self.document.write('<div style="margin : 0px; width : auto; height : auto; border : solid 0px; overflow : hidden; font-size : 1em; font-family : \'Arial\'; color : black; background : inherit;"> <div style="padding : 3px;" > <ul style="margin : 0px; padding-left : 15px"> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/economist/full_print_edition/~3/l2SjZbxX3Ww/displaystory.cfm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Bullfighting in Catalonia : The land of the ban</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> <p>First the burqa, now the bullfight. What will Catalonia outlaw next? <p>ON JULY 28th Catalonia’s regional parliament outlawed bullfighting. It is a bit like a German state banning wurst or a French region condemning those pesky berets. <p>As is the way in fiercely independent Catalonia, the debate over bullfighting became caught up in regional politics. Many Catalans are concerned less about animal welfare than they are about rejecting the bull as a symbol of Spain and distancing Catalonia from Spaniards’ habit of referring to the corrida as the “national fiesta”. ... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://economist.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">economist.com</a> - 2010-07-29 16:47:03 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/economist/full_print_edition/~3/JBYCvl5urTg/displaystory.cfm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Animal testing: Tweaking the experiments</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> <p>Most people now accept the growing use of genetically modified mice <p>THE British are notorious for preferring pets to people. They dislike the genetic modification of crops. Yet over the past decade they have come to accept not only that animal experimentation can often be justified but also the increased use of genetically modified mice in carrying out such tests. On July 27th official statistics showed that, for the first time, the use of genetically modified animals has outstripped that of conventional creatures. Hardly anyone flinched. <p>For a nation of animal-lovers, Britain conducts a lot of experiments on living beings—some 3.6m in 2009, of which 83% involved rodents. The numbers peaked in the early 1970s at 5.5m, then halved over the next two decades as the sorts of experiments that make even pro-science types wince were halted. All experimenting on great apes was stopped, and the use of animals to test cosmetics and household products was phased out. ... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://economist.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">economist.com</a> - 2010-07-29 16:47:03 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Panjos-owner-ecstatic-and-relieved-20100729" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Panjo\'s owner \'ecstatic and relieved\'</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> A jubilant Goosey Fernandes celebrated the return of his hand-reared tiger by opening a bottle of whisky for himself, and a bottle of milk for his beloved animal. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://news24.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">news24.com</a> - 2010-07-29 08:15:47 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/nation/~3/4YRoO3-rgMA/7129301.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >1 dead, 2 injured in bear attack at Montana campground</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> At least one bear rampaged through a heavily occupied campground Wednesday near Yellowstone National Park in the middle of the night, killing one person and injuring two others during a terrifying attack that forced people to hide in their cars as an animal tore through tents. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://chron.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">chron.com</a> - 2010-07-29 07:19:24 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/article_6ec9cce2-96ef-5be1-a9b2-3a04d896afb8.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Lynda Bibbs Cole, \'The Turtle Lady,\' dies,</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Lynda Bibbs Cole loved animals but was no expert when it came to turtles. At least, until she met a talented woman at a wildlife sanctuary who taught her the secrets of healing sick or injured turtles </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://stltoday.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">stltoday.com</a> - 2010-07-28 06:45:35 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700051307/US-seeks-to-garnish-wages-of-man-who-freed-mink.html?s_cid=rss-5" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >US seeks to garnish wages of man who freed mink</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Federal prosecutors are hoping to garnish the wages of a prominent animal rights activist who freed mink from Midwestern fur... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://deseretnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">deseretnews.com</a> - 2010-07-27 21:55:14 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=dea057f4c802c007ea480718f1dea813" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Grandfather charged in dog mauling</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Contra Costa County prosecutors have filed two felony charges today against a Concord man whose pit bull terriers killed his 2-year-old step-grandson. Steven Hayashi, 52, was charged with child endangerment and allowing a vicious animal to be at large in... Contra Costa County California - Pit Bull - California - Child abuse - United States </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://sfgate.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">sfgate.com</a> - 2010-07-27 00:43:36 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/jul/26/response-time-depends-dimensions-animal-20100726/" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Response time depends on dimensions of animal</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> It takes an elephant much longer to notice a fly and flick it away than it takes a shrew, and the reason is not that the elephant\'s great brain is too busy with philosophy, or that it simply does not concern itself with flies. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://arkansasonline.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">arkansasonline.com</a> - 2010-07-26 09:46:18 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/deb-peterson/article_075b4e48-96a8-11df-a45f-00127992bc8b.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Local Kathryn Favre Foundation steps up for Stray Rescue</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Stray Rescue leader Randy Grim got a boost today with a $125,000 check from the Kathryn Favre Foundation, a local animal welfare organization. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://stltoday.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">stltoday.com</a> - 2010-07-23 23:42:44 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012434338_apussheepskinfactoryfire.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Utah man arrested in sheepskin store fire</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Police say a man who has been arrested on suspicion of starting a fire that destroyed a sheepskin store near Denver has been linked to two other fires in Utah which destroyed business he allegedly deemed were cruel to animals. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://seattletimes.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">seattletimes.com</a> - 2010-07-23 23:32:23 GMT </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div>');