After Travis the Chimp attacked his owner's friend earlier this week, it started to raise all kinds of questions about what people should and should not be allowed to keep as pets, and the Captive Wild Animal...
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Fish farms off the Gulf of Mexico will likely receive approval to become the first ocean large-scale fish farm in the United States. The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will vote next week on whether to...
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I don't think this will get the media coverage that Michael Vick did, but it is basically the same situation. What is even more ridiculous is that the 40year old denied any dog fighting and that the pit bulls were...
"An immigration removal centre has wrongfully detained disabled children and transports families in metal cages, the prisons' inspectorate has found. HM Inspectorate of Prisons said children were detained for too long and left distressed and scared at the Yarl's Wood centre...
"For some women when the thought of slipping on a Corset comes to mind, one can only think of lying down on the bed trying to squeeze into an uncomfortable garment that is two sizes too small, or maybe having to have someone else lace or snap up the back of the piece so that...
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"Animal welfare groups have welcomed news that battery-farmed eggs will be banned by 2012 - but say it does not go far enough.
The Government this week said it would press ahead with a European Union ban.
Battery...
"A US-based animal rights group says it will protest to a Hamas-run TV channel over a programme, showing animals being abused at a zoo in the Gaza Strip.
The group, Peta, criticised al-Aqsa TV for the children's...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Government authorities slaughtered thousands of chickens and other fowl kept in backyard farms and in cages in the Indonesian capital Jakarta Sunday, in an attempt to stop the spread of bird-flu virus that has killed at least five people in two weeks.
South...
"NORWALK, Ohio -- Jurors handed down verdicts Friday in the case of parents charged with forcing some of their 11 special needs children to sleep in wood and wire cages.
Sharen and Michael Gravelle were convicted of felony and misdemeanor charges of child endangering and...
"A PETA investigation has revealed grotesque abuses to animals in laboratories at Columbia University, including subjecting baboons to invasive surgeries and leaving them to suffer and die in their cages without...
"A zoo in the Netherlands plans to set up a webcam to help its orangutans form long-distance relationships with potential mates in Indonesia.
The Indonesian orangutans are kept in small cages at a centre in...
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