Summer 2004
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With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Rosemary Harris, in her role as "Aunt May" in a scene from Spider-Man 2, with Tobey... more...
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A Glimpse Behind the Kennel Door A complaint alleging hundreds of violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act by licensed Class B dealer C.C. Baird and his wife, operators of Martin Creek Kennels, provides a horrifying look inside a random source dealer's operation.... more...
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Committee Drowns Dolphins and Whales with Words A life wasted: intense... more...
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Cats Seized from a Pet Trade Cattery These young cats suffering from upper... more...
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Smuggled Gorillas Flown to South Africa At 1 a.m. on April 1, 2004, Malaysian Airways Flight 201 departed from Kuala Lumpur Airport, Malaysia. Among the many passengers in the cabin were three Malaysian nationals... more...
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Pigs in the Pan-Pacific A temperate climate permits use of "eco-shelters" in much of Australia. Sows are given rice hull bedding which provides a substrate for rooting. (QAF Meat... more...
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Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization By Richard Manning North Point Press, 2004; ISBN 0865476225 Hardcover, 232 pages; $24 The greatest challenge for a reader of Richard Manning's Against... more...
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Oil Exploration Threatens Rarest Whale with Extinction One of the few remaining Western Gray Whales... more...
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Bushmeat Takes Center Stage Maarifa, the Senior Wildlife Warden, tries to talk to the villagers about bushmeat.... more...
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Biogas from Manure: How Green? Pigs in a confined animal feeding operation (CAFO) being raised to market weight. CAFO practices that are already unhealthy for farmed animals will be entrenched by... more...
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Do Laboratory Rats Benefit from More Cage Space? by Alyssa Foulkes Central Animal Facility, Building #12, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, CANADA Introduction In the United States, rodents used in research are commonly kept in minimum sized, barren cages. In Canada, trends toward... more...
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Chimps Safe in Uganda...for Now Ngamba Island is a sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees on Lake Victoria in Uganda. Many of its residents had been forcibly taken as infants from their forest home and their... more...
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News From Capitol Hill NEWS FROM CAPITOL HILL brought to you by the SOCIETY FOR ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION... more...
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Egg Industry Happily Markets Cruelty Many brands use the "Animal Care Certified" logo which implies humaneness, but hens raised... more...
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Inertia at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Japan and more than 50 other nations continue to ban American beef due to the unwillingness of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to test each animal slaughtered for mad cow disease. As one might expect, a growing number of proactive, independent, niche market... more...
