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Ringling Bros. Eliminating Elephant Acts
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus says the "Greatest Show on Earth" will go on without elephants. Animal rights groups took credit for generating the public concern that forced the company to announce its pachyderm retirement plan on Thursday. But Ringling Bros.' owners...
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Why Do Circus Elephants Get All the Sympathy?
Ringling Bros.' decision to retire its elephants has been met with near-universal approval. Why do far fewer people care about the animals being slaughtered on a daily basis?
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The Dolphin Trainer Who Loved Dolphins Too Much
Dolphin trainer Ashley Guidry loved her job and the animals she worked with—in particular, a dolphin calf named Chopper. But years of seeing how business was done behind the scenes...
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No Animals were Harmed in the Making of this Film, 70 People Were
Three years ago, I published an article about a photo story I’d found hiding away deep in the LIFE archives. I saw it spread like wildfire on the internet; jaw-dropping photographs of Tippi Hedren and her family living with full-grown lions, including her daughter, a young Melanie Griffith who is the little girl pictured lying in bed with a lion and hanging out by the pool with her head in its mouth...
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Chimpanzees granted 'legal persons' status to defend their rights in court
For the first time in US history, a judge has granted two chimpanzees a petition – through human attorneys – to defend their rights against unlawful imprisonment, arguably bestowing the status of “legal persons” on the primates. On Monday, Manhattan supreme court justice Barbara Jaffe granted a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of two non-human plaintiffs, Hercules and Leo – chimpanzees used for medical experiments at Stony Brook University on Long Island.
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Danish lawmakers outlaw sex with animals, in a 91-75 vote
Denmark has outlawed bestiality, putting the small Scandinavian country in line with several European neighbours, including Germany, Sweden and Norway. In a 91-75 vote, Danish lawmakers approved Tuesday banning sex with animals. Five abstained. The law proposal had been introduced in February by Denmark's farming minister Dan Joergensen, who wanted to tighten the law on animal welfare and protection.
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Are Only Humans Rightly Free? The Case for Animal Rights
Ahead of a possibly history ruling [today], a lawyer, a philosopher and a research scientist passionately explain why animals deserve the right to bodily freedom.
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Seriously, we need to stop torturing chickens
Imagine finding a bird with a broken wing on your front lawn. Most of us would be prompted to take some action to alleviate its suffering, at the very least calling the local wildlife rescue group. People care about injured wildlife. But what if the bird is not wild and what if it isn’t on your front lawn? What if it’s a chicken with a broken wing, shackled upside down on a conveyor belt in a slaughterhouse? Does anyone care?
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Tracking the Exotic Animal Trade in Lampasas
Part of a billion-dollar industry in the U.S., a handful of exotic animal auction houses in Texas expose a legal blind spot in state wild animal laws.
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Towards a body-on-a-chip
In a recently opened laboratory just north of London, an experiment is under way to discover how the liver will respond to an new drug. Normally such a test would be carried out on liver cells cultured in rows of dishes or—as regulators require before approving a drug for clinical trial—in animals such as rats or dogs. But this experiment uses a small device about the size of a smartphone...
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US government gives research chimps endangered-species protection
The decision will prohibit most research on captive animals.
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‘A deaf whale is a dead whale’: US navy sonars could be cause of strandings
Marine researchers speculate noise pollution in the Pacific is disrupting whales’ vital abilities to hear and migrate – and driving them ashore at an alarming rate
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Saving Gorillas In A War Zone
Congo’s gorilla doctors hike deep into forests swarming with rebels and genocidaires, risking their lives to treat the endangered mountain apes.
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Vet Who Bragged About Killing Cat With Bow And Arrow Will Not Be Charged
A Texas veterinarian who bragged on Facebook about killing a cat with a bow and arrow will face no charges. A grand jury found there was “insufficient proof” to charge Kristen Lindsey...
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All the Reasons Why Zoos Should Be Banned
Last week, a flood in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi killed 19 people, with six still missing. Rain caused the Vere River to burst its banks, flooding the city and its zoo, killing animals and allowing others to escape. Initially, all of the zoo's seven tigers and eight lions were thought dead, but last Wednesday a man was killed by an escaped tiger, prompting Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili to criticize zoo officials for providing false information.
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Quebec bill calls animals 'sentient beings' and includes jail time for cruelty
Animals in Quebec will be considered "sentient beings" instead of property under a bill tabled in the national assembly Friday. Animals have biological needs, said Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis, whose legislation includes fines of up to $250,000 for those who are cruel to animals as well as jail time for repeat offenders. Paradis said the bill will put Quebec more in line with Manitoba, Ontario and British Columbia, which he noted have the strongest animal-welfare laws in the country.
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Mexico bans wild animals in circuses — but there's no place for them to go
A new law in banning the use of tigers, elephants, zebras, lions and other exotic animals in circuses comes into effect next week.
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Are killer whales persons? The more we learn about orcas, the more our assumption of innate superiority looks like a presumption
They have big brains, complex social structures, rich emotional lives -- how can we still hold them captive?
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Protesters splattered in fake blood decry Spanish bull run
About one hundred semi-naked animal rights activists covered in fake blood on Saturday protested against the upcoming famous bull run in the Spanish city of Pamplona.
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Brazils Largest City Bans Foie Gras
Sao Paulo to stop all sale and production of the force-fed duck liver.
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