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Tell USDA to Protect Veal Calves From Abuse -Take Action !
Animals  (tags: abused, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, animalcruelty, sadness, suffering )

Tierney
- 14 minutes ago - secure.humanesociety.org
An HSUS investigation at a slaughter facility in Vermont shows stomach-turning cruelty to veal calves.
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Andre the Dog Gets Some Fancy New Limbs
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, dogs, pets, rescued, GoodNews )

Maria
- 14 minutes ago - msnbc.msn.com
A sweet-natured, jet-black Alsatian-Rottweiler mix, Andre survived a nightmare in the woods near his home in Wasilla, Alaska, last May. He went for a walk on his own and stepped into an illegal hunting trap, which snapped around his left front and back
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Over 1,000 Fish Species 'Threatened With Extinction'
Animals  (tags: animals, fish, extinction, humans, protection )

Maria
- 14 minutes ago - news.yahoo.com
More than 1,000 freshwater fish species are threatened with extinction, reflecting the strain on global water resources, an updated global "Red List" of endangered species showed Tuesday.
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Black Cat Becomes Victim Of Halloween Trick
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, crime, cruelty, cats, pets )

Maria
- 1 hour ago - cbsatlanta.com
Burroughs often feeds a group of stray cats that live in the woods behind her apartment. The kitten, named Sweetie, showed up a couple of weeks ago, completely healthy. Burroughs heard it crying Halloween night and found it had been abused.
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Pet Ban for Man Who Tied Weimaraner Dog to Drain Pipe
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, cruelty, dogs, pets )

Maria
- 1 hour ago - richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk
A jobless man whose dog was found emaciated and tied a drain pipe in his back garden has been banned from owning animals for six years.
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A Marvellous Hummingbird Display
Animals  (tags: animals, birds, hummingbirds, mating display, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 2 hours ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The amazing mating display of the marvellous spatuletail hummingbird has been filmed in full for the first time.
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Biodiversity Loss Shows No Signs of Slowing Down - IUCN
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, biodiversity, loss, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 2 hours ago - wildlifeextra.com
The latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species should cause alarm over the continuing unprecedented loss of species and the failure so far of mechanisms to arrest biodiversity loss, according to WWF.
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USA: Limit Use of Non-Therapeutic Antibiotics in Food Animals ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, antibiotics, environment, protection )

Cher
- 3 hours ago - change.org
Championed for over 10 years by the late Senator Edward Kennedy, the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA), H.R. 1549/S. 619, is a federal bill that would phase out the common practice of constantly feeding antibiotics to food
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Ritual Slaughter in Australia
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, slaughter, sheep, Australia, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 3 hours ago - animalsaustralia.org
In Australia there are approximately 32 million sheep killed each year for human consumption (both domestic and export). They are mostly pre-stunned in accordance with the relevant Australian Standard, and in line with State legislation
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Stoughton Animal Control Officer Fired for Giving Away Lost Dog
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, dogs, pets, rescued )

Maria
- 3 hours ago - boston.com
Janet Torren sensed something was wrong when the animal control officer didn't return her calls. When she reached the officer, it seemed peculiar that her story changed with each question, she said.
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Cat Survives Hanging; Syracuse Man Arrested
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, cruelty, cats, pets, rescued )

Maria
- 3 hours ago - syracuse.com
Syracuse police say a Graves Street man hanged a kitten and made a video of the animal struggling. Rascell Williams, 22, of 303 Graves St., was alone with the cat on Halloween, according to his live-in girlfriend, Joanne Cichy.
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Leopard of Endangered Species Found Dead in Kashmir
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, crime, cruelty, death, endangered, wildanimals, wildlife, sadness )

Maria
- 3 hours ago - dawn.com
The almost-decomposed body of the leopard suggested that it had been shot dead around a week ago and hence its skin could not be flayed for stuffing, the report said.
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Slaughterhouse Closed After Animal Abuse Allegations
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, crime, cruelty, sadness, slaughter )

Maria
- 3 hours ago - foodmanufacturing.com
Federal and state officials closed a Vermont slaughterhouse Friday after an animal rights group produced a video depicting days-old calves being dragged, kicked, and repeatedly shocked with electric prods.
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Former Iraqi Dog Nubs on Today Show
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, dogs, pets, rescued, GoodNews )

Maria
- 3 hours ago - ohmidog.com
Nubs, the one-time Iraqi street mutt -- so named by American soldiers for the stubs where his ears used to be -- appeared on this morning's Today Show, along with the Marine major who rescued him.
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Cat Dies After Having a Firework Strapped to Its Back and Lit
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, crime, cruelty, death, cats, pets, sadness, suffering, killed )

Maria
- 3 hours ago - thesun.co.uk
A TERRIFIED cat died after suffering terrible burns when thugs strapped a firework to her back and set it alight. The moggy was discovered horrifically injured more than a week after the callous yobs struck.
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