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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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link] The strategies used by professional reptile keepers are only successful because they take into account the behavioral flexibility of the reptiles. " A lot of people have the opinion that snakes are "mindless" creatures, and that they can be treated with no consideration to their welfare.

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Just Two Lessons Learned for Today

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To talk about the future as if we know what theory or strategy will lead to our goal doesn't make sense. We don't know whether further generations of welfare reforms might lead to us not using animals. Lesson #12 Don't talk about the future as if you know for sure what's going to happen.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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But there is a significant contingent who is not as enamored with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act as he is. To this day, 95 percent of the animals used in research labs receive no federal protection whatsoever under the Animal Welfare Act." It "guarantees humane treatment?" Maybe on paper. Part IV: Brown Dogs and Red Herrings.

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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

I do disagree with some of what follows, though, and agree with some as well (my comments are in italics): The animal rights movement must adapt their political campaigning strategies to these psychological facts. The only way to stop the suffering and the rights violations is to stop the use.