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Sanctuary Founder Arraigned on Hit-and-Run Death

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In other words, we are abominations within our species. I hope the sanctuary animals find good homes. Tags: animal sanctuary. It's a load of BS though. But most of us are used to it and can take it. But, again, it's a sad story for the victim and the accused. They shouldn't be made to suffer for all this.

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National Animal Rights Conference in LA Starts July 16

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Some of the groups attending will be: FARM In Defense of Animals Sea Shepherd ACT Radio Anti-Fur Society E/Environmental Mag Eko Zone Healing Species League of Humane Voters Mercy For Animals Stop Animal Exploitation Now! Tags: animal rights. It sounds like they are participating in some form or another.

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Unacceptable Trade in Primate Research Animals

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They are considered an environmental pest because they are a non-native species that inflict ecological damage.but to deal with them this way is just unacceptable. Tags: animal experimentation animal research primates medical research. Around 10,000 are bred and exported from Mauritius to the US, UK and Japan.

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Do Animals Laugh?

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Those patterns hint at the ancient origins of human hilarity and suggest that other social species - including apes, dogs and rats - really, truly laugh as well. A prominent researcher in the specialized field of animal laughter, Jaak Panksepp of Washington State University, said it definitely goes farther back than that. "I

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How to Confront Cruelty

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I came across this 2005 book from the Society & Animals Journal titled Confronting Cruelty Moral Orthodoxy and the Challenge of the Animal Rights Movement. Why and how do people campaign on behalf of a species that is not their own? Tags: animal cruelty books. Sounds interesting.

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Suit Against Circus Owners Goes to Trial

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According to the complaint, the defendants routinely beat elephants, violating the 1973 Endangered Species Act by hitting them with bull hooks. Tags: animal cruelty circus elephants. It also contends they forcibly remove baby elephants from their mothers with ropes and chains before they are weaned.

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Last Monkey Recaptured by Primate Center

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Isn't it ironic how these animals show their clear intelligence by learning how to open a door at the same time their fellow species members are being sacrificed to science? Tags: animal experimentation primates medical research oregon.

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