Anti-Research Advocacy in Madison
Critter News
JUNE 15, 2010
Interesting article on anti-animal research advocacy in Madison, WI. Madison is a key battleground because it is one of only 8 cities with primate centers in the country.
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What’s Up with the ABA? Part II (Some Suggestions)
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2022
In my view, the ABA should strongly consider: (1) becoming more welcoming to new birders, and (2) increasing and formalizing ABA advocacy on issues relevant to birders. * * *. Secondly, the ABA should increase and formalize its advocacy for birders. Members will likely also have suggestions for advocacy.
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Ocean Advocacy and Animal Rights
Critter News
DECEMBER 23, 2009
We support two ocean protection organizations: People for Puget Sound (local) and the Ocean Conservancy. I was reading Ocean Conservancy's magazine today. For the past couple of issues I've read, it has had a "sustainable seafood recipe."
On Surreal Lobster Advocacy
Animal Person
MAY 9, 2009
My self-appointed job in this blog is to think critically about how our human lives intersect with those of sentient nonhumans, in action and thought. Yesterday I received an e-mail alert from the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF) regarding " a coin operated game that uses live lobsters at the Royal Palm Ale House in Royal Palm Beach.
Scientist Advocacy Group Oppose Some Animal Testing
Critter News
JANUARY 11, 2009
Here's a group I've never heard of. I found a link to them on ANIMAL's blog (ANIMAL is a Portuguese animal rights group.) These scientists are NOT an animal rights group. They do support some animal-based studies (which sucks); HOWEVER, they acknowledge that much animal research is useless.
Air Canada To Stop Shipping Lab Primates
Critter News
JANUARY 20, 2012
Animal advocacy groups have been lobbying for this for a while. Today, more than 40 animal advocacy organizations across Canada praised Air Canada for its recent decision to stop shipping non-human primates into the country for use in research laboratories. Excellent news! Thank you Air Canada!
"Change of Heart": New Book about Animal Activism
Critter News
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
The author is Nick Cooney and he's the Director of The Humane League, an animal advocacy non-profit with offices in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. Tags: advocacy. We received an email about a new book being released by Lantern Books. It's called "Change Of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change."
Emotion vs. Reason
Critter News
MAY 11, 2009
And it's especially the case in animal rights advocacy. The combination is a powerful weapon for advocacy. Tags: animal rights advocacy. There's always a dilemma in debating any issue as to whether one should rely on emotion or reason to advance one's argument. But I don't think there's anything wrong with indignation either.
Halal Slaughter Causing a Furor In Quebec
Critter News
MARCH 15, 2012
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. 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.
Mexico and US Go at it Again Over Dolphin-Labeling and Tuna
Critter News
NOVEMBER 16, 2011
Meanwhile, animal welfare and consumer advocacy groups in Washington are urging the US to look into options outside the global trade body for resolving the trade row.
Humane Society University to Offer Courses in Fall 2009
Critter News
JUNE 21, 2009
Humane Society University is the first institution in the nation to offer bachelor degree programs in animal studies and the first in the world to offer a bachelor's degree in animal policy and advocacy. The degrees are designed to educate students to qualify them for employment with one of the more than 17,000 U.S.
Alley Cat Allies Wins Recognition for Financial Efficiency
Critter News
APRIL 18, 2009
Tags: activism feral cats donations advocacy nonprofits.
Proposed Nebraska Legislation Angers Horse Activists
Critter News
JANUARY 18, 2011
Two bills introduced in the Nebraska Legislature are drawing fire from the largest animal advocacy organization in the world. From the Lexington Clipper-Herald. click here for the full article. Newcomer to the Legislature Sen.
Sarah Palin's Sellout of a Speechwriter
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
No amount of advocacy for environmental or animal welfare issues advocacy can make up for his support of Palin/McCain. What a complete and utter whore (and no, I'm not talking about the bible thumping wingnut from Alaska). I guess he likes putting lipstick on pitbulls.
