Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

It's called "Change Of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change." 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. Change of Heart has received rave reviews from leading animal activists.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Humans and animals share an extremely important bond. For centuries the two have coexisted together and studies have shown that animals can provide much more than just companionship. Psychological benefits. Physiological benefits. Social benefits.

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Animal Person

APRIL 22, 2009

How ridiculous is it that " On the Psychological Continuum ," to say nothing of an article against rabbit fur, is on the same page as Gabriella's Fur Den? The ads I see today have nothing to do with animal cruelty--the opposite is true. I may have just gotten myself fired from Animal Rights Zone. Or perhaps it's my lucky day.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 10, 2010

Freedom Service Dogs are essential companions to disabled service members who have physical and psychological needs that are the result of their sacrifices, and make a tremendous difference in the lives of these veterans.”. FSD specifically focuses its efforts on donating these animals to disabled military veterans. “We

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Animal Person

APRIL 14, 2009

There is a profound difference between what Sea Shepherd does and what the Animal Liberation Front does, but there are also similarities, and those similarities increase in number if a direct action by the ALF (or anyone else) is an open rescue and therefore a direct defense of sentient nonhumans being attacked by humans. That's one result.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 8, 2011

Mr. Bittman has some strong answers: evolutionary psychology, convenience and propaganda posing as marketing. Health care skyrockets out of control mainly because we have no convenient access to fresh produce and tasty, humanely raised meat products. Why eat produce that has no flavor? It’s so much easier. Why do we eat so much meat?

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. The eating of non-grain-eating animals, e.g., fish and wild game, is morally permissible on this view. Nobody wants existing animals to be slaughtered.

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