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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

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It also brings to mind the uncontested link between animal abuse and violent behavior toward fellow humans. Obviously killing contests have nothing to do with traditional hunting, and “animal abuse” is normally used when describing domestic animals. So how do you classify these contests?

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PETA Leads Anti-Animal Research Protest at University of Utah

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This protest comes after an undercover PETA investigator collected evidence of alleged animal abuse in the University laboratories. Tags: animal research utah medical research PETA.

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Appeal Denied for Six Activists Convicted Under AEPA

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The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. The group was formed to protest the activities of Huntingdon Life Sciences in Franklin Township, N.J.

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Book Chronicles History of Animal Rights

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The Longest Struggle concludes with an overview of current campaigns and tactics, and an assessment of the state of the movement as we enter a new century, including the threat represented by an overzealous "war on terror".

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From the Animal Rights Action Network re: Greyhounds

Animal Person

These poor animals are literally running for their lives and we must do everything we can to educate people about their suffering and exploitation and work towards ending this horribly cruel activity because many people out there just don't know any different, so we must be the greyhound's best advocate and use our voice for theirs.

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The True Costs of the Rhetoric of Terror Continue to Mount – Part 1

Animal Ethics

They enacted it to make animal abusers and the corporations that profit from that animal abuse richer. Make no mistake about it. These Congresspersons didn’t enact this legislation to make you safer.