(ANIMAL VIDEO) Here, birdy! You have something on your face, let me clean it up for you. — Global Animal
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Good Dogs Matched With Bad Boys
(ANIMAL CONNECTION) TEXAS — The Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice Center has started a pilot program called the Dream Seekers Animal Rescue and Training. So far, the program includes Alice, a 2-year-old dachshund/terrier mix, and Devin Olguin and DeAndra Moffett, her first trainers. The idea is that by helping to train an animal, incarcerated youth will develop certain character traits like empathy, responsibility, and patience. Wonderful programs like this, including Prison Tails which matches prisoners with ‘unadoptable dogs,’ are becoming more and more popular as they continue to yield positive results. Read on to find out how these programs help rehabilitate both animals and people. — Global Animal
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Yao Ming Visits Bear-Bile Farm Survivors
(CELEBRITY ANIMAL ACTIVISM) Retired NBA basketball player Yao Ming has done great work for animals in Asia, including a campaign against shark fin soup. He is now speaking out against bear-bile farming, joining the Animals Asia Foundation and meeting rescued bile bears. With recent protests against the horrific practice of bear-bile farms in China, Ming’s activism adds to the growing awareness of this atrocious and inhumane act. Read on to find out more about Ming’s touching visit with the animal survivors. — Global Animal
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Cat Digs Out Of Tough Spot
(ANIMAL VIDEO) Quick! You get the shovel, and I’ll start digging us out! — Global Animal
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NYC’s Vegetarian Food Festival
(VEGAN/VEGETARIAN LIVING) NEW YORK — This weekend is New York City’s second annual Vegetarian Food Festival, a mixture of the city’s best vegan and vegetarian food, entertainment, and information booths. Throughout the weekend there will be presentations from popular animal rights activists as well as outreach tables from organizations including Mercy for Animals, Sea Shepherd, Compassion Over Killing and Peta. Food and animal lovers alike read on for more information on this event! — Global Animal
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Divorce: Who Gets Fluffy?
(LIFE WITH PETS) Divorce is never easy, but now more than ever people are fighting over their pets. With pet ownership at an all time high it’s becoming more likely that your dog or cat will be a part of the battle…
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Baby Sloth Wears His Pajamas
(WILDLIFE) COSTA RICA — The only sanctuary in the world devoted to saving orphaned and injured sloths has found a new way to treat skin infections – pajamas. While these getups might look like sleep attire, these baby sloths are actually swaddled in colorful bandages to cover a healing balm on the infected skin. And we thought baby sloths could not get more adorable. Read on and watch the video for more on this home remedy. — Global Animal
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Iowa Bans Exposing Farm Animal Cruelty
(ANIMAL WELFARE) IOWA — The Iowa Legislature has passed the first bill in the US making it a crime to take undercover video of animal abuse in farming operations. People who profit off the killing of innocent animals know their entire industry relies on the public being unaware of the atrocities involved with animal slaughter. Undercover videos released earlier this year, brought to light the animal abuse and torture happening at the Butterball turkey raising facility and Sparboe Farms. Understandably, animal welfare groups are outraged, arguing the measure is going to prevent animal abuse from being publicized. Read on for more information on this absurd bill. — Global Animal
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