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Killylea (/ k ɪ l iː ˈ l eɪ /; from Irish Coillidh Léith 'grey forest') is a small village and townland in Northern Ireland. It is within the Armagh City and District Council area. The village is set on a hill, with St Mark's Church of Ireland , built in 1832, at its summit.
In 1996, ASPCA acquired the Animal Poison Control Center from the University of Illinois. [12] In 2013, the ASPCA made a $25 million commitment to assist at-risk animals and pet owners in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, including a fully subsidized spay/neuter facility in South Los Angeles operated by the ASPCA and a campaign to ...
Concern for animal welfare resurges in the 1950s, resulting in the federal Humane Slaughter Act [10] and the Animal Welfare Act. [11] 1966-2016: Intensive animal agriculture continues to grow, with the number of land animals slaughtered for food in the U.S. growing from 2.4 billion in 1965 to 9.2 billion in 2015. [12]
Alberta, Canada is one of the few non-island places in the world that is free of brown rats. [2] Since the early 1950s, the Government of Alberta has operated a rat-control program, which has been so successful that only isolated instances of wild rat sightings are reported, usually of rats arriving in the province aboard trucks or by rail.
The National Fish Passage Program provides financial and technical resources to projects that promote the free movement of fish and aquatic life. Common projects include dam removal and fishway construction. Between 1999 and 2023, the program has worked with over 2,000 local partners to open 61,000 mi (98,000 km) of upstream habitat by removing ...
A humane society is a group that aims to stop cruelty to animals.In many countries, the term is used mostly for societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA). In the United Kingdom, and historically in the United States, such societies provide waterway rescue, prevention and recovery services, or may give awards for saving human life (e.g., Glasgow Humane Society and Massachusetts ...
The Humane Society of the United States runs a deer birth control program, but it is experimental; it may not be cost-effective in the long run. [2] [3] [needs update] It may cost $300 [3] to $1000 [2] per deer. One contraceptive vaccine used is porcine zona pellucida (PZP), or derivatives.
The Animal Protection and Rescue League (APRL) is an American grassroots animal rights organization, founded in 2003, based in California's San Diego and Orange Counties. APRL was founded in San Diego by animal rights activists Bryan Pease and Kath Rogers as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit national organization. [ 1 ]