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2026 Press
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Central Valley dairy operators take steps to protect cattle as triple-digit heat persists
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WSU veterinary student raised concerns about ‘terminal labs,’ cites ‘lack of transparency’
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A call for scrutiny of the veterinary profession
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WSU halts equine surgery course after protest
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Pressure campaign by animal rights groups, along with outside threats, leads WSU to abandon ‘terminal surgery’ lesson at veterinary school
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Threats prompt WSU to cancel equine surgery class
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New Colorado Bill Aims to Change How We ‘Depopulate’ Chickens
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Americans ditched veal. What replaced it may be just as bad.
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How Veterinary Schools Use Animals For Medical Education
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The big case against owning small pets
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How to Make Friends With a Hummingbird and Earn Their Trust, According to an Expert
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Bird flu shows moral failure in the poultry industry
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Why Vets Are Saying Enough Is Enough to Ventilation Shutdown During the Avian Flu Crisis
2025 Press
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Op-ed | Amid Avian Flu Outbreak, Veterinarians Call for End to Controversial Poultry Kill Method
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Amid Avian Flu Outbreak, Veterinarians Call for End to Controversial Poultry Kill Method
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Most Press Arrests In 2025 Resulted In Zero Criminal Charges
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Amid Avian Flu Outbreak, Veterinarians Call for End to Controversial Poultry Kill Method
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More than 30 journalists detained, nearly all released without charges or with them quickly dropped
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Twitch streamer Hasan Piker sparks controversy with dog shock collar incident during livestream — experts respond
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Controlling H5N1 in California Dairies: Student Policy Practicum Findings
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Sheep, Goat Pox Outbreak in Greece Signals a Global Feta Shortage Is Nigh
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How To Tell If Your Steak Has An Abscess — And What To Do If It Does
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Prices increase as Americans prepare for Thanksgiving
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Prices rise as Americans prepare for Thanksgiving
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The Hidden Dangers of Factory Farming for Animals and Consumers
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Prices increase as Americans prepare for Thanksgiving
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US: Prices rise for Thanksgiving
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Vet Reveals How Much ‘Me Time’ Does Your Dog Needs Depending on Their Breed
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Kind Stranger Takes Injured Kitten To Shelter—Heartbreak at What Unfolds
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What Is An Abscess In A Steak And Is It Safe To Eat The Meat?
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What is kennel cough? What you need to know about the dog 'cold' going around
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Independent journalist arrested at LA anti-deportation protest
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When Advocacy Brings Backlash: Dr. Crystal Heath on Standing Strong
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Dr. Crystal Heath, veterinarian and activist
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When Advocacy Brings Backlash: Dr. Crystal Heath on Standing Strong
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Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry
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DeSmog - Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry
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ABC30 - Horse racing canceled at Big Fresno Fair as state regulators deny request for new dates
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Investigate Midwest - Underage workers, millions of dollars and trucks full of dead chickens — inside the business of killing in response to bird flu
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60 Minutes- Scientists warn what future bird flu mutations could mean for people
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BBC Science Focus - Videos reveal lax biosecurity in New York poultry markets amid bird flu outbreaks
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Business Insider - Why This Bird Flu Is Way Worse Than Before | So Expensive
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ELLE - Crystal Heath, la vétérinaire et lanceuse d’alerte qui lutte contre la grippe aviaire… et le gouvernement américain
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Yahoo.Life - Crystal Heath, la vétérinaire et lanceuse d’alerte qui lutte contre la grippe aviaire… et le gouvernement américain
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QNS - Bird flu outbreaks spread to more Queens live markets, sparking calls for shutdowns
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Catholic Vote - Justice Department reportedly to launch anti-trust investigation into high egg prices
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Rock Land Times - Reader’s Letters
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Silive.com - Bird flu was detected at Staten Island live poultry market
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QNS - Avian flu outbreaks in Queens spark further calls to shut down all overcrowded NYC wet markets
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Lemonde.Fr - Crystal Heath, une lanceuse d’alerte face à la propagation de la grippe aviaire en Californie
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ABC 30- Bird flu vaccine gets conditional license from USDA as egg prices spike
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VOX - One state’s flawed, desperate new plan to fix its egg shortage
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GW Animal Law Program - Cows, Science, and the Law
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Unchained TV - A Ticking Time Bomb: Animal Farming, Bird Flu, and the Climate Crisis No One Talks About
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Salon - Trump administration’s communication freeze restricted access to critical bird flu information
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The Vet Gazzette
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How U.S. Taxpayers Bailed Out the Poultry Industry, and Helped Entrench Avian Flu
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Vegan FTA - Dr Crystal Heath, the American Veterinarian Speaking Out for the Animals
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Vox - How factory farming built America
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My Vet Candy - Meet the 2025 Veterinary Game-Changers: Trailblazers Redefining Animal Care and Inspiring the Next Generation!
