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Portuguese City Tries to End Killing of Strays

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Portugal is NOT known for its kindness to animals so this is a significant development for a Portuguese city. From the Portugal News Online. Under Portuguese legislation, stray and unwanted animals that are kept in municipal kennels, even healthy ones, can be put down after eight days if unclaimed.

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McKee Project Helps Latin America's Strays

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Tags: animal cruelty spay/neuter latin america strays companion animals. This is a good group. Check them out.

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Shelter Strays Used as Lab Animals

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In return, the company can use some of the unwanted dogs for animal research. The animal shelter committee voted to end the contract, but it goes before the County commissioners in April. Tags: animal shelter management animal experimentation strays medical research.

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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

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University officials say they only collect animals from shelters willing to participate and pound animals are steered toward nonlethal experiments. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays.

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Sign ALDF Petition to Help Kentucky's Homeless Animals

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According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, things are not going well. Tags: animal shelter management animal shelters Kentucky strays. The State used to provide oversight, but in 2004, they abrogated responsibility to the counties. Please sign the petition to help them.

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California Budget Woes May Lead to More Shelter Deaths

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It's not the animals' fault that they have found themselves in this situation. It's the constant and conscious culture of killing animals in this society that I absolutely hate. Tags: animal shelter management euthanization california strays. 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. Only 74 animals survived the research process to be adopted out as pets.

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