the shelter animals "a second chance at life," while records obtained by the Tribune revealed that the labs had killed 116 of the 190 strays last year. Tags: animal research university of utah. Only 74 animals survived the research process to be adopted out as pets.

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Dog Death Squads in China

4 The Love Of Animals

I can’t even imagine being in a position where my government was telling me to kill my dog, or have it beaten to death. Dog owners in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, are even being told to kill their own dogs, or else their dogs will be beaten to death by the police and the owners will be charged a fine. Thank you, Fred.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

He's right with his implication that stopping the seizing of pets and strays simply created a more efficient, effective means of commodifying and torturing dogs and cats. To view someone who spends their life starving, piercing, mutilating, terrifying and killing others as a mentor is shocking. But not shocked enough.

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Keep pets happy and healthy in the cold months ahead.

4 The Love Of Animals

Make sure your pet always wears an ID tag and has a microchip registered with a national database, so he can be easily returned. If you find a lost or stray pet, please call your local animal control or nearest animal shelter. Even a small amount can kill. Wipe Those Paws. Watch Out for Antifreeze. Check Under the Hood.