AnimalEquality.net

OCTOBER 29, 2024

It recommended revising EU animal protection laws and phasing out cages, but it didn’t set any requirements. Update September 2024 – The European Commission released a farming report after eight months of discussions on agriculture.

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Critter News

JULY 17, 2010

This is very good news from July 13, reported in Action for Animals Austin. district court judge today dismissed federal charges against the AETA 4, four activists charges with acts of terrorism under the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act. In fact, he said their activities were protected free speech.

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Critter News

JULY 24, 2009

First of all, it's gross (find your own planet to dump your trash on), but it's also dangerous for animals. There are so many fronts on the war for animal rights (and I'm increasingly believing that "war" is the right word for it) and often times it's hard to know what to do. And who ingests them? Marine life.

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Animal Equality

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This year, the incredible dedication and passion of Animal Equality volunteers have driven monumental progress for animals across the globe. From changing laws and corporate policies to amplifying voices in protests and digital actions, your commitment has sparked a wave of change for millions of animals.

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Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2011

. – July 28, 2011 – This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

International collaboration in wildlife crime enforcement is critical to protecting species like tigers that are on the brink of extinction," said Fred O'Regan, President and Chief Executive Officer of IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

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Animal Person

JULY 2, 2009

A new survey is getting the attention of many within the global animal protection community. Covering both moral and strategic issues, the "Ethics and Animals" survey will provide a snapshot of our movement as of the present moment. Everyone is invited to participate and share their views on what's best for animals.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The RSPCA are trying to raise awareness of its urgent campaign to protect the welfare of UK meat chickens. If you live in the UK, please urge Jim Fitzpatrick, Minister for Animal Welfare, to make the right choice for UK chickens and quash the squash, by sending an email via our campaign website at Quash the Squash.

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Critter News

JUNE 21, 2009

nonprofit organizations that seek to protect, provide services to or advocate for animals, and to advance scholarship in the field. Undergraduate degrees and graduate certificates in animal studies, animal policy and advocacy, and humane leadership will begin in fall of 2009.

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Critter News

JUNE 21, 2009

Jason Bell-Leask, IFAW Director Southern Africa} said "For years the herd has been maimed by local villagers, sometimes using appallingly cruel methods to protect their crops and granaries from raids by the elephants.

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends! 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!

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Critter News

JANUARY 7, 2010

(FEI) at the outset of a nine-year-old suit brought by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) that culminated in a six-week trial in March.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2008

California recently passed a law protecting animal researchers from animal activists. Justice's hammer falls again and again until it ends when the price is a helpless animals life, --Feminists for Animal Liberation. In the short term at least, it's not working. This law changes NOTHING.

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Critter News

JANUARY 9, 2009

Thoroughly researched and annotated, The Longest Struggle reflects its author's two decades as an animal rights activist and his access to movement leaders who have shared with him their personal stories of campaigns that made animal rights history.

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Critter News

MARCH 27, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency is reducing its reliance on animal testing to assess human risk of chemical toxicity and will instead focus more heavily on the tools made possible by advances in molecular biology, genomics and computational modeling. For a long time there will be a need for animal testing," he said.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility. "We Their investigations produce results.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 24, 2010

We recently got a chance to check out a lovely line of jewelry that celebrates animals, and supports the ASPCA! It’s called Heart U Back , and they offer a lot of fashion forward choices for animal lovers. I got a sample of the Heart U Back friendship bracelet , and it is my new favorite thing to wear.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 29, 2010

These three groups are already operating mobile veterinary clinics and other services in Haiti, and planning to go to Chile when they’re allowed in: IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare). American Humane and ARCH (Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti). WSPA (World Society for Protection of Animals). Offer your time.

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Animal Equality

JANUARY 7, 2025

Across these eight countries, Animal Equality’s advocacy brought the world closer to compassion last year. These images are here to tell the story: At Nepal’s 2024 Gadhimai Festival—the world’s largest animal sacrifice—investigators revealed what walls, smog, and police bans tried to hide.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 5, 2009

First let's deconstruct: The recession has caused a decrease in demand for animal products. Perhaps just as ironic is the mission of the NASDA, which includes "protection of animal and plant health, stewardship of our environment, and promoting the vitality of our rural communities.". Translation? We don't really know.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2012

The European Community and the member states signatory to the treaty are required “to pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals.” In 2002 the German Parliament amended Article 26 of the Basic Law to give nonhuman animals the right to be “respected as fellow creatures” and to be protected from “avoidable pain.”

