Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

During the filming of this production, I got to experience “dirt hawking&#. But in the case of Harris Hawks , this mentality jumps the species barrier and they form a strong bond with their human partners, readily accepting their non-avian hunting companions as members of their pack. Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few.

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League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting 270

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.

Animal Liberation Front 100

Animal Liberation Front UCLA Animal Liberation Primates 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

But the message remains the same, and it's the only such message available in film to my knowledge (and please let me know of any others): there's simply no way to kindly, politely, "humanely" take someone's life when you don't need to. My experiences are unlike any of the film's subjects. For all of us.

Farm Sanctuary 100

Farm Sanctuary Slaughter Slaughtered Speciesism 100

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Not the day, the film, where Bill Murray experiences the same day over and over again. We are not people who are interested in discussing animal rights, as in, the right of sentient nonhumans to not be used by humans for potential profit, for sport or for lunch. There are few animal rights stories in the news.

Chickens 100

Chickens Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Rights 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

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. The bottom line is that there are many reasons why human-animal interactions are so often inconsistent and paradoxical.

Vegan 100

Vegan Morals Animal Rights Advocacy 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2009

“As an animal welfare worker (professionally or as a volunteer), you know what it feels like when you make a positive difference in the life of an animal. They will have the opportunity find a forever home, experience unconditional love or transition to the Other Side. Thanks Cherie!

Rescue 100

Rescue Compassion Emotional Suffering 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

I’d been volunteering at rescues through my young adulthood, and I was training as a cat socializer, teaching terrified felines — the unlucky victims of cruel people — to trust humans again. All of these afflictions are human-caused and largely preventable. One typical, blue-sky, L.A. I was mortified. And, I would have understood.

Cats 218

Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 218

Critter News

JULY 7, 2009

Welfare groups are calling for an urgent public debate on animal testing amid claims millions of creatures are being killed or maimed every year in Australia in the name of science. From the online Sydney Morning Herald.

Medical Research 100

Medical Research Animal Research Medical Animal 100

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

And human psychology says that humans are far more social than rational creatures. And that means for the animal rights movement: Social entities like compassion, empathy and suffering are very important factors to motivate humans to change their behaviour. What do you think?

Psychology 100

Psychology Campaign Animal Rights Movement Suffering 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2010

If a person is in a discipline in which he or she is attempting to understand a culture or wants to experience a culture, vegetarianism is nearly impossible. So, how you would respond a person like me who cares for animal welfare, consciously stays away from the worse meat he can, and eats it mostly for cultural reasons.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Lamb Animal Welfare Meat 40

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 3, 2010

Pat Derby, President and Founder of the Performing Animal Welfare Society, said, “Animal Defenders International contacted PAWS last year about providing a permanent home for the African lions remaining in Bolivia. What a way to start memorial weekend. These lions really are home for the holidays.””.

ADI 100

ADI Animal Defenders International Bolivia Lions 100