Animal Protection Related Topics 
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 5, 2012
We are excited to tell you about Animal Protective Association’s Harmony House for Cats new eco-friendly, net-zero cat shelter in Chicago! Animal Protective Association’s Harmony House for Cats is a registered 501c3 charitable organization. New volunteers, supporters and adopters are always welcome.
Critter News
JANUARY 3, 2011
According to this Technorati article , the Humane Society rated the states on their animal protection laws. New Jersey Illinois Massachusetts Colorado Maine WORST STATES Ohio Hawaii Alabama North Dakota Mississippi Idaho South Dakota (worst) According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the states fell this way.
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Critter News
DECEMBER 26, 2009
The Humane Society gives President Obama a B- on animal protection. Not that great, but I no longer think of Obama as a progressive anyway. It's probably still better than w.
Critter News
JULY 19, 2009
Sunstein is a Harvard law professor who has written about animal protection issues. 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.
Critter News
DECEMBER 26, 2008
The ALDF has released a report on how different states' animal protection laws stack up. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.
Critter News
MARCH 25, 2010
The opening line in this USA Today article says it all, "Every proposal to protect marine species at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting in Doha, Qatar was voted down." Tags: CITES marine animals Japan china endangered species. It's unfortunate, but true, thanks primarily to Japan and China.
Critter News
JULY 8, 2011
Enactment of the bill will bring about the first federal law relating to the treatment of chickens used for food, the first federal law relating to the treatment of animals while on factory farms, and the first farmed animal protection legislation in more than 30 years.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
The three Chengdu Pambassadors will participate in the “Global Panda Conservation Tour” in 2013, where the Pambassadors will travel the globe visiting pandas in 11 countries and initiate local activities to raise awareness for endangered animal protection.
Critter News
AUGUST 2, 2011
. – July 28, 2011 – This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization.
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.
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2011
The Ministry of the Environment is in the process of amending the Japanese animal protection law. The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) has proposed that the Ministry exempt JAZA's members from the current requirement to register as animal handlers with local authorities. From the Petition Site.
Critter News
MARCH 23, 2010
According to this interview, he credits animal rights extremists for fueling the public backlash against animal protection. Tags: UK animal research. Discouraging article.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
The Obama-Biden ticket is the better choice on animal protection, and we urge all voters who care about the humane treatment of animals, no matter what their party affiliation, to vote for them. has been a solid supporter of animal protection at both the state and federal levels. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)
Critter News
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
Portugal is NOT known for its kindness to animals so this is a significant development for a Portuguese city. Tags: animal shelters portugal strays. From the Portugal News Online.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
The animal protection group Seal Sitters says a necropsy showed that the sea lion had suffered a shark bite and had twisted intestines in addition to a bullet wound. The bodies of seven sea lions with bullet wounds were recently found on the Nisqually River. On Monday, a sea lion was found dead on West Seattle’s Lincoln Park beach.
Critter News
OCTOBER 3, 2011
In their Supreme Court application, the groups say private citizens have a right to seek legal remedies to ensure that governments enforce animal protection laws. One of the appeal court justices wrote a dissenting opinion, saying the groups should have public standing in the case and it should go to trial.
Critter News
JANUARY 7, 2010
(FEI) at the outset of a nine-year-old suit brought by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) that culminated in a six-week trial in March.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 30, 2010
New Jersey’s first bear hunt in five years is just a week away and set to go on as planned despite a last-ditch effort by several animal rights organizations to have the hunt postponed. On Monday, Nov.
Critter News
AUGUST 17, 2008
Thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this information from August 8. In a unanimous decision, New Jersey’s Supreme Court rejected a broad challenge by animal protection advocates to the state’s rules on the care of farmed animals) but struck down regulations that regard husbandry practices as being “humane” merely because they are routine.
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 17, 2012
They spend their days rescuing animals who are victims of natural disaster strife or abuse and also seek to promote awareness on the matter, so that the community gets involved in the cause as well.
Animal Person
JANUARY 2, 2010
Here are my initial thoughts, though: "Animal Protection." On the upside, you don't have to give any money to animal protection if your beliefs aren't represented by the choice of groups being supported. Also, because this is a community, you can choose to spend your time lobbying for the group you would support.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 24, 2010
Heart U Back also supports animal protection agencies on a global level, including Canada (OSPCA and BCSPCA), Australia (RSPCA), and the UK (RSPCA). The bracelets come in a wide assortment of eye-catching colored silk, with bone choices in silver or gold. Their mission is one that we can get behind too!
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
At issue is Section 599f of the California Penal Code, which, among other things, prohibits slaughterhouses from purchasing, receiving, selling, dragging, or pushing non-ambulatory animals, also known as “downers,” and requires immediate euthanasia of such animals.
