Animal Rights

Animal shelter investigation digs into finances, euthanasia» The Commercial Appeal
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.), The | 12 hours 48 minutes ago
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Political correctness obscures lessons of Fort Hood attack
Tampa Tribune (Fla.), The | 14 hours 20 minutes ago
Both left- and right-wing accounts of the mass murder at Fort Hood are haunted by the specter of political correctness.

Would you rather go naked? Not any longer
Guardian (London), The | 17 hours 42 minutes ago
How did fur, once taboo, become so acceptable â?? desirable even â?? again? Elizabeth Day investigates an ethical dilemma that goes to the heart of the fashion industry â?? and meets the animal rights campaigner who refuses to be defeated

Dalmore Oculus whisky fetches a record 27,000 at auction
Observer (London), The | 18 hours 29 minutes ago
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I'll have my lobster electrocuted, please
Independent (London), The | 1 day 4 hours 41 minutes ago
Painless method of killing crustaceans developed

Zoo puts pudgy pachyderm on diet
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 1 day 12 hours 22 minutes ago
EDMONTON Lucy the elephant is aiming to be Edmonton's biggest loser.The Valley Zoo's 34-year-old Asian elephant is cutting carbs and increasing her exercise routine in an effort to shed 1,000 pounds (453 kilograms) over the next year, veterinarian Dr. Milton Ness says.

Veterinary group airs concerns
Tampa Tribune (Fla.), The | 1 day 13 hours 36 minutes ago
LAND O' LAKES - Saying the county animal shelter's adoption rate is &quot;alarmingly low,&quot; a local veterinary group wants to reduce the number of animals euthanized each year.

Catalina bison going on birth control
Los Angeles Times | 2 days 1 hour 6 minutes ago
The Catalina Island Conservancy has been rounding up the herd so females can get a reversible contraceptive vaccine. The goal: Control the size of the herd to keep it and the environment healthier.

When calves grow too large in the womb
innovations-report | 2 days 6 hours 40 minutes ago
Scientists in Dummerstorf discover candidate gene for fetal growth in mammals

Catalina bison to get birth control
San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) | 2 days 13 hours 22 minutes ago
In 1924, a film crew moved 14 bison onto Catalina Island for a movie appearance that never came to be.

Specialized veterinary care: At what point? And at what price?
USA TODAY | 2 days 13 hours 25 minutes ago
Over the past 10 years veterinary medicine has witnessed an explosion in the number of veterinarians heading into three- and four-year residency programs after veterinary school. An estimated 40% of veterinary students now vie for postgraduate positions, up from less than 10% a decade ago.

Researchers ask: Are caged chickens miserable?
Yahoo! | 2 days 17 hours ago
DES MOINES, Iowa ? Are cramped chickens crazy chickens?

On Demand picks
Boston Globe, The | 2 days 19 hours 50 minutes ago
THE CLASS (Comcast Movies and Events) In Laurent Cantet?s improvised drama, we are plunked into a Paris public school that has spun beyond control

Researchers Ask: Are Caged Chickens Miserable?
ABC News | 3 days 3 hours 41 minutes ago
Researchers Ask Whether Caged Egg-Laying Chickens Are Miserable Stuffed Into Tiny Cages