var digesttext = "<!-- Header --><!-- Items --><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Five Orcas, Five Slaves or Five Persons? - Miller-McCune.com</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Friday, February 3, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Miller-McCune.com Five Orcas, Five Slaves or Five Persons? Miller-McCune.com By Sue Russell One legal scholar, and proponent of achieving legal rights for nonhumans, sees a lawsuit by PETA to classify five SeaWorld orcas as slaves under the 13th Amendment could damage future animal rights law cases.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHhkpKOgB7aYFHS_r3bAwo2bL4wtw&url=http://www.miller-mccune.com/legal-affairs/five-orcas-five-slaves-or-five-persons-39524/\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Local advocates petition for tougher punishments on animal abusers - KIVI-TV</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Friday, February 3, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Local advocates petition for tougher punishments on animal abusers KIVI-TV By Jennifer Auh Animal rights advocates push for tougher punishments on animal abusers, and they want your help. Using a recent case of animal abuse in Oregon as an example, they point out why Idaho needs stricter punishment.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE9JQKIrk1mYSWbEYmHH4zrPeI78Q&url=http://www.kivitv.com/news/local/138610429.html\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Animal activist rescues dog from illegal abattoir - Sydney Morning Herald</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Friday, February 3, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Sydney Morning Herald Animal activist rescues dog from illegal abattoir Sydney Morning Herald AN ANIMAL rights advocate courageously intervened last night to save a dog caged in squalor in Melbourne&#39;s west, after authorities failed to seize more than 20 dogs from a man whose property was raided.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFTYqugpeiyLBiUFRGgDG0R8tP5kg&url=http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/animal-activist-rescues-dog-from-illegal-abattoir-20120202-1qvpc.html\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Laying hen housing legislation divisive for agriculture - Agri-View</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Friday, February 3, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Laying hen housing legislation divisive for agriculture Agri-View \"This bill would result in mandated animal care standards based largely on the political goals of an animal rights group that seeks to eventually shut down animal agriculture by government mandate,\" blasts AFBF president Bob Stallman.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHXjPjCigBNg8srrRiaZP-lThAUBw&url=http://www.agriview.com/news/livestock/laying-hen-housing-legislation-divisive-for-agriculture/article_e1d118be-4dc7-11e1-81dd-0019bb2963f4.html\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Banned In 19 States, Animal Gas Chamber Still Legal In Pennsylvania - WTAE Pittsburgh</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Friday, February 3, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Banned In 19 States, Animal Gas Chamber Still Legal In Pennsylvania WTAE Pittsburgh It&#39;s a horrible way to put an animal down. Horrible,\" said Ion. Kathy Bartlett, executive director of the Venango County Humane Society, said \"It&#39;s not as cruel as some people say that it is.\" Senate Bill 13.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHFEbHkSlNTh9rzOOlkkjXKSMHd4Q&url=http://www.wtae.com/allegheny/30340222/detail.html\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>CHP deputies propose animal rights draft law - Hurriyet Daily News (press release)</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Friday, February 3, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Hurriyet Daily News (press release) CHP deputies propose animal rights draft law Hurriyet Daily News (press release) Republican People&#39;s Party (CHP) Istanbul deputies Umut Oran and Melda Onur have prepared a draft law that includes important amendments to the Animal Protection Law . Oran propos.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEUZVylUQiLafcFyyjSfjkO8dB9uA&url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chp-deputies-propose-animal-rights-draft-law.aspx?pageID%3D238%26nID%3D12866%26NewsCatID%3D378\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Animal Rights: Orangutans Saved By Four Paws - The Daily Activist</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Thursday, February 2, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Animal Rights : Orangutans Saved By Four Paws The Daily Activist Animal Rights – Indonesia – As hunters closed in and prepared to slaughter a defenseless pregnant orangutan and her baby, Four Paws, a British-based animal rescue group arrived in the nick of time, saving them from certain death.  .