Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2010

In this week's podcast ending January 2, 2010: **The USDA and National Institutes of Health find animal welfare violations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; **the Catalan Parliament in Spain finally votes to ban bullfighting in the region; **the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, CA has a record year for marine life suffering from illness (..)

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AETA Marine Life Animal Welfare Wisconsin 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2013

At first I peered out apprehensively, just waiting to spot somebody dragging a wing or weaving around drunkenly, suffering from an obvious head injury; but miraculously the birds were all hale, hearty, and minding their own business. From the middle of the melee a man glared up at us, as if he suspected we were secretly rooting for Spain. “

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Spain France 173

Critter News

JANUARY 17, 2011

The tradition is under threat from animal rights groups, who say the horses suffer as they leap over the flames. But the residents of San Bartolome de Pinares fiercely defend the festival, arguing that if the horses were really suffering they would not go near the flames. "We We don't force them," Quique said.

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Horses Suffering Animal Rights Collecting 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

In June 2006, Jane and I visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Girona, Spain. to live out their lives in peace, absent the abuse they had suffered in the entertainment industry. After a waterfall display the performer may sit on a rock, his eyes following the falling water. Shirley and Jenny: Remembering Friends.

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100