Awesome Pig Sanctuary
Critter News
OCTOBER 4, 2008
Pigs Peace Sanctuary is a wonderful place. They rescue farm pigs and pot-bellied pigs,farm animals, dogs, cats, you name it. Tags: animal sanctuary pot-bellied pigs. We've visited it.
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest is New Favorite!
Critter News
MAY 13, 2010
Tags: chimpanzees animal research animal sanctuary.
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Silent Auction to Benefit Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 13, 2010
Tags: chimpanzees seattle State of Washington animal sanctuary.
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100 Escaped Cow Goes to Sanctuary
Critter News
MAY 8, 2009
A cow that escaped from a slaughter house in NY City has been allowed to go to an animal sanctuary. Tags: meat animal rescue Slaughterhouse cows meatpacking.
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Fight Continues to Release Lucy the Elephant
Critter News
MAY 6, 2010
Here's an update on the battle to release the Lucy the Elephant to a sanctuary. Tags: zoos animal sanctuary elephants. She is the lone elephant at the Edmonton Zoo in Alberta, Canada.
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Buddhists Go to the Birds
Critter News
JANUARY 20, 2009
Tags: birds animal abuse animal rescue buddhism animal sanctuary parrots.
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Attempted Delay in Toronto Elephants Transfer to Sanctuary
Critter News
NOVEMBER 22, 2011
The zoo keepers at the Toronto are desperately trying to get the City Council to reconsider its decision to move three aging elephants to a sanctuary. They presented the Council with a petition with 1,100 signatures.
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Toronto Zoo's Remaining Elephants to Go to Sanctuary
Critter News
OCTOBER 31, 2011
Not only is Toronto closing its elephant exhibit, but the City Council voted to send the remaining elderly elephants to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary instead of another zoo. This is excellent news.
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Bubbles the Chimp Resurfaces
Critter News
JULY 2, 2009
Apparently, Bubbles is now 26 years old and living at an animal sanctuary. But I thought he was at an animal sanctuary? I had forgotten all about Michael Jackson and his chimp Bubbles whom he rescued from a research facility. He got too aggressive to live with Jackson's kids. This is not surprising. His new trainer?
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Happy Chimpanzees!
Critter News
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Here is a Thanksgiving video of the seven chimpanzees at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. Tags: chimpanzees State of Washington animal sanctuary primates. Very heartwarming.
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Followup: Some Zoo Keepers Fighting to Stop Elephant Transfer to Sanctuary
Critter News
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
War has erupted between Toronto Zoo elephant keepers and the animal rights group helping to co-ordinate a move of three aging elephants to a California sanctuary. That’s insubordination — city staff can’t go above their managers’ head and do those kinds of things,” Woodyer said. They were trying to sabotage the process.
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Horse Rescue Group Blogging from Marysville, WA
Critter News
MARCH 9, 2009
Tags: horses animal rescue animal sanctuary us.
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100 Latest News on Best Friends' Haiti Efforts
Critter News
FEBRUARY 4, 2010
I hope one day to leave a bunch of money to help animals in such horrible conditions. In the meantime, direct from Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Tags: developing countries Haiti animal rescue Best Friends earthquake. Of course, I have to figure out how to earn that money first :-).
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Rescue Spotlight: Best Friends Parrot Garden
4 The Love Of Animals
DECEMBER 15, 2014
The Parrot Garden is a special spot at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Luckily, the … Continue reading → The post Rescue Spotlight: Best Friends Parrot Garden appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals. Pet birds often end up losing their homes, just like dogs and cats.
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Bob Barker Offers to Pay to Move Canadian Elephants to Sanctuary
Critter News
DECEMBER 19, 2011
I hope, when I reach their age, I'm as active and effective as Bob Barker and Betty White are in the animal rights movement. Legendary game show host Bob Barker says it will cost $200,000 to move three elephants from the Toronto Zoo to a California sanctuary, and he doesn't mind paying for it himself. Excerpted from CBC News.
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100 Prominent Canadian Attorney Takes Up Cause of Lucy the Elephant
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
Canadian Defense attorney Clayton Ruby has taken up the cause of getting Lucy the elephant released to an animal sanctuary. Clayton Ruby is famous for getting the wrongfully convicted out of jail.
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Organizations Putting Animals First
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 17, 2012
Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. Formed in 2007, this organization seeks to promote the humane treatment of animals by promoting effective animal sanctuary management. Animal Rescue Corps. Animal Rescue Corps puts animal welfare above all else.
