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		<title>Sentient animals: we&#8217;re all on the same team, right?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>othernations</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathleen Stachowski   Other Nations Grizzlies and bobcats are more than just native wildlife here in Montana. The University of Montana Grizzly football team (go Griz!) takes on the Montana State University Bobcats (grrrr) in the Brawl of the Wild every year&#8211;the state&#8217;s biggest, most ferocious rivalry. This past year, when both teams were heading to the FCS quarterfinals, ESPN didn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=animalblawg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5044617&amp;post=4574&amp;subd=animalblawg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Existence Value Introduced as an Argument for Standing in ESA Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Cassuto The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has construed the Endangered Species Act to exclude captive populations of  the endangered Southern Resident killer whale population.  This means that these endangered orcas  are deprived of the protections of the statute and can be exploited for profit by commercial operations.  A number of individuals and animal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=animalblawg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5044617&amp;post=4565&amp;subd=animalblawg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Valuing Non-Human Law Enforcers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animal law]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[animals in law enforcement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Markham Recently, a “Frosty the Snow Man” kicked a police dog and assaulted a human police officer in Maryland.  This made me wonder how violence towards dogs or other animals on a police force may differ in terms of legal treatment compared with a dog who is a domestic companion of a human. Ohio Code [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=animalblawg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5044617&amp;post=4557&amp;subd=animalblawg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Banning Invasive Species &#8212; A Congressional Failure to Lead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animal ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Markham Congress has been consistently asked to ban the importation of pythons into the United States, which Congress has failed to do.  This is an error on Congress part; as recently as October 17, 2011 a 16 ft. long Burmese python was discovered in Florida with a 76-lb. adult female deer inside.  This is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=animalblawg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5044617&amp;post=4552&amp;subd=animalblawg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Livestock, Antibiotics &amp; You</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[factory farms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adrianne Doll United States livestock, mainly those animals raised for meat, are fed 28.8 million pounds of antibiotics each year.  This translates to 80% of all antibiotics in the country, including those for human use.  The consequence of consistently feeding antibiotics to livestock is antibiotic resistant bacteria.  Humans come in contact with these bacteria through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=animalblawg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5044617&amp;post=4548&amp;subd=animalblawg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Link Between Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse?</title>
		<link>http://animalblawg.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/link-between-domestic-violence-and-animal-abuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ciara Smyth On November 26th, 2011, Chicago police officers responded to a call and found little Christopher Valdez dead had been beaten to death in his home, as his family prepared to celebrate his fourth birthday.  The boy was found to have died from multiple blunt force trauma and his death was ruled a child [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=animalblawg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5044617&amp;post=4543&amp;subd=animalblawg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Rules for Feld Entertainment, Inc.—Pay and Comply</title>
		<link>http://animalblawg.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/new-rules-for-feld-entertainment-inc-pay-and-comply/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spencer Lo The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed a $270,000 civil penalty on Feld Entertainment, Inc., the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum &#38; Bailey Circus (“Greatest Show on Earth”), for alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act spanning a period of years, from June 2007 to August 2011. The civil penalty was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=animalblawg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5044617&amp;post=4540&amp;subd=animalblawg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eliminate Euthanasia by Gas Chamber</title>
		<link>http://animalblawg.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/eliminate-euthanasia-by-gas-chamber/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spencer Lo At an animal control facility in Florence, Alabama, where stray, unwanted animals are routinely euthanized, a young beagle named Daniel was sent to die in a gas chamber along with 17 other dogs. Amazingly (perhaps miraculously), Daniel survived the 17-minute ordeal unscathed, and has now found a permanent home with the help of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=animalblawg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5044617&amp;post=4537&amp;subd=animalblawg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Companion Animal for Your Pet</title>
		<link>http://animalblawg.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/a-companion-animal-for-your-pet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Kelland              Have you ever questioned the emotional state of your pet? Perhaps you have thought your pet was happy or sad at one time or another. According to the money column in the New York Times Magazine, guinea pigs are predisposed to loneliness. To solve this animal welfare issue, Switzerland passed a law [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=animalblawg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5044617&amp;post=4532&amp;subd=animalblawg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The New Jersey Bear Hunt</title>
		<link>http://animalblawg.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/the-new-jersey-bear-hunt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brittney Holmgren New Jersey has begun its second annual six-day bear hunt in an effort to control the state’s growing bear population. This year’s hunt will allow about 6,200 hunters to track down the animals. As expected, anti-hunt protestors were ready early Monday morning at the beginning of the hunt, winning a ruling from the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=animalblawg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5044617&amp;post=4530&amp;subd=animalblawg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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