Iranian Monkey into Space
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JANUARY 29, 2013
Reportedly, the monkey returned safely from its flight into space. Of course, this was reported by the Iranian State media so who knows what is true.
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Horror in Africa
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
African elephants being poached in unprecedented numbers. They are disappearing from the continent as the poachers become increasingly militarized. Full story here at the New York Times.
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Portuguese Anti-Bullfighting City Forced to Host Bullfight
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
As a Portuguese-American, I find this just revolting. For the whole story, go to Portugal News On-Line. Prótoiro, the Portuguese Federation of Bullfighting Associations, placed an injunction again Viana do Castelo Town Hall this month after their refusal to allow the event to go ahead on municipal land. Speaking to Lusa News Agency, Prótoiro President, Diogo Costa Monteiro said that the court “decided that the right to exercise a cultural right was being infringed” and therefore “allowed for the
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Bullfighting to Appear on Spanish TV Again
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AUGUST 31, 2012
From the Telegraph. State-financed broadcaster RTVE said it would screen a bullfight from the city of Valladolid on September 5, overturning a ban imposed under the previous socialist government. In 2006, guidelines prohibited the showing of live bullfights because the "violent images" were unsuitable to be broadcast between 6 and 8 pm, during hours when children were most likely to be watching.
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Mexican Town Opposes Bullfighting
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AUGUST 30, 2012
From Latino Fox News. Mexico's first "anti-bullfighting" town has signed a petition calling on the United Nations to approve a universal declaration on animal welfare. More than 220 organizations, headed by the World Society for the Protection of Animals, are collecting signatures worldwide to petition the United Nations to adopt the proposed Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare.
Canada's Marineland Under Scrutiny for Poor Animal Care
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AUGUST 28, 2012
Allegations are that sea animals are not being well-cared for at this Niagara Falls resort.
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Spaniards Are Giving Up their Horses Due to Economic Conditions
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AUGUST 2, 2012
and they are ending up in slaughterhouses or are being abandoned.
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100 Buenos Aires Zoo Not Doing Well
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AUGUST 1, 2012
Unexpected article on the aging zoo in Buenos Aires. Sounds like it needs some dire help.
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Economic Troubles in Portugal Lead to More Abandoned Animals
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JULY 27, 2012
From the Portugal News Online.sad stuff. Thousands of pets are being abandoned across Portugal, either being dumped at the gates of charitable associations or simply taken far from home and left behind, as owners struggle to make ends meet due to the continuing financial crisis. Figures released by the National Veterinary Authority, Direção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, show that in the Lisbon area alone, a total of 5,629 stray cats and dogs were caught last year, up from the 4,442 caught
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World Wildlife Fund Removes King Juan Carlos for Elephant Hunting
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JULY 26, 2012
Good for them! What a hypocrite! It's not like Spain has enough problems now, it has to have an idiot king. From EcoRazzi. King Juan Carlos may be the King of Spain, but he is no longer the honorary president of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Spain due to his hunting and killing of elephants in Botswana, Treehugger reports.
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South Korea to Become 4th Nation to Hunt Whales
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JULY 20, 2012
This announcement is considered a major blow to the campaign to end global whaling. It sucks big time.
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Humboldt Penguins in Chile Face Extinction
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JULY 19, 2012
From the Huffington Post. Invading rats with bodies up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) long have begun eating eggs and chicks, and some experts fear that unless the rats are eradicated, they could tip the Humboldt penguin toward extinction.
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Four Paws Urges an End to Pamplona Bull Run
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JULY 17, 2012
Unfortunately, though, it brings in the tourists.
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Summer Hiatus!
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JUNE 29, 2012
We'll be taking a summer hiatus to retool and rethink the site. Thank you for your visits! We're not going away! Please keep coming back!
100 The Link Between Animal Welfare and Human Welfare
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JUNE 12, 2012
This is an interesting opinion piece about the link between animal welfare and human welfare in nations. From the Huffington Post.
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100 Warning! Sad Story Ahead
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JUNE 7, 2012
This is such a sad story. A beagle rescued from a laboratory in Spain and brought to the Los Angeles has run off and his humans are trying to find him. :-(.
