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4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 19, 2018
10 reasons why guinea pigs make great pets – by James Alston writing for ExoticDirect ExoticDirect offer pet insurance for guinea pigs, rabbits, ferrets, hamsters, mice and other small pets. They also insure parrots, reptiles, tortoise and even pygmy hedgehogs!
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 26, 2017
The recent warm weather has been perfect for us, but some Guinea Pig’s have suffered. Guinea Pigs can quickly overheat during the summer leading to heatstroke, which in severe cases can be fatal. Unlike humans, Guinea Pigs cannot sweat – … Continue reading →
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4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 17, 2012
We were laughing out loud when we watched this interview of Rory the guinea pig! “Have you seen what turtles can do?” ” he asks, but more importantly he will let you know the real reason why being an only pet isn’t much fun! You can see more pet interviews on the PAL YouTube channel.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 5, 2011
What happens when two mini-pigs join a family that already has a cat, a dog, and a chicken? Find out in this charming true story about life with mini-pigs! Oink: My Life with Mini-Pigs is told from the perspective of Matt Whyman, a writer who enjoys the quiet life living in the English countryside brings.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 10, 2010
The mini-pig, darling of celebrities’ handbags, may have had its bacon Sunday after the EU earmarked it as the laboratory test animal of the future. A research project into the feasibility of using miniature pigs in laboratories concluded they are better suited for testing toxins, drugs and chemicals than dogs and monkeys.
Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2010
Compassion in World Farming led an undercover investigation that showed illegal tail docking and poor attempts at pig enrichment on factory farms, in violation of EU law. Now the pig industry is mad and claiming bias ( scroll down in article.) Tags: europe tail docking pigs factory farm agribusiness.
Critter News
OCTOBER 4, 2008
Pigs Peace Sanctuary is a wonderful place. They rescue farm pigs and pot-bellied pigs,farm animals, dogs, cats, you name it. Tags: animal sanctuary pot-bellied pigs. We've visited it.
Critter News
APRIL 7, 2009
Military researchers have dressed live pigs in body armor and strapped them into Humvee simulators that were then blown up with explosives to study the link between roadside bomb blasts and brain injury. The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S.
Critter News
MARCH 4, 2010
This lady is breeding tiny pet pigs that can live up to 11 years. Tags: Stupid pigs companion animals. People are buying them like crazy, which means.eventually people will start dumping them like crazy. And who will suffer? The animal shelters who have to find them homes at the expense of other animals. Thanks lady!
Critter News
JANUARY 18, 2010
An experiment in which anesthetized pigs were buried alive in snow to learn how humans live or die in avalanches was halted today in Austria after animal-rights groups denounced the research as cruel and useless. The two-week experiment involving 29 pigs began Tuesday in the Western Austrian Alps. From USA Today.
Critter News
AUGUST 13, 2009
The Marines also claim that using live pigs and inflicting wounds on them is the only way to approximate real-life situations in combat. Tags: animal research military pigs. They claim the animals are asleep during the procedures and feel no pain. It's the best way to train medical personnel. Read and decide for yourself.
Reddit Animals
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
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Critter News
DECEMBER 22, 2008
It really sucks to be a factory farm pig in Europe. In one of the biggest undercover inquiries into pig-farming, CIWF visited 60 farms across five big pork-producing states, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary and Britain. Most farms made widespread but legal use of metal cages for confining pregnant pigs.
Critter News
AUGUST 14, 2009
Tags: animal testing animal cruelty military pigs medical research PETA.
Critter News
MARCH 26, 2010
Tags: europe pigs castration farm animal welfare belgium agribusiness.
Critter News
JANUARY 19, 2009
This year, the European Commission will issue a research contract, worth up to €1 million for a study into alternatives to the castration of pigs and dehorning of cattle. Tags: europe pigs farm animal welfare. They castrate piglets in Europe for sanitary purposes (to avoid taint in the meat), but the methods are not terribly humane.
