The plight of poultry
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The poultry industry has tried to intensify poultry and egg production while doing little to alleviate the suffering of these birds. The animals are bred in overcrowded houses where they can readily contract disease. They are then slaughtered in large amounts to supply the global demand for poultry meat.
Publication Name: The Animals' Agenda
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0892-8819
Year: 1996
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The struggle to save the last of America's misfits
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The Free-Roaming Wild Horse and Burro Act of 1971 demands the institution of ways to protect wild horses from captivity, abuse and death. However, with out the public's knowledge, this law has been routinely ignored to give more grazing space for more profitable animals such as cattle, sheep. and deer.
Publication Name: The Animals' Agenda
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0892-8819
Year: 1998
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The plight of animals in Romania
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Animals live under terrible and dangerous conditions in Romania. This is just one of the results of the former Ceausescu government and its authoritarian regulations that encouraged the abandonment of animals. Romania has a large population of feral animals, particularly stray dogs.
Publication Name: The Animals' Agenda
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0892-8819
Year: 1995
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