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The weekend of June 13th and 14th I went to an animal rights conference in the Twin Cities called Their Lives, Our Voices. It was called “In Defense of Actual Animals&# , and it was fantastic. I know that animals will still be dying for food every day. MORE
This is one of my favorite responses from omnivores when they find out that I would love it if the whole world stopped eating animals. “But what would we do with all the animals that are currently on farms? You want all the farm animals to just die ?&#. Yes, that is why I’m vegan - because I’d like all the farm animals to DIE! Secondly, the fact of the matter is that many farmed animals could likely survive if they were left to their own devices. MORE
The animal research supporter I know says "we can do a better job of treating lab animals." Tags: animal research colorado state university Another university cited. Yah think? MORE
Tags: animal enterprise terrorism act entertainment animal rights We received an email from Open Road Films with a link to the Bold Native website and trailer. The film looks really interesting to us and we are definitely going to check it out upon its re-release this summer. MORE
This weekend I got into a rather passionate debate with some friends of friends about animal rights. I said that I think animals exist for their own purposes, not for ours. “To eat animals.&#. MORE
Alec Baldwin wrote a great piece for the Huffington Post about the vilification of Michael Vick, and how in a lot of ways it’s hypocritical of a lot of people – specifically, if you are a meat eater, a leather-wearer, and an animal user. MORE
Tags: animal research They're trying to get documentation regarding the 100 dogs and cats sold to the University of Utah for medical experiments. MORE
Tags: animal research Here's a good post stating why these studies are not good predictors for human/drug interactions. It wonders why there are so few debunkers out there. MORE
Tags: animal abuse eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens Another undercover video from the Humane Society. MORE
Tags: animal research The macaque was not removed before the cage went through the commercial cleaners. Bad stuff. MORE
Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research I like this short opinion letter that gets right to the point. MORE
Tags: animal research primates NASA Not sure yet, but it could happen per this action alert from Physicians for Responsible Medicine. MORE
Tags: animal enterprise terrorism act FBI animal rights This post is from the blog Green is the New Red. It briefly discusses some of the tactics used by the FBI against Scott DeMuth, Carrie Feldman and Peter Young. These methods include diary reading, informants, a YouTube video, MySpace, LiveJournal, etc. Interesting. MORE
Tags: animal cruelty I can't even comment on this, the anger is too intense. Happy New Year {insert sarcasm here!). MORE
Here's a scathing overview in Primate Freedom of the new organization "Pro-Test," an organization of animal researchers who want to advocate for their work. Tags: animal research medical ethics medical research Long and impressive expose. MORE
Kathy Bauck, owner of Pick of the Litter Kennels in New York Mills, MN, was recently found guilty of four misdemeanors: one count of animal cruelty, and 3 counts of animal torture. An officer of the ASPCA reported her to the USDA for violations of the Animal Welfare Act back in 1998 and no action was taken. Apparently animal TORTURE only ranks as a “misdemeanor&#. This monster tortured innocent animals, and will likely see no more than 20 days inside a jail cell. MORE
This is an excellent analysis of the potential impacts of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Tags: animal enterprise terrorism act It appeared in the McNair Research Journal. I HIGHLY recommend it. MORE
Many of these beautiful animals are quite literally raced to death. According to In Defense of Animals , roughly 800 race horses die from their injuries on race tracks each year in the US alone. The much-hyped Kentucky Derby will be taking place this Saturday, May 1st. MORE
Tags: Animal Cruelty Animal Rights Animal Welfare horses videos euthanasia This video nicely highlights the insanity in killing “racing&# horses when they become injured. MORE
Tags: animal rescue wild orphans If you find any out there during these cold winter months, or at any time of the year, read this before you act. MORE
Tags: Animal Cruelty Factory Farming Farmed Animals animal suffering international news pictures pigs swine flu Source: NY Times online. The pig you see here being dangled by the leg is still just a baby, and by now he is already dead and thrown away for absolutely no reason, as are the rest of the 300,000 pigs in Egypt. MORE
Tags: animal law conferences It's in Los Angeles this year. MORE
