Critter News

JANUARY 6, 2009

Fortunately the donkey was rescued by the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA). No, their suffering will be far more drawn out. Humar, pictured on the right, is just one animal to have suffered this traditional, yet ineffective treatment, to horrifying effect. His suffering didn’t stop there.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

While the scope of the wildlife devastation was still unclear, it was likely to be enormous, {Jon Rowdon, president of the rescue group Wildlife Victoria} said. Tags: australia animal rescue wildfires wildlife. The official human death toll stood at 181 from the weekend's deadly fires and authorities said it would exceed 200.

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Critter News

JANUARY 4, 2010

Rescuing the Vick dogs was a controversial move by Best Friends and some animal groups, most notably PETA, did not agree with it. And the dogs deserve a happy life after all the suffering they have been through (two of them have already been adopted.) Tags: pit bull blood sport television Best Friends PETA.

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Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2009

Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, takes me back to graduate school when he writes of the importance of the stories we tell ourselves in " Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to Enjoy Their Suffering." Isn't the mere existence of violence and suffering sufficient? What do you think?

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Animal Person

APRIL 18, 2009

The suffering in this world that occurs at the hand of humankind and is entirely intentional, is disgusting and dispiriting. I choose not to watch videos or bombard myself with images of suffering. I rescue, I adopt, I do TNR, and I connect others to resources to do the same. Tags: Activism Current Affairs.

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Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

BFUSA’s Primate Sanctuary in Texas is home to more than 500 primates rescued from laboratories, roadside zoos, and private possession. BFUSA’s mission is to end suffering of wild animals in captivity, conserve threatened and endangered species, and encourage compassionate conservation globally. Tags: born free fur fashion.

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Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

If any "drastic measures" are employed, they are to remove animals from suffering, not to impose our dietary choices on others. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language ALF Animal Agriculture Alliance Animal Rights Animal welfare ELF HSUS PeTA SHAC Vegan education veganism. Of course, Lobo is missing the point entirely.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

In recent years another type of justification has been given: vegetarianism has been justified in terms of human suffering, rights, etc. For example, I have a duty to keep my promise to meet a friend for dinner, but this duty can be overridden by a stronger duty, say, to rescue people who are involved in an accident.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 3, 2010

Four lions, rescued by Animal Defenders International (ADI) from a Bolivian circus when the country banned the use of animals in circuses have a new home, and a life of luxury at the ARK 2000 sanctuary in Calaveras County. The ADI rescue operation was backed by Bob Barker. ADI also rescues animals in distress worldwide.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 24, 2010

Sheila Stewart, of Capricom Animal Rescue centre in Mold, United Kingdom, said that she believes that this can be overcome by the animal’s owners taking out pet insurance. With studies suggesting that more than 140,000 dogs under three years of age suffer dermatitis alone each year, it is not difficult to see why.

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