What's the Difference Between Animal Welfare and Animal Rights?
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JUNE 4, 2009
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EU Sends Inspectors to Portugal for Farm Animal Welfare
Critter News
DECEMBER 28, 2009
The inspectors found nothing wrong, but at least they responded to the issues raised by Animal Angels, based in Germany. My 2010 resolution is to try and track animal rights issues in the homelands of Spain and Portugal. Tags: europe portugal farm animal welfare.
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Another Fake Animal Welfare Group
Critter News
DECEMBER 9, 2009
I was browsing for some quotes when I came across this group - The National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA). They had a page with quotes from animal rights activists, but as I was reading, I noticed that they were very unfavorable quotes from such activists as Wayne Pacelle and Ingrid Newkirk. Who are these guys?
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Critter News
JANUARY 12, 2009
Tags: islam animal rights animal welfare.
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Animal Welfare Concerns May Be Influencing UK Animal Research
Critter News
MARCH 14, 2012
This article in the Herald Tribune claims that animal rights is winning out over animal research. I would take the article with a grain of salt. I've read the same on the other side. It depends on who's writing the article of course.I think it's still a long, long fight. But perhaps these are positive signs.
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EU Bans Battery Cages
Critter News
JANUARY 25, 2012
To offset yesterday's crappy news about California, here's good news from the EU! Full article on Food Safety News. Emeritus Chair in Animal Welfare at the University of Guelph in Ontario and the President of the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada. As of Jan. As of Jan. Duncan, Ph.D.,
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Quebec to Review Puppy Mill Laws
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
The fallout from the huge puppy mill seizure is fueling calls for a review of Quebec's animal rights laws, which are abysmal even for Canada. Exerpted from CTV News. You need to reopen the law to change the fines," said a representative from an animal welfare group.
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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!
Critter News
DECEMBER 31, 2010
The Alamagordo chimps will be allowed to remain in New Mexico for about two years while the NIH studies the issue of their transference. This gives animal rights activists some time to prepare further defense of the animals. AP) - Some 186 chimpanzees will remain at a federal facility in New Mexico for now.
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Is There Danger of Elitism in the Animal Rights Movement?
Critter News
AUGUST 27, 2009
I believe that we have to be inclusive in the animal rights movement and attack the system using all kinds of methods in all sorts of fields. Tags: activism musings animal rights animal welfare. This post is inspired by a thought-provoking piece on the Provoked blog (clearly a good name for a blog!)
Australian Animal Rights Campaign to Help Calves
Critter News
FEBRUARY 6, 2011
ANIMAL rights groups have begun a campaign against the dairy industry's treatment of bobby calves. Animals Australia has a video on its website showing calves being roughly dragged off utes and thrown to the ground. Here's the full article from the Weekly Times Now.
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100 Halal Slaughter Causing a Furor In Quebec
Critter News
MARCH 15, 2012
Quebec is not known for its animal welfare concerns or laws. I think the issue stems from this being an Islamic practice and the fear of contaminated meat, not concern for the animals. From JTA, the Global News Service of the Jewish People.
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100 Harvard Medical School Facility Accused of Improper Research Reporting
Critter News
OCTOBER 21, 2010
Again, work by SAEN (Stop Animal Exploitation Now.) From the MetroWest Daily News. An Ohio-based animal rights organization has filed a complaint against Harvard Medical School, alleging that the school's New England Primate Research Center in Southborough did not properly report its experiments on animals.
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Bob Barker Offers to Pay to Move Canadian Elephants to Sanctuary
Critter News
DECEMBER 19, 2011
I hope, when I reach their age, I'm as active and effective as Bob Barker and Betty White are in the animal rights movement. Excerpted from CBC News. Toronto city council voted in October to move the elephants to a facility run by PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) near Galt, Calif., called ARK 2000.
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SAEN Files Complaints Against University of Washington Again
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MAY 2, 2012
An animal-rights group that watchdogs research facilities across the country has filed a federal complaint against the University of Washington, citing multiple incidents in which animals were injured, escaped from their cages or were found dead. From the normantranscript.com.
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100 Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?
Critter News
AUGUST 15, 2010
Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animal welfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. This New York Times article argues that it could lead to other states following suit.
