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Kindness and compassion towards all living beings is a mark of a civilized society. Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bullfighting and rodeos are all cut from the same defective fabric:

Cesar Chavez

After 85-year Absence, Wolves Return to California

For the first time in more than 85 years, a gray wolf has been documented in California.

Dead herring mystery for Norway as thousands wash up on beach

Locals left scratching their heads after 20 tonnes of the dead creatures are found on beach in Nordreisa

GRF One Health Summit 2012: One Health, One Planet, One Future

Join top experts, leaders and pioneers from international organizations, public authorities, insurance and health services, the pharmaceutical and food industry, science, and civil society exploring innovative pathways of global integrative health risk management through the One Health perspective.

Global Risk Forum
19 February 2012 - 23 February 2012
Davos, Switzerland

 

'Go sustainable, be responsible! European civil society on the road to Rio+20'

The EESC conference 'Go sustainable, be responsible! European civil society on the road to Rio+20' on 7-8 February 2012 in Brussels is intended to voice European civil society's positions on Rio+20 and help make Rio+20 a success. The conference is aimed at participants from European civil society associations, decision-makers, EU officials and public officials.

The European Economic and Social Committee
07 February 2012 - 08 February 2012
Brussels