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Seal Industry Tries to Capitalize on Medical Researchers Conjectures

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But the seal industry doesn't care. Dr. Philippe Pibarot has been studying seal heart valves to see if they might be a better transplant option for humans than those from cows or pigs, believing they may be more durable than the other animal tissue. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald.

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Canada Up to Its Old Seal-Killing Tricks

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"No person shall use a club or a hakapik to strike a seal older than one year unless the seal has been shot with a firearm," states one of the new rules, posted Saturday in a government publication but not on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans website. The sealers must now feel the seal's cranium to make sure it is broken.

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More Bad Press for BP

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This article talks about how BP skipped some testing of cement linings hours before the explosion occured. These cement linings were basically the well's seal. In this article, they admit they underestimated the scope of the oil slick. How did this decision contribute to the disaster?

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New Podcast for Week Ending February 13, 2009

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In this week’s podcast ending February 13, 2010: **Britain’s Ministry of Defense defends its use of pigs as subjects in explosives testing; **an elephant expert argues for the closing of the elephant exhibit at the Toronto Zoo; **the State of Hawaii seeks to toughen penalties for dog fighting; **Animal rights groups protest the Canadian seal hunt in (..)

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All Hands Test Webinar

This webinar will be a test for our All Hands meeting on 6/28! We'll join our usual calendar link to start, and then we'll transition to this webinar to play Two Truths and a Lie with Carolyn!

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Podcast Uploaded for Week Ending 02/06/10

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In this week's podcast ending February 6, 2010: **Willet Dairy the subject of a Mercy for Animals undercover investigation suspends a worker shown abusing cows; **The Humane Society applauds the Allergan Corporation for progress on the replacement of animal subjects in Botox testing; **PETA files a lawsuit to free Lucy the elephant from the Edmonton (..)

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Dog Gone Smart Beds

4 The Love Of Animals

Here is why consumers increasingly choose Dog Gone Smart pet products over other leading pet accessory brands: The Dog Gone Smart fabric finish technology, makes the pet beds, pet apparel and Dog Gone Smart Horse Wear extremely resistant to liquids, dirt, coat oils, and stains so the products stay clean, naturallyTM; The products meet the rigorous (..)

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