Critter News

MAY 12, 2009

Animal hoarding is a pretty serious act that causes untold suffering for animals. there are probably several factors that go into how a person develops into an animal hoarder, but “we think it may be related to obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.” Tags: animal cruelty animal welfare hoarding.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 26, 2008

Responses to this question provide important insights into the much misunderstood animal rights movement and the people in it who challenge the moral orthodoxy that underpins our attitudes towards nonhuman animals. Tags: animal cruelty books.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Tags: animal cruelty circus elephants.

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Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

Americans systematically exploit and kill animals - sometimes for scientific progress; sometimes for leather jackets, ham sandwiches, or horse-racing. So why is one type of animal cruelty (dogfighting) more reprehensible than another (lobster-boiling)? Tags: animal cruelty Michael Vick animal rights.

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Critter News

APRIL 10, 2009

Good news following an investigation of farm animal abuses by Mercy for Animals. Nathan Runkle, executive director of Mercy for Animals, an Ohio-based animal rights organization, commends Eggland's Best "for finally stepping up to the plate and taking responsibility for their involvement in this abusive facility."

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Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2011

According to this Technorati article , the Humane Society rated the states on their animal protection laws. New Jersey Illinois Massachusetts Colorado Maine WORST STATES Ohio Hawaii Alabama North Dakota Mississippi Idaho South Dakota (worst) According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the states fell this way.

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Critter News

MARCH 27, 2011

Please consider Animals Asia for your future donations. I love this organization and have supported them for a few years now. They do important work.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 1, 2010

Every April, the ASPCA invites supporters across the country to “Go Orange for Animals” and raise awareness for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month. Once your plans are in place, register your unique event online to share with animal lovers everywhere. Become an ASPCA Ambassador this April!

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 13, 2010

“Our volunteer members spend a significant amount of time and energy caring for animals in need, and we want to recognize that passion.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

But the disregard for animals that leads to teams using a live owl as a mascot…and having so little control over it that it got onto the field during play? Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network.

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Animal Person

APRIL 18, 2009

I spend plenty of time doing nonprofit work that is unrelated to animals and also doing for-profit work that is unrelated to animals. In other words, I don't immerse myself in animal cruelty. And part of meeting my own needs, by the way, is the need to care for animals who have been discarded.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 25, 2007

To the Editor: “ For ‘Animal Precinct,’ Reality Subject to Dispute ” (news article, July 23) missed the entire point of comprehensive animal welfare: that effective animal welfare requires both response and prevention. The real story here is our tireless commitment to fighting animal cruelty.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 1, 2010

Switching to a cruelty-free vegan diet is yet another powerful example of ethical synergy at work. Eating vegan is good for you, good for animals, and good for the Earth. You will also be dramatically reducing your carbon footprint, a boon for the environment! Now that's a New Year's Resolution we can all live with!

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

has been a solid supporter of animal protection at both the state and federal levels. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) In the U.S.

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