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Humane Society wants Stampede’s rodeo off the airwaves
Straight from the Horse's Heart | July 3rd 2009 by R.T. Fitch
Canada’s Calgary Stampede is being called a “brutal violent spectacle” of animal cruelty by the Humane Society of Canada, which has filed a complaint with Canada’s broadcasting regulator over the airing of the world’s largest outdoor ro read more
Compassion
Powered By Produce | July 2nd 2009
There is an unusual amount of cultural confusion around animals. Half of the dogs in America receive Christmas presents, yet few of us ever pause to consider the life of the pig (easily as intelligent as a dog) that becomes our Christmas ham. At the read more
Sunstein Redux
Animal Blawg | July 2nd 2009 by dnc-1
Will Harvard’s Cass Sunstein become an animal advocate in the White House? If confirmed by the Senate as the Head of the Office of Management and Budget’s Office ofInformation & Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Sunstein would be responsi read more
Missouri Operation Bark Alert Phase II
For Love of a Dog Talking Dogs | July 2nd 2009 by Sue
Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Jon Hagler and Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster today announced phase two of Operation Bark Alert - a crackdown on unlicensed breeders in Missouri. Phase two of the program, "Prosecution Bark Alert," read more
Stop Live Exports volunteer supports the Humane Chain
Humane Chain - helping to end the cruel live export trade | July 1st 2009 by Jessica Borg
“I work full time with adults living with Cerebral Palsy, it is challenging but I love my job, and working with these guys helps me to remember the important things in life. I live in Parkerville, up in the Perth Hills. I am a member of Stop Live E read more
GEIG – A Coda and a Step Forward for Animal Ethics
Animal Blawg | July 1st 2009 by dnc-1
This was a very productive 5 day meeting of GEIG. In addition to attending some fine discussions and papers over the last several days, I also officially joined the IUCN CEL Ethics Specialist Group, something I mistakenly thought I had done in Barc read more
Animals in captivity
Stale Cheerios | June 30th 2009 by Mary H.
Zoos, aquariums, wildlife parks, sea world, nature centers, personal pets, we encounter animals around us all the time. Many of the wild animals we encounter today (especially in zoos and aquariums) are bred in captivity, rather than collected from t read more
New Evidence Against Petland
ThoughtsFurPaws | June 30th 2009 by jaime
According to the Humane Society of the United States, the group has gathered even more evidence that Petland is still selling puppy mill dogs, some coming from the worst of the worst for-profit breeders in the country… Wayne Pacelle, on his blo read more
Doctor Dog
Philippine Dog Finder | June 29th 2009 by joanjoyce
Many institutions has been requesting dogs to visit their patients or to be in the home for the aged and kids house. This is one proof that a dog really cures people that is why they were tagged as doctor dogs. PAWS had this program Dr. Dog since 200 read more
What about Michael Jackson’s Chimp, Bubbles?
Animal Inventory | June 29th 2009 by Animal Inventory
I guess I imagined that Michael Jackson’s chimp Bubbles still lived at the Neverland Ranch, that he was a member of MJ’s menagerie, or maybe that he had an enclosure in the King of Pop’s house. To be honest, I never gave the matte read more
The Ethics of Culling Wildlife — More News from GEIG
Animal Blawg | June 29th 2009 by dnc-1
Dateline Florence (I just like saying that), where the Global Ecological Integrity Group Conference continues: One of today’s speakers — an ecologist from Australia — asked: When is it ethically appropriate to cull wildlife to reduc read more
Sydney rock band dBB join the Humane Chain
Humane Chain - helping to end the cruel live export trade | June 28th 2009 by Jessica Borg
"The export of live animals is both cruel and utterly unnecessary. Foghorn Records and dBB are proud to be part of the Humane Chain and urge you to add your voice to this campaign. Go to www.humanechain.org.au to help put an end to this horrible prac read more
Fundraiser: FAIL
Infinite Possibility - Working with Spirits | June 27th 2009 by Sheta Kaey
I’m slowly catching up on my sleep and am currently completely backwards on my schedule. I got up (reluctantly) at 10 p.m. so I could eat and feed the feline hunger brigade. The house that greeted my emergence from the bedroom looked like a d read more
Talking Factory Farming and Vivisection in Florence
Animal Blawg | June 26th 2009 by dnc-1
I’m in Florence at the moment and, when not gawking at the Duomo, am attending the annual conference of the Global Ecological Integrity Group (GEIG). This conference offers a good venue to talk to my fellow enviros about animal issues. The read more
Humane Chain and Handle With Care - Update 1
Nicole Tattersall | June 25th 2009
You may recall a little while ago I posted about the campaign against the transport of livestock to the Middle East (click here for the post), the campaign is being driven by Handle with Care and the Humane Chain. I mentioned that I was going to be d read more
Proposed Ban on Exotic Animals in Westchester Hits Wall (of Legis…
Animal Blawg | June 25th 2009 by dnc-1
