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"Change of Heart": New Book about Animal Activism

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The author is Nick Cooney and he's the Director of The Humane League, an animal advocacy non-profit with offices in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. Change Of Heart provides science-based answers to many questions that are hotly debated among animal activists. Tags: advocacy. In the author's words.

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The Power of Pets Initiative

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For it’s first year the program will premiere in YMCA locations in Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C. – The WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition provides the science behind our leading petcare brands. Tags: events. New York City; Nashville, Tenn.; Chicago; and Portland, Ore. The YMCA of Silver Spring, October 24.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

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She is the "science" one and likes to call herself an "independent" on the political landscape. I went to someone's house and found out that a friend of theirs works for the University of Washington Primate Center, a horrific place with a TERRIBLE reputation for treatment of animal subjects. Tags: tales from the trenches.

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40 Ways to Help Lab Animals

Critter News

When you read stories in major newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek, be wary of simplification, bias, and a tendency to support traditional views indifferent to animals’ interests. For sleuthing on animal experimentation, you will want to visit a library with good science holdings.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Mail Stop 7060 Washington, D.C. Here’s the petition. Write him now: The Honorable Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior Department of the Interior 1849 C. Street, N.W.

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