10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2024
The Oostvaardersplassen were supposed to be industrial land but by the time the engineers showed up with their shovels the place had transformed into the best wetland in northern Europe. The grazers are glorified farm animals, but they have been labelled by some very irresponsible people as “wild”. It is wild and very beautiful.
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2009
The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures.
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Critter News
JANUARY 9, 2009
The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA by Norm Phelps came out in 2007. 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
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?
Animal Person
JULY 20, 2009
Brief commentary follows this e-mail I received regarding greyhounds, animal rights and Ireland. Back then I was a young child and never thought any different about greyhounds or indeed any other animal. He would not return for many hours.
Critter News
APRIL 7, 2010
But, as is typical with many large industries, there is a resistance to change unless there is a clear and immediate profit windfall. Such an awful practice. Why change for welfare purposes if there is no clear economic benefit? I think it's just another example of short-term vs. long-term thinking, to which all humans are victim.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 2, 2006
Bush signed the “ Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act ” into law this past Monday (November 27, 2006). The law protects animal enterprises from courses of conduct designed to disrupt their normal profitable functioning. 4239 , dubbed the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. With surprisingly little fanfare, President George W.
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