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UE Express - Support Veterinarians Who Denounce Factory Farms
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Reporterre - Aux États-Unis, la grippe aviaire contamine de plus en plus d’humains
2024 Press
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How U.S. Taxpayers Bailed Out the Poultry Industry, and Helped Entrench Avian Flu
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Vegan FTA - Dr Crystal Heath, the American Veterinarian Speaking Out for the Animals
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Vox - How factory farming built America
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My Vet Candy - Meet the 2025 Veterinary Game-Changers: Trailblazers Redefining Animal Care and Inspiring the Next Generation!
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UE Express - Support Veterinarians Who Denounce Factory Farms
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Reporterre - Aux États-Unis, la grippe aviaire contamine de plus en plus d’humains
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Bird flu state of emergency could mean more resources locally as virus continues to spread
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Unchained TV: Will Bird Flu Be the Next Pandemic?
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SPIEGEL - Alles war hoch kontaminiert
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Washington Post - Single bird flu mutation could let it latch easily to human cells, study finds
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SPIEGEL Science - Apocalypse Cow
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TIME - It’s Time to End the Denial About Bird Flu
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Ken Cook - Animal Welfare and the Cruelty of Factory Farms
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Vet Candy - Producers Slam Dr. Crystal Heath’s Activism Amid Bird Flu Outbreak in California Cattle
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Express US - Bird flu: Distressing images show dead cows rotting in the sun as cases overwhelm farms
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The Guardian - Limits on testing for bird flu in humans could pose difficulty for containing spread
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Irish Examiner - Bird flu thought to have killed Californian cows
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Daily Caller - Hundreds Of Cows Infected As Sides Of Roads Littered With Rotting Carcasses In California
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The Business Journal - Bird Flu Breaks Out at 131 Central Valley Dairies
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Daily Kos - H5N1
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Vanity Fair - Inside the Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide With Public Health
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ABC 30 Action News - Dead cows on the side of the road shows aftermath of Bird Flu outbreak
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Reuters - Cows dead from bird flu rot in California as heat bakes dairy farms
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The Denver Gazette - Cows dead from bird flu rot in California as heat bakes dairy farms
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SHTF Plan - Bird Flu Is Killing So Many Livestock, Disposal Services Cannot Keep Up
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Successful Farming- Bird flu: 20 people ill, 300 herds infected since March
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KGET.com- Bird flu-infected livestock dying at high rate slowing disposal services
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NorCal Publis Media - Photos of dead cattle show bird flu is overwhelming Tulare County. How did the virus get in?
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KQED News - Passage Of Proposition 6 Could Change The Landscape Of California Prisons
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KVPR - Photos of dead cattle show bird flu is overwhelming Tulare County. How did the virus get in?
