Critter News

JUNE 28, 2009

The Humane Society began a campaign in March 2008 to get 600 university presidents to sign a pledge to prevent severe pain and distress in animals used in research. Tags: university research animal experimentation humane society medical research animal resear. So far only 37 presidents have signed it.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 20, 2010

Purina, Kroger, and animal lover Trista Sutter, from ABC’s “The Bachelorette,” have teamed up to launch the third-annual “ Tales for the Pet Lover’s Heart ” campaign, celebrating the unique bond between people and their pets, while donating funds to animal welfare organizations nationwide. Tags: events.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

I recently got an email from the Animal Legal Defense Fund. They are pioneering legislation in California to make public animal abuse registries. The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) today announced an effort aimed at creating public registries in each state of anyone convicted of felony animal abuse. COTATI, CALIF. –

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 11, 2010

Sharleen D from Arcadia, CA plans to take pictures of all the lost pets at her local animal shelter and make an album on facebook and share it with her friends. She will also host her own animal homelessness awareness campaign in her city by posting fliers and information in public places. Learn about the grant winners below!

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Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

I've used the term "animal activism" lately as an experiment. I notice that if I use "animal rights activist" or anything with the word "rights" in it, because it's loaded and misunderstood, my listener often has an immediate bias of some kind. People have a relationship, whether or not they are aware, to the term "animal rights."

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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.

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Critter News

JUNE 24, 2010

The investigation cleared the animal lab. MALAYSIA will not shut down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab after investigations showed that the animals were not exposed to torture, a senior official said on Thursday. Tags: animal research malaysia. From Straits Time.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 26, 2011

One lucky reader will get their choice of a personalized dog ID tag. The front of the tag has a colorful design, enamelled onto it. Contact information can be engraved onto the reverse of the tags. They offer free shipping on tags worldwide! Even better? Comment before midnight on February 3rd, 2011.

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Critter News

MARCH 29, 2010

The CITES irresponsible treatment of marine animals made it to Huffington Post too. This article is by the President of the Blue Frontier Campaign. Tags: CITES united nations marine animals Japan endangered species. I'm glad others share my disgust with CITES and the UN.

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Critter News

JUNE 14, 2010

Malaysia, under pressure from animal rights activists, is going to investigate Progenix Labs. Malaysia is considering shutting down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab if there is evidence of cruelty there, the goverment's top veterinary official said on Sunday. Tags: animal research malaysia.

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Critter News

MARCH 17, 2009

Project R&R is a campaign of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society. Tags: chimpanzees animal research animal cruelty vivisection anti-cruelty medical research. Visit this site.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 20, 2010

We love Ellen, not only is she funny and positive, but she has a big heart for animals (especially the ones needing rescue)! This campaign continues the Postal Service’s 50+ year tradition of raising awareness of serious social issues with special commemorative stamps. Tags: news people helping animals.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Did you know that every year, of the 8 million dogs and cats that enter animal shelters, 3 million of these healthy and treatable pets are euthanized? This new campaign, sponsored by The Humane Society of the United States, Maddie’s Fund, and the Ad Council, hopes to reverse this trend and find homes for these homeless, lovable pets.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Animal Care and Animal Planet Co-Host the Annual ANIMAL CARE Gala Fundraiser on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at PACHA New York. Animal Care & Control of New York City is pleased to announce their second annual fundraising gala, which will be co-hosted by the popular cable network Animal Planet.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The RSPCA are trying to raise awareness of its urgent campaign to protect the welfare of UK meat chickens. If you live in the UK, please urge Jim Fitzpatrick, Minister for Animal Welfare, to make the right choice for UK chickens and quash the squash, by sending an email via our campaign website at Quash the Squash.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 29, 2008

As the quarterly campaign finance period closed today, the YES! on Prop 2 campaign reports a tidal wave of voter and donor support from Californians backing the effort to stop the cruel and inhumane treatment of animals on industrial factory farms. Tags: eggs california farm animal welfare factory farm chickens.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

From the campaign website : (Nov. 4, 2008) – Voters in California approved an historic ballot measure to halt the inhumane confinement of animals on factory farms by an overwhelming margin. on Prop 2 campaign. All animals deserve humane treatment, including animals raised for food.” Tags: proposition 2.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says Vancouver's Olympic organizers have the clout to convince the Canadian government to end the controversial seal hunt on the East Coast. The group will launch a new campaign on Wednesday featuring the 2010 Inukshuk logo clubbing a seal, with the five Olympic rings dripping blood.

