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Leading monkey lab accused of “fatal negligence”
(From PETA video of SNBL monkey facilities.) SAEN asks USDA-APHIS to fine Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories the max EVERETT, Washington––Accusing the U.S. facilities of the Japanese-owned...
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Now we know where the former Woodland Park Zoo elephants went to die
Chai. (YouTube photo) Chai, 47, found deceased at the Oklahoma City Zoo OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma––“Where will Woodland Park Zoo elephants be sent to die?”, ANIMALS 24-7 asked on December 7, 2015,...
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Killing for Fun(ds)
(Ben Maisel photo) The centerpiece of agency interactions with wildlife by Laura Nirenberg, Trevor Desane, & E. Anne Benaroya Center for Wildlife Ethics Historically, wildlife agencies’ primary...
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Ringling loses an elephant
In memoriam, Mike.(Adapted from Ringling image) Cause was herpesvirus ELLENTON, Florida––The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation on January 25, 2016 lost...
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How the Americans with Disabilities Act has become the “Pit Bull Pushers Act”
Even dog advocacy media begin to see the problem The Dogington Post, an online periodical for dog lovers, on February 16, 2016 joined the growing chorus of media concerned about “the huge loopholes”...
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American Pit Bull Examiner flunks examination
While “Sudden Random Unprovoked Violent” blogger retires with distinction AUSTIN, BOSTON, SEATTLE––Two of the most widely read blogs about pit bulls came almost simultaneously to an end in February...
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How to tell a dead baby dolphin from a dead parrot
From exposé by Ashitha Nagesh for Metro.co.uk. or 150,000 alleged dead penguins no one has seen BUENOS AIRES, Argentina––Two of the most timeless axioms in journalism and a great opportunity to...
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Hunting lobby sets a leghold trap for Democrats
NRA & Safari Club push Republicans to pass election year boondoggle that Obama may not dare to veto WASHINGTON D.C.––The National Rifle Association, Safari Club International, and allied...
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Charges against pigeon killer recall humane & labor movement landmarks
Pigeons wait to see if justice will finally be served. (Beth Clifton photo) Boys from Bridgeton were once in the movements’ vanguard BRIDGETON, NJ; PHILADELPHIA, PA––Cruelty charges have...
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Pigeon shooters in the Baseball Hall of Fame
Lefty Grove: An American Original by Jim Kaplan Society for American Baseball Research, 2000. 315 pages, paperback. $16.00. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton “I have come to know, in a manner of...
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Cockfighters in the Baseball Hall of Fame
These stills from a 2008 YouTube video show Pedro Martinez, in white shirt, and Juan Marichal, in green shirt, pitting gamecocks against each other. Pedro Martinez & Juan Marichal were videotaped...
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WHO to recommend against global restrictions on ketamine
(Beth Clifton photo) Regulators consider request from China (See also Loss of access to ketamine threatens progress in humane euthanasia, by Ruth Steinberger.) GENEVA, Switzerland––The World...
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“Coon hunt” fundraiser may be seen as racist, frets St. Jude hospital
Raccoon. (Beth Clifton photo) Wants to change name but not disassociate from “World’s Largest Coon Hunt” MEMPHIS, Tennessee––Unfazed by 28 years of protest against the cruelty to animals...
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How adaptive species became “invasive”
Or, Donald Trump’s place in U.S. cultural ecology Xenophobia, the fear of foreigners, has thus far all but dominated the 2016 U.S. presidential primary season. Among the most obvious xenophobic...
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Perp to serve no time for first U.S. federal “crush video” conviction
The Roadrunner never did time, either, for his atrocities done to Wiley Coyote, drawn by Chuck Jones for Warner Brothers, beginning in 1948. Credited with time served for Texas state charges...
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Zoos tried not to let anyone see an elephant fly
(Cartoon collage of images from “Dumbo the flying elephant” & elephants’ arrival in Omaha.) 17 eles flown from Swaziland to Dallas, Wichita, & Omaha zoos DALLAS, Texas––Why were 17 elephants...
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Will Cesar Millan be charged for “hog-dog rodeo”?
Cesar Millan leads applause for himself. Dog attack on pig is assigned to Major Case Unit Investigator LOS ANGELES, California––Will celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan be prosecuted for...
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Raw milk, pit bulls, exotics & chicken poop
Stephen Colbert enjoyed the West Virginia raw milk debacle. Should the public be protected from lethal consequences of others’ lifestyle choices? CHARLESTON, West Virginia––Raw milk...
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Holy cow! Humane Society of Canada loses last bid to keep tax-exempt status
(From www.anaisetpedro.com) Canadian Revenue Agency finds speculating in comic books “inappropriate” TORONTO, Ontario––Losing a last appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, the Humane Society...
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SeaWorld ends Shamu’s sex life
(SeaWorld photo) But SeaWorld will still have orcas for years to come ORLANDO, Florida; SAN DIEGO, California; PENN COVE, Washington–– Acceding to the apparent inevitable, SeaWorld...
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