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"Change of Heart": New Book about Animal Activism

Critter News

We received an email about a new book being released by Lantern Books. 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. In the author's words.

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On Fighting for "Animal Rights"

Animal Person

in today's New York Times, and I couldn't resist posting. I spent several years writing, daily, and often with shock, about how, for instance, the NYT- -the New York Times (OMG!!!!!)--would The rest of the animal advocacy community, which is the vast majority, who call themselves abolitionists, are abolitionists.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Irene Muschel New York, April 9, 2009 To the Editor: Nicholas D. My doctor says my tremendous health and strength are due to my being a vegan. April 9, 2009 The writer is president of United Poultry Concerns, an advocacy group. Kristof’s column brought back an image of my father dropping live lobsters into boiling water.