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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

10,000 Birds

Terrestrial animals could drown; will not be able to access the necessary ranges; be trapped; suffer diminished genetic diversity; and possibly become extirpated and/or extinct. But birds can fly so they’ll be fine, right? Official Sierra Club Grassroots Network Campaign – social media actions. Public lands at risk.

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Controversial Elephant Death at San Diego Zoo

Critter News

An animal rights group has called for a federal investigation into the death of an elephant at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Umoya, a 21-year-old African elephant, died Thursday, possibly due to injuries suffered during an attack by another elephant. Here's the full article from the Los Angeles Times.

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How to Confront Cruelty

Critter News

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? Sounds interesting.

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On Surreal Lobster Advocacy

Animal Person

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? In this game, the object is to pluck live lobsters out of the water with a joystick-controlled crane."

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Breed Specific Legislation

4 The Love Of Animals

The bracelets sell for $10 and half of that ($5) will be donated to Best Friends to support their campaign against BSL. And, those who wind up suffering are the innocent dogs, who are euthanized or separated from their loving families, and the upstanding owners, who have registered their pets and trained them to be good canine citizens.”.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. If you like animals you will generally not want them to suffer and you won’t want them to go extinct.