animal welfare
Canada expands outrageous grizzly trophy hunt
April 16, 2014Activists including conservation groups, animal rights supporters, and First Nation tribe members have serious qualms about the hunting of these bears for pure sport.
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Japan ordered to end whale hunt
April 4, 2014Currently, Japan's whaling program is killing about 1,000 whales a year under the guise of "scientific purposes."
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After collision, Texas ship channel awash in oil
March 25, 2014The collision sent 170,000 gallons of oil into the body of water that connects the Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico and deals with up to 80 vessels per day. The oil quickly spread into...
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Animals: Thinking, feeling, and emotional individuals
March 12, 2014"I cannot see an animals' expression - eyes, behavior, purring, etc. - and convince myself that it's anything other than a thinking, feeling, emotional individual."
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Dolphin slaughter stirs up wave of outrage
January 28, 2014Dolphin hunting is also known as drive hunting, and involves driving the animals together with boats and trapping them. It is increasingly seen as a cruel, inhumane, and entirely unnecessary practice.
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