Prospects for a happy life aren’t all that good when “home sweet home” happens to be the ground around a dumpster. Yet that was almost the fate of seven new Best Friends pups. They were from a litter of nine puppies born in a rural part of Arizona where d
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]]> Recently, two horses from Best Friends’ Horse Haven returned from Sheridan, Wyoming, where they each had surgery to treat injuries that could have meant the end – if they didn’t happen to live at Best Friends.
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]]> Nine lion cubs, a grown lion and a young tigress made the almost 72-hour journey by road and air to start a new life in a natural environment. This Saturday morning, the big cats took their first steps under the African sun.
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]]> It was a regular day at RAN today, full of meetings and discussions with my ever so talented colleagues. Until about 3pm when David Sone, my fellow Old Growth campaigner, interrupted a meeting that I was in to tell me that AbitibiBowater had just announce
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]]> On May 20, 2008, Iceland announced that it would allow 40 minke whales to be killed over the next six months. This is in open defiance of the commercial whaling ban that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) implemented in 1986, and a reversal of the
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]]> Animal lovers call them a colorful part of the urban ecology, but the United Illuminating Co. wants a state judge to declare Connecticut’s monk parakeet population a tenacious threat to public health and safety.
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]]> No less than 14 tiger cubs have been seen recently in Ranthambore National Park, a tiger reserve in western Indian state of Rajasthan.
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]]> Amnesty International is conducting a worldwide campaign to urge the United Nations Security Council to immediately impose a mandatory arms embargo on Myanmar. China, India and Russia have been the main arms supplying countries, with other military suppli
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]]> I was 10 years old when I lost both my legs and become disabled, and I forgot about what I wanted to become when I grow up and work for my family and society as well.
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]]> On 12 May, an earthquake devastated China's Sichuan province--leaving, at latest count, more than 50,000 people dead. Millions more are homeless. In the wake of this tragedy, we can send a message to the people of China that the world shares their grief a
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]]> Avaaz Members from 124 Countries Donate $2,000,000 to the Burmese People!
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]]> Earl Simmons, better known as DMX, may not get the concept of "man's best friend." Through his music, Simmons glorifies the savagery, bloodletting, and cowardice of dogfighting. The following lyrics are from his song "Dog Match":
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]]> Following the dust stirred up by PETA and the national outrage about the very public death of Eight Belles from two snapped ankle bones, our appeals to the horseracing industry to make far-reaching changes in its practices have begun to have a noticeable
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]]> After reading the book Quantum Wellness by Kathy Freston, none other than media mogul Oprah Winfrey decided to give conscious (aka vegan!) eating a try. For three weeks, Oprah is going to indulge in meat-free meals in order to experience the numerous heal
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]]> The National Marine Fisheries Service is once again considering a permit to allow swordfish longline fishing along the U.S. west coast in a critical habitat area for the critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle.
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]]> Even though he didn’t break out of orbit, Sprocket most certainly visited another world. He went on his first sleepover! And to him, the tile flooring was an insane human contraption not to be trusted whatsoever. Still, the Best Friends volunteers who too
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]]> Posh Puppy sells miniature dogs commonly called "teacup" breeds. These tiny pups are supplied in large part by puppy mills -- factory farms to the pet trade industry that churn out litter after litter of dogs in order to maximize profits. Because they're
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]]> Peaches was found living inside an autobody paint garage with fumes everywhere. It’s a miracle he survived.
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]]> President Bush said Friday that the flare-up in violence in oil-rich southern Iraq…presents "a defining moment in the history of a free Iraq..."It's going to take awhile, but it's a necessary part of the development of a free society," Bush said
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]]> “Government red tape in providing visas is costing lives, while some donors are delaying aid in the fear that it will be siphoned off to the army,” said Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International’s Myanmar researcher. “The government should now provide acces
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]]> Other forms of aid could be delayed, diverted or manipulated by the Burmese government--but the monks are the most trusted and reliable institution in the country.

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]]> Just like dogs and cats, chickens, pigs, cows, and other animals used for food have their own personalities, inquisitive natures, likes and dislikes. Most importantly, they have the ability to feel pain, suffer from boredom and frustration, and experience
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]]> Despite global restrictions and domestic law designed to protect elephants from poaching, illegal ivory is sold on a massive scale throughout the United States, according to an investigative report issued today.
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]]> “The presentation of this honorary Canadian citizenship to Aung San Suu Kyi is testimony to Canada’s long-standing respect and admiration for her tireless struggle, a struggle she has pursued in the face of overwhelming odds.

