Critter News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

These are the results of a study commissioned by Bont voor Dieren (BvD), Humane Society International (HSI), Respect for Animals (RFA) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), and produced by the Australia-based independent economics consultancy Economists at Large. Excerpted from PR Newswire.

Seals 100

Seals World Society For The Protection Of Animals WSPA Namibia 100

Critter News

OCTOBER 26, 2008

Why and how do people campaign on behalf of a species that is not their own? 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. Sounds interesting.

Cruelty 100

Cruelty Animal Rights Movement Factory Farm Factory Farming 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Black-faced Pitta is found only on one of the Solomon Islands (northwest of Australia). The books work best when the birding is coupled with the human element. There go my plans for a 10,000 Birds write-in campaign. The endangered Gurney’s Pitta is losing habitat due to deforestation. edition of the book in the fall. (At

Hunters 188

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 188

Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

No wonder rBGH has been banned in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Anticorporate activists have campaigned against this and other ag biotech products for years in denial of the demonstrated environmental, economic and health benefits. There’s good reason for cynicism. George Entenman Chapel Hill, N.C.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2007 Cows 40