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Animal Concerns News Service
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The Animal Concerns News Service, a service of the EnviroLink Network, compiles the most relevant news stories of interest to the global animal rights/welfare community from sources around the Internet.
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Revised animal cruelty bill headed to Ark. Legislature
LITTLE ROCK -- Several legislators have expressed support for a revised bill that would make animal cruelty a felony in Arkansas, sending the measure on to the Legislature when it meets in regular session next year.
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Chicago City Council Overturns Foie Gras Ban
CHICAGO - The Chicago City Council has repealed its controversial two-year-old ban on foie gras, a delicacy made of duck and goose liver.
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Can Veganism fight global warming? VegFest says yes
Going vegan is healthy and good for the environment, VegFest organizers say
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Vegan company brings meat to the masses
Set up by a vegan father and daughter team in 2003, Beanies Health Foods has simultaneously cornered a niche and appealed to the mainstream by selling meat-replacement foods.
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Vegan cakes
I've always toyed with the vegetarian concept. When I moved to Dothan, I didn't eat meat, but it's hard to stay meat-free when every other restaurant is a barbecue joint.
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Animal cruelty law sputters
A bill that would change the state's animal cruelty law seems to have stalled in the Senate, after passing the House earlier this year.
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Animal sacrifice sparks criticism in Nepal
The king of Nepal drew the ire of an animal rights group this week after sacrificing five animals, including a buffalo, at a shrine outside Kathmandu.
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What they say about foie gras
Foie gras may be deadly serious for ducks and geese, but it appears to inspire humor in those who would or would not eat it.
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Man found guilty of cruelty to roosters
Evidence of cockfighting equipment, altered birds lead to Crystal Street resident's conviction.
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Animal activists say 'the duck' stops here
Activists from the Baltimore Animal Rights Coalition want upscale restaurants such as Vin to stop serving foie gras because of the cruelty involved in its production, said the group's spokesman, Aaron Ross.
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