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ACTION ALERT: Stop Iams Animal Testing!!
Animals  (tags: iams company, animal experiments, animal vivisection, horrific cruelty )

Simone
- 8 hours ago - thepetitionsite.com
Many animals suffer each day because of cruel expirments. One company has mistreated and abused innocent animals such as dogs, cats, etc. Iams also continues to perform invasive and deadly experiments on species other than cats and dogs. In one study,
Lions and Tigers and Bears ... Oh My!
Offbeat  (tags: job, animal hugger, baby animals, dream job )

Simone
- 15 hours ago - gothenburgtimes.com
Gothenburg graduate lands dream job cuddling baby animals. For as long as Lindsey Weiss can remember, she has wanted to have a job that allowed her to work with animals
Caribou Killing Continues in Closed Hunting Zone
Animals  (tags: caribou, hunted, killed, closed hunting zone, wildife )

Simone
- 5 hours ago - cbc.ca
Innu hunters continued to kill caribou in a closed hunting zone in central Labrador Thursday, with some hunters shooting at the animals from the middle of the Trans Labrador Highway, as the animals wandered down the road. It's the second day dozens
Catalina Island Bison Going on Birth Control
Offbeat  (tags: catalina island bison, populations, numbers, birth control programme )

Simone
- 16 hours ago - nbclosangeles.com
Bison on Santa Catalina Island are getting the Planned Parenthood treatment. The animals, commonly called American buffalo, are starting birth control Friday as part of a five-year experimental program to control the population. Apparently abstinence-
Society for the Advancement of Animal Wellbeing
Animals  (tags: animals well being, animal advocates protection, vegetarian lifestyle, farm animals )

Simone
- 19 minutes ago - saawinternational.org
If you love animals then you've arrived at the right place. The Society for the Advancement of Animal Wellbeing ( SAAW International ) is a non-profit dedicated to the care and protection of all animals around the world. As we are based in Taiwan most
Animal Defense & Anti-Vivisection Society of BC
Animals  (tags: animal advocates, anti vivisection, anti animal experiments, animal defenze )

Simone
- 12 hours ago - animalvoices.org
The problem of animal experimentation is complex, many-sided and hard to fathom. The cruel and deadly use of animals has been legalised by politicians, justified by church institutions, described as unavoidable by science and industry, accepted without
100 Neglected Sled Dogs Rescued in Northern Quebec
Animals  (tags: sled dogs, canada, mushers, animal cruelty, abused, left in cold, rescued, new homes )

Simone
- 9 hours ago - all-creatures.org
Tragically, this situation is not unique, with cases of neglect of sled dogs regularly reported in Canada. HSI and the SPCA LL are calling upon the provincial and federal government to pass stronger animal protection laws to ensure the protection of
Slaughterhouse Owner Pleads No Contest
Animals  (tags: slaughterhouse owner, animal cruelty, arrested, charged, farm animals abused, rescued, new home, sanctuary )

Simone
- 5 hours ago - all-creatures.org
Last year, Santa Cruz County Animal Services director, Todd Stosuy noticed a cow with a broken horn spraying blood a foot in the air. The shocking sight led him to an even more tragic situation - a custom slaughterhouse. Goats, rabbits, pigs, chickens
Is Your Faux Fur Really Dog?
Animals  (tags: fur farms, stores, faux fur, real fur, horrific animal cruelty, animal advocates, studies )

Simone
- 9 hours ago - all-creatures.org
It turns out, according to our expert; this faux fur is a phony! Is it fur or is it fake? We went undercover with hidden cameras looking for fur-free fashions. But no matter what some of the salespeople said, we looked inside. You won't believe some
NY Legislators to Introduce Oreo's Law
Animals  (tags: animal welfare, replacement, dogs, animal shelters, legalisation, oreo's law, in memory of oreo )

Simone
- 9 hours ago - animallawcoalition.com
A bill to allow animal welfare organizations the right to request animals be given to their care when a shelter is planning to euthanize them will be introduced in the State Legislature this week by New York Assembly Member Micah Z. Kellner and State
 
 
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