animal welfare
Gray wolf gets endangered species protection in California
June 6, 2014This is the first time the state has stepped into the issue over the species, which is losing protection and being killed in several states.
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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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