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Why Do We Hunt?
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, death, environment, cruelty, humans, habitat, killed, killing, protection, sadness, slaughter, society, suffering, wildanimals, wildlife )

Gorilly
- 15 days ago - cic-wildlife.org
This year there was a Special two-part Session to take an in-depth look at the Changing Role of Hunting in North American Conservation. The first session of the program dealt with the human value, motivation and the importance of hunting in human terms.
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The Poisoning of Kenyas Lions
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, cats, conservation, crime, cruelty, death, environment, extinction, ethics, endangered, habitat, humans, investigation, killed, killing, protection, sadnes )

Gorilly
- 10 days ago - baraza.wildlifedirect.org
Again I implore you to watch and comment. Another SERIOUS PLIGHT OF MINE!!! CARBOFURAN KILLS EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big Gorilly Hugs
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Doe Shot in Jaw Lived for 4 Days in Suffering   video
Animals  (tags: abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, conservation, cruelty, death, humans, suffering, wildlife, wildanimals, wildanimals, sadness, society )

Gorilly
- 7 days ago - youtube.com
A few days ago I got a letter from a women named Marilyn in e-mail telling me about a doe who was shot in her lower jaw. I saw the one photo she sent me and I was so shocked and the pain this animal must have endured.
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Shooting of Collared Wolves Impacts Research
Animals  (tags: animals, wolves, wolf, yellowstone, montana, suffering, endangered, cruelty, extinction, killing, sadness, death, hunters, investigation, wildlife, protection, humans, environment, habitat, research, science, biology, study )

Tom
- 19 days ago - billingsgazette.com
Yellowstone National Park's scientific research on wolves got caught in the crossfire of Montana's inaugural wolf season when hunters killed two collared wolves just north of the park earlier this month. "They (the wolves) got caught off guard."
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The Killing Fields... of Virunga
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animalwelfare, conservation, cruelty, environment, habitat, humans, wildlife, wildanimals, wildanimals, suffering, protection )

Gorilly
- 10 days ago - gorillacd.org
In each area of Virunga poachers operate in different ways. This means that they use different kinds of traps to catch wild animals - whether it be antelope, buffaloes, elephants or rodents
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Fate of Cottonwood Pack Uncertain
Animals  (tags: animals, wolves, wolf, cottonwood, pack, fate, yellowstone, montana, suffering, endangered, cruelty, extinction, killing, sadness, death, hunters, investigation, wildlife, protection, humans, environment, habitat, research, science, biology, study )

Tom
- 19 days ago - billingsgazette.com
Animal rights advocates and environmentalists have said the killing of the pack's two alpha wolves, as well as a collared female and pup, will result in the death of the pack's remaining wolves. The survivors include four adult gray males and two pups.
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Spain: Sadistic, Sick in the Head Spanish Teenage Thugs Torture and Kill Donkey During 'Celebrations'
Animals  (tags: evil sadistic cruelty, donkey, torured, spanish teenagers, authorities )

Simone
- 19 days ago - serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com
A dozen 17-year-olds sadistically tortured a hapless donkey by beating her up and raping her with a broomstick destroying her insides yesterday in Torreorgaz, Extremadura,
108 comments
Monarch of the Bush Is POACHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animalwelfare, animals, conservation, crime, cruelty, death, environment, extinction, humans, killed, sadness, slaughter, society, wildanimals, wildlife, wildanimals, suffering )

Gorilly
- 10 days ago - predatoraware.wildlifedirect.org
They killed the Elephant with a poisonous arrow and a spear. It was a horrendous death for this poor animal.
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Lujan Zoo Petition ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, zoos, Argentina, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 27 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Lujan Zoo, in Argentina, controversially allows visitors to enter enclosures and cages to have their photographs taken cuddling and even sitting on the backs of some of the most dangerous prediators in the world. The animals appear to be very sedate and
56 comments
ACTION ALERT: Spain-Horrific Torture and Rape of Donkey!!!!
Animals  (tags: horrific cruelty, donkey tortured, youngsters, raped, authorities, crime )

Simone
- 19 days ago - translate.googleusercontent.com
A dozen aged 17 Torreorgaz killed a donkey punching, kicking and inserting a stick into the rectum until it burst inside. This is despicable, such terrible suffering caused to an innocent, gentle animal. What is Spain going to do about the wretchedness
73 comments
Spare Hundreds of Wolves the Fate of Wolf 527-Please Take Action !!
Animals  (tags: protection, wildanimals, endangered, conservation, animalcruelty, killing, sadness )

Tierney
- 7 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Hundreds of wolves across Montana and Idaho could soon share the same cruel fate as Yellowstone's Wolf 527 -- unless they are swiftly granted federal protection. So please take the important wolf-saving action of sending this message to Interior Secretar
30 comments
Hunter Shoots Cougar in Self-Defense
Animals  (tags: animals, cougar, mountain lion, sadness, killing, hunter, montana, death, endangered, wildlife, suffering, habitat, environment, humans, cats )

Tom
- 19 days ago - billingsgazette.com
The 14-year-old was hoping to bag his first elk. Instead, he found himself face to face with a large mountain lion. "It was his eyes that really hit me," he told The Montana Standard Friday. "They stared right at me and were glowing yellow-green."
23 comments
Dog Breeder Left Puppies to Die in Suitcase
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, cruelty, AnimalWelfare, environment, pets, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 28 days ago - rspca.org.uk
A dog breeder who dumped two litters of newborn puppies in suitcases and left them to die has been found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to the dogs.
46 comments
Stop the Roundups of America's Wild Horses & Burros ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, wild horses, burros, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 26 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
An immediate moratorium on all but emergency roundups is called for in this resolution. Please sign to help protect our remaining wild horses and burros on our western public lands.
27 comments
   

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