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lab monkeys who 'scream with fear' There is upsetting news from the UK this week, but we can be thankful that it is out: A Tuesday, February 8, headline in The Guardian reads, "Lab monkeys 'scream with fear' in tests."...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 5:20pm PST
pig farms There is a story on the front page of the Monday, February 7, Chicago Tribune headed "Village in Poland clashes with U.S. pork giant; America's top hog producer wants to create `the Iowa of Europe'; residents gag on transformation." It discusses the nightmare people go through when modern pork producers move into their neighborhoods....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:07pm PST
canned hunting The Magazine section of the Sunday, February 6, Washington Post has a lengthy fluff piece on canned hunting, headed "They Shoot Zebras, Don't They? These days, you don't have to go to the African veldt to hunt gazelle, kudu and zebra. Set your sights on Texas." (Page W21) It includes a couple of quotes from animal rights activists -- a couple of lines in a 4,300 piece on the sport....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:06pm PST
wild horses facing slaughter The February 7 edition of Newsweek, (on stands till the afternoon of the 7th) has an article headed "A New Range War: A change in the law, and wild horses face slaughter." (Page 51.)...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:03pm PST
slaughterhouses ('They Die Piece by Piece') The Sunday, February 6, New York Times has an editorial headed, "What Meat Means." It follows a January 25 article, headed "Human Rights Group Criticizes Meat Packing Industry." (You can read an abstract of the original article, or purchase it, on line at: http://tinyurl.com/4bxlh)...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:01pm PST
Remembering Jill Phipps with Action! The current HLS Supplier Week of Action provides a great opportunity to make
some calls or send some e-mails in rememberance of Jill's sacrifice....
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 1:30pm PST
Sleeping Mother Bear & Cubs shot & Killed at Lake Tahoe, Ca. On February 4th, 2005 a family of bears, a mother bear and her two baby cubs were shot and killed while they lay sleeping for the winter. This took place in Lake Tahoe, Ca....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 8:23pm PST
story on dog vivisection dealer in St. Louis The Thursday, February 3, St Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) has a front page story headed, "Animal dealer pays record fine." It imparts loads of information about Class B dealers and the canine vivisection industry....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 7:12pm PST
28,000 Pledges in 28 Days: Wolf Advocates Take Alaska Boycott Drive to the Internet -...
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 10:51am PST
Wolf Advocates Take Alaska Boycott Drive to the Internet Darien, Conn. — Throughout the month of February, activists opposed to Alaska’s state-sponsored aerial wolf-killing seek 28,000 pledges supporting a boycott of Alaska tourism....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 2:31pm PST
Wolf Advocates Take Alaska Boycott Drive to the Internet Throughout the month of February, activists opposed to Alaska's state-sponsored aerial wolf-killing seek 28,000 pledges supporting a boycott of Alaska tourism....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 1:37pm PST
Militant activism in Washington Post and UK papers 1/31/05 The fight against the vivisection industry made major news Monday, January 31. The Washington Post carried a story on the campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences, while the UK papers carried news of a government crackdown -- legislation introduced that could give five year sentences to animal rights activists guilty of economic sabotage....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 11:00am PST
Help Save Our Nation's Wild Horses UPDATE! Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV) and Ed Whitfield (R-KY) introduced H.R. 297, that would repeal a rider proposed by Conrad Burns (R-MT) allowing all wild horses over the age of 10 years and wild horses who have not been adopted after 3 attempts to be sold by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with no restrictions....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 3:03pm PST
Perils of Fast-Growing Aquaculture Industry There was a story on the front page of the Monday, January 24, Washington Post, headed "Fish Farming's Bounty Isn't Without Barbs." It discusses the environmental impact of aquaculture -- the factory farming of fish....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 1:54pm PST
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