Critter News

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Remember how we posted about the raids on puppy mills in Mount Vernon and Gold Bar, Washington? Tags: seattle animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. Here's a blog for people who are trying to help them. About 600 dogs were seized from horrible puppy mill conditions. Our pet sitter alerted us to the site.

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Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2009

Up north are Snohomish County and Skagit County where two puppy mill raids have led to the rescue of almost 600 pregnant dogs, about 80 percent of whom are pregnant. (We She says that northwest Washington is a refuge for puppy mills because regulation up there is particularly lax. What a mess.

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

She is a US Senator from our home state of Washington. The Humane Society of the United States cited Senator Cantwell’s efforts to improve marine mammal rescue capability, including such challenges as disentangling marine mammals from fishing nets. Tags: State of Washington legislation humane society congress us.

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Critter News

JANUARY 18, 2009

Tags: seattle puppy mills. This story comes out of Gold Bar in Snohomish County, north of Seattle (where we latte-sucking liberals live.) Adult dogs and puppies were found living in crates and small pens filled with large accumulations of feces and heavily soiled shavings, said Vicki Lubrin of Snohomish County Animal Control Services.

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Critter News

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is a nice story about the care of abused birds at a Washington, DC, Buddhist temple. Tags: birds animal abuse animal rescue buddhism animal sanctuary parrots.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Why the rescue plan? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Food and Drink Language. What if Meatless Mondays and all of the messages about decreasing consumption of animal products have made a difference and consumers have spoken? The market has spoken; this is supposed to be capitalism, not corporate socialism.

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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. Tags: born free fur fashion. Received this press release yesterday. BFUSA brings to America the message of “compassionate conservation”, the vision of the U.K.-based based Born Free Foundation.

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