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Leave A Pet In A Hot Car In New York? Expect A Broken Window

The Animal Rescue League offered this demonstration last year in Boston, with a stuffed dog, on how hot the inside of a car can get. Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption

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Leave A Pet In A Hot Car In New York? Expect A Broken Window

Firefighters and emergency medical teams in New York state will not have to wait for the police to arrive to remove a pet from a dangerously hot or cold car. They can break into a car themselves.

CEO Of The Humane Society Resigns Amid Allegations Of Sexual Harassment

Wayne Pacelle, former CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, at a 2015 news conference. Pacelle resigned Friday. Jonathan Bachman/AP Images for The Humane Society of the United States hide caption

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CEO Of The Humane Society Resigns Amid Allegations Of Sexual Harassment

The resignation of Wayne Pacelle comes just hours after the nonprofit had issued a statement endorsing his leadership and dismissing allegations made by three women.

Scientists Push To House More Lab Monkeys In Pairs

Macaques are social animals, whether in a group enclosure like this one at the Gelsenkircen zoo in western Germany, or in the wild. But many research monkeys are still housed in separate cages. Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Scientists Push To House More Lab Monkeys In Pairs

Enhancing a research monkey's life by housing it with a pal often doesn't hurt the study, says a researcher who's done it. In her own experience, she says, "it actually helped to improve the science."

Scientists Push To House More Lab Monkeys In Pairs

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SeaWorld Agrees To End Captive Breeding Of Killer Whales

Trainers (from left) Joe Sanchez, Brian Faulkner and Kelly Aldrich work with orcas Trua (front to back) Kayla and Nalani during the "Believe" show in Shamu Stadium at the Aquatica by SeaWorld theme park in Orlando, Fla., in 2011. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption

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SeaWorld Agrees To End Captive Breeding Of Killer Whales

In an agreement with The Humane Society of the United States, the theme park will also phase out the use of the giant marine mammals in theatrical shows.

SeaWorld Agrees To End Captive Breeding Of Killer Whales

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'Piglet Smoothie' Fed To Sows To Prevent Disease; Activists Outraged

A screen grab from an undercover video released by the Humane Society of the U.S. shows a pig in a gestation crate at Iron Maiden Farms in Owensboro, Ky. Courtesy of The Humane Society of The United States hide caption

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'Piglet Smoothie' Fed To Sows To Prevent Disease; Activists Outraged

Undercover footage shows a hog farm feeding sows ground-up piglets that succumbed to a deadly virus. Veterinarians say it's the only method they have to protect herds against a fast-spreading disease.

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