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        Wobbly kitten who couldn’t even stand up, amazes his foster dad when he learns to run
    
        Opinioin: As Florence kills pigs and millions of chickens, we must 'open our hearts'

Wobbly kitten who couldn’t even stand up, amazes his foster dad when he learns to run

When Jasper the kitten came to his foster home, he could barely stand up. Despite his wobbles, he was the happiest little kitty and didn't let anything stop him.

www.lovemeow.com

Opinioin: As Florence kills pigs and millions of chickens, we must 'open our hearts'

Hurricane Florence should lead us to look beyond the agriculture industry's loss of "inventory" and view animals as thinking, feeling - and suffering - beings.

www.npr.org

Kitten found in glue trap is ready for her fur-ever home

Elmer, the four-week-old kitten found in a glue trap intended for rodents back in August, is now available for adoption at the spcaLA South Bay Pet Adoption Center in Hawthorne.

www.nbclosangeles.com

Blue Apron pledges to stop using 'gestation cages'

The company ended its relationship with Tyson, its pork supplier, and plans to get its products Certified Humane or Global Animal Partnership Step 1-certified.

www.fooddive.com

Farm Bill should support family farmers, not factory farms

One of the core issues at stake in the 2018 Farm Bill is the degree to which it favors factory farming operations over independent family farmers committed to more humane and sustainable approaches to animal welfare, environmental stewardship, social cohesion, economic opportunity and healthy communities.

blog.humanesociety.org

Organic dairy farm supports hunting by offering dead animals as free food for hounds

'Consumers buying organic milk will be appalled to know they are inadvertently helping hunts.'

www.independent.co.uk

World Gorilla Day: Good news and grave threats

September 24 marks World Gorilla Day, when humanity celebrates one of its closest relatives, sharing 98 percent of our DNA as we do, plus we also have a common ancestor that lived not too long ago in evolutionary terms, around 10 million years ago.

news.mongabay.com

How to stop poaching and protect endangered species? Forget the ‘kingpins’

Authorities keep arresting people said to be bosses of wildlife trafficking, but that isn’t making a dent in the problem.

www.nytimes.com

Tigers and wolves: The reigning cats and dogs in conservation?

A new study finds that large, charismatic species get the majority of research into felid and canid species, possibly at the expense of others.

therevelator.org

In a town of animal lovers, there’s a public enemy

Pocket gophers simply don’t have many fans compared to other wild animals.

www.santafenewmexican.com

A brutal business: alleged beatings and abuse on UK pig farms

A Guardian investigation has uncovered claims of violence on a Lincolnshire farm, which the owners deny. But do working conditions in this intensive industry bring a risk of mistreatment of livestock?

www.theguardian.com

Why did the ancients bury their dogs like family members?

Man's best friend was also man's first buried pet.

nautil.us

Whale rescue mission off Tasmanian coast as entangled animal spotted again

A Tasmanian rescue mission is underway for a whale entangled in rope and buoys, two weeks after it was spotted in the same predicament off the Victorian coast.

www.abc.net.au

Passers-by alert cops, 6 dogs rescued from ticketed truck parked in Streeterville overnight

Six dogs were rescued from the back of a U-Haul moving truck parked in the Streeterville neighborhood on Chicago's Near North Side after concerned passers-by heard barks and called police early Tuesday morning.

www.chicagotribune.com

Goat spotted climbing buildings, vehicles in Arkansas

A goat on the loose in an Arkansas neighborhood has been spotted repeatedly climbing onto the roofs of buildings and vehicles in the area.

www.upi.com

Protecting gorillas in the Congo

Poaching, deforestation and overpopulation have placed pressure on the national parks where many of the country's gorillas live.

www.dw.com

Rare porcupine who wandered Spanaway for over a year now at the Oregon Zoo

A rare Cape porcupine has become a guest at the Oregon Zoo after spending more than a year and a half out in Washington.

q13fox.com

Feral cat colonies fueling euthanasia rates in Harrison County, West Virginia

In Harrison County, more stray and feral animals are euthanized than rescued by the public.