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Newsweek - 'Shocking': Bird-Flu Infected Cattle Dumped at California Roadside
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The Bureau Investigative Journalism - Cargill cows contaminated with vital antibiotics
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The Good Men Project - Cargill Meat Still Contains Critical Antibiotics, Investigation Finds
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Sentient Media - Cargill Meat Still Contains Critical Antibiotics, Investigation Finds
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The Mercury News Opinion: California’s bird flu poses existential threat in nation’s largest dairy state
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M Live - Why 6.5 million chickens were killed in Michigan this month
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SF Chronicle - Sonoma loves its farms. Activists call them factories. Could a ballot measure upend this county?
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Podchaser- 82-Kindness Is Our Honor
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Science.org - Support US OCTOPUS Act to keep octopuses wild
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WXPR - Milk production may lead to more human infections of bird flu, study finds
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Public News Service - Milk production may lead to more human infections of bird flu, study finds
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Growing concern over avian influenza in humans
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Vox - 19th-century animal rights activists had a lot of moxie. Here’s how to get it back
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Colorado Newsline - Ballot measure gives Denver a choice the meat industry seeks to deny
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The New York Times - Dogs Are the Best! But They Highlight Our Hypocrisy.
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NEWS - University research supports meat industry's image
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Factcheck.org - Posts Misrepresent Photo of RFK Jr. With Animal Carcass in Vanity Fair
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Vox - How public universities hooked America on meat
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CBS News - Miami-Dade County serves Miami Seaquarium with eviction notice
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News Miami - Miami-Dade County issues eviction notice to owners of Miami Seaquarium
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News Miami - Miami Seaquarium stays open after lease with Miami-Dade ends; animal rights activists call for park’s closure
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CBS News - Miami Seaquarium defies eviction order, doors remain open
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CBS News - In defiance of eviction, Miami Seaquarium continues operations while drowning in controversy
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CBS News - Miami Seaquarium owner files federal lawsuit against Miami-Dade County
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Sentient Media.Org - When Marine Parks Close, Whales and Dolphins Face Uncertain Future
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NBC Miami - Miami Seaquarium accused of ‘fear and intimidation' of workers, hindering USDA probe: Report
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NBC Miami - New USDA report paints grim picture of Miami Seaquarium
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Pet Rescue Report - Embattled Florida Seaquarium criticized for keeping orcas in captivity euthed 20-year-old sea lion Bud
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Yahoo News - 'Nobody saw this coming'; California dairies scramble to guard herds against bird flu
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Los Angeles Times - ‘Nobody saw this coming’; California dairies scramble to guard herds against bird flu
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CBS NEWS Miami - Sea lion euthanized at Miami Seaquarium, 3rd animal to die under facility's care in nearly a year
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NBC Miami - Bud the sea lion at Miami Seaquarium euthanized
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Hoodline - Miami Seaquarium's troubles deepen as sea lion bud dies ahead of USDA confiscation
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NBC Miami - Miami Seaquarium sea lion dies as it was set to be confiscated by USDA
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The New York Times - A Cruel Way to Control Bird Flu? Poultry Giants Cull and Cash In.
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World Animal Protection US - Miami-Dade County Urged to File Animal Cruelty Charges Against Miami Seaquarium
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KB Independent - Opinion: The County wants to close the Seaquarium. It can’t be soon enough
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Sentient Food - Inside the Pork Industry’s Attempts to Charm and Influence Academia
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Gulf Live - Race against time: Florida woman fights to rescue beloved tortoise from Miami Seaquarium as closure looms
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One Green Planet - Miami Seaquarium is Getting Evicted, but Where Will the Animals Go?
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All-Creatures.Org - Pitman Family Farms Received $20 million in bailouts after killing 300,000 birds en masse via heatstroke in response to avian flu, HPAI
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Fresno Bee - Opinion: Sanger poultry producer shows callous disregard for its flocks and workers | Opinion
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Yahoo News - Opinion: Sanger poultry producer shows callous disregard for its flocks and workers | Opinion
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Our Hen House - Stop Ventilation Shutdown! w/ Dr Crystal Heath
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Healthy Planet USA - Dr. Crystal Heath: Veterinarians Speaking Out On Behalf of ALL Animals
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Focusing on Wildlife - Miami Seaquarium is Getting Evicted, but Where Will the Animals Go?
