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After years of being criticized for its response to food-sickness outbreaks and contaminated imports, the Food and Drug Administration is stepping up efforts to convince the public and skeptical lawmakers that it is making progress in overhauling the nation's food defenses. [more]

Humane Society Chief Seeks Animal Rights Focus in Washington

Dallas Morning News

McClatchy Newspapers

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - Few political groups have been as successful in recent years at shaping state policies as the Humane Society of the United States under Wayne Pacelle. [more]

Horse Floaters Bite Back Over Regulation

San Antonio Express-News
By Lynn Brezosky
(BUDA) - Carl Mitz's job is keeping horses from getting a little too long in the tooth. Literally. [more]

Gene "Silencing" Drug Blocks Heart Disease in Mice

Reuters

By Michael Kahn

(LONDON) - An international research team has identified a tiny piece of genetic material that plays a key role in heart failure, and shown how an experimental compound prevents the condition in mice, scientists reported on Sunday. [more]

Judge Says States Can Kill up to 85 Sea Lions, Including at Bonneville

The Oregonian
By Abby Haight
The bull's-eye is back on California sea lions that poach endangered salmon at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. [more]

Dog Survives Plunge off 90-Foot Embankment

Deseret News (Utah)

The Associated Press

(KUNA, Idaho) - A dog that leaped from a 90-foot precipice along southwestern Idaho's Snake River Canyon was saved by firefighters, surviving the plunge with a broken hind leg and scrapes. [more]

AVMA IN THE NEWS: AVMA Opposes Dog Ear Cropping, Tail Docking

DogChannel.com

". ... For many years the AVMA has acknowledged that ear cropping and tail docking of dogs for cosmetic purposes are not medically indicated nor of benefit to our canine patients," said Ron DeHaven, DVM, chief executive officer of the AVMA. "Our latest policy revision doesn't represent a change in perspective, but, rather, makes that perspective clear with a stronger statement. ..." "Why we perform certain procedures is one of the first questions we ask," said Gail Golab, DVM, director of the AVMA Animal Welfare Division. ... [more]

AVMA IN THE NEWS: Lock Up the Pit Bulls?

The Oregonian

By Helen Jung

. ... Ideally, dogs should be socialized from a very early age -- before 12 weeks -- with infants, toddlers and all ranges of children, said Dr. Bonnie Beaver, past president of the American Veterinary Medical Association and a professor at the college of veterinary medicine at Texas A&M University. Without that early and expansive socialization, they tend to view children as aliens, she said. ... [more]

AVMA IN THE NEWS: Risk Factors for Spinal Cord Compression Found

The Horse

By Stacey Oke

. ... The study, "Association of sex, breed, and age with cervical compressive myelopathy in horses: 811 cases 1974-2007," was published in the Nov. 1 edition of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. ... [more]

AVMA IN THE NEWS: FAO: Momentum Builds for 'One World, One Health' Concept

CIDRAP News (Minn.)

By Lisa Schnirring

. ... Since then, the concept has picked up momentum through European and US initiatives, according to the strategy report. For example, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) established a task force in 2004 to address OWOH issues and frequently includes sessions on the theme at its regional and national conferences, according to background materials posted on the AVMA Web site. ... [more]

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