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	Deb Duxbury BellaOnline's Animal Life Editor

Congo Ponders Oil Drilling in Gorilla Habitat
Mountain gorillas face their own Armageddon as oil companies barter for the rights to drill within Congo’s internationally protected Virunga National Park.

Iowa Animal Cruelty Whistle Blower Bill
Iowa finds it more purposeful to punish animal cruelty whistle blowers than address issues involving abusive facilities, husbandry, animal mills, and lack of mandated governmental oversight.

Keystone Pipeline and Animal Viability
Humankind’s need for fossil fuel will always trump the safety and welfare of animals so long as there are no other viable energy resource options utilized.

Keystone Pipeline Bias Risks Animals
On October 7, 2011, President Obama was to render his decision about the Keystone Pipeline expansions, which he failed to provide. However, the reason behind the delay may prove more sobering than hopeful.

Keystone Pipeline Delay is Dangerous to Animals
President Obama’s delay gives the appearance of a breath of fresh air for America’s Heartland animals. However, this announcement neither brings a global sigh of relief, nor faith in the Obama administration’s purportedly aggressive Clean Energy campaign.

Keystone Pipeline Politicians Threaten Animals
President Obama appears ambivalent towards the importance of sustaining animal life by giving the United States Congress the right to approve the Keystone expansion unless he immediately rejects the scheme.

New York Whistle Blower Bill
New York belives it more purposeful to punish animal cruelty whistle blowers to appease deep pockets rather than allow its constituency their First Amendment Rights, making the United States First Amendment more a suggestion of practice than a protected actionable right.

Northern Gateway Pipeline Guts Animal Habitats
Canada considers allowing unparalleled damage to riverbeds, oceans, and habitats necessary to support life in order to chase the oil dollar. Meanwhile, animal populations continue to rapidly deplete from Tar Sands poisons.

Ohio Animals Slain is a Wakeup Call
Terry Thompson’s gluttonous collection of wildlife and endangered species attempted to secure their freedom when the opportunity presented itself, without fruition. The world turned a critical eye towards America, to discover a pleasant surprise.

Tar Sands Extraction Mutates Animal Life
Scientists have proven that oil sands extraction creates unnaturally accelerated mutations to marine life beyond the borders of the Tar Sands region.

United States Sued for Protecting Polar Bears
The United States federal government attempts to make strides in securing a habitat for the continued well-being and survival of the Alaskan polar bear population; facing off with big oil industry and the state of Alaska to meet their goal.