Tag: Australia
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Scientists Care Too
I recently read an article titled, “In Animal Testing Debate, Fur Still Flies.” It addresses the treatment and welfare of laboratory animals like rats, monkeys, guinea pigs, dogs and many more species. Many people are opposed to animal testing because not all animals fall under animal testing policies and being a ‘guinea pig’ (pardon the…
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A New Spin on Guinea Pig
That guinea pig in the pet store window isn’t just for Susie’s birthday anymore. Pig farmers in Australia have been utilizing the little munchkins to help decrease the occurrence of savaging piglets in piggeries. Quick animal behavior lesson: Savaging of piglets, when a mother pig attacks her piglets usually injuring but sometimes killing them, is a well-documented behavior most often seen in…
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Agvocacy Down Under – Sheep, Swine and Poultry
There are way more sheep here than people – 3.5X as many sheep. In June 2008, the sheep population was 80 million while the current population of Australians is 22.5 million people. Australians eat a lot of sheepmeat – there is far more sheepmeat in the supermarket than either pork or chicken. Beef still reigns supreme, at least on…
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Agvocacy Down Under – Beef Edition
Two weekends ago, my hubby and I traveled to Sydney for the Royal Easter Show. To picture this event, think of a state fair in any well populated state. Ohio is pretty comparable as would be California, except the number of show hogs at Sydney was significantly lower than the States. Although it rained the…
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My Legs Might Fall Off
Well, it’s official. I am running my first race since 2004 on May 29 of this year, the Sri Chinmoy Running Festival. I’ll be running the 10k (does this count as two 5k’s?). I started training on Saturday and I thought my legs were going to fall off on Sunday, I was so out of…