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Zookeepers and fans are anxiously awaiting to see if polar bears Knut and Gianna are going to hit it off after they were introduced to each other this week. Knut struck some poses but Gianna seemed mostly disinterested. We hope romance blooms between the two!
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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Two Youngsville men acquitted in 2008 of dogfighting charges are suing the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for euthanizing their pit bulls.
Scott attorney Richard Dalton filed the lawsuit on Wednesday...
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From kfdm.com
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Ivory poaching is a huge concern for the wildlife organisation, Save the Elephants. They’re using tracking devices linked to Google Earth to monitor elephant’s movements in South Africa, Kenya, Congo, Gabon and Mali. Game rangers can use the information to protect elephant herds and when an elephant’s signal stops moving, they can investigate.
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From the Daily Mail in England (a Conservative paper, so don’t start talking about “liberal bias”, etc.):
Launch of new military sonar ‘threatens Britain’s last wild dolphins’
By David Derbyshire
Last updated at 7:20 PM on 12th October 2009
The latest generation of military sonar is putting Britain’s wild dolphins in danger, wildlife campaigners warned today.
The Whale and Dolphin [...]
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From dearkitty.blogsome.com
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Issue 2, as proponents would have us believe, has nothing to do with safe food or fending off groups such as PETA and the Humane Society of the United States. To begin with, the FDA already oversees food safety; and secondly, groups such as PETA have no legislative or enforcement authority. Those powers lie within the state of Ohio.
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From newarkadvocate.com
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If Nike and other companies know what's best for the bottom line, they won't touch Michael Vick with a 10-foot pole. Teaming up with a convicted dogfighter would be a surefire way to lose customers. Athletes and sports fans love animals, and like compassionate people around the world, they're disgusted by what Vick did--including drowning, hanging, and electrocuting dogs; slamming dogs to the ground to break their backs; and even laughing as...
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Bridgeton police on Tuesday received a $3,500 boost in their search for a dog's killer.BRIDGETON — Police may have received the boost they need to identify the person who shot and killed a German shepherd at Bridgeton Villas late last...
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KOMO NewsPETA protests Oregon wildlife park's car-washing elephantsLos Angeles TimesThe animal rights group wrote a letter Oct. 22 that called the elephant carwash "a gimmick that does nothing to foster respect for endangered species," ...PETA wants end to Oregon elephant car washSeattle Post Intelligencerall 20 news articles »
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Carolyn Livengood: Peninsula Humane Society helps inmates train dogsSan Mateo County TimesTHE PENINSULA Humane Society & SPCA and the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office recently teamed up to develop an eight-week training ...
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Scientists say man-made noise equipment, including anti-seal sonar devices used in fish farms, is driving deep-water animals such as whales to shore, where they die.
A northern bottlenose whale was washed up dead on a beach in Prestatyn, North Wales, on Saturday morning, the tenth of the species to become trapped or stranded on British shores this year.
Scientists are blaming not just military sonar, but a large range of man-made noises that...
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