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April 27, 2009

Poachers Leaving Elephant Orphans

April 27, 2009 By 1 Comment
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- (CBS) Dame Daphne has been running the elephant orphanage for almost 30 years. She was born and raised in Kenya, and married David Sheldrick, Africa’s leading crusader against poaching. After his death in 1977, Dame Daphne founded the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Help David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Now! . Digg this post Recommend on [...]

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April 24, 2009

Meet Bo, the First Dog

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(The Obamas welcome Bo, a six-month old Portuguese water dog and a gift from Senator and Mrs. Kennedy to Sasha and Malia, recently at the White House. White House photos by Pete Souza.)

(The Obamas welcome Bo, a six-month old Portuguese water dog and a gift from Senator and Mrs. Kennedy to Sasha and Malia, recently at the White House. White House photos by Pete Souza.)
(The Obamas welcome Bo, a six-month old Portuguese water dog and a gift from Senator and Mrs. Kennedy to Sasha and Malia, recently at the White House. White House photos by Pete Souza.)

The Obamas welcome Bo, a six-month old Portuguese water dog and a gift from
Senator and Mrs. Kennedy to Sasha and Malia, recently at the White House.

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April 7, 2009

Animal Abuse And Neglect Prevention

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Little Gremlins

There are many things we can do as a person, a neighbor, a citizen and a community to help in the fight against animal and pet abuse, but right now we do not have a solution as to quickly fixing this problem. This fight will be won slowly and by one person at a time, [...]

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April 7, 2009

Prevention Of Animal Abuse, One Person At A Time

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eagle

Just take a look at some of the cases of animal abuse and cruelty in any abuse database, and one can see there is a need, a dire need of help to eradicate and stamp out physical as well as emotional abuse of animals. Right now there is only thirty one states that claim felonies [...]

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April 7, 2009

Breeds Of Animals Affected By Abuse

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Pitbull - a victim of his loyalty and bad trainer
Pitbull - a victim of his loyalty and bad trainer

Abuse first off, is something that can affect any animal or pet and has no preference as to what breed it picks to affect. Any breed is susceptible and can be a victim of abuse and or, neglect. Abuse is not limited to a physical action, but can be emotionally inflicted as well. There are [...]

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April 7, 2009

Pet Abuse And Neglect Defined

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parrots

There are many definitions of pet abuse or neglect and you will find that many people and their interpretation of abuse of animals can be varied and different when compared to others and their view of this subject. Knowing what is considered to be abuse validation of an animal or pet can be more difficult [...]

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April 7, 2009

Pet Adoption: Adopting an Abused Animal

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olives-family

Every year thousands of animals are neglected by their owners, left in the middle of nowhere to fend for themselves, abused by being beaten or chained outside with no water or food. They are kept in pens so small they have no room to move around and sleep and walk in their own feces. These [...]

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April 7, 2009

Animal Shelters: Become a Volunteer

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There are a lot of people in the world who are unable to have a pet where they live, or maybe they just don’t have the funds to feed and care for a pet. They may not have any family to keep them company or maybe there are retired. A solution could be the local [...]

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April 7, 2009

Animals Need Foster Care Too

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olive-amber-2002

You read or hear on the news at least monthly of animals being rescued from someone or some place where the animals have just been left to fend for themselves. The problem is usually, that the call comes too late for some of the animals to be saved. They have been left in pens that [...]

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