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  2. Timeline of animal welfare and rights in the United States

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    By World War I, the American anti-vivisection movement has come to a standstill. [7] Intensive animal farming begins in the 1920s [ 8 ] and accelerates with technological advances in the 1940s, [ 7 ] allowing American meat consumption to grow from 9.8 billion pounds in 1909 to approximately 32 billion pounds in 1970. [ 9 ]

  3. Zebra - Wikipedia

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    [28] [29] [31] Grévy's zebras can survive almost a week without water but will drink it every day when given the chance, and their bodies maintain water better than cattle. [83] [25] Mountain zebras can be found at elevations of up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft). [84] Zebras sleep for seven hours a day, standing up during the day and lying down during ...

  4. Animal welfare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Protests were first raised in the 1870s, and, in the middle twentieth century, laws were enacted to curb events using animals. [71] The American Humane Association (AHA) has worked with the rodeo industry (specifically, the PRCA ) to establish rules improving animal welfare in rodeo and the treatment of rodeo animals.

  5. Remembering the racist history of ‘right-to-work’ laws - AOL

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    In 1961, he called “right-to-work” “a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights” intended “to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining by which unions have ...

  6. Timeline of animal welfare and rights - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Indian philosopher Thiruvalluvar (between 1st century BCE and 5th century CE) wrote an exclusive chapter on moral vegetarianism in his work Tirukkural, insisting strictly on a plant-based diet, with separate chapters on ahimsa (or non-harming) and non-killing. [5] [6] Vivisection for scientific and medical purposes began in ancient ...

  7. UK conservationists helping protect rare zebras from pipeline ...

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    Conservationists from a Hampshire zoo have been working to help protect the world’s most endangered zebra species before a major infrastructure project is set to disrupt their natural habitat in ...

  8. The truth behind whether zebras are black or white - AOL

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    Get more zebras in the gallery below: Keep in mind, though, that where zebras live it has an affect on their stripes. Those in warmer climates have more stripes -- which is great for the ...

  9. Working animal - Wikipedia

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    Historically, ponies were commonly used in mining to pull ore carts. Dogs are used for pulling light carts or, particularly, sleds (e.g. sled dogs such as huskies) for both recreation and working purposes. Goats also can perform light harness work in front of carts. Reindeer are used in the Arctic and sub-Arctic Nordic countries and Siberia.