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What really goes on inside your dog’s mind? First MRIs provide answers

Most dog lovers are convinced they know their pets’ moods—that they can tell what their pooches are thinking. Now there is hard...
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Dogs, pound seizure and a dog named Chip

Big Rapids, MI - Chip a "gentle, sensitive, friendly, happy dog" - as described on his Petfinder profile.Chip is housed at the Mecosta...
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Stop chimpanzee research now; send gifts to rescued chimps at Chimp Haven

National Call-In Week for chimpanzees ends on Tuesday, December 6th. You still have time to call your Congressional representatives and urge them...
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Animal testing policy gets a facelift

Worldwide, more than 100 million animals are used every year in laboratory experiments. Many of them suffer terribly; virtually all are killed in...
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Lady goes the distance to recover her stolen pet

Carole Rudat has all the trappings of an ordinary Orange County housewife. Unlike the tipsy Bravo TV version, Carole has great depth and the...
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Stolen pets and pit bulls: victims of the low life

Los Angeles residents are banding together to find Jake, a Golden Retriever believed to have been stolen by a gang. KTLA News reports, “Jake...
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Mistreatment of chimpanzees is no joke

I was in the Dallas area two Sundays ago — one week before the Super Bowl game at Cowboys Stadium. I was there to take a look at the...
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New York Times writers speak up for chickens, chimps

  • Pets
  • September 2, 2010
Today, The New York Times covers two of the pitched debates in our society about animals—reporter Dan Frosch covers the controversy over the...
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Replacing the "guinea pig": Safer, humane chemical tests

Last month, the Environmental Defense Fund and its partners in the campaign to reform U.S. law to regulate chemicals made an impassioned plea for...
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Feds slam Univ of Utah for 9 animal welfare violations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) slapped the University of Utah (U of U) on Wednesday with nine violations of the federal Animal Welfare...
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