Critter News

JANUARY 31, 2010

In this week's podcast ending January 30, 2010: **A Mercy for Animals video spurs calls for a ban on tail docking in the State of New York; **Animal rights activists try to stop construction of a bullfighting ring in Beijing; **A PETA protestor gets a pie in the face for protesting against the Canadian seal hunt; **And legislation is proposed in China (..)

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Tail Docking Protest Protesting Protesters 100

Critter News

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I know plenty of people still detest Vick for what he did, but if there are protesters at his games or outside the Eagles’ training facility, I haven’t heard about them. Certainly, he's on his best behavior and the Humane Society is using him to battle dog-fighting rings. These are his thoughts. But where's PETA? I don't get it.

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Michael Vick The Humane Society Game Protest 100

Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Every day myself and other 'friends' went out of our way to terrify the poor helpless dog that used to live in this filthy run down shed for shelter. I hope that you'll find it in your heart to give up just two hours of your time as these beautiful and gentle dogs are literally running for their lives.

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Greyhounds Animal Rights Ireland Rights 100

Animal Ethics

MAY 30, 2007

How do you protest fox hunting? You eat a dog, of course! See here for details.

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Fox Protest Protesting Protesters 40

Critter News

MAY 7, 2012

An unidentified German actor has been stopped by Berlin’s administrative court, following his announcement that he planned to strangle two puppies with cable wires on stage to protest against the slaughter of sled dogs in Alaska and hunting dogs in Spain, with their death being accompanied by a funeral march music and loud gong.

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Protest Protesting Protesters Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

These vast and rugged lands of savanna, hills, gorges and rivers still protect some of Ethiopia’s largest extant herds of typical African savanna game, including African Elephant, African Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard, African Wild Dog and numerous species of grazers. Yellow-billed Stork.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Cattle 255

Critter News

DECEMBER 13, 2009

I apologize for the audio quality of this episode.my sound engineer was on the Xbox! Here are the week's stories.

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Michael Vick Factory Farm Factory Farming Sea Lions 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

Meat-packing companies might encourage, for example, an increased dog population to take up the slack. More important, it might be a much more efficient means of changing practice to stage protests at meat-packing companies, put pressure on congressmen, and work through existing humane organizations. causing a decline in U.S.

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Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Or new markets could be found among the countries of the world where meat consumption is slight; more need for meat could be produced among nonvegetarians and dogs and cats. Or the same number of meat-producing animals could be produced and fed the same amount of grain, but new markets could be found for meat and new needs created.

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Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I can’t even imagine being in a position where my government was telling me to kill my dog, or have it beaten to death. Dog owners in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, are even being told to kill their own dogs, or else their dogs will be beaten to death by the police and the owners will be charged a fine.

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China IFAW Dogs Culling 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

Maybe they have decided to boycott species with Russian-sounding names as a way to protest against Putin’s policies. According to one source , one dog used for hunting woodcocks is even named after the species – the (otherwise rather cute) cocker spaniel (with the “cocker” coming from the woodcock).

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Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147