Beagles Rescued from Bankrupt Lab
Critter News
JULY 5, 2010
On Friday, the beagles — owned by a research facility in New Jersey whose parent pharmaceutical company went into bankruptcy — were released to the care of animal rescue groups that, after socializing them, hope to adopt them out as family pets. and Elmsford, N.Y.,
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Dogtown: So Far So Good
Critter News
DECEMBER 10, 2009
I just watched episode 1, season 1, of Dogtown , the National Geographic Channel TV show about Dogtown at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, UT. We really enjoyed it.
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Beggin’ Pet Parade
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Not only is it a lot of fun, but the $10 entry fee supports Open Door Animal Sanctuary! On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, thousands of well-dressed pets and their owners will express their Love for the Smell of Bacon, this year’s theme, while marching through the streets of Soulard during the 19th annual Beggin’® Pet Parade.
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The Best in Vegan Education
Animal Person
JUNE 29, 2009
Other than being a vegan, the most important actions you can take to help animals who are used for food are: Give generously to organizations that help those sentient nonhumans directly, such as Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary , Maple Farm Sanctuary , Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary and Eastern Shore Sanctuary.
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Good Idea: FlexPet
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 5, 2009
Every FlexPet customer will receive a year membership to the Best Friends Animal Society which helps provide a year of quality care for an animal at the sanctuary. It also entitles members to the following: A subscription to Best Friends magazine, the most popular general interest companion animal magazine in the nation.
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Sowing the Seeds of Veganism
Animal Person
JULY 10, 2009
I was thinking about the Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary calendar of rescued animals photographed by Deb Durant that's on my refrigerator. It's on the refrigerator, but when you open the refrigerator door you'll see nothing that came from the animals in the calendar. People flock to photos and calendars on refrigerators.
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On Children's Books, Introverts & Films
Animal Person
APRIL 26, 2010
Working or volunteering at an animal sanctuary or shelter or participating (or starting) a Trap-Neuter-Release effort, maybe? If there's a local group that is in need of a skill that you have (grantwriting, newsletter writing, website development, photography), I'd imagine that's a possibility.
Bob Barker Funds Space for HIV-Infected Chimps
Critter News
MAY 4, 2012
Retired game-show host and animal rights advocate Bob Barker is opening a new area for five HIV-infected chimpanzees at a sanctuary in northwestern Louisiana. As I've often said, Bob Barker is a good man. From The Washington Post.
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November is. Awareness Month
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 14, 2009
question is important when it comes to adopting special needs animals, like Violet Rays, our rescue greyhound. She is one individual whose care could easily fund a small animal sanctuary for at least a year, or start untold TNR efforts, or provide clean water to thousands of people.
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My Favorite Release
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2014
Long story made some what short,” wrote Heather Merritt, with Birds in Flight Sanctuary in Warren, Ohio. “We I’ve really been wracking my brain because for me releasing is very traumatic,” said Cara Petricca, with Bluebird Farm Animal Sanctuary in Cheshire, MA.
Sanctuary Founder Arraigned on Hit-and-Run Death
Critter News
FEBRUARY 16, 2010
I hope the sanctuary animals find good homes. Tags: animal sanctuary. But, again, it's a sad story for the victim and the accused. Even worse, the accused appears to have tried to cover up the hit-and-run. They shouldn't be made to suffer for all this.
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On Food for the Soul
Animal Person
AUGUST 23, 2009
I wish Kristof would remove his soul-colored glasses and take a gander at The Humane Myth or read about animals who are rescued from small family farms, many of whom end up at places like Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary , Maple Farm Animal Sanctuary , Eastern Shore Sanctuary and Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary.
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100 On Betraying Your Family
Animal Person
AUGUST 13, 2010
Allow me to suggest an answer: It looks like Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary or Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary or Maple Farm Sanctuary or another place where animals are rescued from certain betrayal and death, often under the guise of "love" and "family." What does that look like?
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100 Washington Town to Become Horse Slaughter Capital?
Critter News
MARCH 7, 2012
Stanwood is right near where we live in Seattle and, sadly, home to Pigs Peace Animal Sanctuary which rescues all kinds of animals. I can only imagine how they feel. From the Sky Valley Chronicle. A new report in the Staug News of St. Augustine, Florida doesn’t mince any words when it comes to what’s afoot in the Stanwood area.
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100 An Affront to the Idea of Family
Animal Person
AUGUST 10, 2010
One of the most important things about Deb's blog, Invisible Voices , is that many of the fortunate animals who end up at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary , where she volunteers, came from family farms. Yes, factory farms are the stuff of nightmares for nonhuman animals. But so are family farms. I don't care about scale.
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