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Horse Slaughterhouse Proposed in New Mexico
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JUNE 6, 2012
This article reaffirms my belief that it's more humane to slaughter horses in the US than to ship them for slaughter to Canada or Mexico. I don't like it either way, but one is better than the other for sure.
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Fur Stores in Vancouver Canada Vandalized
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MAY 24, 2012
Four fur stories in the Vancouver, Canada, area were vandalized by animal rights activists who sprayed red paint on the windows and doors. The four stores were Capilano Furs, Speiser Furs, Snowflake Canada and Pappas Furs. Credit is being taken by ALF. Read the full story here at the Vancouver Sun.
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Could California's Ban on Foie Gras Have a Domino Effect in the US?
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MAY 22, 2012
Pro-foie gras chefs seem to think so. Here's hoping that they are right! Read about it here.
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100 China to Accept Non-Animal Testing Methods for Cosmetic Ingredients
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MAY 11, 2012
From CosmeticsDesign.com.good news! Click on the link for the full story. PETA has been successful in pressing Chinese officials to adopt non animal testing methods as it announces the country is in the final stages of approving the use of its very first non-animal test method for cosmetic ingredients.
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100 Bob Barker Funds Space for HIV-Infected Chimps
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MAY 4, 2012
As I've often said, Bob Barker is a good man. From The Washington Post. Retired game-show host and animal rights advocate Bob Barker is opening a new area for five HIV-infected chimpanzees at a sanctuary in northwestern Louisiana. The former host of “The Price Is Right” donated $380,000 to create space at the Chimp Haven near Shreveport.
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100 Swedish King Wants to Cull Country's Wolf Population
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APRIL 30, 2012
Unfortunately, he's also one of the presidents of the World Wildlife Fund whose Swedish chapter supports the maintenance of the wolf population. D'oh! From Wildlife Extra. Wolves kill elk - But King Gustaf wants to kill the elk so he wants to get rid of wolves And why does he want to do that? Because every year the good king runs an elk hunt in Sweden, along with his son Prince Carl Philip.
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100 Mad Cow Disease Appears in California
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APRIL 24, 2012
Potentially bad news for California Agriculture. Read the full story here at the LA Times. The reemergence of mad cow disease, discovered in a California dairy cow, could have major implications for the state’s meat industry, even though officials have said that the human food supply is unaffected. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy hasn’t been found in U.S. since 2006 and was discovered in only three instances before then.
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100 Fallout Continues Over Juan Carlos' Elephant Hunting Trip
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APRIL 23, 2012
What an idiot. Read the full story on this NPR page. As Spaniards grapple with severe austerity measures and 24 percent unemployment, their king is dealing with a different kind of pain — extreme embarrassment over public outrage upon his return from an elephant hunt in Africa that cost nearly $60,000, or more than twice the average salary in Spain.
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100 King Juan Carlos, Honorary Head of World Wildlife Fund Spain, Caught in Elephant Hunt
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APRIL 20, 2012
D'oh! From the Wildlife Extra News. April 2012. King Juan Carlos of Spain, Honorary President of WWF Spain, is recovering in hospital after breaking his hip in Botswana where he was on an elephant hunt. Apparently it isn't the first time the King has been shooting big game in Africa, or elsewhere (Apparently he killed a bear in Russia a few years ago too).
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Coast Guard Defends Medical Practice on Animals
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APRIL 19, 2012
I knew the military in general used animals for combat medical practice.hadn't thought of the Coast Guard though. PETA leads the charge against the Coast Guard. For the full story, go here to the Washington Post. The Coast Guard is defending its practice of using live animals in its combat medical training after an activist group released a video on Wednesday of a goat’s legs being removed with tree trimmers during what it said was training for agency personnel.
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100 Hard for Russian Veterinarians to Use Anesthesia Due to Russian Drug Laws
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APRIL 17, 2012
leaving them to sometimes do procedures with nothing to numb the animals' pain. Read the full article in The Moscow Times. After eight years of fighting a strict law that virtually bans an anesthetic essential for their work, Russia's veterinarians say they have nearly reached the end of their tether. Ketamine has long been used for operating on animals throughout the world, but when it came in vogue as a party drug in the late 1990s, Russia's response was to ban the substance entirely in 2003.
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Is Meat Now "Pink Slime?"
