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U.S. Declares War On Coyotes
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The coyote has long been perceived as a threat by ranchers who graze their sheep on U.S. public lands. At the ranchers' insistence, U.S. government employees are paid to shoot coyotes from helicopters and airplanes, ambush them in cruel steel-jaw leghold traps, and plant cyanide guns that explode in the coyotes' faces. The Humane Society of the United States is irrevocably opposed to the unabated, cruel, and unnecessary practice of killing animals in the name of "predator control." The resumed use of denning and the threat of reinstituting 1080 makes our--and your--actions even more urgent.
U.S. Declares War On Coyotes
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Department of Interior reinstitutes cruel killing methods
Is Your Pet Safe From Laboratory Experimentation?
Is Your Pet Safe From Laboratory Experimentation?
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Researchers still claim need for shelter animals as test subjects
Is Your Pet Safe From Laboratory Experimentation?
Is Your Pet Safe From Laboratory Experimentation?
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In the U.S., the path from public or private shelters to laboratories is treat too often by dogs and cats. In a few states, so-called "pound seizure" laws require shelters to turn over unclaimed or unwanted dogs and cats to researchers. In other states, shelters may voluntarily sell dogs and cats to "bunchers" who travel around a state or states, bunching animals together to resell to research facilities. Even in the handful of states that prohibit release of animals for research purposes, unscrupulous profit seekers can find animals and sell them for research across state lines.
Many scientists claim these …
Hsus Veal Campaign Takes Off
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Milk-fed calves the focus of national public-education campaign