The Happy Act
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
Visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center online to send an email to your U.S. This means that when you prepare your income taxes, money you spent on pet care that year would count as non-taxable income—and you can deduct up to $3,500 per year! Please help us support the HAPPY Act, H.R. What You Can Do.
Clarification on Messaging
Animal Person
APRIL 7, 2011
Vegan education/advocacy for animals is easiest for me when I know my audience. I was going in a different direction with this post when I read Deb's " Effective Images in Advocacy: Do We Know What Works? Of course, those people, who are often the "spiritual" ones, are particularly frustrating to deal with. this morning.
Rice Ain’t Necessarily Nice for Wintering Bobolinks
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2017
With this latest research in hand, advocacy organizations can work to reduce rice-related threats to Bobolinks wintering in South America. Rice farmers may use pesticides, or other methods to prevent the birds from eating their crops, further hastening the decline of the species. Bobolink photo courtesy of R.M. Jensen/ The Condor.
Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2019
A little over a half-hour in length, Birders (not to be confused with another Netflix release, Birders: The Central Park Effect or the The Birders , a documentary about Colombian birds and birding) is a film of quiet advocacy that says a lot visually and through the words of its passionate participants.
On Atheism and Veganism, Part Deux
Animal Person
JANUARY 11, 2010
If I'm speaking with an atheist I might use my personal thought process in my vegan advocacy, but if someone wants to believe there is a god, and that belief is helpful to them, and they're not hurting anyone because of that belief, I have no problem with that. But in my vegan advocacy that's the perfect place to begin (or end).
Settlement Forces Animal Research Facilities to Disclose More
Critter News
JULY 6, 2009
The two parties settled in a lawsuit filed by the advocacy group four years ago after the group were unable to obtain information they requested. The settlement will now be submitted to the federal district court for the District of Columbia for final approval.
The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2016
To insure that those places continue to exist, birders should lead the way on education and advocacy regarding the Refuge System. To maintain and improve these treasured public lands, birders should take the lead on public education and advocacy for the Refuge System. The reason is twofold, size and mission.
SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer, Part Deux
Animal Person
APRIL 1, 2010
The advocacy component of old speciesism isn't the campaign to end that exploitation, however. In contrast to old-speciesist and new-speciesist advocacy, nonspeciesist advocacy advances the goal of emancipating all sentient beings from human abuse. Instead, it is the campaign to modify it.
Don’t Kill Bill Event
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Proceeds from the show will be used to further Up For Pups animal advocacy efforts. Through multimedia storytelling and aerial acrobatics set to Milano’s music, Don’t Kill Bill raises awareness about puppy mills and encourages people to get involved with rescue organizations.
On "Animal Activism"
Animal Person
MAY 23, 2009
With more than 2 million members across the globe, PETA is the largest animal advocacy group and comparable in size to the human rights organization, Amnesty International. First, note that now PeTA is an "animal advocacy group." But that's not the telling item. We're "weighing the impact," and the "tactics have worked," right?
Book Chronicles History of Animal Rights
Critter News
JANUARY 9, 2009
The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA by Norm Phelps came out in 2007. Worth a look.
Tom Regan (1938-2017), R.I.P.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
CAF takes a distinctive approach to animal advocacy: it is the only all-volunteer organization exclusively dedicated to fostering intellectual and artistic expression aimed at furthering awareness of animal rights.
Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy. Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists.
Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Standing is often an issue in environmental lawsuits and advocacy groups have learned how to meet these requirements, sometimes including named individuals. The group and its members typically allege that they observe birds or run birding companies or have a mission to protect and preserve birds, so the standing requirement is satisfied.
Is There Danger of Elitism in the Animal Rights Movement?
Critter News
AUGUST 27, 2009
Is a vegan's efforts at advocacy worth more than a vegetarian's or even a meat eater's if they happen to agree on the same issue? This may take time and maybe lifetimes to build up to that tipping point, but we have to use everyone and every resource we can. I do think that there is a real elitism in the movement, however.
