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Beagles Rescued from Bankrupt Lab

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On Friday, the beagles — owned by a research facility in New Jersey whose parent pharmaceutical company went into bankruptcy — were released to the care of animal rescue groups that, after socializing them, hope to adopt them out as family pets. Tags: animal research dogs Best Friends animal laboratories.

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Animal Law Podcasts

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Here's a link to some podcasts from the Animal Legal and Historical Center. The topics they have so far: * Pet Sales Gone Bad * Does My State Have a Leash Law? * Can I Put My Pet in My Will? Lost and Found Pets * The police shot my dog after it escaped. Tags: animal law. Do I have any recourse?

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Lame News Story!

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So, I click on this story because the link says no pets were lost on the US Airways flight that went down in the Hudson. Well, no pets were lost because there were no pets on the flight in the first place. US Airways spokesman Morgan Durrant says no pets were on the plane, either in the cabin or in the cargo.

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Oh those dramatic animals!

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Is your pet dramatic? Oh those dramatic animals! originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 4, 2009. Tags: animal funnies cute video. First up, the original “Dramatic Chipmunk&#. Second, the Geico Gecko’s take, a “Dramatic Gecko&#.

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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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Connecticut Oil Company President Illegally Owns Primate

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Tags: animal cruelty illegal pets primates us. Pierce Onthank, the president of an oil and gas company, was charged in January with illegal possession of a primate for keeping a siamang, a type of gibbon that is native to rain forests in Malaysia and Indonesia and can weigh up to 30 pounds and stand 3 feet high.

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Man Kills Goldfish in Domestic Violence Attack, Gets Probation

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From Pets News. A 27-year-old man who attacked his ex-girlfriend and killed her pet fish has been sentenced to two years probation and a psychological evaluation. Fite pleaded guilty to animal abuse and domestic-violence assault. Tags: animal abuse domestic violence. Who knows what the next step could be?