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 11, 2009
Tails are sure to wag on Friday, June 12t h as Luna Boston hosts “Doggies + Bags,” a special benefit party for the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS). From 4-7pm, Bostonians are welcome to bring their pooches by Luna Boston’s boutique at 205 Newbury St.
Animal Person
DECEMBER 1, 2009
The well being of the horses should be the ideal of every organization whose mandate is to put animal protection ideals first - especially when they ask for donations based on that mandate. An outright ban better for the horses because it wouldn't be at all influenced by or contingent upon the success of a new business.
Critter News
MARCH 28, 2010
It's in response to the pathetic CITES conference which basically screwed marine animal protection. The Christian Science Monitor rightly points out that citizens and consumers need to get involved in endangered species protection, because at the CITES level, it's all about money and international politics.
Critter News
OCTOBER 23, 2008
employee, claims the defendants inhumanely and illegally mistreat their Asian elephants and have done so for decades.
Animal Person
JUNE 2, 2009
Her death on an operating table in the Bronx would help animal welfare advocates break a long-standing stalemate in Congress and push through the most significant animal-protection bill in American history. Was what followed animal protection or pet protection, as pets are the animals who really matter?
Critter News
JULY 12, 2009
Less than one year ago, Puerto Rico enacted a landmark animal protection law, based in part on a set of model laws drafted by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. states and jurisdictions with regards to the strength of their laws protecting animals. From the ALDF action alert page.
Critter News
JANUARY 9, 2009
Thoroughly researched and annotated, The Longest Struggle reflects its author's two decades as an animal rights activist and his access to movement leaders who have shared with him their personal stories of campaigns that made animal rights history.
Animal Person
JULY 2, 2009
A new survey is getting the attention of many within the global animal protection community. Covering both moral and strategic issues, the "Ethics and Animals" survey will provide a snapshot of our movement as of the present moment. Everyone is invited to participate and share their views on what's best for animals.
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.
Creature Talk
JUNE 2, 2009
Tags: Animal Rights Animal Welfare Environmental Concerns Farmed Animals Veganism animal agriculture and the environment Animal Protection Organizations farm sanctuary vegan food.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
Such registries would help protect animals, pet guardians and communities by preventing repeat offenses from anyone with an established history of abusing animals. Through its campaign, www.ExposeAnimalAbusers.org , the animal protection organization is promoting model legislation that state legislatures could enact.
Animal Ethics
JULY 28, 2011
Please see below for the press release. Any help you can provide in getting the word out would be deeply appreciated. Photos are available upon request. For more information on the Walk and how to register, please visit walkforfarmanimals.org.
Animal Person
JULY 20, 2009
Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) is against all forms of cruelty to animals and is a grassroots group working to establish rights for all animals here in Ireland, whilst helping to promote and support European and international campaigns. We believe that by working together we can do so much more and be far more effective.
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Most informative for a discussion about vegan advocacy is the section about the animal rights movement (and unfortunately he alternately calls it “animal protection” and also refers to welfare, perhaps because of the Humane Research Council’s study that people prefer the word “protection”).
Animal Ethics
JULY 22, 2008
The Unalienable Rights of Chimps ,” by Adam Cohen (Editorial Observer, July 14): The Spanish Parliament’s decision to grant rights to apes is indeed groundbreaking, and will foster philosophical discussion about animal protection for some time.
Animal Ethics
JULY 29, 2009
Keith, Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal protection organization, is extremely close to reaching our goal of collecting 10,000 signatures on our "Truth Behind Labels" petition to the USDA to tell them their "naturally raised" label is not natural. We're currently at 9,556 signatures—96% of the way there!
Animal Ethics
MAY 23, 2008
The bill also bans the importation of puppies from foreign puppy mills, and increases penalties for violations of the Animal Welfare Act from $2,500 to $10,000. The Humane Society of the United States and other animal protection organizations support the farm bill because of these achievements for animals.
Animal Ethics
JULY 2, 2007
Dear Keith, I work with Wesleyan University Professor Scott Plous (founder of Social Psychology Network), and I'm writing to let you know of a new web site related to animal protection. The site uses a unique interactive technology to offer "human-like" interviews that probe the ethical dimensions of diet and lifestyle choices.
Animal Ethics
MARCH 30, 2007
Other victories by animal protection advocates and their impacts are discussed here. A previous post on the "Horse Slaughter Bill" (H.R. 503), a bill designed to ban horse slaughter in the U.S., is available here. A detailed exchange concerning the ethics of eating horses, including several posts by me, can be read here.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Recognizing that wildlife has intrinsic value broadens conservation to include both individual animals and the populations they comprise. As a consequence, “people should treat all creatures decently, and protect them from cruelty, avoidable suffering, and unnecessary killing.”
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