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Farm Animal Welfare Fight Heats Up in Ohio

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And, of course, this board would be dominated by big ag's people, so I think they're right. Tags: ohio farm animal welfare us agribusiness. There may also be unintended consequences. Would such a bill lead to jurisdiction over puppy mill breeders as well? It's an issue to follow though.

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Humane Society University to Offer Courses in Fall 2009

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The HSUS is the first animal welfare organization to receive such authority and distinction. Humane Society University is the first institution in the nation to offer bachelor degree programs in animal studies and the first in the world to offer a bachelor's degree in animal policy and advocacy.

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Sniping: The Final Frontier?

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As curious as I was to confidently identify the bird, I still held its welfare above all other things and tried to cause it as little trouble as possible. Within a half hour, I had the bird in my hand. I repeat: I had a snipe in the hand. Freshly collected and en route to some R&R.

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We Should Kill More Lions

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Clearly, in the face of near universal condemnation from the internet masses, there is only one course of action for me. The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. I have to defend her and even what she did.

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The Parable of the Goat Mites

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And so, injunctions were granted and lifted, granted and lifted, over the course of more than a decade; during one busy period in 1982, the official stance on killing the goats changed five times in two months. And so the Friends of Animals took them to court, demanding an injunction and a return to live-trapping.

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CBS News Runs Series on Factory Farms

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According to her, there was a message that removing the use of antibiotics would actually improve these poor animals' welfare. Of course, the question remains as to whether these animals should be in these factory farming conditions in the first place, regardless of antibiotics' use. Here is an article about the series.

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What’s in a Name: Attwater’s Prairie Chicken

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His obituary in The Auk describes him as “without a doubt” responsible for Texas’ laws on bird conservation, “for he was the first in the state to present the real facts concerning the importance of bird life in its relation to human welfare.”

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