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I love this promotional video from the folks at Beartooth Humane Alliance in Montana! Beartooth Humane Alliance originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 9, 2010. Tags: events people helping animals. A great sense of humor, and a good cause too!
Tags: primate/human similarities animal research monkeys. Another commonality between the two species , this one found by the Kyoto University Primate Research Institute.
Tags: humane society conferences. Someday, I hope to attend one of these conferences. It looks like they have some great workshops with people like Gene Bauer from Farm Sanctuary and Nicole Pollata from the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF.).
It's their first annual "humane state" report. Tags: humane society us. Ohio, Mississippi, North Dakota, Idaho and South Dakota are at the bottom. California and New Jersey came out on top.
It's the Humane Society explaining why they teamed up with Michael Vick on his community service work. Tags: blood sport humane society Michael Vick dogfighting. Found this piece from May 2009. I'm still torn about that, although I certainly understand their logic.
He wants to save the planet for humans alone. Tags: nature climate change human behavior environment uganda. By the way, if you ever read Jared Diamond's Collapse, you'll understand why I also think this is the perfect response to his book. I believe we have not earned that privilege.
Rats help save humans. Tags: news. The sizeable rodents are helping to detect tuberculosis (TB). Read more about these amazing rats and the work they are doing by visiting the full article here. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on April 25, 2010.
Yesterday, I raised the issue that some may think the Humane Society copped out by making a deal with Ohio agriculture and NOT bringing new animal welfare regulations to the ballot. Tags: ohio humane society farm animal welfare agriculture agribusiness.
This is the same place that was nailed by a Humane Society undercover investigation. The Humane Society wants 9 chimps that are not being "used" as part of experiments to be released to a sanctuary. Tags: chimpanzees animal research humane society chimp haven new iberia research center primates. percent of our DNA.
From the Humane Society's press release. Further advancing its leadership in human-animal studies, Humane Society University, an affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States, announced today that it has received a license as a higher education degree-granting institution by the District of Columbia Education Licensure Commission.
The world is facing a growing threat from new diseases that are jumping the human-animal species barrier as a result of environmental disruption, global warming and the progressive urbanisation of the planet, scientists have warned. Tags: global warming disease climate change environment.
A Menlo Park research facility Monday refused to allow a humane society representative to check up on a monkey that bit a female lab worker the day before. Because an animal bite occurred, Menlo Park police alerted the Peninsula Humane Society, which is under county contract to follow up on such incidents.
Armed with new undercover video of four such events, the Humane Society of the United States is pressuring state officials to explicitly outlaw the practice, which the organization says is effectively banned in every other state. Tags: animal cruelty blood sport south carolina humane society bears hunting.
As the future of whales once more comes under global debate, some scientists say the marine mammals are not only smarter than thought but also share several attributes once claimed as exclusively human. Tags: marine life marine animals whales.
The Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research is the UK’s largest charity funder of non-animal replacement research. Tags: UK animal research. It has just received a record number of applications for grants. That is a very good thing. At least there is some interest out there. And it's fueled by one thing.research dollars.
The Humane Society has launched a confidential whistleblower hotline for employees of chimpanzee research laboratories to anonymously report alleged abuses. Tags: chimpanzees animal research. This is important. Pass it around. From the Advertiser. In the areas surrounding the seven remaining U.S.
Now, Kolbert is to focus on humanity's impact on the animal world, and in particular will look at the species that are today being rendered extinct by men and women. Kolbert's task will to be show whether or not humanity – with its spiralling population, widespread habitat destruction, over-fishing and global warming – is rivalling these.
Tags: animal research. 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: vegan milk corporate lies cows vegetarian. Of misinformation that is repeated so often it becomes fact. If you really think about it, how many prehistoric people were grabbing pregnant cows to suckle on? Lactose intolerant people are actually the normal ones.
Tags: salmon marine animals hydropower dams endangered species. She highlights dams, but that is only one of the four H's (hydro, harvest, habitat and hatcheries) that are obliterating this beautiful creature. I think this opinion is pretty wide-spread. It's just easier to kill sea lions that to break down dams.
But sometimes, what’s best for the birds and what’s best for the humans collide. If the Cormorants stay stubborn, officials estimate that the price tag for moving them and speeding up work on the structure (before next year’s nesting season halts it) could approach $30 million.
