Critter News

MARCH 19, 2010

PETA and the Alliance for Animals are asking for charges to be filed against the University of Wisconsin at Madison. this case, the affidavit states, three sheep out of 303 died during studies in a hyperbaric chamber over the past 10 years and 23 others died within a day of having been removed from the chamber.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ PETA’s Latest Tactic: $1 Million for Fake Meat ” (news article, April 21): The commercial development of meat from animal tissue won’t result in “fake meat” any more than cloning sheep results in fake sheep. coli bacteria or food additives. Scott Plous Middletown, Conn.,

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Critter News

APRIL 7, 2010

Mulesing, in which woolgrowers surgically remove parts of merino lambs' rears to prevent potentially fatal flystrike, has sparked demonstrations and litigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Tags: australia sheep mulesing.

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Mulesing Australia AWI Ethical Treatment 100

Critter News

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

The controversial practice - in which folds of skin are cut from a sheep's rear to prevent fly and maggot infestation - was due to end by 2010. Now PETA and others are upset about this because the new directors say they won't be held to deadlines.

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Mulesing AWI Sheep PETA 100