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Reporter Responds to Animal Person

With regards to this morning’s post, I contacted reporter Bill West asking about who “won” the three horses that were auctioned after being treated (after being abused twice by the same man, Mr. James Robbins). His reponse was to contact…

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Three Horses Saved From Further Cruelty, I Hope

In “Man gets jail for starving 4 horses” (The Herald-Sun, 09/01/06), William F. West reports that Durham County’s James Warren Robbins, 62, who “already had been ordered by [a] judge not to maintain animals in the county and had a…

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McDonald’s Finds the Perfect Pitchman

In “McDonald’s Succumbs to Hedgehogs’ Needs” (London, AP, 09/01/06) we learn that the McFlurry cup has been redesigned with a larger opening because hedgehogs were getting their heads stuck in them (in the cups tossed on the side of the…

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Boycott the US?

Something about my (and everyone else’s) call to boycott China wasn’t sitting well with me last night. I’m an advocate of not reprimanding or punishing other people for something I do myself, and the boycott smacked of hypocrisy to me….

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