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PETA turkey ad

2009-11-24T20:26:09Z

PETA ad NBC refused

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(US) Group protests turkeys at Disneyland

2009-11-24T19:53:44Z

[online vote at full story link]

Disney officials may call them the “Happiest Turkeys on Earth.”

But one animal-rights group contends that the nationally pardoned
turkeys are anything but that at Disneyland.

Farm Sanctuary, a farm-animal-protection group, sent Monday a
petition to the White House, asking President Barack Obama to send the

Lucky Dies at 23

2009-11-24T18:31:36Z

The world's oldest sheep has died in Australia at the age of 23 -
twice the normal life expectancy - after succumbing to a record
heatwave.
Lucky hit the Guinness record in 2007 and was a celebrity in her
hometown of Lake Bolac, near Melbourne.
The ewe had died on Monday at the farm where she had been found as a

Hendry Co, FL 600 cats need homes-10th Life Cat Sanctuary animal cruelty

2009-11-24T16:59:29Z

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
600 Hendry Cats Needing Homes

University Of Florida Organizing Massive Cat Rescue Effort

LABELLE, FL. -- The City of LaBelle Animal Control department has
accepted custody of approximately 600 cats following the closure of

BUAV News Release: Animals continue to suffer horribly and die in the EU for products extensively used for cosmetic purposes - botox

2009-11-24T13:06:18Z

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For
immediate release
24th
November 2009
*Animals
continue to suffer horribly and die in the EU for products extensively
used for
cosmetic purposes - botox*
The *BUAV* has
revealed for the first time graphic and disturbing evidence of the
suffering
inflicted on hundreds of thousands of mice for botox testing and is

Gothamist Poll - Vote "carriage horses" as biggest street problem

2009-11-24T12:37:30Z

Who's the biggest hell raiser on our streets?- *Vote Carriage Horses* - and
forward please!!

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(US/ga) Animal rights group encourages people to spay and neuter pets

2009-11-24T12:25:59Z

ALBANY, GA (WALB) - An Albany animal advocacy group is encouraging
people around Albany to spay or neuter animals.

PACK held a public meeting at the community police center on Dawson
road to raise awareness of the problems caused by animal
overpopulation and to inform people inexpensive ways to spay and

Pig Cruelty Shown At Swedish Farms

2009-11-24T12:24:30Z

[audio at full story link]

Swedish Radio News has published disturbing pictures taken at a pig
farm by an animal rights group which show the sort of scenes of animal
cruelty highlighted in Denmark back in May this year.

The Animal Rights Alliance say they have evidence of other farms
carrying out flagrant breaches of Sweden's tough animal protection

(US/ut) U. spy also stung Oregon primate lab

2009-11-24T03:48:30Z

[Salt Lake Tribune]

The animal-rights activist who infiltrated the University of Utah's
animal-research labs this year is the same woman who was involved in a
similar operation at the Oregon National Primate Research Center two
years ago, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned.

Lindsay West, identified only as "LZ" in formal complaints filed

(US/tn) German Shepherd Abuse Case Heads To Court

2009-11-24T02:53:08Z

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- When a German shepherd was starved, paralyzed
and chained to a post, the Clarksville Humane Society called it one of
the worst animal abuse cases it had ever seen. That case is set to go
to court Tuesday, and many want to make sure it doesn't go unnoticed.

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full story:

Indian officials order elephants out of zoos, circuses

2009-11-24T02:51:07Z

Animal rights advocates are heralding the decision, announced this
month by officials with India's Central Zoo Authority, that the
country's zoos and circuses will no longer be allowed to keep captive
elephants.

The decision means that all elephants living in India's zoos and
circuses -- an estimated 140 pachyderms in 26 zoos and 16 circuses --

(US) A dog has died; where are the Michael Vick haters?

2009-11-24T02:11:10Z

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Meet Elizabeth Kucinich, PCRM's New Public Affairs Director

2009-11-24T00:22:24Z

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Lawsuit Filed to Halt Huge Wild Horse Roundup

2009-11-23T22:30:36Z

Mass roundup of Nevada Wild Horses Inhumane and Illegal, Suit Charges

Washington, DC - In Defense of Animals (IDA) and ecologist Craig
Downer today filed suit, in the federal U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia, to stop the Bureau of Land Management's proposed
massive roundup and removal of more than 2,700 wild horses from public

New Jersey Becomes Fifth State to Enact Fur Labeling Law

2009-11-23T22:27:53Z

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Jersey Becomes Fifth State to Enact Fur Labeling Law

(Nov. 23, 2009) ― The Humane Society of the United States praised New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine for signing legislation into law requiring all garments made of animal fur to be labeled as such. The consumer protection measure, introduced by Sen. Jeff Van Drew, D-1, and Assemblymember Nilsa Cruz-Perez, D-5, passed both the Assembly and the Senate with large margins. With the enactment of this new law, New Jersey joins Delaware, Massachusetts, New York and Wisconsin as the fifth state with a fur labeling law on the books.