Advocates seek tougher animal abuse laws
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Animal advocates around the nation hope that public outrage over dogfighting and puppy mill scandals in Virginia will force state and federal lawmakers to pass tougher animal abuse laws.
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Big animal rights groups do not share the same mission, but they have coalesced around a message that eating meat is worse for the environment than driving.
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The conservation group, Humane Society International (HIS), filed an application at the Australian Federal Court on Tuesday seeking a restraining order against the company involved.
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RENO, Nev. - It's not all checking hunting and fishing licenses. Sometimes the issues are bigger. Like when a Nevada game warden was handed the chore of figuring out how to separate two bull elk who locked horns while sparring and couldn't untangle them.  The saga began Nov.
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A little county with a reputation for big lawsuits &#151; some call it a "judicial hellhole" &#151; is getting a visit from a man who wants to make it much tougher to sue somebody.
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Western governors gathered last week to plan with the Bush administration and Congress how to change the Endangered Species Act, the 31-year-old law they say
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A badger cull is proposed as part of the fight against bovine TB, but animal groups are opposing the move.
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Science & environment: A demonstration by supporters of animal testing may reignite bitter row over the use of animals in medical research
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to make it easier to kill wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains to protect other wildlife and domesticated animals.
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A group of MSPs call for tougher laws regarding sex offenders following a campaign by a victim's mother.
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The League Against Cruel Sports says it will challenge attempts to delay a ban on hunting with dogs.
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The organization has filed a civil lawsuit against the online bookstore, alleging that selling subscriptions to two cockfighting magazines violates animal cruelty laws.
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Animal rights activists could face five years in prison for targeting research centres under new measures.
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A conservation group filed a formal petition Wednesday seeking to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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A video showing California slaughterhouse workers abusing dairy cows -- a violation that raises questions about U.S. food safety -- was released by the National Humane Society of the United States on Wednesday.
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TRENTON, New Jersey  - New Jersey allows cruelty to farm animals by failing to ban practices such as castration without anesthetic, animal rights activists said on Wednesday in a lawsuit that might help set national standards for the treatment of livestock.
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Pro-hunt campaigners are preparing a legal challenge to the Parliament Act, which was used to force through a ban on hunting with dogs.