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHZgDEPbuZZE6MF9NRSZjThkNAVGg&url=http://www.thedailyactivist.com/animal-rights-orangutans-saved-by-four-paws/\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Animal activist rescues dog from illegal abattoir - Sydney Morning Herald</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Thursday, February 2, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Sydney Morning Herald Animal activist rescues dog from illegal abattoir Sydney Morning Herald Photo: Michael Copp AN ANIMAL rights advocate courageously intervened last night to save a dog caged in squalor in Melbourne&#39;s west, after authorities failed to seize more than 20 dogs from a man whose.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF2uJs8kspe0squsRaqBI7BHpNqWQ&url=http://www.smh.com.au/victoria/animal-activist-rescues-dog-from-illegal-abattoir-20120202-1qvpc.html\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Drury University Launches Animal Studies Minor Funded by Bob Barker - Business Wire (press..</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Thursday, February 2, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Drury University Launches Animal Studies Minor Funded by Bob Barker Business Wire (press release) According to Dr. Patricia McEachern (Mc-Karen), the Dorothy Jo Barker Endowed Professor of Animal Rights , several students have already begun pursuing the minor. “This minor in Animal Studies has capt.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGP_vnxb_5PLM1WvmJBuqge3NJz1A&url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120201007103/en/Drury-University-Launches-Animal-Studies-Minor-Funded\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Alley Cat Allies Backs Operation Catnip\'s Lawsuit Against Wake County, North ... - Sacrame..</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Thursday, February 2, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Alley Cat Allies Backs Operation Catnip&#39;s Lawsuit Against Wake County, North ... Sacramento Bee 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alley Cat Allies, the only national advocacy organization dedicated to the protection and humane treatment of cats, today announced the organization retained attorn.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHZY4sDDanKGXiUZXxNNeenzuPGBQ&url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/01/4232237/alley-cat-allies-backs-operation.html\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Animal activist rescues dog from illegal abattoir - The Age</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Thursday, February 2, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> The Age Animal activist rescues dog from illegal abattoir The Age Photo: Michael Copp AN ANIMAL rights advocate courageously intervened last night to save a dog caged in squalor in Melbourne&#39;s west, after authorities failed to seize more than 20 dogs from a man whose property was raided on repo.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGIMZPzSVSKB3wEGtmOzJimyFZMTw&url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/animal-activist-rescues-dog-from-illegal-abattoir-20120202-1qvpc.html\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Decision put on hold to allow hunting - Times of India</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Thursday, February 2, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Decision put on hold to allow hunting Times of India The decision to freeze the move followed protests from animal rights activists against allowing hunting. \"We received the law department&#39;s clearance to the proposal seeking simplification in regulations for allowing hunting of crop damaging a.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHES4jV9eBLXClFh8BU1-rkFBv19g&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11726828.cms\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Governor Threatens to Reduce \'Hold Time\' for Shelter Animals - Malibu Surfside News</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Thursday, February 2, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Bakersfield Now Governor Threatens to Reduce &#39;Hold Time&#39; for Shelter Animals Malibu Surfside News BY ANNE SOBLE Governor Jerry Brown has earmarked provisions of California&#39;s animal control and shelter legislation known as the Hayden Law , which increased holding time for impounded anima.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHb_CpQATjvtulVBc3mOipNvO5ACg&url=http://malibusurfsidenews.com/stories/201202/201202020006.html\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Animal Gas Chambers Close Down in Alabama - CBS42</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Thursday, February 2, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Animal Gas Chambers Close Down in Alabama CBS42 (WIAT) - The last remaining animal shelter gas chambers in the state have shut down for good ... with animal rights groups condemning them as inhumane. The Cullman County Animal Shelter was only one of four in the state still using the carbon monoxide.