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Tell Ballet and Opera Attendees That 'Fur Is Tutu Cruel"
Offbeat  (tags: ballet, opera attendees, fur hags, wearing fur, cruelty )

Simone
- 11 hours ago - peta.org
With the holiday season upon us, the temperatures are dropping, and cold-hearted fur hags everywhere are coming out in full force. No matter where you reside, you can be sure that a local fur hag is dusting off an animal carcass disguised as a coat, hat,
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Fur Is 'Tutu' Cruel
Offbeat  (tags: balletgoers, philadelphia, fur tutu, cruelty )

Simone
- 12 hours ago - blog.peta.org
We're going to need another tu to describe how adorable our tutu-cute dancing raccoon and fox were as they pliéd and pirouetted their ways into the hearts of balletgoers in Philadelphia:
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Australia to Lift Ban on Animal Transplants
Offbeat  (tags: madness, cruelty, animal human transplants, medical research )

Simone
- 4 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Australia will lift a five year ban on animal-to-human transplant trials at the end of 2009, the National Health and Medical Research Council said on Thursday. The council said developments in science and technology since the xenotransplantation
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Mushing: Not a Recession-Proof Career. Iditarod Sled Dog Race Feels the Economic Pinch
Offbeat  (tags: dog mushing, iditarod sled dog race, cruelty, sponsorship, economy )

Simone
- 7 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
The world's most famous sled dog race is feeling squeezed by the poor economy. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race says it has lost nearly $1 million in funding over the past year and that is forcing organizers to cut the prize money for the 2010 race by
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German Hunters Warn of ' Raccoon Invasion'
Offbeat  (tags: n hunting, killing, cruelty, german hunting assoc, racoons, racoon doggs )

Simone
- 12 days ago - en.rian.ru
Raccoon and raccoon dog populations have been rapidly growing in Germany, raising concerns that the invasive species threaten other indigenous animals, the German Hunting Association said on its website.
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NT Camel Cull Starts Deluge of Hate Mail
Offbeat  (tags: northern territory, camel killing, international outrage, cruelty )

Simone
- 13 days ago - nzherald.co.nz
British residents outraged by plans to cull 6000 camels are warning other Europeans against visiting Australia. Online discussion forums, which describe Australia as a third world country, have been running hot since it was revealed last week that
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The Canary in the Coal Mine
Offbeat  (tags: canary, testing, toxcity testing, animals, chemicals, cruelty )

Simone
- 13 days ago - animalwelfare.change.org
There are more than 80,000 chemicals on the market -- in everything from cleaning supplies to toys to furniture and flooring -- and only about 200 have undergone toxicity testing. As if all those unknowns weren't reason enough for concern, a number of
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The Woman Who Lived With Seven Dead Cats
Offbeat  (tags: woman, living with seven dead cats, starving cats, cruelty )

Simone
- 19 days ago - nemadvertiser.co.uk
A FORMER housing officer who lived with seven dead cats in her filthy home could face jail for animal cruelty. Teresa Coogan, 44, also kept seven more cats which, although ill, had survived by eating the other animals' remains, Salford Magistrates
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Man Banned From Keeping Dogs
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, pets, protection, environment, cruelty, suffering )

Cher
- 21 days ago - rspca.org.uk
A man from Macclesfield has been banned from keeping dogs for ten years after allowing his dalmatian dog to become chronically overweight.
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Cheap Home-Neutering of Kamloops Cat Is Cruelty: Judge
Offbeat  (tags: AnimalCruelty, animals, pets, suffering, home-neutering, cruelty, cats, protection )

Cher
- 25 days ago - vancouversun.com
Everyone should know that double wrapping an elastic band around a cat's testicles would cause the animal pain, a judge said Friday as he convicted a Kamloops man of cruelty
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Beheading Chickens Is OK, But Beheading Cats Is "Over the Top"
Offbeat  (tags: beheading animals, cruelty, victims, controversy, investigation )

Simone
- 27 days ago - animalrights.change.org
One dog, one cat, three chickens -- all were found beheaded in Philadelphia late last week. The AP's brief account of the discovery mentioned only the dog and cat in its intro, the chickens coming up only a few sentences later as having been found "along
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Men With Erectile Dysfunction Offered New Hope After Lab-Grown Penises Are Grafted Onto Rabbits
Offbeat  (tags: experiments, sick, bizarre, animals, cruelty, penis implants )

Simone
- 35 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A penis implant grown in the laboratory and tested on highly-sexed rabbits could bring new hope to thousands of men.
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It Was Supremely Stupid of AA Gill to Shoot a Baboon for a Restaurant Review
Offbeat  (tags: restaurant chief, killed, baby baoon, outrage, cruelty )

Simone
- 49 days ago - blogs.telegraph.co.uk
At some point, however, Gill was always going to take it too far, and this week it happened. He shot a baboon while on holiday in Tanzania. Then wrote about it - for eight hundred and thirty-nine words. The column begins with a warning: I shot a
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Worried About the State of the Planet? Then Eat Your Dog!
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, new book, dog eating, cruelty, carbon footprint )

Simone
- 52 days ago - dogmagazine.net
Dog owners should consider, erm, not being dog owners if they care about the environment - or even eating their pet in order to save the planet, according to a new book. The book claims that the carbon footprint left by domesticated animals is huge,
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Every Bunny Loves Raymond! Please Vote!
Offbeat  (tags: animals, fur, cruelty, faux fur, environment, protection )

Cher
- 57 days ago - blog.peta.org
It seems like Raymond, New Hampshire--a town located about an hour north of Boston--is having a wicked bad identity crisis. In the market for a serious municipality makeover, the fine folks of Raymond have launched a contest in which they're asking people
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