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Bullfighting to Appear on Spanish TV Again
Critter News
AUGUST 31, 2012
The policy change comes under the new conservative Popular Party government of Mariano Rajoy which is widely seen as opposed to all attempts to curtail the national fiesta in Spain. It is clearly a backward step for the welfare of animals in this country," said Silvia Barquero, spokesman for the animal defence lobby group.
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100 Radlo Foods Pledging Conversion to Cage-Free Eggs
Critter News
APRIL 10, 2009
Good news following an investigation of farm animal abuses by Mercy for Animals. In a written statement the company said it was making the move after an investigation revealed that Radlo Foods violated the terms of an agreement by working with a farm that is not in compliance with its strict animal welfare standards.
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100 Quebec is the Best Province to be an Animal Abuser
Critter News
MAY 23, 2011
An animal rights group based in the United States has ranked Quebec “the best province to be an animal abuser” in a report on Canada’s animal welfare record. That sucks. From the Montreal Gazette.
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Conklin Farm Owner Will Not Face Charges
Critter News
JULY 10, 2010
The Union County sheriff's office said it had four veterinarians with experience in large-animal care review the tape. "In In context, Mr. Conklin's actions were entirely appropriate," Phillips wrote in a news release this morning. Attorney's Office for possible charges under the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.
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Pork Industry Moving into Defensive Mode
Critter News
MARCH 19, 2009
The Pork Board has planned delegate meetings at the {annual Pork Industry} forum to discuss quality assurance rules including animal handling, and how much money to allocate to promote animal welfare. Tags: animal cruelty pigs pork farm animal welfare factory farm animal welfare.
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Air Canada Feeling Pressure to Stop Shipping Lab Monkeys
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AUGUST 17, 2011
Animal-rights activists are urging Air Canada to stop shipping live monkeys and other animals destined for experimentation, saying the airline can change its tariff rules if it wants. In our opinion, Air Canada is not legally obligated to accept monkeys as cargo," said the opinion written by Lawyers for Animal Welfare.
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Thousands Offered for Primate Freedom
Critter News
APRIL 22, 2010
An animal rights activist has offered $30,000 to anyone who facilitates the freeing of primates, or the end of vivisection, at the University of Kansas, a place cited for numerous animal welfare violations. Tags: University of Kansas animal research vivisection primates. He does not condone violent or illegal acts.
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100 Big Ag Fighting Back with PR
Critter News
DECEMBER 26, 2009
Clearly the animal rights community is much more emboldened and aggressive than they have been in the past," said {National Milk Producers Federation} spokesman Chris Galen. "We Tags: farm animal welfare factory farm agribusiness. So, now you just try to spend more money to spread more lies. We need to play offense."
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Komen and KFC: A Match Made in Hell
Critter News
MAY 17, 2010
Aside from their support of animal research, I have enountered them in my line of work and find them corporate, condescending, and self-righteous. It's not just a question of animal rights. Tags: animal research Stupid KFC farm animal welfare susan g. for cancer research. That stuff is horrible!
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100 Charles River Labs Continues Expanding
Critter News
APRIL 27, 2010
Charles River Labs, a company which develops drugs and conducts contract animal testing, has an atrocious animal rights record, although they deny it of course. The USDA here may be sadly wanting in its animal welfare oversight, but it is heaven compared to the vaccuum in China.
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100 Stephanie Ernst Leaves Change.org
Critter News
DECEMBER 22, 2009
However, I certainly tried to read Stephanie Ernst's posts at Change.org's Animal Rights blog. Now I find out from Digging Through the Dirt that Stephanie has left and started a new project called Animal Rights & Anti-Oppresssion. There is a huge difference in what each term conveys and the movement it describes.
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Our Strange Relationship with Animals
Critter News
AUGUST 24, 2009
I thought this was an interesting piece contrasting three different people and their relationships with animals. One is a meat-eating professor of animal welfare, another is an animal rights activist, and the third is an animal researcher. This quote from the animal rights person is spot-on for me.[Maria's]
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100 Note to Those Wanting Promotion: Pay Attention
Animal Person
JUNE 17, 2009
And that's fine, as we all want to spread the news of fantastic work that needs support. By encouraging people to bake with higher welfare eggs (as well as organic milk, butter and chocolate) vital funds will be raised to campaign against battery cages. Case in point: AnimalEquality. But that was back in 2006.
