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27,000 Animals Rescued in Texas

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This rescue is the result of a PETA undercover investigation. See, husband, this is why I like PETA!) Tags: zoos exotic animals detroit animal rescue PETA. that was allegedly mistreating its animals. A lot of these animals are reptiles, spiders and amphibians, which explains the large number.

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Research Animals Rescued from North Carolina Lab

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Awful story, but this is the reason I support PETA, even when they do wacky things sometimes. and more than a dozen animal shelters and rescues[1] succeeded in placing all of the rescued animals, offering hope that they will find loving homes and solace after their ordeal. Their investigations produce results.

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PETA Sponsors Lobster Liberation!

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Following up on my post yesterday about releasing lobsters, PETA has a website on this very subject. Tags: oceans lobsters animal rescue food. Lobster Liberation!

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The Stupid, It Burns!

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PETA has asked the group Pet Shop Boys to change their name to Rescue Shelter Boys. Peta Europe has written to Pet Shop Boys with a request they are unable to agree to," reads a post on the band's official website. Peta's letter requests the name change because of the cruelty it alleges takes place in the pet trade.

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Will Obama Rescue a Dog?

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LA Unleashed has a good roundup of reaction from the Humane Society and PETA. Let's hope he sends a progressive message by giving a shelter dog a new home. Maybe he could get two.

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Dogtown Episode 3 - The Vick Dogs

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Rescuing the Vick dogs was a controversial move by Best Friends and some animal groups, most notably PETA, did not agree with it. Tags: pit bull blood sport television Best Friends PETA. This final episode in the three-episode Season 1 disc was about the Vick dogs taken in by Best Friends for rehabilitation. (Be

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Texas Tech Allowed to Withhold Info on Animal Testing

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PETA was trying to get the information to find out why the university is buying cats and dogs from a West Texas animal shelter for university training or research. Tags: university research animal experimentation animal rescue medical research. I bet there's probably some ugly stuff in those records.

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