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Animals News tagged with economy

Recession Eats Into Gator Industry
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, business, wildlife, economy, wildanimals, protection )

Cal
- 34 days ago - usatoday.com
The global economic recession is taking a bite out of an unlikely industry: the American alligator market.
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Loss Of Top Predators Causing Surge In Smaller Predators, Ecosystem Collapse
Animals  (tags: animals, wolves, sharks, cougars, lions, predators, hunting, ranchers, livestock, sheep, science, investigation, research, humans, wildlife, wildanimals, extinction, environment, habitat, ecosystems, nature, coyotes, rodents, economy )

Tom
- 51 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The catastrophic decline around the world of "apex" predators such as wolves, cougars, lions or sharks has led to a huge increase in smaller "mesopredators" that are causing major economic and ecological disruptions, a new study concludes.
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Economy Has Horse Owners Abandoning Animals
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, pets, economy, abandonement, horses, environment, habitat, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 88 days ago - azcentral.com
In a bad economy, some horse owners who can't pay the bills are abandoning their animals to get rid of the responsibility of caring for them.
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The Pet Fund
Animals  (tags: pets, surgery, expenses, safety, assistance, economy )

Raffi
- 94 days ago - thepetfund.com
The Pet Fund is a registered nonprofit association that provides financial assistance to owners of domestic animals who need veterinary care. Often animals are put down or suffer needlessly because their owners cannot afford expensive surgery
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Economic Euthanasia On the Rise
Animals  (tags: economy, assistance, grants, veterinarians, benefactors, financial options, foreclosure, treatment, medical )

Raffi
- 109 days ago - veterinarypracticenews.com
Euthanasia - the last act of love an owner shows her pet once disease or time has made death a greater comfort than life. This is the euthanasia veterinarians can accept and perform guilt-free. But now euthanasia has taken on a new and unsettling
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Birdwatching Contributed $36 Billion to US Economy in 2006
Animals  (tags: animals, bird watching, AnimalWelfare, economy, environment, protection )

Cher
- 123 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
A report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows one of every five Americans watches birds, and in doing so, helped the birdwatching community contribute $36 billion to the U.S. economy in 2006.
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Bird Watchers and Wildlife Viewers Boost Florida's Economy By $3 Billion Per Year
Animals  (tags: animals, bird watchers, economy, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 129 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Bird watchers and wildlife viewers spend $3.1 billion per year in Florida, supporting some 35,000 jobs. Mark Kiser, who heads up the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) 489-site Great Florida Birding Trail, said more people travel
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Adopt-a-Pet!!! Mayo the Border Collie Mix
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, economy, adoption, AnimalWelfare, habitat, protection, pets )

Cher
- 140 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
The fact that the economic downturn has affected pets as well as people has been well-documented, but rarely does it seem more real than when we hear the stories of the recession's animal victims.
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Pets and the Economic Downturn
Animals  (tags: animals, economy, suffering, shelters, rescues, pets, protection, sadness, AnimalWelfare )

Dee
- 203 days ago - capitalnews9.com
Recent surveys about how people are dealing with the down turn in the economy suggest pets are being adversely affected across the country. Many people, who have lost their jobs, are now also facing the loss of their homes and their pets.
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Give Foreclosure Pets a Helping Paw ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, pets, economy, foreclosure, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 206 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Tough economic times are also devastating for companion animals. As more and more families across the U.S. lose their homes to foreclosure, a new animal rescue issue is arising: an influx of animals to our nation's shelters as families can no longer
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Abandoned Animals Soar Amidst Credit Crunch
Animals  (tags: animals, abandoned, AnimalWelfare, economy, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 212 days ago - rspca.org.uk
The number of animals abandoned across England and Wales has soared by 57 per cent, and the problem seems to be getting even worse, latest RSPCA figures reveal.
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Dr. Wilson's Animal Sanctuary   video
Animals  (tags: animals, rescue, sanctuary, economy, victims, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 212 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
An animal sanctuary for victims of the economy.
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Pets Become Latest Credit Crunch Casualties as 30 Animals Are Dumped Each Day By Cash-Strapped Owners
Animals  (tags: animals, pets, economy, dumped, AnimalWelfare, protection )

Cher
- 213 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
The number of pets being dumped by their owners has jumped by almost 60 per cent in the recession. Figures from the RSPCA today reveal that 30 animals are being abandoned every day as desperate households try to save money.
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Amur Tigers Threatened By Economic Crisis
Animals  (tags: animals, amur tigers, habitat, economy, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 216 days ago - panda.org
Loggers in Russia's Far East increasingly are cutting down Korean cedar pine, raising concerns that the endangered Amur tiger could lose critical habitat and its prey could lose a major food source.
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Moving Forward for Pets in a Scary Economy
Animals  (tags: animals, economy, abandonement, crisis, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 217 days ago - examiner.com
Las Vegas NV is a transient city so the problem of too many homeless animals has always been an issue. But, now with 10% unemployment and one of the highest home foreclosures rates in the nation, the suffering of abandoned pets has reached a crisis level
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