This past Monday, at the invitation of the Committee to Ban Wild and Exotic Animal Acts, Michelle Land and I attended a meeting of the Legislation Committee of the Westchester Board of Legislators. We were there to testify in favor of proposed legi read more
Offline Due to Illness
Infinite Possibility - Working with Spirits | June 24th 2009 by Sheta Kaey
I’ve even activated my vacation email auto-responder. I have no idea what’s up with me but every day brings a new variation of seemingly unrelated yuck: fever ~101, eyes that itch intensely but only while I’m lying down, one side read more
The Black Stars support an end to live export
Humane Chain - helping to end the cruel live export trade | June 24th 2009 by Jessica Borg
"It is a heavy weight that politicians and live exporters carry on their shoulders, to be responsible for the welfare of thousands and thousands of defenseless sentient beings that are currently not being treated humanely. Until humans can treat all read more
Pennsylvania State Legislator Fights for Animal Cruelty Bill
Animal Blawg | June 24th 2009 by dnc-1
Thomas Caltagirone, Chair of the Judiciary Committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, authored an animal cruelty bill that is currently languishing in the Senate even though it passed the House unanimously in March. The bill would outl read more
I Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself
Powered By Produce | June 23rd 2009
The only son of the founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire, John Robbins was groomed to follow in his father’s footsteps, but chose to walk away from Baskin-Robbins and the immense wealth it represented to "...pursue the deeper American Dre read more
Wilderness Society Action Group join the Humane Chain
Humane Chain - helping to end the cruel live export trade | June 22nd 2009 by Jessica Borg
The Wilderness Action Group (WAG) is the 'active' component of The Wilderness Society Sydney. These passionate and informed people, from all backgrounds and walks of life come together regularly to help conserve Australia’s Wilderness. Today they h read more
Geese and Airplanes — Is Extermination the Answer?
Animal Blawg | June 22nd 2009 by dnc-1
Guest Blogger Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, Pace Law School. June 22, 2009. This is my first contribution to the Animal Blawg. I mentioned to my colleague, Prof. David Cassuto, that I was somewhat troubled by recent stories about how Canadian geese read more
Quote of the day
Letters From A Tory | June 22nd 2009
“I’d like to be a fly on the wall when the Queen and Princess Anne are asked to sign a form saying they’re not going to eat their horses.” - Nigel Farage MEP, reacting to the news that horse owners will have to sign a pledge n read more
An Interview with Writer Charles Siebert about His New Book, The…
Animal Inventory | June 22nd 2009 by Animal Inventory
Charles Siebert has made his name as the New York Times Magazine animal writer. In the past several years he has written articles about animal shelters, elephant culture, chimp behavior, and humans’ relationship with the natural world. He has a read more
Senate Joint Resolution on Livestock Care Standards for Ohio
Agriculture in Van Wert County | June 22nd 2009 by Andy Kleinschmidt
Peggy Hall, Agricultural & Resource Law Program Director for OSU Extension recently sent a summary of Ohio Senate action. The Ohio Senate has introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Ohio Constitution to address the care of l read more
More Parrots and more Mira Tweti
10,000 Birds | June 22nd 2009
One person typhoon Mira Tweti (award-winning writer, broadcaster, film-maker, film festival organiser (see the ‘Blue Planet FF’ details below), music reviewer, and all-round good egg [as we Brits say]) is again packing more into a month t read more
WSPA volunteers come together to help end live sheep export
Humane Chain - helping to end the cruel live export trade | June 21st 2009 by Jessica Borg
WSPA Volunteers Katrina, Florence, Joanne, Charlotte and James come together regularly to assist the Handle With Care campaign, calling for an end to the long distance transport of animals for slaughter. Here’s why:“Live export is cruel and inhum read more
Antennae, Issue 10
Animal Inventory | June 21st 2009 by Animal Inventory
Please visit Antennae’s website to download (for free!!) the newest issue of the ever-wonderful Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture. The theme of the issue is heat. As Giovanni Aloi, the journal’s editor-in-chief, explains: read more
Song of the whales: Mysterious and disturbing strandings call us…
Octopus Confessional | June 21st 2009 by Regan Lee
A beautifully written, but tragic story of whale stranding on the Oregon coast, by Debra Merskin: Song of the whales: Mysterious and disturbing strandings call us to consciousness. read more
ENTER TO WIN! Precious Girls Club Plush & Book Giveaway!
Princess Time Toys Blog | June 20th 2009 by Connie
I first wrote about The Precious Girls Club in September of 2008 when the first book in their series came out and the website was launched. Since then, the site has grown, added more features, and there’s a new book out! The books series is for read more
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