Critter News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently heard arguments in National Meat Association v. Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. Did anyone know this was going on?
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
One of the major challenges in combating the bushmeat trade is identifying the source species for the meat and products. Once an animal has been carved up, meat looks like meat and leather looks like leather. How is anyone to know if it came from a species that is protected under national or international law?
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
The hunters currently pushing copper bullets have seen the x-rays proving that lead bullets splinter when they enter an animal, and they know that the meat hunters feed their families is filled with lead fragments (x-ray, left, of white-tailed deer.) On November 13, “The Sportsmen’s Heritage Act” will come in front of the Senate.
Animal Person
MARCH 30, 2009
Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals' 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry! The interview is scheduled for 10-15 minutes of Monday's one-hour show.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
The shark is thrown back because shark fins are often more valuable than the meat itself. While there are laws in place protecting endangered species of shark from shark finning, international waters are rarely regulated when it comes to the practice. In fact, dried shark fin can go for as much as $300 a pound or more.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Their interests are primarily protected, if at all, through archaic state anti-cruelty statutes that were not passed in contemplation of the factory-farm or genetic engineering. The federal government neither adequately protects nor informs consumers about the animal products they eat or of the health hazards of eating them.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 21, 2009
Who Should Not Eat Meat, or What Does a Vegetarian Feed His Dog? Since animals cannot be judged morally praiseworthy or blameworthy, the question of whether it is morally wrong for them to eat meat cannot be raised. This doesn’t mean we let them run wild, for we need to protect ourselves. Human beings can do without meat.
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