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Number of dead pigs found in Shanghai river surpasses 8,000

Posted by mox on Friday, 15 March 2013 in Earth Violators

Authorities have pulled 8,354 hog carcasses from a river that provides drinking water to Shanghai. Locals worry about contamination, but the municipal government has said repeatedly that tap water is safe. BEIJING — The number of dead pigs found in a Shanghai river that provides drinking water to t...

Endangered Animals on the Run From Extinction

Posted by 20minutesto9 on Tuesday, 29 January 2013 in Animals

Here are some grounds for hope. For decades, scientists and environmentalists have believed that we are driving so many species to extinction that there is little chance of preventing the world undergoing another mass extinction – such as the five that wiped out up to 95 per cent of species over the...

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Maggie Q Fights Climate Change With Diet Change

Posted by amir on Sunday, 27 January 2013 in Human Health

"Nikita" star Maggie Q has stripped for a cause close to her heart. The actress reveals all in a new People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) campaign poster aimed at convincing people to eliminate meat products from their diet. The edgy new PETA billboard reads, "Fight Climate ...

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The Effects of the BP Oil Spill on Animal Life

Posted by bensor on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 in Oil Spill

The BP Oil Spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010 has affected an incredible number of human lives, in various ways, but we must also consider the negative impacts of the BP Oil Spill on Animals as well. When animals are affected, human beings become affected as well. We are all...