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San Francisco Becomes First Major US City to Ban Fur Sales
Today, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban fur following weeks of tumultuous debate between animal rights activists and retailers. The Golden City follows two other California cities— Berkeley and West Hollywood— in banning fur sales. This historic victory for animals comes after appeals from PETA and local activists, who have attended numerous committee meetings on the issue and held a rally at City Hall just a few weeks ago.
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Animal Legal Defense Fund Sues Trader Joe’s for Deceptive Egg Carton Labeling
Today the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a consumer protection lawsuit in California Superior Court against Trader Joe’s Company on behalf of a Trader Joe’s egg purchaser. The action seeks to stop Trader Joe’s from deceptively labeling its cage-free eggs and misleading consumers seeking eggs from hens raised in more natural conditions.
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‘Cruel’ electric shock pet training collars to be banned in England
A ban on so-called pet “shock collars” is to be imposed in England, under plans confirmed by the government on Sunday. Ministers have announced proposals to ban the devices, used to control pets, which are already banned in Wales. Scotland has already announced it is following suit. It comes after a concerted campaign by animal rights campaigners. While they are designed to control and train dogs and cats, they have been attacked as cruel for giving animals an electric shock when they misbehave. The devices are usually controlled via a remote control.
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Consumers Are Revolting Against Animal Cruelty — So the Poultry Industry Is Lobbying for Laws to Force Stores to Sell Their Eggs
Over the last decade, thanks to a cascade of undercover exposés of factory farms and slaughterhouses by animal rights activists, it has become increasingly difficult to ignore the horrors of industrial animal agriculture. Though it has received less attention than than the systematic torture of pigs and cows, perhaps no part of animal agriculture is more heinous than egg production, an industry in which hens are confined to excruciatingly small cages for the entirety of their tortured lives.
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Mirrors have revealed something new about manta rays – and it reflects badly on us
Humans make huge use of marine vertebrates, but manta rays may pass the self-awareness test and other fish potentially could too. Ethically, where does that leave us?
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Individual who ate adopted pig banned from future adoptions
A British Columbia resident who adopted a potbellied pig named Molly from the SPCA and then ate it has been banned from future SPCA adoptions. Molly was one of 57 potbellied pigs to be seized following an animal cruelty investigation on Vancouver Island a year ago. SPCA staff say they spent months nursing the pigs back to health before they could be adopted.
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Individual who ate adopted pig banned from future adoptions
A British Columbia resident who adopted a potbellied pig named Molly from the SPCA and then ate it has been banned from future SPCA adoptions.
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Lions Eat Suspected Big Cat Poacher
The lions in the Kruger National Park in South Africa left the head and only a few remains.
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Lions eat suspected big cat poacher
The lions in the Kruger National Park in South Africa left the head and only a few remains.
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'Vegans call me murderer and rapist'
Veganism has been described as the fastest growing lifestyle movement. For some concern about animal welfare leads them to actively campaign against all forms of the meat industry. But are some of those activists taking it too far? "When you're being called murderers and rapists, that is overstepping the mark, for fairly obvious reasons," says Alison Waugh, a trainee farmer in Northumberland. She has received death threats due to her work and told the Victoria Derbyshire programme other farmers are feeling threatened.
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Groups call for shutdown of brutal Indonesia animal markets
Campaigners are calling for the closure of Indonesian animal markets touted as tourist attractions where dogs are bludgeoned by the thousands and blow-torched alive. One of the markets on the island of Sulawesi, known as Tomohon Extreme Market, was previously listed on TripAdvisor as a top attraction until animal welfare groups complained. Local tour operators and officials continue to promote the markets as destinations.
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The Swiss Consider the Lobster. It Feels Pain, They Decide.
The Swiss government has banned tossing lobsters and other crustaceans into boiling water. But what’s the science behind that decision?
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Scientists Say Humans' 'Lack of Empathy' Is Leading to Global Species Annihilation
No bells tolled when the last Catarina pupfish on Earth died. Newspapers didn’t carry the story when the Christmas Island pipistrelle vanished forever. Two vertebrate species go extinct every year on average, but few people notice, perhaps because the rate seems relatively slow—not a clear and present threat to the natural systems we depend on. This view overlooks trends of extreme decline in animal populations, which tell a more dire story with cascading consequences...
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Should Animal Abuse be Considered a Violent Crime?
The typical punishments assigned to people who commit animal abuse often pale in comparison to the horrendous natures of their crimes. Here is why we should consider raising the penalty to that of a violent crime.
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‘It Was a Blood Bath’: Freight Trains Kill 110 Reindeer in Norway
Animal advocacy groups urge speed limits, new fencing and digital tracking to prevent more accidents.
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Zoöpolis
Jennifer Wolch conceptualizes an urban theory that takes nonhumans seriously.
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I released 2,000 minks from a fur farm. Now I'm a convicted terrorist
People usually laugh when I tell them I am a convicted terrorist. I try not to open with that – it seems a little bit forward. First, I explain how my friend Tyler and I entered a fur farm in the dead of night. I describe the unspeakable suffering we found there. I tell people how Tyler and I opened every single cage and released 2,000 mink to save their lives. And once they have the context, I segue into the terrorism thing. Now that I have been out of prison for more than a year, I can be a bit more lighthearted about it. But the seventh circuit court of appeals doesn’t see the humor.
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Victory! India Bans the Use of Wild Animals in Circuses
Great news! India has banned the use of all wild animals in circuses! The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has canceled the recognition of all circuses in the country that force wild animals to perform tricks in the name of entertainment. This happened after year-long inspections in which extreme animal cruelty was reported.
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In America, rescuing a piglet makes you a terrorist but shooting up a concert doesn’t
The FBI and certain animal rights groups are at war. By Kristin Hugo.
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The strange and deadly saga of 15 circus cats’ final week in America
A former Ringling Bros. tiger escaped near Atlanta in September. But that was only the beginning of a saga that drew attention from officials in three states. By Karin Brulliard.
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