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Critter News

JANUARY 29, 2009

I got curious today and googled "Jennifer Fearing," the woman who led the Yes on Proposition 2 campaign. She used to head United Animal Nations too. Tags: proposition 2 california humane society farm animal welfare. It turns out that she was the former Humane Society Chief Economist. Probably taking a much needed break.

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends! Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals' 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry! Have a great day and evening!

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Animal Person

JULY 19, 2009

The animal rights movement, such as it is, is experiencing somewhat of a crisis of usage. I feel for the purist also with regard to the terms "animal rights" and "abolition." I have a definition of animal rights and for abolition that makes me an animal rights activist and an abolitionist. the word irregardless.

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Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. Now, I know you're saying: That's not what animal rights is. than with any genuine concern for species diversity or even animal welfare."

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Critter News

OCTOBER 26, 2008

I came across this 2005 book from the Society & Animals Journal titled Confronting Cruelty Moral Orthodoxy and the Challenge of the Animal Rights Movement. Why and how do people campaign on behalf of a species that is not their own? Tags: animal cruelty books. Sounds interesting.

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. For other people, “humane” means it is okay to eat the animal as long as the following conditions are met: 1.

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Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

Elizabeth Parker , the "chair man " (my emphasis) of the Animal Agriculture Alliance at CattleNetwork, which apparently is "The Source for Cattle News." If any "drastic measures" are employed, they are to remove animals from suffering, not to impose our dietary choices on others. I wish their mission was to end animal agriculture.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 12, 2009

They don't have collars made from animals. But they also haven't made a moral choice to not use animals. When I first saw PCRM's " Kickstart Your Health With a Vegan Diet " campaign, I let out a bit of a sigh. animals in research, in schools or as food). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 6, 2010

The way I see it, there are three camps on this one: People who think that dolphins or Great Apes or chimps could function as a gateway to other animals getting rights. You could be for or against animal rights and believe the gateway theory. Would you actually actively campaign against rights for some species?

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Animal Person

MAY 11, 2009

Yesterday's " Do Small Victories Affect Big Picture in Animal Rights Debate? Both, of course, were seen as victories, but the article's author, Richard Foot, asks: Do such successes mean the animal rights movement is winning its long, controversial campaigns to gain the same legal protections for animals as those ascribed to humans?

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 28, 2009

In addition, for a limited time, DenHaus is offering their latest style – the hip, modern BowHaus – at $100 off and with free shipping as part of the Show Love campaign. DenHaus Contest originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on October 28, 2009. DenHaus Contest originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on October 28, 2009.

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Animal Person

MAY 9, 2009

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. What do you think of this campaign? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

He said that a lot of Inuit feel betrayed by the animal rights movement, and by some biologists when it comes to polar bears. The polar bear is the WWF's poster animal in its campaign against global climate change, said Nirlungayuk, and "the Inuit are caught in the middle.".

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

The Limited recently launched Fabulous Pet Names , a social media campaign to promote its new pet clothing line. Fabulous Pet Names originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 21, 2009. Tags: news. The Limited wants to hear the fun and quirky stories behind how you came up with your pet’s name.

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Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2010

The advocacy component of old speciesism isn't the campaign to end that exploitation, however. Instead, it is the campaign to modify it. Meanwhile, "new speciesism" is the notion that within a paradigm where rights are included for nonhuman animals, some are more deserving of rights than others for any of a variety of reasons (e.g.,

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Animal Person

APRIL 4, 2009

Responsible Policies for Animals Members and Friends! Soltero's and WALO's interest in RPA's 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry, and I greatly look forward to Monday's interview! Tags: Activism Current Affairs. From David Cantor. East Coast time.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2009

According to information gathered by Best Friends Animal Society , the charity beneficiary of funds raised by ITo, “cities around the country are passing bills to round up and kill family pets, who simply look like the kind of dog who might attack someone.” ITo recently also introduced an “I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty&# t-shirt.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression and I welcome comments (and will respond to the current ones shortly). Immediate Projects and Short-term Goals include a letter writing campaign to policy experts "to encourage them to emphasize veganism as crucial for avoiding runaway ecological crisis and renewing the earth and all its inhabitants.".

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

maurices , a shop that I often find great clothes in, has become involved in the cause of finding animals homes. maurices Launches National Rescues & Runways Campaign to Help. August 20, 2009) – The struggling economy is taking its toll on animal shelters across the country. Homeless Pets Need More Help Than Ever Before.

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