Category: Animal Rights
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How You Can Celebrate National Pit Bull Awareness Month
Summary: National Pitbull Awareness Month is an important time for pit bulls. It allows people to share all the positivity surrounding pit bulls. If you aren’t already aware, October is National Pit Bull Awareness Month. How are you going to celebrate the lives of these adorable little guys? Here are some ways that you can…
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Ethical Pitbull Breeding: What Consumers Need to Know
Written by: Iron King Kennels Learn what makes a pitbull breeder ethical. Anyone who is seeking a pet should always check their local shelter for a rescue animal. Almost one third of rescues are purebred dogs, but it’s not always easy to find the breed you want. Pit bulls are a good example. Pitbull breeding…
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The Humane Society International aim rights and welfare of animals
Many animal welfare groups work to improve health, safety and welfare of animals throughout the world. Traditionally animal rights groups takes animal matters one step further than the groups working on animal welfare. However, there are lots of overlaps that it is hard to separate them into pods. More than 17,000 groups all over the…
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Flying with your favorite pet
Travelling with a pet require some planning on your part. According to a report published by the travel Web site TripAdvisor, more than 44 percent Americans expect to travel during holidays with a pet. The best place for a cat or dog to travel in an airplane is the pressurized cabin where you sit and…
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Preventive dental care for your pets
You know how expensive those veterinary visits are. Dental x-rays, anesthesia, extractions, sub-gingival scaling, cleaning and polishing of pet’s teeth could cost you handsomely. Unfortunately you still have to take your pets to the vet for dental checkup at least once a year. Some veterinarians tend to recommend checkups in every six months. But you…
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Dog fighting, cruelest way to treat a dog
Cruelty to animals comes in many forms and dog fighting is one of them. Pitting two game dogs especially bred, trained, and conditioned against each other for entertainment as well as gambling purposes is a form of lowest of the humans can be. These fights can go on for hours. This is why animal advocates…
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Small things can bring big benefits
Our hectic life style demands too much out of us. When it comes to taking care of our best friend and companion, we forget to take care of few simple basics. Here are few things you need to do: Before each season change do a checkup of your pet. Your veterinarian may send you a…
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Raising a cat
Raising a cat bring several issues. One big concern is how to prevent your pet’s scratching. Your cat may have the common scratch disease known as Bartonella. More than 20% of cats living in the US are prone to this disease. Cats acquire this condition by coming in contact with flea feces. Flea infestation and…
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Not only the animals people also loses with dog fighting
Remember the story about a football player who was convicted of running a dog fighting ring? Dog fighting takes place throughout the entire universe. It is a cruel sport. Many countries such the US are fighting harder than others to stop dog fighting as well as cruelty to animals. Organizations such as ASPCA are in…
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U.S. laws dealing with cruelty to animals
Animal cruelty prevention laws in the United States are aimed at protecting animals from owners failure to provide proper food, water, shelter, protection from the weather, safeguarding sanitary environment, veterinary care, willful abandonment, carried in a way that endanger animal life especially in a vehicle, willfully subjecting an animal to torture, failure to notify the…