Sometimes being an animal rights advocate is emotionally exhausting. Last night I was watching Animal Planet, as I often do, and the show was about polar bears in the wild. What immediately hit me after getting so emotional about this is how nature is kind in comparison to the horrible cruelties humans impose on non-human animals, especially “food&# animals. Chickens, turkeys, pigs and other farmed animals get nothing of the sort. MORE
Tags: animal research PETA Interesting short interview with Kathy Guillermo. MORE
Sanctuary Tails – This is a blog written by some of the people who care for animals at Farm Sanctuary. They talk about animal cruelty issues, but also profile rescued animals – my favorite part. There are some very touching stories, and it’s so nice to read about animals being well cared for when it seems like all you ever hear are horror stories. MORE
This is the perfect example of an UNNECESSARY animal study. Tags: animal research Stupid Come on. I could have told you it's addictive. How many more candy bars do I need to eat to become an expert? MORE
Tags: animal rights social justice Thanks to Provoked for posting this video. It states our case eloquently. MORE
Tags: animal research medical research Here's her piece in the Huffington Post. MORE
Viewer discretion advised on the clip below… Tags: Animal Cruelty Animal Rights Animal Welfare Factory Farming Farmed Animals animal suffering gestation crates pigs videos Last night HBO premiered a show called Death on a Factory Farm. This is a small segment. I haven’t seen the whole thing yet, and am not sure if I’ll be able to stomach it, but I do have a friend recording it for me. Has anyone else seen it? What were your thoughts? MORE
According to technewsdaily.com , this "lung on a chip" imitates the inner workings of a lung and could help lessen the need for animals as research subjects. Tags: animal research MORE
This protest comes after an undercover PETA investigator collected evidence of alleged animal abuse in the University laboratories. Tags: animal research utah medical research PETA MORE
To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. Tags: Animal Rights Animal Cruelty animal suffering famous quotes For with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal. MORE
Travis, like all other chimps, no matter how many amazing “human-like&# behaviors they exhibit, are still wild animals who do not belong to anybody else, and who will undoubtedly revert back to their instincts eventually. MORE
Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty china monkeys If only they could have escaped to a better life. MORE
The Romain Rolland quote I posted last week has been on my mind a lot lately: To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. I looked around and saw people take big helpings of animal flesh without once giving a thought to the fact that it had been a living, breathing, feeling being not long ago. MORE
They are loving and loyal animals. Tags: Animal Welfare animal advocacy companion animals dogs pictures I get frustrated when people suggest that all Pit bulls are a danger to society. MORE
A while back PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) offered $1 million to any company or person who could come up with a cost effective way to produce cloned meat on a large scale, the goal being that people could still satisfy their meat cravings, but that animals wouldn’t have to be slaughtered for that purpose. In this country alone, we raise about 10 billion animals each year for food. MORE
Tags: animal cruelty spay/neuter latin america strays companion animals This is a good group. Check them out. link]. MORE
All too often even the most egregious cases of animal abuse go without any substantial punishment. This seems even more true when the victim is a “food&# animal. They are sweet, kind animals, and I am so happy I got to meet some of them. MORE
Tags: animal rights animal law Interesting article in the Gazette, a Canadian publication. MORE
Interesting article on anti-animal research advocacy in Madison, WI. Tags: animal research medical research university of madison-wisconsin Madison is a key battleground because it is one of only 8 cities with primate centers in the country. MORE
Tags: animal research malaysia Caution on this story. Disturbing picture of monkey being injected. MORE
Tagged Animal Related Topics Creature Talk
APRIL 29, 2010
Many of these beautiful animals are quite literally raced to death. According to In Defense of Animals , roughly 800 race horses die from their injuries on race tracks each year in the US alone. The much-hyped Kentucky Derby will be taking place this Saturday, May 1st.
Creature Talk
JUNE 1, 2010
This weekend I got into a rather passionate debate with some friends of friends about animal rights. I said that I think animals exist for their own purposes, not for ours. “To eat animals.&#.
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Creature Talk
FEBRUARY 3, 2009
They are loving and loyal animals. Tags: Animal Welfare animal advocacy companion animals dogs pictures I get frustrated when people suggest that all Pit bulls are a danger to society.