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CBSNEWS - Miami Seaquarium faces eviction, but what about the animals?
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The Intercept- FEDERAL PROBES, SICK ANIMALS, AND FED-UP VETS: THE MIAMI SEAQUARIUM IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE
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Miami Diario - Otro golpe para Miami Seaquarium: veterinarios se suman al pedido de cierre
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NBC Miami - 6 to know – Top stories of the day
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NBC Miami - Videos give closer look at Miami Seaquarium conditions as vets join call to shut it down
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Fort Atkinson Online - Bird’s Eye View: U.S. avian flu bird deaths exceed 81 million; more than 300,000 in Wisconsin; shall we plan?
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Mundo 24 - Escándalo en el Seaquarium: Veterinarios y activistas exigen cierre inmediato
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NBC Miami - Veterinarians speak out against the troubling conditions found at Miami Seaquarium
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Animals 24-7 - How 725 million chickens lost the Super Bowl, & got a bum deal in U.K. too
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East Bay Times - Opinion: Avian influenza outbreak exposes the betrayal of our values
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Mercury News - Opinion: Avian influenza outbreak exposes the betrayal of our values
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Sltrib - Opinion: There’s a scary truth behind your favorite Super Bowl snack
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Sentient Media - When Tyson ‘Depopulates’ Chickens, Taxpayers Are Left Footing the Bill
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Poultry Med - USDA allocates $1B to combat HPAI
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If Caged Walls Could Talk Podcast
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Fort Atkins Online - Nearly 80 million birds die in almost two years of bird flu
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Successful Farming - Nearly 80 million birds die in almost two years of bird flu
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2023 Press
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Vox - Crystal Heath wants veterinary medicine to live up to its values
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VEGWORLD - Serve up Fun Facts at the Thanksgiving Table
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Alameda Post - Letter: No Animal Testing on City-Owned Land
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Vox - The US is normalizing the cruelest mass killing method to stop bird flu
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Modern Farmer - Opinion: The EATS Act Threatens Animal Welfare and Public Health While Protecting Corporate Profits
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The Salt Lake Tribune - Wes Burdett: It’s time for the Utah State Fair to take a stand against animal cruelty
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Vox - Americans can’t afford their pets. It’s pushing animal shelters to the brink
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The Denver Dispatch - Activists show disturbing slaughterhouse gas chamber footage outside American Veterinary Medical Association Convention
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Dr. Crystal Heath | Vegan! with Sky
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The Keene Sentinel - Backers of declawing ban howl over Senate vote
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FOX 59 - New Hampshire cat anti-declaw bill (HB 231) killed under questionable circumstances
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Chicago Policy Review - Cat Declaw Bans Help Both Cats and Veterinarians
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Salt Lake Tribune - Dr. Crystal Heath: Smithfield has stranglehold on Utah and Beaver County
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The Keene Sentinel - Declawing surgery is inhumane to cats
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VOX - The bitter civil war dividing America's veterinarians
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VET RECORD - Depopulating poultry and pig farms: can it be done humanely?
