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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

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The practice gained wider publicity after the animal rights group PETA said earlier this month that 1 of its agents spent eight months working undercover at University of Utah research facilities. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays.

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World Animal Day in Minsk

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I doubt caring for strays in Belarus is an easy task , so kudos to these people for the work they do. They also put up a tent to collect donations, such as pet food, cages, collars and other pet supplies, for stray and abandoned animals kept at the shelters. Tags: belarus animal rights. Byalyanava said.

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Primate Breeding Facility Generates Controversy In Puerto Rico Itself

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Plus, the horrible pictures I've seen of strays in Puerto Rico. That didn't make it right. Tags: puerto rico animal research primates. I come down hard on Puerto Rico, ever since the scandal in which dogs were being thrown off bridges by an animal control company. Plus, well, you get this picture.

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The Blue House Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

I don’t need a leash, he stays right next to me,” Cody says. At the end, the dog catcher doesn’t come to their neighborhood anymore because there are no stray dogs there anymore. Tags: books guest post. Blue likes it that way,” Cody says, “and so do I.”. “The Blue House Dog,&# (Peachtree Publishers), in stores now. .

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Dog Death Squads in China

4 The Love Of Animals

Here is the letter: I’ve just received an urgent report that another city in China is planning a mass cull to slaughter any unregistered dogs, strays, and even registered family dogs that are over 14 inches (35cm) tall. I need you to do two things right now: 1. Tags: news people helping animals. Thank you, Fred.

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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

10,000 Birds

Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. from left to right Fred, Mike, Isaac, Andrew, Gene (in back), Tom Though it was an absurdly long trip and the ratio of birding to driving was not ideal the twitch was well worth it. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

It's one that's brought on, no doubt, by the acts of vandalism and intimidation of radical animal-rights groups, but I think it also serves to insulate the research community from any responsibility it might otherwise have to increase transparency and public engagement with the work. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.