World Animal Day in Minsk
Critter News
OCTOBER 5, 2008
City Fauna and another animal welfare charity named Ehida brought around 40 pets from their shelters to the park on Sunday in an attempt to re-home them. They also put up a tent to collect donations, such as pet food, cages, collars and other pet supplies, for stray and abandoned animals kept at the shelters. Byalyanava said.
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Ringling Brother Accused of Violating ESA
Critter News
FEBRUARY 6, 2009
The treatment of circus elephants went on trial in federal court Wednesday with animal rights groups accusing Ringling Bros. of violating the Endangered Species Act when it uses bullhooks and chains to control its performing pachyderms.
Sarah Palin's Sellout of a Speechwriter
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
Seems that the guy that wrote Sarah Palin's convention speech was none other then noted conservative and alleged animal rights supporter Matthew Scully. Palin is known as an avid hunter; Scully is best known for his vigorous defense of animal rights. The Palin-Scully pairing is anything but a guaranteed fit, though.
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100 Bob Barker Donates $1.5 Million to LA Zoo
Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2009
Some animal-rights activists said the area still would not provide enough roaming room, and Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas suggested that the zoo’s lone Asian elephant be sent instead to the Performing Animal Welfare Society, a sanctuary in San Andreas. The donation will go towards moving Billy to PAWS.
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On The Respectful Emperor
Animal Person
FEBRUARY 26, 2010
I've been having a difficult time blogging both here and at Animal Rights & AntiOppression lately because I feel like my thoughts are like " Groundhog Day." There are few animal rights stories in the news. Not the day, the film, where Bill Murray experiences the same day over and over again. People are talking.
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100 On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us
Animal Person
MAY 30, 2009
Elizabeth Parker , the "chair man " (my emphasis) of the Animal Agriculture Alliance at CattleNetwork, which apparently is "The Source for Cattle News." Perhaps "modern" should instead be defined as: ceasing to do what we did yesterday because we realized it was wrong.
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Mexican Activists Staged Protest Early this Month
Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2012
MEXICO CITY – Animal rights activists staged a protest against the sale of pets in Mexico City, urging residents to adopt dogs and other animals instead of buying them. Late on this story. I copied the full article from the Latin American Herald Tribune.
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Suit Filed Over Cows Killed to Drive Up Milk Prices
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Animal rights group Compassion Over Killing was the first to uncover the alleged systematic slaughter of healthy dairy cows in California. A Seattle law firm is taking on dairies, claiming that a price-fixing scheme has consumers paying too much for milk.
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100 Beef Farm's Trucks Burned by Activists
Critter News
JANUARY 11, 2012
Animal rights activists are behind the burning of cattle trucks at Harris Farms in western Fresno County early Sunday, according to a statement released by a clearinghouse for activists. And, this happened in Fresno County which is in the San Joaquin Valley of California. I grew up there. Full story here at the Fresno Bee.
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Foie Gras Disappearing From San Diego Restaurants
Critter News
APRIL 16, 2009
Here in Seattle, NARN (Northwest Animal Rights Network) has been staging protests at a local restaurant that serves foie gras. I guess small protests like NARN's seem futile when compared to the overwhelming issue of animal welfare, but you have to think that a number of small protests over time can have a large cumulative impact.
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McDonalds Makes Positive Move to Help Sows
Critter News
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Animal rights advocates have singled out the crates, known as sow stalls, as inhumane, and several states have moved to ban or restrict their use not only in pork production, but also in the production of eggs and veal. There are alternatives we think are better for the welfare of sows.”.
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100 Southern Senator Stops Confirmation Over Animal Protection
Critter News
JULY 19, 2009
He is the co-editor, for example, of Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions, which examines views both in favor and against animal law. The position he's going for doesn't even deal with animal issues, but, if true, their corporate opposition shows the fear and the long reach of these greedy monsters.
We Should Kill More Lions
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NOVEMBER 27, 2013
I’ve certainly seen the story plenty in my Facebook news feed, and were I more of a Twitter user I am sure I would have seen it there too. The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do.
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