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF5lr9ze4DA9OnAJhfMs28pDAnP6A&url=http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Animal-Gas-Chambers-Close-Down-in-Alabama/ofmIS9uvDECJDco662mTOQ.cspx\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Alley Cat Allies Backs Operation Catnip\'s Lawsuit Against Wake County, North ... - MarketW..</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Thursday, February 2, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Alley Cat Allies Backs Operation Catnip&#39;s Lawsuit Against Wake County, North ... MarketWatch (press release) ... organization dedicated to the protection and humane treatment of cats, today announced the organization retained attorney Calley Gerber of Gerber Animal Law Center to advocate on beh.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHdxgshuQ9-bw-PQeVDVkUEtPCXcg&url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alley-cat-allies-backs-operation-catnips-lawsuit-against-wake-county-north-carolina-2012-02-01\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Seaboard Corporation Pig Treatment Challenged By Humane Society Investigation ... - Huffin..</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Thursday, February 2, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Seaboard Corporation Pig Treatment Challenged By Humane Society Investigation ... Huffington Post Matthew Penzer, HSUS special counsel told HuffPost in an email that these facilities are normally subject to state laws . \"In Oklahoma, the law prohibits willful torture, destruction, cruelly beating o.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFEDdHwScng1aEcvfa0Y7FTPM-oiA&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/seaboard-corporation-pig-video_n_1244229.html\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Bob Barker: The Price Is Wrong For Animal Testing (TAKE ACTION) - Global Animal</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Thursday, February 2, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Bob Barker: The Price Is Wrong For Animal Testing (TAKE ACTION) Global Animal (ANIMAL TESTING) VIRGINIA — Long time animal rights activist Bob Barker has teamed up with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine to ask the University of Virginia to stop doing it&#39;s pediatric testing on li.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHTVVaGWFQoRfqD-EH1bjLbcPkVuw&url=http://www.globalanimal.org/2012/02/01/bob-barker-tells-uva-the-price-is-wrong-for-animal-testing/64703/\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Animal Hoarding: \'No Kill\' or Helping that Hurts? - Opposing Views</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Wednesday, February 1, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Opposing Views Animal Hoarding: &#39;No Kill&#39; or Helping that Hurts? Opposing Views Reflections on Helping that Hurts,” Barbara Oakley introduces concepts that may help us better understand how ostensibly compassionate people can commit the criminal act of animal hoarding and seem oblivious to .. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG6pNhMrDZOnIzBkzyXBzyYik6Dbw&url=http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/animal-rights/animal-hoarding-no-kill-or-helping-hurts\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Animals cannot be \"slaves\" - CNN (blog)</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Wednesday, February 1, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Animals cannot be \"slaves\" CNN (blog) By Rick Berman - Special to CNN In fact, we should be quite concerned about animal rights activism in the courts. A longtime goal of the animal rights movement is to gain “standing” in court for animals. Under current law, animals are considered ...  .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkQVmBcOhj8B--ah3wYPBw3xGSwQ&url=http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/31/animals-cannot-be-slaves/\">read more..</a></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><big>Sedalia state-fair champions fight goat-doping allegations - Denver Post</big><br /><span style=\"color: #666\"><small><em>Tuesday, January 31, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> CBS Local Sedalia state-fair champions fight goat-doping allegations Denver Post By Sara Burnett Ben and Maggie Weinroth sit with their mother, Sue, at the Animal Law Center in Wheat Ridge on Monday. Maggie&#39;s goat was Grand Champion of the 2011 Colorado State Fair, and her brother&#39;s won Cha.. .. <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFOlRIQdpDDQp9QR0kCgR2_ZeIxbg&url=http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_19856272\">read more..</a></p><!-- Footer --><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://hits.informer.com/log.php?id=44&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://174.37.54.170:81/statistics/logging/X2AHS9YAKZ?type=exist&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><div class=\"fdpoweredby\" style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #888\" href=\"http://feed.informer.com\" target=_blank>Powered by Feed Informer</a></div>";
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