Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST Animal Concerns News Service http://www.animalconcerns.org en Copyright 1992-2010 The EnviroLink Network The Animal Concerns News Service, a service of the EnviroLink Network, compiles the most relevant news stories of interest to the global animal rights/welfare community from sources around the Internet. newsdesk@envirolink.org support@envirolink.org Pet Talk: Oregon's animal-abuse laws lose their bite under state sentencing guidelines http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201002090852140.425361 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST The laws Oregon has to protect animals from abuse look great. EnviroLink Green Valley man arrested for leaving 23 dogs to die http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201002090922290.112731 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST Green Valley's Raymond Quintero apparently decided he didn't want to take his 23 dogs wherever he was going. EnviroLink Chicken vs. 'Chickin': Are fake meats green? http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201002091429590.620149 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST One study finds some vegan protein products don't have significantly greener footprints than their meatier counterparts. EnviroLink Animal cruelty charge not Gritts' first http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201002091452280.783748 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST A Cherokee County man charged last week with cruelty to animals for allowing a bulldog to starve to death is on probation for another animal cruelty charge. EnviroLink Cattle battle: NZealand has more cows than kiwis http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201002090039130.777154 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST The dairy herd's expansion was due to the conversion of sheep and other farms to the more lucrative dairy industry and to the growth in the number of milking cows in existing herds. EnviroLink B.C. SPCA calls for charges in deaths of giraffes http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201002090921120.657471 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST The B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is recommending charges of animal cruelty against Mountain View Wildlife Conservation Centre after the deaths of three giraffes in the past two months. EnviroLink Animal abuse laws are not applied equally http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201002090918430.735904 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST Animal cruelty takes many forms, and not all animals are equal in the eyes of the law. EnviroLink University Stops Circus Ticket Offering after Pressure from PETA http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201002090033400.172965 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has succeeded in keeping the alumni association of Neumann University from offering discounted circus tickets to its members. EnviroLink Pet Talk: 'Gothic cats' case shows odd animal cruelty http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201002091528060.497679 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST There is apparently no end to the level of lunacy people can achieve when animals and money are involved. EnviroLink Leona Lewis sick of fur wearing people http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201002091447060.686934 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST The British singer, who is a vegetarian and public supporter of animal rights group PETA, thinks it is disgusting the way the fashion and music worlds still embrace clothing made from animal pelts and the apparent resurgence in the popularity of fur, Female First online reported. EnviroLink