What it’s like to be an animal rights lawyer Meet Joyce Tischler, who is known as "The Mother of Animal Law."

Supervisor wants L.A. County to put a new animal shelter in a jail A Los Angeles County supervisor wants to look into addressing two intractable problems — overcrowded animal shelters and offenders who cycle repeatedly through the county jail system — by placing a new animal shelter in a detention center.

How Can You Tell a Female Animal From a Male? When females have "penises," determining who's who can be tough.

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Why Is The NBA Replay Center Watching Animal House? Reader Chris caught this odd moment during today’s Sixers-Timberwolves matchup, as late in the game a play demanded review from the NBA’s replay center in Secaucus. The live camera shot from inside that center showed, strangely, the movie Animal Read more ... House showing on several of the screens.

Reinforce Desired Animal Behaviours This page is for promoting Reward Based Positive Animal Teachings, Clicker Training & Animal Welfare. For All Animal Lovers ~ Cheryl Glen

USDA's Meat Animal Research Center: An American Horror Story This week, The New York Times published a comprehensive investigation into deplorable animal treatment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC). It's appalling that such activities -- conducted with the goal of hel Read more ... ping a private-sector industry turn a higher profit -- are subsidized by U.S. taxpayers.

Video: Animal Welfare at a Research Center Practices at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center are discussed by James Keen, who worked as a veterinarian and scientist at the center.

Animal Welfare at Risk in Experiments for Meat Industry In the past 50 years, lamb chops have gotten bigger, pork loins less fatty and steaks easier to chew — all thanks in part to the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center. But these achievements have come at a steep cost to the center’s animals.