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Huge Dog Seizure at Quebec Kennel

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"We have a lot of puppies here and a lot more puppies coming," said Rebecca Aldworth, the executive director of Humane Society International Canada. More than 500 dogs were removed from the Paws 'R' Us kennel in Clarendon Township, Que.,

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Dogs Seized at Kennewick Puppy Mill

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The Humane Society of the United States assisted the Benton County Sheriff's Office today with the seizure of hundreds of dogs from a puppy mill here. From the HSUS press release: KENNEWICK, Wash. -

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Scandal at Los Angeles Animal Shelter

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This week she disclosed that she went to Mayor Villaraigosa and LAPD, plus Human Resources to ask them to help sniff out what happened to 64 animals—mostly dogs—missing from over 68,000 impounded this year at six city shelters.

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On Helping Individuals and Utilitarianism

Animal Person

Or paid for food for a year at a rescue kennel. And you wouldn't fund a program that was very expensive per unit (human or nonhuman animal) yet you often don't think about that when you're dealing with an individual. Or printed thousands of copies of vegan leaflets.

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What To Do If Your Dog Gets A Cold

4 The Love Of Animals

Sneezing, runny nose, headache, even fever: these are the things that we human beings experience when we have a cold. But having a cold is not just exclusive to us humans as our beloved pet dogs can get a cold too. The only thing that sets it apart is that we humans can talk about the discomfort and dogs cannot.

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Is fostering the answer? We think it is.

4 The Love Of Animals

Animals in the tri-state area are euthanized daily, rescue groups are unable to save as many lives as they wish, and animals spend years in boarding kennels while awaiting adopters to fall in love with them. But perhaps their human passed away, or maybe they fell on hard times and just couldn’t afford pet care any longer.

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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

Animal Person

Masson tells Benjy's story--and Benjy stories--while explaining his theory about the mutual domestication of dogs and humans. You may know that dog/human coevolution has been a popular topic in the past decade, and if so, this might help: Masson "takes E. The point is that, as Chapter 3 is titled, "Dogs Make Us Human."