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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

Animal Person

"While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." And perhaps that "better" will distract the reader from the undeniable fact of the unjust slaughter. All you need to know is one word: slaughter.

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Undercover Video Sparks Calls for Canadian Ban on Horse Meat

Critter News

Animal rights groups are calling for a ban on the sale of horse meat after disturbing video at a slaughterhouse in west Quebec was sent to the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition. Captured on video, is one horse being stunned 11 times. The video was sent by a source inside the slaughterhouse. Excerpted from CTV.CA.

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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

10,000 Birds

The piece describes why this corner of the world often has an attitude toward indiscriminate hunting that ranges from laissez-faire to Wild West, and also the toll that the ensuing slaughter takes on populations of birds that are protected in their northern European summer homes. Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ).

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Australian Animal Rights Campaign to Help Calves

Critter News

Australian Dairy Farmers says calves can be left unfed for 30 hours before slaughter but the RSPCA says the practice is "cruel". Animals Australia has a video on its website showing calves being roughly dragged off utes and thrown to the ground.

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Did Sarah Palin Allow Wolf Cubs to be Slaughtered?

Critter News

That is the allegation in this Defenders to Wildlife video. If true, that's another reason not to vote for this backwoods goofball hick.

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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

10,000 Birds

RATS persuades local governments to pass anti-poison resolutions using facts, figures, photos, and a Claymation video ( “Raptor Blues” ) made by high school student Ian Timothy (which, Lisa observes, often makes people ‘get it’ far faster than the written word). as well as a rare mammal, the California fisher.

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PETA Goes After Canada's Seal Hunt

Critter News

I hate the seal slaughter. Warning, they have video of seal clubbing (and it starts automatically when you go to the site). PETA has launched a spoof site for the Vancouver Olympic Games over seal hunting. I criticize PETA a lot, but in this case I think they are right on the money. I think it's barbaric and should be ended.

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