Creature Talk
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
Alec Baldwin wrote a great piece for the Huffington Post about the vilification of Michael Vick, and how in a lot of ways it’s hypocritical of a lot of people – specifically, if you are a meat eater, a leather-wearer, and an animal user.
Creature Talk
JUNE 30, 2009
The weekend of June 13th and 14th I went to an animal rights conference in the Twin Cities called Their Lives, Our Voices. It was called “In Defense of Actual Animals&# , and it was fantastic. I know that animals will still be dying for food every day.
Creature Talk
APRIL 30, 2009
Tags: Animal Cruelty Factory Farming Farmed Animals animal suffering international news pictures pigs swine flu Source: NY Times online. The pig you see here being dangled by the leg is still just a baby, and by now he is already dead and thrown away for absolutely no reason, as are the rest of the 300,000 pigs in Egypt.
Creature Talk
FEBRUARY 13, 2009
All too often even the most egregious cases of animal abuse go without any substantial punishment. This seems even more true when the victim is a “food&# animal. They are sweet, kind animals, and I am so happy I got to meet some of them.
Creature Talk
MARCH 17, 2009
Viewer discretion advised on the clip below… Tags: Animal Cruelty Animal Rights Animal Welfare Factory Farming Farmed Animals animal suffering gestation crates pigs videos Last night HBO premiered a show called Death on a Factory Farm. This is a small segment. I haven’t seen the whole thing yet, and am not sure if I’ll be able to stomach it, but I do have a friend recording it for me. Has anyone else seen it? What were your thoughts?
Creature Talk
JUNE 22, 2009
Tags: Animal Cruelty Animal Rights Animal Welfare horses videos euthanasia This video nicely highlights the insanity in killing “racing&# horses when they become injured.
Creature Talk
APRIL 7, 2009
Sometimes being an animal rights advocate is emotionally exhausting. Last night I was watching Animal Planet, as I often do, and the show was about polar bears in the wild. What immediately hit me after getting so emotional about this is how nature is kind in comparison to the horrible cruelties humans impose on non-human animals, especially “food&# animals. Chickens, turkeys, pigs and other farmed animals get nothing of the sort.
Creature Talk
MARCH 3, 2009
To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. Tags: Animal Rights Animal Cruelty animal suffering famous quotes For with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal.
Creature Talk
APRIL 17, 2009
This is one of my favorite responses from omnivores when they find out that I would love it if the whole world stopped eating animals. “But what would we do with all the animals that are currently on farms? You want all the farm animals to just die ?&#. Yes, that is why I’m vegan - because I’d like all the farm animals to DIE! Secondly, the fact of the matter is that many farmed animals could likely survive if they were left to their own devices.
Creature Talk
JUNE 2, 2009
Sanctuary Tails – This is a blog written by some of the people who care for animals at Farm Sanctuary. They talk about animal cruelty issues, but also profile rescued animals – my favorite part. There are some very touching stories, and it’s so nice to read about animals being well cared for when it seems like all you ever hear are horror stories.
Creature Talk
MAY 8, 2009
Kathy Bauck, owner of Pick of the Litter Kennels in New York Mills, MN, was recently found guilty of four misdemeanors: one count of animal cruelty, and 3 counts of animal torture. An officer of the ASPCA reported her to the USDA for violations of the Animal Welfare Act back in 1998 and no action was taken. Apparently animal TORTURE only ranks as a “misdemeanor&#. This monster tortured innocent animals, and will likely see no more than 20 days inside a jail cell.
Creature Talk
MARCH 10, 2009
The Romain Rolland quote I posted last week has been on my mind a lot lately: To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. I looked around and saw people take big helpings of animal flesh without once giving a thought to the fact that it had been a living, breathing, feeling being not long ago.
Creature Talk
JANUARY 29, 2009
A while back PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) offered $1 million to any company or person who could come up with a cost effective way to produce cloned meat on a large scale, the goal being that people could still satisfy their meat cravings, but that animals wouldn’t have to be slaughtered for that purpose. In this country alone, we raise about 10 billion animals each year for food.