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]]> One of China’s most respected journalists, Hu Jia, has just been sentenced to 3 1/2 years of imprisonment. The charge made against him? “Subverting state authority”.
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]]> Cheyenne Frontier Days has decided to outlaw the use of hand-held electric shock devices at the rodeo except in emergency situations where they are needed to prevent injuries.

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]]> You are tied to a board, your ankles, wrists, chest and head strapped firmly down. Water pours onto into your mouth, down your throat and fills your lungs and stomach. This is waterboarding. The CIA uses waterboarding to extract information from detainees
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]]> The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan of Sulu centuries ago, a new publication suggests.

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]]> The Arctic Survey is a ground-breaking venture, which aims to measure the thickness of the Arctic sea ice cap along a complete traverse from Point Barrow, Alaska to the North Pole.
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]]> In April, world-renowned animal welfare experts traveled to China to take part in a landmark conference on farm animal welfare.

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]]> A public protest met the start of Catalonia's bullfighting season, which signals the slaughter of over a hundred bulls each year. Anti-bullfighting organizations took to the Barcelona streets in April to campaign against cruelty. Will you sign up to suppo
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]]> WSPA has identified bear farming as the planet's worst example of animal suffering inflicted by humans, and the PSA is part of a worldwide campaign to highlight the plight of the 12,000 bears living in Asia's bear farms.
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]]> Dockworkers in South Africa have blocked a Chinese arms boat from reaching Zimbabwe... but the crackdown continues. As the ship moves up the Southern African coast looking for a new port--and China weighs whether to recall the weapons--African unions, cit
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]]> The clips which, among other things, showed the contorted positions and twisted necks of roped animals, elicited gasps from audience members.

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]]> "The statement from Environment Commissioner Dimas that he would ban seal products from countries where seals suffer is welcome news because that is exactly what is happening in Canada. We have filmed seals who were shot and were still moving, crying in a
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]]> Half a century after the last earth-shattering atomic blast shook the Pacific atoll of Bikini, the corals are flourishing again. Some coral species, however, appear to be locally extinct.These are the findings of a remarkable investigation by an internati
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]]> THEY are manufactured in their millions, carelessly flushed down the toilet and then washed ashore, making Scotland's beaches among the worst in Britain's litter league of shame.

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]]> The first thing that registers is the putrid smell of animal faeces, then from inside one building comes a primeval squawking that sounds like a child being tortured. Cage after cage of distraught-looking monkeys come into view,
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]]> GORDON Brown will not attend the opening ceremony for this summer's Olympic Games in China, it emerged last night, as pressure grew on Beijing over its human rights record.

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]]> Those following a diet high in fruit, vegetables and grains were 24% less likely to have a heart attack and 18% less likely to have a stroke! Look at these yummy tomato, that are so much better for you-read more & Let Live & let Live!
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]]> The investigation comes almost four months after the barge carrying logging equipment through Johnstone Straight tipped its load into an orca sanctuary resulting in a diesel spill. The long-term impacts of the spill are unknown but the investigation will
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]]> The premiers of Newfoundland and Nunavut are calling for a ban on the use of the hakapik -- the spiked club that is one of the most contentious symbols of the Canadian seal hunt.
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]]> They are small and prickly and are the very latest must-have pets.
Would-be owners are will happily wait up to a year and will travel any distance to get their hands on an African pygmy hedgehog.
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]]> "We ask that (fans) please understand that it would be impossible for us to put ourselves in the position of making money from what we believe to be the mistreatment of animals," according to a statement from Thomas posted Saturday on the band's Web site.
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]]> Sometimes compared with Africa’s Serengeti for its richness of species, the Flathead’s rare convergence of wildlife and stunning vistas are under threat from industrial development.


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]]> Mugabe has resisted international pressure--but South Africa's Thabo Mbeki, who has Mugabe's ear, might listen. A global outcry is needed to ensure that Mbeki knows his status as a global and regional leader is on the line: the world is turning to him to
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]]> Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard neuroanatomist, eavesdropped on her own stroke. As I wrote the day of her talk, she walked us through what she felt and thought while her brain was going wild, from the borderline-metaphysical ("I can't define where I begin an
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