BESIDES THE NORMAL DEPARTMENTS, THIS ISSUE PACKS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES & TOPICS:
Chinese activists rescue more than 400 cats from Tianjin butchers •
Pet market bombings & dog abuse reflect he low price of life in Iraq war zone •
Animal Birth Control is fixing the dogs faster than anti-dog attitudes •
Smithfield & Maple Leaf Farms
will phase out gestation crates •
Fire aboard Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru ends Antarctic killing early •
What will be the future of cow shelters in computer-age India? •
“Small is beautiful” in Visakhapatnam •
5,300 animals in Ahmedabad cow shelter •
Defending Animal Birth Control after a fatal dog attack by Poornima Harish •
Doc rapped for dog use in sales demo •
Appeals Court upholds Texas horse slaughter ban •
Rescuing kites & other birds from kite string •
Nylon twine ensnares Montana ospreys, too•
Scottish Natural Heritage halts Hebrides hedgehog cull ––agrees to relocate instead •
When the cat is away... •
EU rules for moles •
Failure to isolate & vaccinate incoming animals shuts shelter •
Colorado blizzards hit wildlife, sanctuaries, cattle, & pigs •
Civet traffic falls in China •
Assam bomb kills birds •
Film to help Turkish street dogs •
Bringing birds back to Iraq •
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PLUS: THE WATCHDOG with
Kenyan reporter flushes out USAid effort to repeal national ban on hunting •
PETA defendants in North Carolina animal killing are acquitted of cruelty, convicted of littering • KFC owner tries to buy PETA warehouse
— AND LETTERS • OBITUARIES <<<<<<>>>>>>
BOOK REVIEWS : Some of the titles reviewed in this issue—
Babylon’s Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo; Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching; Donkey: The Mystique of Equus Asinus; Fox, by Martin Wallen, & Cat, by Katherine M. Rogers; Forensic Investigation of Animal Cruelty: A Guide for Veterinary & Law Enforcement Professionals;
Cats Of Africa by Luke Hunter; Kinship With The Wolf
MEMORIALS
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