Critter News
APRIL 11, 2009
It's a 5-minute film about conditions for pigs in the UK. Tags: UK meat pigs. Produced by Compassion in World Farming. As an aside, people who love to eat meat should also watch educational videos like these. They need to take responsibility and learn about the food they eat. Don't live in a cloud.wake up!
Critter News
APRIL 30, 2009
The Egyptian government has begun slaughtering all of the pigs in the country. From the NY Times: Egypt has begun forcibly slaughtering the country’s pig herds as a precaution against swine flu, a move that the United Nations described as “a real mistake” and one that is prompting anger among the country’s pig farmers.
Critter News
OCTOBER 9, 2008
Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty pigs farm animal welfare.
Animal Person
MAY 24, 2009
I received an e-mail from the well-meaning Wendy at Compassion in World Farming (which I find an odd combination of words) regarding Egypt's pig cull and asking me to send my protest to the Egyptian Government. But though the pigs weren't originally destined for a mass grave, weren't they destined for slaughter nonetheless?
Reddit Animals
MARCH 8, 2022
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Critter News
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
Millions of wild pigs weighing up to 300 pounds have been tearing up crops, trampling fences and eating just about anything in their path in Texas. This doesn't sound good. But now they had better watch their hairy backs.
Reddit Animals
JANUARY 25, 2022
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FEBRUARY 5, 2021
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AUGUST 21, 2021
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NOVEMBER 5, 2022
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Animal Person
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
But it's also remarkable in that Roger Cohen, a 50-something man who writes for the New York Times, wonders: But do pigs have any more or less of a soul than dogs? Or pig, or duck, or fish. " Dog Days in China " is a small piece with no gruesome slideshow. Are they any more or less sentient? Do they suffer any more or less in death?
Reddit Animals
JANUARY 22, 2022
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Creature Talk
APRIL 30, 2009
The pig you see here being dangled by the leg is still just a baby, and by now he is already dead and thrown away for absolutely no reason, as are the rest of the 300,000 pigs in Egypt. How typical that we humans blame this epidemic on pigs, and kill them without a second thought! Source: NY Times online. Does this make sense?
Reddit Animals
OCTOBER 10, 2022
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Reddit Animals
APRIL 9, 2021
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Reddit Animals
JULY 8, 2022
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Reddit Animals
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
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4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 28, 2013
And last, but not least, be sure to read about how this dog door helped a mini pig! That’s right friends, a MINI PIG DOOR ! Also, be sure to read Kimberly’s review at Keep the Tail Wagging , she had a very compelling reason to want this new dog door!
Critter News
AUGUST 26, 2009
The heroes are a pair of guinea pigs. Here is a CBS article that at least explains basic care for guinea pigs. Having cared for guinea pigs at the Seattle Animal Shelter, I can tell you that guinea pigs are certainly cute. Tags: Guinea Pigs. The latest movie to prompt this kind of behavior is G-Force.
Reddit Animals
JUNE 25, 2022
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
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APRIL 11, 2021
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Critter News
APRIL 24, 2009
The pig industry, says Dr MacDougald, is marked by generally poor production and financial analysis. These pigs are simply raw materials. Tags: economics pigs farm animal welfare agribusiness. This means poor assessment of ROI {Return on Investment} for interventions and little focus on opportunity cost.
Reddit Animals
MAY 25, 2021
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Critter News
NOVEMBER 27, 2009
It's an article about the pork industry having to address the increasingly positive media image of pigs as intelligent creatures that could be someone's pet. Tags: meat pigs pork farm animal welfare. Now, it may see like it would add to more depression, but it actually makes me feel a little better. it's just a turkey."
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Potbelly and pygmy pigs are susceptible. Pet pigs may contract swine flu. The ASPCA recommends taking “steps to limit possible transmission from humans to pigs and vice versa.&# Influenza Type A vaccines are available for pigs. Ferrets and birds are susceptible.
Reddit Animals
MAY 15, 2021
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