Animals Can Be Happy, Too
Best Friends Animal World, July 7, 2009
A group of hippopotamuses rests motionless in the cool of an African freshwater spring. Schools of tiny fish have gathered round their flanks and feet, nibbling at parasites and sloughing skin. The hippos, far from passive participants, splay their toes, gape open their mouths and spread their legs to assist the fish in their cleaning services...

Balcombe: Rights for this minority will be step forward for humanity
Amarillo Globe-News, May, 2007
In late April, an Austrian judge denied personhood status and legal guardianship for 26-year-old Matthias Pan, who was kidnapped as an infant in Sierra Leone after his mother was shot. Brought to Austria illegally, Pan was sold to a research laboratory, where he lived alone in a cage and was experimented on for many years before finally being released to a sanctuary...

In Our Dealings With Animals, Good Feelings Count
The Pioneer, August 10, 2006
Shoppers who walk into a Whole Foods Market can no longer purchase live lobsters. The company — the world’s largest natural foods grocery — recently banned their sale, citing concerns that lobsters are not treated humanely enough en route from the boat to the dinner plate...

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