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NEW YORK TIMES - Spy cams show what the pork industry tries to hide
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Animal Rights with Direct Action Everywhere's Alicia Santurio & Dr. Crystal Heath; City Council Member Addison Winslow
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WIRED - Spy cams reveal the grim reality of slaughterhouse gas chambers
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VET RECORD - Seeking the best means to an end
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VIN - Veterinarians clash over method of mass culling livestock
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NEW YORK TIMES - Rescuing farm animals should be legal
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VIN NEWS - Science does not support ventilation shutdown plus
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THE PROVINCE - Dr. Crystal Heath and Dr. Jan Hajek: Dogs can be healthy — and happy — on a plant-based diet
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INDYBAY - First-ever footage inside a US slaughterhouse gas chamber obtained at Smithfield Foods
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KZFR - Veterinarian Dr. Crystal Heath: Corruption at the AVMA
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SENTIENTISM - Veterinarians are merchants of doubt for animal ag
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EURSAFE NEWS - Living with animals through disastrous times
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LACONIA DAILY SUN - Dr. Crystal Heath: Declawing bill helps veterinarians protect animals from suffering
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COUNTRY HERALD - Possible Ban on Cat Declawing: Illinois May Join Two Other States in Outlawing the Controversial Practice
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RIVER CITIES' READER - Veterinarians support ban on declawing cats
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ROGERSVILLE REVIEW - Bird Flu carries risk of becoming the next human pandemic
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PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - Avian flu: Intensive farming facilities are breeding grounds for pathogens
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MY JOURNAL COURIER - Animals must be protected from avoidable pain, suffering
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KTLA - Veterinarians support ban on cat declawing; passes NH House vote
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FREMONT NEWS MESSENGER - Horrific methods used to 'cull' poultry with Avian flu
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CHICAGO DAILY HERALD - State Should Prohibit Declawing Cats
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PRESS RELEASE - Veterinarians Support Massachusetts Ban on Declawing Cats
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ÉCLATS - Le monde académique d’après ? Études animales, discours et politiques scientifiques au temps de la Covid-19
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ASCPA - As Avian Flu Rages On, Over 175 Groups and Veterinarians Form Broad Coalition To Endorse Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act as Farm Bill Priority
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UNCHAINED TV - The rise of animal rights trial coverage
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THE ERIC ZANE SHOW - The NBA protestors
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ST. LOUIS DISPATCH - Declawing bans are good for cats, owners and veterinarians
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL STAR - When veterinarians can’t advocate for animals, everyone suffers
2022 Press
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FRESNO BEE - Livestock, poultry operations create pandemic fears. Bill to suspend growth proposed
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GUARDIAN - US bird flu outbreak: millions of birds culled in ‘most inhumane way available’
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LA TIMES - California rodeo animals face violent and deadly casualties: Broken backs, legs and skulls
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ANIMAL LIBERATION HOUR - Ep. 8 Dr. Crystal Heath
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VEGAN FTA - Stop Eating Your Patients! Why Love & Save One, Only to Kill the Other?
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KZFR 90.1 FM - the plight of the Thanksgiving turkey
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VET RECORD - Use of ventilation shutdown in the USA
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THE MERCURY NEWS - Rodeo industry cannot be trusted to act with compassion
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THE FRESNO BEE - Livestock, poultry operations create pandemic fears. Bill to suspend growth proposed
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VIN NEWS - Is criticizing ventilation shutdown harmful to veterinarians?
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DRAKE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL LAW - Not humane, not AVMA approved, and definitely not euthanasia
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ENVIRONEWS - Cruel, Mass Exterminations of Poultry by ‘Baking Them Alive’ Rising in CAFOs Across US; Activists Are Outraged
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LOS ANGELES TIMES -Banning certain rodeo equipment is a half-measure against animal cruelty
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SALT LAKE TRIBUNE - Discussions of water conservation must include the dairy industry
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HOUSE CALL VET CAFE - Vegan Vets
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GUARDIAN - US farms lobby to use ‘cruellest’ killing method as bird flu rages
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UNCHAINED TV - Utah’s controversial Animal Enterprise Bill 476, which would have destroyed many animal protections, is dead after protests.
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Booker announces legislation to hold large factory farms accountable and improve animal welfare
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Jayapal introduces animal welfare bill to prevent inhumane killing of slaughter-bound animals
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LA TIMES - California poised to buck rodeos
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - My first job was slitting the throats of chickens at a slaughterhouse. It changed me forever
2021 Press