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Mexican Activists Staged Protest Early this Month

Critter News

MEXICO CITY – Animal rights activists staged a protest against the sale of pets in Mexico City, urging residents to adopt dogs and other animals instead of buying them. Eight of every 10 dogs sold in Mexico end up in the streets, with most of them having been family pets at some point, official figures show.

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PETA Supporters Protest at Westminster

Critter News

I am a total supporter of this protest. We are not encouraged to love only pure-bred humans of certain racial lines. Tags: breeders dogs PETA. While there may be responsible and loving breeders out there, they are only contributing to an out-of-control supply problem. There are too many animals out there and not enough homes.

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Greece: Oliver the Husky

Reddit Animals

The dog had broke parts of the body and injuries from sharp object, also it was raped by an unknown man in Arachova. Only human hands are possible to do such things! Various protests happened with people demanding justice! Tola confirmed the human abuse but everyone else tried to make her to look wrong!

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Dog Death Squads in China

4 The Love Of Animals

I can’t even imagine being in a position where my government was telling me to kill my dog, or have it beaten to death. Dog owners in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, are even being told to kill their own dogs, or else their dogs will be beaten to death by the police and the owners will be charged a fine.

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Why No Fuss About Michael Vick?

Critter News

I know plenty of people still detest Vick for what he did, but if there are protesters at his games or outside the Eagles’ training facility, I haven’t heard about them. Certainly, he's on his best behavior and the Humane Society is using him to battle dog-fighting rings. These are his thoughts. But where's PETA? I don't get it.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

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. New moral vegetarianism, however, rests on moral arguments couched in terms of human welfare. It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

Becoming a vegetarian is the most practical and effective step one can take towards [sic; kbj] ending both the killing of non-human [sic; kbj] animals and the infliction of suffering upon them. Meat-packing companies might encourage, for example, an increased dog population to take up the slack. causing a decline in U.S.