Growing Tide of Opposition to King Amendment
Tweet by Michael Markarian — Our thanks to Michael Markarian, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, for permission to republish this post, which originally appeared on his blog Animals...
View ArticleNew Jersey Gestation Crate Bill
Tweet by Megan Hopper-Rebegea — Our thanks to Animal Blawg, where this post originally appeared on October 7, 2013. On May 14, 2013, the New Jersey Assembly passed NJ A.3250 / S.1921, a Bill to Ban...
View ArticleTyson Foods and a Culture of Cruelty
Tweet by Daniel Lutz, ALDF Litigation Fellow — Our thanks to the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) for permission to republish this post, which originally appeared on the ALDF Blog on November 27, 2013....
View ArticleAction Alert from the National Anti-Vivisection Society
This week's Take Action Thursday looks at factory farming issues: the overuse of antibiotics in animal feed, a victory in defeating Kentucky's ag-gag bill, New Jersey's determination to pass a ban on...
View ArticleAnimals in the News
Tweet by Gregory McNamee Nature is red in tooth and claw, the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson warned, notwithstanding the fact that, as an old Latin tag has it, humans are wolves upon other humans. We kill...
View ArticleCorporate Moves Create Tipping Point in Animal Welfare?
In May, Walmart announced that its food suppliers should adhere to greater animal welfare standards. This announcement received wide support from animal rights groups, and the Humane Society of the...
View ArticleCompassion for Pigs: Salvation for Humans
Tweet by Ken Swensen This past Christmas Eve, we joined some of our family in New York City for an early dinner. Afterward, on our way to a local bakery, we happened upon a beautifully dressed group of...
View ArticleAction Alert from the National Anti-Vivisection Society
Tweet — Each week the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) sends out an e-mail Legislative Alert, which tells subscribers about current actions they can take to help animals. NAVS is a national,...
View ArticleAction Alert from the National Anti-Vivisection Society
This week’s Take Action Thursday urges action to lessen the suffering of sows confined in gestation cages.
View ArticleTrump’s Ag A-Team of Animal Protection Haters
Donald Trump’s newly announced Agricultural Advisory Committee is a veritable rogues gallery of anti-animal crusaders. The group boasts a wealthy funder of an anti-animal super PAC, politicians who...
View ArticleAction Alert from the National Anti-Vivisection Society
This week’s Take Action Thursday focuses on an attack directed at the dairy alternative industry, along with the welfare of animals raised for food.
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