From Today's New York Times
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 7, 2015
1, 2015 The writer is director of advocacy and policy for Farm Sanctuary, a national farm animal protection group.' There is no difference between cruelty to a pig or a dog or a hen or a cat, and so the sooner we relegate these awful devices to the dustbin of history, the better. FRIEDRICH Washington, Jan.
On Fighting for "Animal Rights"
Animal Person
APRIL 5, 2011
The rest of the animal advocacy community, which is the vast majority, who call themselves abolitionists, are abolitionists. I think of the time I spent writing about or talking about "Francione-style abolition," and "abolition."
Why Do Animals Exist?
Creature Talk
JUNE 1, 2010
Filed under: Animal Rights Tagged: animal advocacy , conversations with non-vegans , dogs , eating habits , Factory Farming , Farmed Animals , humans , make a difference , pictures , questions about veganism. So, friends, why do we humans exist anyway?
"Educate, Investigate, Liberate"
Animal Person
JUNE 6, 2009
Showing people what goes on at "free-range" farms, for me, has always been a powerful part of my vegan advocacy efforts because that's always the fall-back position of the person I'm speaking with. (As There's a donate button on the homepage of AnimalEquality right at the bottom of the "Pig Farms" panel.
"Creature Quotes" Is Here!
Animal Person
JUNE 16, 2010
This compilation is particularly important for people who believe in God and whose advocacy has religion or faith or spirituality as a component. Or, open to change, he can take the message in the ensuing pages to heart, let it shift his mind and stir his soul, and thus begin, right now, his advance toward freedom for all species (7)."
Let’s Catch Up!
Creature Talk
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
Tagged: animal advocacy, Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, animal suffering, companion animals, dogs, dolphins, get involved, horses, humans, Michael Vick, The Cove. Tags: Animal Cruelty Animal Rights Animal Welfare animal advocacy animal suffering companion animals dogs dolphins get involved horses humans Michael Vick The Cove.
On the Vegan "Diet"
Animal Person
AUGUST 12, 2009
Though the health argument isn't ironclad and I wouldn't want to make it the center of my advocacy, I have to remember who the messenger is here and what the context is. After all, how many of us stopped eating animals, and then realized food is just one piece of the puzzle?
On the Land Grant University Meat Problem
Animal Person
AUGUST 26, 2009
If you might wish to thank Utne for helping inform about the land-grant-university (LGU) meat problem and ask them to do more on it, send a brief note to editor@utne.com or Editors, Utne Reader, 12 North 12th Street, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55403 -- or ring them up at 612-338-5040 (editors actually answer the phone, but don't take advantage!).
The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Currently the Advocacy and Outreach Manager at Maine Audubon, he grew up in Maine and has a work history in conservation and public policy including seven years at the National Parks Conservation Association and volunteer work in communications for the Audubon Society of the District of Columbia.
From Today's New York Times
Animal Ethics
JULY 12, 2010
Heartening as these developments are, there is also strong resistance from the food industry and from fake consumer-advocacy groups that are shilling for it. In fact, there is no justification, economic or otherwise, for the abusive practice of confining animals in spaces barely larger than the volume of their bodies.
Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 7, 2016
She’s had an enduring love for animals and nature, but it wasn’t until she volunteered at a wildlife hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area that her passion for photography merged with her environmental advocacy. Her images and words appear in various publications and educational materials.
Listen Today on WALO Radio
Animal Person
MARCH 30, 2009
See Campaigns page at www.RPAforAll.org. RPA's position statement opposing violence and other antisocial behavior in association with animal advocacy is available at www.RPAforAll.org or by request. Donations to RPA are tax deductible as allowed by law and may be made at the above address or www.RPAforAll.org.
Should is not a Solution
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2013
I wonder instead if this is actually about the difference between advocacy and action, and about the way things ‘should’ be. Should lends itself to advocacy, a crucial aspect of conservation. I still think that distinction is important, but it isn’t sufficient to explain what is going on here.
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