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Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

And not all organizations that advocate for animals claim to have a "genuine environmentalist ethic," and the ones that do must subscribe to his ethic or they're not genuine? than with any genuine concern for species diversity or even animal welfare." For an attorney, that's awfully weak.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 23, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ A Disgraceful Farm Bill ” (editorial, May 16): While the farm bill recently approved by Congress deals with enormous agricultural policy issues, it also includes three important provisions to protect animal welfare. Enforcement has been inconsistent at best.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 23, 2008

To the Editor: In his past comments about protecting animals and nature, Pope Benedict XVI is building upon the Roman Catholic Church’s tradition of promoting faithful stewardship of all creatures (“ A Cat Lover in the Vatican Strikes a Chord With Cat Lovers Around the World ,” news article, April 20).

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 5, 2007

If they are to be swayed, the change is likely to come from witnessing the realities of the fate endured by animals. Nor have I dealt with advances in the legal protection of animals both in practice and in theory. Franklin, Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy [New York: Columbia University Press, 2005], xvii-xviii)

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 14, 2009

It is that coercion (via legal prohibition) is not a proper method of protecting animals, at least if the aim is to protect animals. The best thing that one can do for animals, in the long run, is to persuade people to stop eating them. The reason is that it has a backlash effect.

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Animal Equality

JUNE 26, 2024

For over a decade, Animal Equality has been on a global mission to end the force-feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras. From the bustling streets of Brazil to the historic halls of the UK Parliament, Animal Equality is driving change for animals in Italy, Spain, Germany, Brazil, India, the US, and the UK.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Jonathan Bennett , "The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn," Philosophy 49 [April 1974]: 123-34, at 133 [italics in original]) Note from KBJ: I thought of animals when I read this. Many people exclude animals from moral consideration, even though they would never think to neglect, much less harm, a dog or a cat. This is bad faith.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

They’re about protecting a system that produces cheap food. That system may treat sentient animals like car parts, ruin antibiotics we need for human medicine, and destroy rural communities by polluting our air and water, but at least it’s “efficient” (a word Mr. SUZANNE McMILLAN Dir., Farm Animal Welfare, ASPCA New York, Feb.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

Which animals could be on a slippery slope to becoming endangered? Knowing this information is vital for coming up with timely solutions, perhaps most of all for animals and plants truly on the brink of being lost forever. Which species are endangered? Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata).

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Dr. David Lavigne, Science Advisor to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, co-authored Gaining Ground: In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability 5. As a consequence, “people should treat all creatures decently, and protect them from cruelty, avoidable suffering, and unnecessary killing.” Wildlife belongs to everyone and no one.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 1, 2009

The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages calls itself "an animal rights-protection-abolitionist organization," which I find interesting. Regardless, they are joining Friends of Animals and Hearts for Animals on Saturday December 5. I'm sure a lot went into that and I wonder why it is defined that way.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

Mosquitoes bite humans and animals with no regard to species, and they bring along a number of illnesses. For animals, the bugs can cause harmful disease and life threatening conditions. Now that you are aware of the diseases that can be caused by mosquitoes, you may be wondering how to prevent these illnesses and protect your pets.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 11, 2010

The International Fund for Animal Welfare ( IFAW ), is a non-profit organization working to save animals in crisis worldwide, to help protect our oceans’ whale population. IFAW advocates for the protection of wildlife in their habitats, works to prevent cruelty to animals, and rescues individual animals.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 23, 2008

employee, claims the defendants inhumanely and illegally mistreat their Asian elephants and have done so for decades.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2013

But in the end, being dead doesn’t protect an animal from mortality. It is driven by love for animals, but relies on their deaths to exist. Noble restoration work has been done at the AMNH, particularly to the glamorous megafauna. Taxidermy is a bizarre art.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

By-catch is the catchy word for animals that are killed from fishing that are not the fish being fished. I would be they are in less environmentally backwards states (and I say that with some authority having done EIS work in several states … Minnesota is the wild west when it comes to environmental protection).

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