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Quote of the Week

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"Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Animals don't vote." Because government is not. Paul Harvey, American Radio Commentator.

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UK investigation reveals dead piglets and caged mother pigs

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Animal Equality’s UK Executive Director–alongside award-winning photographer Aitor Garmendia–has uncovered distressing animal suffering within a UK pig facility known as Cross Farm.

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Quote of the Week

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We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Albert Schweitzer.

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27,000 Animals Rescued in Texas

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The raid followed an undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. An Arlington, Texas, municipal judge ruled that the animals suffered from neglect and cruel conditions, and an appeal by the company's owners to a higher court was denied last weekend. From the Detroit Free Press.

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How to Confront Cruelty

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The norm of moderate concern for animals - that animals matter albeit less than humans - permits the (ab)use of animals in vivisection, factory farming, bloodsports and other contexts where animals suffer.

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Update on National Meat Association vs. Brown

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Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently heard arguments in National Meat Association v.

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The Value of a Life

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For example, why should an animal with years of life be sacrificed so someone can have a meal that may last 30 minutes and which gets flushed down the toilet shortly afterwards? Why should an animal suffer excruciating pain so a women can dab makeup on her face? Most of the women I know don’t even benefit from the makeup.