Critter News
JULY 4, 2010
Tags: animal research PETA Interesting short interview with Kathy Guillermo.
Critter News
JULY 16, 2009
Tags: animal cruelty idiocy Good riddance. Nuff said.
Critter News
APRIL 12, 2009
Tags: animal law conferences It's in Los Angeles this year.
Critter News
OCTOBER 9, 2008
Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty pigs farm animal welfare Horrific.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
Tags: animal research medical research Here's her piece in the Huffington Post.
Critter News
APRIL 5, 2010
Tags: animal research malaysia Caution on this story. Disturbing picture of monkey being injected.
Critter News
MARCH 14, 2010
Tags: animal rights animal law Interesting article in the Gazette, a Canadian publication.
Critter News
MAY 14, 2009
Tags: animal rights social justice Thanks to Provoked for posting this video. It states our case eloquently.
Critter News
APRIL 7, 2010
Tags: animal abuse eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens Another undercover video from the Humane Society.
Critter News
JANUARY 7, 2010
Tags: animal research The macaque was not removed before the cage went through the commercial cleaners. Bad stuff.
Critter News
JANUARY 3, 2010
Tags: animal cruelty spay/neuter latin america strays companion animals This is a good group. Check them out. link].
Critter News
JANUARY 1, 2010
Tags: animal cruelty I can't even comment on this, the anger is too intense. Happy New Year {insert sarcasm here!).
Critter News
NOVEMBER 20, 2010
Tags: animal research primates NASA Not sure yet, but it could happen per this action alert from Physicians for Responsible Medicine.
Critter News
APRIL 10, 2009
Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research I like this short opinion letter that gets right to the point.
Critter News
DECEMBER 18, 2008
Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty china monkeys If only they could have escaped to a better life.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 22, 2009
This protest comes after an undercover PETA investigator collected evidence of alleged animal abuse in the University laboratories. Tags: animal research utah medical research PETA
Critter News
JANUARY 22, 2010
The animal research supporter I know says "we can do a better job of treating lab animals." Tags: animal research colorado state university Another university cited. Yah think?
Critter News
JANUARY 15, 2010
Tags: animal research They're trying to get documentation regarding the 100 dogs and cats sold to the University of Utah for medical experiments.
Critter News
MARCH 20, 2010
Tags: animal enterprise terrorism act entertainment animal rights We received an email from Open Road Films with a link to the Bold Native website and trailer. The film looks really interesting to us and we are definitely going to check it out upon its re-release this summer.
Critter News
JUNE 25, 2010
According to technewsdaily.com , this "lung on a chip" imitates the inner workings of a lung and could help lessen the need for animals as research subjects. Tags: animal research
Critter News
MAY 16, 2010
Tags: animal research Here's a good post stating why these studies are not good predictors for human/drug interactions. It wonders why there are so few debunkers out there.
Critter News
DECEMBER 28, 2008
Tags: animal rescue wild orphans If you find any out there during these cold winter months, or at any time of the year, read this before you act.
Critter News
JUNE 15, 2010
Interesting article on anti-animal research advocacy in Madison, WI. Tags: animal research medical research university of madison-wisconsin Madison is a key battleground because it is one of only 8 cities with primate centers in the country.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
Here's a scathing overview in Primate Freedom of the new organization "Pro-Test," an organization of animal researchers who want to advocate for their work. Tags: animal research medical ethics medical research Long and impressive expose.
Critter News
APRIL 14, 2010
Tags: animal enterprise terrorism act FBI animal rights This post is from the blog Green is the New Red. It briefly discusses some of the tactics used by the FBI against Scott DeMuth, Carrie Feldman and Peter Young. These methods include diary reading, informants, a YouTube video, MySpace, LiveJournal, etc. Interesting.
Critter News
APRIL 6, 2010
This is an excellent analysis of the potential impacts of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Tags: animal enterprise terrorism act It appeared in the McNair Research Journal. I HIGHLY recommend it.
Critter News
MARCH 30, 2010
This is the perfect example of an UNNECESSARY animal study. Tags: animal research Stupid Come on. I could have told you it's addictive. How many more candy bars do I need to eat to become an expert?
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