Posted in Animals on 31. Aug, 2010
With his second annual Stand Up for Farm Animals fundraiser, local farm animal advocate John Merryfield is rewriting the standard rules of activism. Instead of hitting the streets, Merryfield is hitting the lake, completing a stand-up paddle around the circumference of Lake Tahoe to bring awareness to the plight of our nation’s farm animals and [...]
Posted in Animals on 31. Aug, 2010
Strut Your Mutt is an event organized by Best Friends Animal Society, in which thousands of people gather together with their favorite four-footed best friend (the dog variety) and, well, take a walk together. As you can imagine, the cute-overload factor alone has the potential to draw attention to this event, which is part of [...]
Posted in Animals on 30. Aug, 2010
Bullfighting is so nasty and I fucking* hate it! So I was very glad when Meave reported that an amendment to the animal protection laws in Catalonia, Spain passed! Bullfighting is so over, jack!
I was totally happy about this animal victory but on Facebook today, one of my Spanish friends criticized the motives behind the [...]
Posted in Animals on 30. Aug, 2010
It was five years ago Sunday that Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, with the waves and winds thrashing this vulnerable region. It was a calamity of monumental proportions for the people and animals of the region. And for those of us who deployed to the Gulf Coast, the images still flood into our minds—the [...]
Posted in Animals on 27. Aug, 2010
Ten-year-old Bobby Connell has spent the last six months plagued by nightmares after witnessing Tilikum the killer whale batter SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau to death right in front of his eyes. Bobby’s father, in a suit filed against SeaWorld, said his son “saw the look of horror and desperation on Dawn’s face as she was [...]
Posted in Animals on 27. Aug, 2010
Heard about the group of 13+ black bears in British Columbia who were unwittingly enlisted to protect a million dollar marijuana growing operation consisting of 1200 plants? With much of what you read on the internet, it’s easy to dismiss stories like these as being absolutely absurd and yet in this particular case, it [...]
Posted in Animals on 25. Aug, 2010
For any of you who caught the Miss Universe pageant last night, you’ll be relieved to know that it was faux sheepskin that Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell was wearing. After PETA alerted Campbell to the cruelty of mulesing—a crude mutilation that involves cutting large chunks of flesh from the backsides of Australian lambs with instruments [...]
Posted in Animals on 23. Aug, 2010
Through the years, The HSUS has exposed and challenged many new forms of cruelty perpetrated against animals—like the depravity of Internet hunting, the vicious pastime of hog dog fighting, or the murderous and macabre “animal crush” video phenomenon. Today, we are exposing anew one of the earliest forms of cruelty targeted by 18th- and 19th- [...]
Posted in Animals on 23. Aug, 2010
My dog is the love of my life. She is smart, affectionate, cuddly and her adoration is completely unconditional (unless you count two full human meals a day a condition). Edie came into my life just after I was diagnosed with cancer back in 2008. My diagnosis called for me to give up work and [...]
Posted in Animals on 23. Aug, 2010
Did you catch The O’Reilly Factor last night? Well, here’s your chance to marvel at the spot on things Bill O’Reilly said in regard to yesterday’s attempted escape—and subsequent murder—of a bull during a Spanish bullfight. This quote is just too good not to share.
