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- Australia: The New Canada
Two of Britain's former colonies appear to have bashing baby animals to death as a hobby in common. The Aussies are going to club thousands of baby kangaroos after a decision to "cull" by the regional government of New South Wales. The Daily Mail has covered this story. You can read it here. The article also covers [...]
(April 23, 2009) - Farm Sanctuary’s Virtual Experience
I checked this out yesterday and it's a pretty cool way for people to learn about the sanctuary and the cruelty of industrialized farming. Here's a bit from Farm Sanctuary about the Virtual Experience: Farm Sanctuary is thrilled to announce the eagerly-anticipated launch of our innovative Virtual Experience, a new digital environment that enables anyone to [...]
(April 23, 2009) - On Being a Minority Within a Minority
Submitted by Animal Person I've been tweeting (http://www.twitter.com/mary_martin) for a short time and I have more than anything else the overwhelming feeling that I am part of a minuscule minority within an already small segment of the population. I'm a vegan who thinks we shouldn't be using animals even if we change the conditions of their [...]
(April 22, 2009) - 21 polo horses dead due to pharmacy mistake
(Ok, forget the big picture that maybe the entire idea of using animals for sport should be re-examined, but at the very least...) .... hopefully state and local officials will do a genuine investigation into this weekend tragedy in Palm Beach, Florida and prosecute in a meaningful way... Read more on Fox Sports/MSN.
(April 22, 2009) - An Ounce of Python Prevention
"Swamp Things," a fascinating article by Burkhard Bilger in the April 20 issue of The New Yorker, describes how the exotic pet industry has helped transform the state of Florida into "a biological cesspool of introduced life." As fads of exotic birds, reptiles, and primates have come and gone, nonnative species have established themselves in the wild-transported by hurricanes or deliberately set loose by their owners. As Bilger explains: On a single tree you could conceivably find plants and...
(April 22, 2009) - Vaccinating Dogs: What Your Vet (Probably) Has Not Told You
(April 22, 2009) - Animal tidbits in the news
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary Okay, so they weren't in the news (but they should be), but no blog update would be complete without a picture of some critters. Susie and Hazel are two pigs who love their straw beds. Susie is on the left and, at 8, is the older of the two. Hazel is [...]
(April 22, 2009) - The Helmsley Controversy Continues…
This one's for Professor Crawford… The Washington Times reports today that Leona Helmsley's estate trustees have allocated $136 million of the trust's first dole-out of $137 million (out of an estimated total of $5 billion) to medical charities rather than dog charities - the latter being what some animal advocates feel her will indicated she wished. The [...]
(April 21, 2009) - It’s Earth Day! Go Vegan!
I got a note from Farm Sanctuary with the best idea for celebrating Earth Day ever - go vegan! People across the planet are taking steps to go "green" by changing light bulbs and driving habits. Yet with the unmistakable connections between factory farming and the destruction of our environment, the most effective change one can [...]
(April 21, 2009) - What Friends are For
Submitted by Animal Person So this was in my e-mail box this morning. Now what? How ridiculous is it that "On the Psychological Continuum," to say nothing of an article against rabbit fur, is on the same page as Gabriella's Fur Den? The ads I see today have nothing to do with animal cruelty-the opposite is true. [...]
(April 21, 2009) - Tail-Docking Goes the Way of the Dodo
In addition to ultimately being killed, and to (for most), being severely confined indoors, without fresh air, soil or trees, American factory-farmed animals are subjected to a horrifying line-up of painful physical mutilations. These are all a result of farmers' desires to keep their work easy and predictable, and reflect the shift to factory-farming that [...]
(April 21, 2009) - California Legislation Update
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary Animal Place is a member of the California Animal Association (CAA), a coalition of animal protection organizations. Every year, CAA introduces legislation to improve the lives of animals in California. We also track bills that affect animals both positively and negatively. CAA's bill this year is AB1122, which would ban the sale [...]
(April 21, 2009) - Court to Weigh Legality Of Animal Abuse Videos
By Robert Barnes Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 21, 2009 The Supreme Court yesterday turned to the gruesome, announcing that it will decide next term whether fetish films that depict the killing of small animals and videos of dogfights are protected by constitutional guarantees of free speech. The justices said they would review, at the request of the federal government, an appeals court decision that said Congress's broad attempt to discourage animal cruelty by outlawing its...
(April 20, 2009) - Supreme Court to hear case on whether First Amendment protects depictions of animal cruelty
Some may remember my prior post on U.S v. Stevens when the 3rd Circuit originally ruled that the law banning animal cruelty depictions was unconstitutional, and then this later post after the Solicitor General weighed in asking the Supreme Court to hear the case. On Friday, there was some initial good news - the Supreme Court voted in conference to accept certiorari and will decide whether depictions of animal cruelty warrant First Amendment protection. I'll post more about why the Court should...
(April 20, 2009) - Animal Terror(ists)
So, a few days after the administration gets roundly criticized for suggesting that former members of the military might be susceptible to right-wing extremism, we learn today that the FBI's Most Wanted "Domestic Terrorist" is an animal rights activist who has allegedly bombed two offices in northern California. Nobody was hurt in either bombing. Without excusing [...]
(April 20, 2009) - Vegan Before 6
As a vegan, I really want the entire world to stop exploiting non-human animals for their flesh, skin, fur, experimentation and entertainment. I'm also realistic, at times, so I support animal welfare organizations such as HSUS. I know this makes the abolitionists grind their teeth and swear, but I don't give a damn. Why shouldn't [...]
(April 20, 2009) - And Hitler Was a Vegetarian
Dear Colleagues: In what appears to be an attempt to address the criticism that President Obama got when the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement and a report on right-wing extremism, the FBI has just announced that terror can come from the "left" as well: the first domestic terrorist named to the FBI's list of "Most Wanted" terror suspects is Daniel Andreas San Diego, described as an "animal rights activist," "left-wing terrorist," and "vegan." The first problem with this...
(April 20, 2009) - Eel-tastic
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary There is a chapter in Jeffrey Masson's most recent book "The Face on Your Place: The Truth About Food" on aquaculture (a powerful chapter). Within it is a bit about eels and, to be honest, it left me incredibly curious about these (to me) mysterious creatures. Here's an excerpt: The female breeds [...]
(April 20, 2009) - Animal Rights Zone Launches Today
Submitted by Animal Person Today is the launch of . . . I'm excited to be a blogger for Animal Rights Zone because its target market is people who don't usually subscribe to blogs. Also, it has the added bonus of organizing my content better than I have. The goal is to provide blogospheric content that is [...]
(April 20, 2009) - Giving Rare Species a Place on Our Planet
One of the quiddities of the U.S. Congress is that it's slow by design. Bills have to make it through both the House and the Senate, via committee process and floor action in both chambers. That's why more than 10,000 bills are introduced in a two-year congressional session, and only 4 to 5 percent actually become law. There were several important wildlife protection measures that passed the House during the 110th Congress, but then stalled in the Senate. Those bills were reintroduced at the...
(April 20, 2009)