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Follow-up news on shark fins

Last month I wrote about a California bill passed by both houses of the legislature that would outlaw the trade in shark fins. These are used in...
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Good news for sharks

Sometimes we have to choose between two moral principles when two good causes vie for our support. Here’s a case in today’s news. The...
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A tour of U.S. animal shelters

  • Pets
  • February 1, 2010
Shelters kill every day in the U.S. despite empty cages. Empty cages mean less cleaning, less work, less effort for shelter staff. Empty cages can...
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Bay area group protests Vick's NFL reinstatement

The Oakland-based No Kill Advocacy Center issued a strongly worded letter to Roger Goodell, the Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL),...
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Helping To End Animal Abuse Videos On YouTube

Earlier this week, a horrific internet video showing a man gleefully spinning a helpless cat on the floor faster and faster was quickly pulled by...
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New Year’s Eve march against foie gras, the ‘delicacy of despair’

In July 2012 a new California law will prohibit the production and sale of foie gras, a food that is made from the unnaturally fattened livers of...
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Man faces charges for parrot stomping death

Saturday, October 1, marked a tragic day for one parrot owner in Boulder Creek, CA. Huey, estimated to be at least 18 years old, was stomped to...
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Cruelty to goldfish

They spend their lives bobbing around in a small glass bowl filled with some gaudy gravel and maybe an underwater plastic tree. No one ever said...
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Video 'What to eat?' asks what's in your meat?

Actor and animal rights activist, Jason Schwartzman (star of “Rushmore,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” and the HBO series ...
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Ohio Livestock Board betrays the animals; votes for confinement!

Looks like it will be up to the voters of Ohio to show the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board just what standards of care are acceptable! On...
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