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• The Utopian Suggestion of Natural Predator Reintroduction

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 130
  Jonathan Vandina The deer population in the Northeast has exploded. Some maintain that one of the reasons is due to the previous housing boom. During the boom, thousands of acres of land were cleared with the intentions of building homes that were never built.  This cleared land permitted sunlight to hit the ...
  9 hours ago

• Exotics Lose in Florida

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 130
  Marjorie Levine Last month, a red-bellied piranha was caught by a 15-year-old boy.  The next day, fish and wildlife officials caught two more in the same lake.  No, this didn’t take place in the Amazon; it happened in West Palm Beach, Florida , The Piranha is not a Florida native, but, like the New York ...
  10 hours ago

• The cautionary tale of The Whale | SE Smith

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  The killing of a blue whale by a research vessel off the Californian coast raises larger questions about marine protection Fort Bragg , with a population of 7,000, is a ragged former timber town on the northern reaches of the California coast. It is in some ways the epitome of idealised small town America: the kind ...
  17 hours ago

• Pork Industry Tries to Deal with Public Image

  
  Critter News — Authority: 132
  Every time I get depressed about animal issues (every other day it seems like), I see an article like this. Now, it may see like it would add to more depression, but it actually makes me feel a little better. Its an article about the pork industry having to address the increasingly positive media image of pigs as ...
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• Where Have All The Rational People Gone?

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 130
  [The following post is written by one my Animal Law students who prefers to remain anonymous --dnc] I read an article recently that really offended me. The article was written on November 21, 2009 by Gary Steiner and was published in the New York Times Op-Ed section (Steiner’s piece has already been discussed  ...
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• The Cutest Darn Thing (That You May Be Wearing)

  
  Not Quite Cookie Cutter — Authority: 130
  Just look at these little guys- They are raccoon dogs, and honestly too darn cute.  I want a few, apparently they aren’t a vicious bastion of evil (like say, Chihuahuas).  Admittedly I wasn’t sure what exactly a raccoon dog was in an incredibly depressing story I was reading . So you know, if you don’t ...
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• Video: Thirsty camels lay siege to Australian town

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Feral camels have caused havoc in the small Australian town of Docker River as they search for drinking water
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• No Humane Slaughter? No Problem (because) No Standing

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 130
  David Cassuto The 9th Circuit recently decided Levine v. Vilsack , a case challenging the  ongoing failure of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to include birds under the auspices of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA).  The case was brought by a group of plaintiffs in 2005, ...
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• Camel cull angers Australian campaigners

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Campaigners urge trigger-happy Australian government not to shoot 6,000 camels causing chaos in Docker River In pictures: feral camels facing mass cull Animal welfare groups have accused the Australian government of being "trigger happy" over plans to shoot 6,000 camels that invaded an outback town in search of ...
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• Before turkeys became cheap table fare…

  
  Retrieverman's Weblog — Authority: 142
  Thanksgiving ham was the main course. The pigs were butchered as soon as the coolness of November settled in. Of course, the winters now are so mild that November isn’t the best month to butcher hogs. Of course, that also assumes that people still keep pigs to fatten for their own use. It’s now much cheaper to ...
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• What Breed Is Your Dog?

  
  Fast Press Releaser — Authority: 136
  It has been estimated that there are over 400 breeds of dogs in the world, this does not include mixed breeds. In the past it has been almost impossible for mixed breed owners to know exactly which breed types make up their dog. This is only possible through DNA analysis as this is where the [...]Related posts: ...
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• Should Obama have pardoned all the Thanksgiving turkeys? | Poll

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  Martha Stewart has spoken out against the meat industry and will be enjoying a vegetarian Thanksgiving meal today. Should Barack Obama have followed a similar theme and pardoned all the turkeys, not just one?
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• Turf kicked up in government U-turn

  
  Sheepdrove's Weblog — Authority: 117
  Grass-fed livestock… animals that the Lancet forgot! A government u-turn was swiftly undertaken yesterday, following a report published in The Lancet. Embarrasing conflicts of opinion emerged from different UK goverment departments.  The health department funded a study which proposed we should eat less ...
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• Special Thanksgiving Tribute at Alley Cat Allies

  
  moderncat — Authority: 551
  Thanksgiving is the perfect time to reflect on how grateful we are for the special feline friends we have in our lives. I know I am thankful for every moment I have with my furry family members. They bring such joy to my life! And our beloved house cats express their gratitude with purrs and headbutts for what we give ...
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• Protecting Animals, One Mouthful at a Time

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 130
  David Cassuto Emory University is attempting to preserve “heritage” turkeys by feeding them to its students.  The Standard Bronze and Bourbon Red turkeys are in danger of dying out due to lack of demand.  So, apparently, is the Tennessee Fainting Goat and other species that don’t fit the factory farm ...
  3 days ago

• Pet Airways Flies Rescue Dogs To Freedom

  
  Dog Magazine dot net - Home of K9 Magazine — Authority: 579
  ---promotion--- &js;&clickref; Thanksgiving Day Holiday 2009 Operation Thanksgiving Day Pet Flight to Freedom will provide a plane load of pets with a free flight to a better life. The first ever pet rescue airlift will take place this Thanksgiving Holiday with a flight from Pet Airways’ Pet Lounge at ...
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• Ut oh … Lead & Arsenic in Dog Beds, Toys & Tennis Balls

  
  Land of PureGold Foundation — Authority: 135
  In the last three years, HealthyStuff.org, a project of the Ecology Center, has conducted over 15,000 individual tests on over 5,000 common consumer products.  Their information represents the largest publicly available database of test data on toxic chemicals in consumer products. Currently, the U.S. government ...
  4 days ago

• Attacking the Messenger: Big Ag’s Attempt to Misdirect Attention from Its Own Problems

  
  Civil Eats — Authority: 604
  Reading agribusiness officials’ responses to undercover exposés documenting egregious acts of cruelty to farm animals can be truly mind-boggling. I’ve written about this before, and feel compelled to follow up with a couple more recent sordid examples. When faced with gruesome images of mistreatment of ...
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• Talking Turkey and the Sanctimony of American Slaughter

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 130
  Christine Saenz It’s that time of year again. A time when 45 million turkeys are slaughtered, stuffed, and feasted upon for Thanksgiving dinners across the U.S. According to PETA and other sources , this 45 million makes up 1/6 of the number of turkeys killed each year in America. While many animal rights ...
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• Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 135
  There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...
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