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APRIL 16, 2012
We actually watched a report about this on Stephen Colbert's show of all places. It was nauseating and I don't even eat meat. Blech. If you eat meat, read this article from the Huffington Post.
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TV Shows and Movies that Hurt and Killed Animals
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APRIL 9, 2012
Here's a horrible listing of films and shows that resulted in the abuse or killing of animals, starting with an elephant execution in 1903. Disgusting and stomach-turning.
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100 Grey2K Looks at Macau Racing Course
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APRIL 5, 2012
There is only one greyhound racing course in Asia and that is in Macau which now belongs to China. American organization Grey2K visited it and expressed concerns about treatment of the greyhounds both during their racing careers and once they are over.
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Chinese Dogs Rescued En Route to Butcher
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APRIL 2, 2012
These dogs were rescued by Chinese activists before they could be slaughtered for meat. According to this article from the NPR site , such rescues are occuring more regularly as dogs are increasingly becoming pets. A good story from China for once.
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"Happy Cows" Campaign in California Under Fire
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MARCH 29, 2012
California dairy farmers have an ad campaign that cows are just darn happy on their factory farms. PETA is not convinced. This article about the situation appears in the Merced Sun-Star which is from my home county of Merced!
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100 Canada Okays Matching Seal Quota
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MARCH 27, 2012
This despite a dry market for seal products and a warming climate that is hurting the species? Really, Canada? Really? For the full article, go to The Globe and Mail here. The market for Canadian seal pelts has gone dry but the federal government will still allow sealers to kill 400,000 of the marine mammals when the annual hunt opens next Monday. The quota, announced in a release issued by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on Tuesday, ignores the advice of one of the government’s own scien
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Supporters Still Trying to Keep Bullfighting in Spain
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MARCH 22, 2012
I was disappointed that Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was one of those that signed a petition to keep this cruel and unnecessary torture of animals around. I guess I won't be reading his books! For the full story, go here to latino.foxnews.
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Looking for Books about Animal Experimentation
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MARCH 21, 2012
I've finally decided to take the plunge and really learn about animal experimentation. It's a horrible topic and I post news articles about the abuses from time to time. But I want to be able to argue about it intelligently, citing science, not just morals. Apparently, there is a lot of argument out there than animal experimentation is even good for humans.
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Graphic Photo of Protest in Spain
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MARCH 20, 2012
It's a pretty powerful image.
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100 Northern Arapahoes Given Right to Kill Eagles for Religious Purposes
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MARCH 19, 2012
From the Seattle PI. A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted a permit March 9 to the Northern Arapaho Tribe allowing it either to kill or capture and release two bald eagles this year.
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100 Feds Approve Killing Sea Lions in the Columbia River
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MARCH 16, 2012
The Federal government has approved the killing of California Sea Lions in the Columbia River, blaming them for killing and eating endangered salmon. Never mind the main reasons for the problems with the salmon: hatcheries, human harvest, hydropower and the destruction of habitat.
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Halal Slaughter Causing a Furor In Quebec
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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. Two political parties in Quebec are speaking out about the ritual slaughter of animals, but a Jewish advocacy group is confident that kashrut is not being targeted.
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Animal Welfare Concerns May Be Influencing UK Animal Research
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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. In a very depressing fight, every sign is worth something.
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MARCH 13, 2012
No one in the world needs a mink coat but a mink. ~Murray Banks.
100 Second Time Bears Declared Extinct in Austria
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MARCH 5, 2012
Why is so much wildlife news so frigging sad?! From Wildlife Extra News. For the second time in recent history, brown bears have been declared extinct in Austria. "Unfortunately there are no bears left in Austria, in the Northern Limestone Alps. The last bear, known as ‘Moritz', an Austrian born bear, has not been seen since 2010. This sub-population is now deemed to be extinct.
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100 Wolfgang Puck Sends Letter Supporting End to Foie Gras Sales
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MARCH 2, 2012
From Sfist.com. Although his gastronomic reputation has, let's fact it, been marred due to his frozen food and canned soup lines, Spago founder and chef Wolfgang Puck still has some pull. So, he penned an open letter to California restaurants still serving foie gras. And the letter, sent by Puck in February, was intended to sooth the frayed nerves of chefs who don't like being told what they can and cannot serve at their spoons.
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