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ATN’s Annual Christmas Special: Redemption, Part 1 – Show #294

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:10:27 -0600

Click here to buy ATN’s 3rd Annual Christmas Show: Redemption This time on Animal Talk Naturally we have four guests on to share their special Christmas message. In addition we share the music of three very talented women. Throughout the LIVE

Mexico City official says animal rights group could be linked to car burnings

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:06:13 -0600

Mexico links animal activists to car burnings MEXICO CITY ? Investigators have found evidence linking an animal rights group to homemade bombs that burned seven vehicles in Mexico City, a prosecutor said Wednesday. The symbol of a local version of t

Forest-protection plan at UN talks boosted by $3.5 billion pledge from US, 5 other nations

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:37:08 -0600

US, 5 others pledge $3.5B to protect rainforests COPENHAGEN ? Negotiators moved closer to a deal to protect the world’s forests with a pledge from the United States and five other countries to spend $3.5 billion over the next three years to sl

World Horse Welfare Christmas Message 2009

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:03:00 -0600

Chief Executive Roly Owers talks about some of the key horse welfare points of 2009 including; The Amersham horses trial conclusion, multiple horse pickups in Lancashire and Scotland, our groundbreaking welfare survey and the worrying results about o

Zoo lands award for conservation

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:07:58 -0600

From thisissouthdevon.co.uk A SOUTH DEVON zoo has been commended for its work with critically endangered species. Shaldon Wildlife Trust was honoured in the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquaria award ceremony for redesigning an enclosure

PetSmart Holiday Package Giveaway Winner!

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:08:10 -0600

Concurrently with the December dog photo contest I was running the PetSmart Holiday Giveaway package. I asked people to let me know how they have helped animals this year and got some pretty amazing entries…it was tough to choose just one winne

Foster a dog for the Holidays?

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:52:41 -0600

Cover of 101 Dalmatians Here's a great idea. I found this article and decided to post it in time for the Christmas holiday. As a foster dog mom, I can tell you that knowing you are preventing a pet from the horrors of a cage in a shelter really i

Questionable Practices at the Calgary Zoo

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:34:25 -0600

Another animal dies at the Calgary Zoo and more questions are being raised about their practices.Look at all these incidents that have occurred there (listed in the Montreal Gazette article in the above link)...I don't track zoos, but this seems like

Manila Ocean Park: An Advance Birthday Celebration with Inaanaks

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:58:19 -0600

As part of my month-long birthday celebration, I treated my goddaughters to the Manila Ocean Park last November 29, of course with their mothers. After going to the Manila Zoo and having lunch at Jollibee-Harrizon Plaza, we proceeded to the MOP to ex

Manila Zoo: Remembering My Childhood

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:25:05 -0600

My first birthday celebration for the year was with my cousins, Ann and Ate Ging and their kids, Nicole, Knexy and Katkat. It was actually my idea to revisit Manila Zoo because I wanted to reminisce our childhood days and share it with the younger ge

Animal Law on a Channel Near You

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:35:49 -0600

David Cassuto My colleague, Ralph Stein (a founding member of Pace Law School and frequent commenter on this blog), devoted his most recent community access tv show to animal law. Watch it here.

Animal Welfare PE Christmas Fete

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:00:48 -0600

The Animal Welfare PE Christmas Fete takes place at the Walmer Town Hall, Main Road on Saturday 12th December from 08:00. Lots of great bargains to be had! Get there early! We urgently need all your unwanted goods for our Fete. We can collect, plea

Greyhound Racing – The Industrialization of Man’s Best Friend

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:02:22 -0600

My name is Jennifer Krebs, and I am an addict. My addiction is to racing greyhounds and advocating for them. The first time I saw a retired racing greyhound up close and personal was in 1993 in South Florida. I fell completely in love, but it wa

Into the Shadow of the Jaguar – Show #293

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:05:25 -0600

Click here to buy Into the Shadow of the Jaguar This time on Animal Talk Naturally award-winning writer, editor, and tour guide, Richard Mahler, joins us this week to talk about his new book, The Jaguar’s Shadow! We are going to ta

Tillamook Breeder Surrenders Nearly 100 Dogs to OHS

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:19:57 -0600

Here's a follow up on the posting from yesterday. This is about the rat terriers that were surrendered. This is a terrible thing. I know that this person really loved these animals, but everyone needs to understand that there is a limit to the

