Archive for the ‘Animal Advocacy’ Category
Monday, September 14th, 2009
And what does he have to do with critters? The new Regulartory Czar is a Harvard-educated lawyer. He co-edited a book with Martha Nussbaum, published in 2004, entitled Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions. In true academic-legalese form, the debate is framed in the book's introduction. And yet, the ...
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Someone in San Francisco is looking out for elderly dogs. Sherri Franklin, the founder and executive director of Muttville, started the organization in 2007 to find homes and provide foster care or hospice for abandoned senior and special-needs dogs.
Many of these old dogs end up in shelters because their ...
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Is your dog afraid of thunder? Does she suffer from separation anxiety? Sound researcher, music producer and authority in the field of psychoacoustics, John Leeds, has collaborated with veterinary neurologist Dr. Susan Wagner to write the book Through a Dog's Ear: Using Sound to Improve the Health & Behavior of ...
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
July 19-25, 2009, is Best Friends Week, marking the 25th anniversary of the Best Friends Animal Society (BFAS). The mission of Best Friends can be summed up in one phrase: No More Homeless Pets. The organization is a grassroots network of people and groups that care for and about animals.
In ...
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
"I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son. But, well, if you lose a son, it's possible to get another. There's only one Maltese Falcon." Sydney Greenstreet as Kasper Gutman (from The Maltese Falcon, 1941)
And now there is not even one. Illegal hunting of the Maltese ...
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
All kinds of (bad) puns come to mind when one reads about stakeholders and steering committees in the ongoing debate about a federal mandatory identification program for cattle. But it's no laughing matter.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has begun a "listening tour" (thank you, Mrs. Clinton, for your awful ...
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has a new line of pet care products, the ASPCA Collection, available at Wal-Mart.
"With the introduction of the ASPCA Collection, Wal-Mart is taking another step in its commitment to help its customers save money and provide quality care to ...
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Hotel and Real Estate tycoon Leona Helmsley suffered the ignominy of a prison sentence for living by the same philosophy that Timothy Geithner has parlayed into the post of Treasury Secretary in Barack Obama's Cabinet : "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes ..." To add insult ...
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Popular radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has joined forces with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to battle animal cruelty. Mr. Limbaugh, who has a beloved cat named Punkin, speaks out for animals in two Public Service Announcements recorded for the HSUS.
Anti-Cruelty PSA #2
Faith Outreach - Animal ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
On August 11, 2008, CritterBlog published Dushku Kills Deer; PETA Kills Pets, which pointed out the abysmal record of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in 2007, a year in which that organization euthanized over 90% of the animals in its care at its Virginia shelter. PETA is ...
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