Here are some ads: This is from Advanced Telemetry Systems and it advertises how you can tag wildlife like coyotes and then check on your animals from anywhere…even from your beach vacation…and the magical wireless internet that is available there for your laptop.
Each time, a small notebook tagged along with me, and I would note the bird species I spotted, then put it away. It’s human nature: Once we think we know what we’re looking at, we mentally fill in the gaps and move on to the next thing. Gwynn sat behind me in the canoe as we paddled lazily around a shallow lake.
It’s not always an easy book, at times dense and challenging, it is also fascinating and stimulating, motivating us to look at the totality of a bird’s life and the interconnectedness amongst bird movements, shorelines, landscapes, weather, and us–humans. A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds.
Here's some background on the New Iberia Research Center, target of the Humane Society investigation showing alleged chimpanzee abuse. Tags: chimpanzees animal experimentation humane society new iberia research center medical research us.
The Humane Society gives President Obama a B- on animal protection. Tags: Obama legislation humane society. Not that great, but I no longer think of Obama as a progressive anyway. It's probably still better than w.
It spotlights the Humane Society, but I think it's a pretty universal comparison. Tags: corporate lies humane society agriculture agribusiness. This article pretty much sums up how the two agendas are simply at cross-purposes. Compassion is perceived to hurt profits.
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) received the Humane Society’s Legislative Leader award for her leadership in protecting animals. The Humane Society of the United States cited Senator Cantwell’s efforts to improve marine mammal rescue capability, including such challenges as disentangling marine mammals from fishing nets.
The Humane Society began a campaign in March 2008 to get 600 university presidents to sign a pledge to prevent severe pain and distress in animals used in research. Tags: university research animal experimentation humane society medical research animal resear. So far only 37 presidents have signed it.
To me, it's another example of the Humane Society's growing savvy and clout in the US. Animal welfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov. From the Associated Press.
What do you all think about his upcoming work for the Humane Society? Tags: animal cruelty blood sport humane society Michael Vick sick. Plus, I personally have no room for forgiveness for Sick Vick. Others may, but I don't. Pretty savvy on HSUS' part? Or are they trying to get publicity?
Animal research facilities will be required to disclosee more information online about their experiments under a court settlement signed Wednesday by the Humane Society of the United States and the Agriculture Department. Tags: animal experimentation animal research humane society USDA medical research.
I know people will whine about why she didn't leave the money to human causes, but I'm proud that she did it. I get so tired of people calling for money to human charities. Humans control the frigging WORLD. That's a problem with humans as a species, not with specific people like this woman. They are a huge minority.
But everything humans do to animals really sucks anyway. In that case, why do we punish humans for crimes against other humans? Tags: pit bull animal cruelty blood sport Michael Vick sick. I see a lot of these rationales. Essentially, it goes like this. What Michael Vick did really sucked.
The controversy over primate research is not going away any time soon, due to the paradox of primate research -- the more similarities between monkeys and humans that are discovered, the more researchers will argue those similarities make it valid to use monkeys in research on human diseases. Tags: animal research primates.
It's the humans' fault through overharvesting, the use of fish hatcheries, hydropower dams (like Bonneville) and the decimation of habitat. But we don't euthanize humans for that, do we? Tags: State of Washington salmon Stupid sea lions dams endangered species.
It's from the Humane Society. Tags: legislation animal welfare. Interesting article on Senator Edward Kennedy that highlights his little-known contributions to animal welfare.
Humanity needs a lesson in humility. Tags: quotes. Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Richard Dawkins.
had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands. Tags: quotes. The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago. Havelock Ellis.
Here's a good post stating why these studies are not good predictors for human/drug interactions. Tags: animal research. It wonders why there are so few debunkers out there.
I think it's sad to force one more species to participate in another human war. Tags: afghanistan military war us mules. The US Marines are using them because they're good for hauling stuff.
By year three, the adults were practicing the eagle equivalent of human “hover parenting.” It really looked like a game of tag. Just six weeks after the eaglets hatched, the adults would drop off food at the nest in a hit-and-run manner, spending typically just 15 seconds in the nest before flying back to their perches.
Way to go humans! Tags: vietnam laos endangered species. The wild Saola, which resembles antelopes and was only discovered in 1992, is already near extinction due to hunting. Another notch to add to our belt!
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