Factory Farms, Mark Bittman and TSCA — An Unlikely Trio

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:00:19 -0600

David Cassuto Intriguing blog post by Mark Bittman, of all people, wondering whether industrial meat could be illegal under TSCA , the Toxic Substances Control Act (not to be confused with Tosca, the Puccini opera). The argument would be that TSCA

Encyclopedia of Animal Science

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:01:22 -0600

Containing case studies that complement material presented in the text, the vast range of this definitive Encyclopedia encompasses animal physiology, animal growth and development, animal behavior, animal reproduction and breeding, alternative appr

The Voiceless Toolkit Can Now Be Yours

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:52:14 -0600

From the email: Last night the Honourable Justice Ruth McColl AO, Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of NSW, launched the Voiceless Animal Law Toolkit. The launch was part of the Voiceless 2009 Awards Event, where this year’s Voiceless Grant reci

Humane society rescues 100 dogs in eastern Oregon

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:20:32 -0600

This kind of "hoarding" has got to stop. As a psychiatric nurse, I understand the compulsion these people may have felt and the obsession they had with collecting more dogs, but these are living, breathing, feeling beings--not things.

Where You Been, What You Been Doing?

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:53:17 -0600

I know it has been a fair while since I wrote anything here but that’s not to say I haven’t had my thumb on the pulse of the animal welfare world. Quite the opposite actually. I’ve been out there getting my hands dirty trying to edu

Tuesday Top Ten: Dog Charities

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:45:12 -0600

What do you give the dog lover on your list who already has everything? Why not make a donation to a pet charity in their name. And how do you know if the charity is a good one or simply a scam? We’ve done all the work for you! The foll

U.S. Department of Agriculture Labels PETA a Terrorist Group

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:34:23 -0600

PETA is not the most popular kid on the block. Between antagonizing meat-eaters and radicalizing the use of naked ad campaigns, the animal rights group has made more than a couple enemies. This is the first time, however, that the lawful, nonviolent

More on the Vegan Dialogues

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:38:12 -0600

Matthew Blaisdell This is a summation/expansion of my comments (see post & comments here) relating to the NY Times Op-Ed in which the writer likened the killing of animals for meat consumption to the Holocaust. I know only about as much as the ge

Is Gino D'Acampo To Blame For Killing Rat

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:05:29 -0600

Why is Celebrity Gino D'Acampo is being blamed for cruelty? The RSPCA of New South Wales has accused the winner of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here for cruelly killing and eating a rat for entertainment.What we have here is a classic case of the F

Nevada Department of Agriculture sends Wild Horses to Slaughter

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:15:37 -0600

The Nevada Department of Agriculture's covert deal to send wild horses to slaughter dealer Kevin D. "Ole" Olsen.

The One About I Seem To Have Come Here From An Alternate Reality.

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:36:22 -0600

Greetings to the denizens of this reality. I mean you no harm. I am merely a lost soul who somehow has managed to slip from my home reality, (which I shall call R1) into your own (which I shall call R2).Now I'm sure you are wondering how I was able

Animal Welfare VS. Animal Rights

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:50:26 -0600

The general distinction between these two ideologies is that those promoting animal welfare accept human's dominion over the animals and conclude there should be an ethical concern for their well-being and humane treatment, even if they are livestock

How Many is Too Many? When Does Having Too Many Pets Become Hoarding Syndrome?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:35:27 -0600

Tiffany Gallo Hoarding is a syndrome that has become more publicized in the recent years. Normally, a hoarder collects inanimate objects and is addicted to the clutter. Compulsive Hoarding is the acquisition of and failure to use or discard suc

Newborn Calves Abused at Organic Farm

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:01:42 -0600

Elizabeth Bennett Unfortunately, allegations of animal abuse at slaughterhouses have long been prevalent. It is not, however, too often that you hear of a farm or company being punished for such cruel behavior. Recently, an organically certified

Ringling Brothers Circus

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:52:41 -0600

I’ve been meaning to get this post up, but Will’s been sick again (hence the lack of posts again. It’s hard to put a couple of thoughts together when you are living on less than 4 hrs of nonstraight sleep a night). That being sa