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Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals

Critics irked US has nearly triple shelters for abused pets

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 25, 2008 4:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – With 3,800 animal shelters in the US to only 1,500 shelters for battered women, economist Allison Schrager tackles the disparity in More Intelligent Life. "If we value people more than animals can we ever justify giving to an animal-welfare charity?" she asks,...   Read full story »

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