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Animal rights activists are celebrating an announcement from Anheuser-Busch that says it has discontinued equine tail docking.The beer company, known for its famous Clydesdales, said it stopped the practice, which requires a horse s tailbone to be severed, earlier this year. The safety and well-being of our beloved Clydesdales is our top priority, an Anheuser-Busch spokesperson said in a statement to Scripps News. Combined with our highly trained staff of professional caretakers, we partner with an equine medical expert to ensure our animals re
stanley website ceive the highest level and quality of care. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA called for the practice t
stanley vaso o be stopped earlier this year. The organization posted a video onYouTubein February, claiming Clydesdales had their tails docked at the farm and ranch where they are bred and trained for the company.SEE MORE: Anheuser-Busch selling 8 brands to Canadian cannabis companyThe American Veterinary Medical Association supports a national ban on tail docking in draft horses, including Clydesdales, noting that the practice has become cosmetically fashionable, but is not necessary.The discontinuation of tail docking paved the way for Anheuser-Busch to become American Humane Certified. The certification recognizes the company for the care it takes of the Cly
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Phil and Gay Courter, the Crystal River couple quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan, are back in the United States.Two charter flights carrying cruise ship passengers from Japan landed at military bases in California and Texas overnight, starting the clock on a quarantine period to ensur
stanley mug e passengers dont have the new virusthats been spreading in Asia.A plane carrying American passengers touched down at Travis Air Force Base in Northern California just before 11:30
stanley thermobecher p.m. Sunday, local time. A second flight arrived at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas around 2 1/2 hours later, early Monday.Japans Defense Minister Taro Kono had tweeted earlier that Japanese troops helped transport 340 U.S. passengers on 14 buses from Yokohama port to Tokyos Haneda airport. About 380 Americans wer
stanley flask e on the cruise ship.The U.S. said it arranged the evacuation because people on the Diamond Princess were at a high risk of exposure to the virus. For the departing Americans, the evacuation cuts short a 14-day quarantine that began aboard the cruise ship Feb. 5.The State Department announced later that 14 of the evacuees received confirmed they had the virus but were allowed to board the flight because they did not have symptoms. They were being isolated separately from other passengers on the flight, the U.S. State and Health and Human Services said in a joint statement.Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institu
