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On Small Victories

Animal Person

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? restaurants by animal rights activists."

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On Different Results of Direct Action

Animal Person

David Jentsch says to his colleagues "your silence will no longer protect you" and his community of vivisectionists has decided to have a pro-torture and slaughter (i.e., Of course, Mantle says, "but though they are high-level mammals, they're not humans." Peaceful protests were ignored, as well. Home protests were ignored also.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank. The future of these tribal cultures faces considerable uncertainty.

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

Yes, they post things on their websites and magazines for the benefit of the true believers, but we don't often see them protesting outside the local shoe store to get free television coverage by spray painting a working mom's new pair of sensible leather shoes. Why do you suppose that is?

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

10,000 Birds

”) We hear Dunn’s musings of the moment as he observes his target hummingbirds–paeans to their beauty of course, but also observations on their behavior, thoughts on their place in our current disruptive environment, worries for their future balanced against the joy and calm Dunn feels in their presence.

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From the Animal Rights Action Network re: Greyhounds

Animal Person

Our aim of this week is to educate people about the cruelty of greyhound racing and of course call for an end to government grants to this business and our sights of course are to see an end to this cruel exploitive industry. ARAN works with volunteers, activists, members of the public and other animal protection groups.

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The True Costs of the Rhetoric of Terror Continue to Mount – Part 1

Animal Ethics

The law protects animal enterprises from courses of conduct designed to disrupt their normal profitable functioning. Cherished rights are being stripped away in the name of protection from terrorism. With surprisingly little fanfare, President George W. The new law is chilling both in its scope and in its narrowness.