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Identify Signs of Animal Cruelty

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Here is a link to a PAWS (Progressive Animal Welfare Society) web page with signs of what to look for. It's a Washington State organization, but the information is still useful anywhere. Tags: animal cruelty.

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Blog for Rescued Dogs in Western Washington

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Remember how we posted about the raids on puppy mills in Mount Vernon and Gold Bar, Washington? Tags: seattle animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. Here's a blog for people who are trying to help them. About 600 dogs were seized from horrible puppy mill conditions. Our pet sitter alerted us to the site.

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Puppy Mill Raids in Western Washington

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She says that northwest Washington is a refuge for puppy mills because regulation up there is particularly lax. Tags: animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. One of my coworkers is heavily involved in puppy mill issues. If the regulation in this area is worse than puppy mill regulation in general, it must be REALLY bad.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

2): We disagree with your contention that the First Amendment protects animal “crush” videos. Stevens , the Supreme Court last year overturned a 1999 law banning depictions of animal cruelty on the grounds of overbreadth. Jon Kyl Jeff Merkley Richard Burr Washington, Aug. In United States v.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The horse slaughter industry in the United States has nothing to do with feeding hungry people and everything to do with animal cruelty. John Spratt Washington, March 6, 2007 The facts are these: ¶Most horses that end up slaughtered are bought by buyers acting on behalf of slaughterhouses. Senator) Mary Landrieu (Rep.)

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

It also takes 10 times the fossil fuels to produce a calorie of animal food as it does a calorie of plant food. Danielle Kichler Washington, Nov. Besides depleting the ocean’s supply of fish for those animals normally feeding on them, the factory farming of cattle, pigs and chickens uses excessive water and pollutes our land.

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Suit Against Circus Owners Goes to Trial

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District Court in Washington, D.C. Tags: animal cruelty circus elephants. employee, claims the defendants inhumanely and illegally mistreat their Asian elephants and have done so for decades. The anticipated three-week, non-jury trial takes place in U.S.