WMass rep. backing animal rights bill

State Representative Cheryl Coakley-Rivera is promoting bills that would make it illegal to chain a dog for more than eight hours, and prohibit breeders from selling puppies that are younger than eight weeks old.

Animal Rescuers Take To The Sky

Local pilot volunteers time to transport animals out of harm’s way to safe havens Victor Girgenti, local businessman and pilot, recently assisted in the rescue of nine dogs who were brought from a high-kill shelter in the south to an animal sanctuary in New Hampshire. This life-saving flight was done through the work of Animal Rescue Flights, of which Girgenti is a volunteer pilot. Animal Rescue ...

May 8, 2012

The following are lists of books releasing the weeks of May 7th and May 14th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers. May we ask that you forward this newsletter to friends who you think would enjoy reading it?

Should addicts be sterilized?

“Don’t let a pregnancy ruin your drug habit,” the slogan on the fliers reads. Another says, “She has her daddy’s eyes…and her mommy’s heroin addiction.” Then: “Get birth control, get ca$h.” These are posters that show up nationwide in homeless shelters and methadone clinics, in AA and NA meeting rooms and near needle exchange programs, distributed by volunteers for Project Prevention. Formerly ...

Fanatical or frugal? Corporation is called to task

Is Koch Industries a conglomerate willing to do anything to turn a profit — or simply a company concerned about the nation’s economic future? It depends on your source of information.