action alerts alaska wilderness league time for change. act now our shared lands in alaska are priceless american treasures infinitely more valuable than their potential for industrial exploitation. we all have a duty as stewards of our shared lands to protect the alaskan wilderness. many in washington think this basic tenet of american civic life so obvious to us has been eliminated ......
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action alerts audubon sign the petition to help protect americas wetlands our nations wetlands streams and other waters have a tremendous impact on everyones lives. but development and draining of these areas result in the loss of an average of 80000 acres of wetlands each year. wetlands provide all these things and more. tell the new president we need to protect th......
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action alerts amnesty international presidentelect obama show real leadership in human rights change will only come if we act send a message to presidentelect obama to recommit america to human rights. today we launch our 100 days campaign. our goal is to make it clear that there can be no genuine renewal in america without a renewed commitment to human rights. during his first 100 day......
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the animal planet television series whale wars premiered on november 7 2008. if youre looking to watch a vegan ecopirate show this may for you. the heavily hayden panettiere promoted show stars captain paul watson who founded the sea shepherd conservation society. he and his crew on the boat named steve irwin after the late crocodile hunter attempt to n......
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gotta love these pearls of wisdom faux pearls of course real wisdom the car nivore82 17s8217 only dilemma seems to be one of sourcing where to buy his meat. if you think killing animals for food when you dont have to can ever be called hum ane8217 you certainly arent having a serious ethical dilemma wrote mary martin......
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three indian river county men charged with stealing and killing a cow three men remained in jail sunday night on charges associated with killing and dismembering of a 400pound calf ... one man was charged with a felony for trespassing on property while armed and a misdemeanor for disposing of a dead animal. two others had additional charges including two misdemeanors for trespassing o......
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as i mentioned in yesterdays link roundup the vegan month of food is upon us join us for veganmofo the vegan month of food. the idea is to write as much as you can for the month of october about vegan food. the blog entries can be about anything food related your love of tongs your top secret tofu pressing techniques the first time your mom cooked vegan for you vegan options i......
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action alerts american civil liberties union aclu urge an immediate fbi investigation bush and mukasey are at it again. theyve announced dangerous new fbi guidelines that will severely jeopardize the personal privacy of innocent americans. these regulations need no congressional approval and are terrifying. just how far can the fbi go without any factual basis for suspecti......
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nyc animal rights held a very successful demonstration recently. nyc animal rights held signs and handed out anydairy literature to counteract a dairy marketing scheme that ran on craigslist and tours with a milkmobile. the organizer santos said the milk mustache campaign couldnt handle the truth and left after only an hour and half after they set up their th......
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action alerts dawnwatch iowa hog farm abuse video and californias prop 2 916 92108 a distressing story of animal abuse hit the news on tuesday september 16 and continues to make news including in a superb huffington post piece published today. a peta undercover investigator has released video taken at an iowa hog farm that documents both illegal and legal abuse. e......
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vegan food tofu for beginners meringue vegan news heather mills the exwife of sir paul mccartney has donated 1 million dollars worth of vegan food to one of the most impoverished communities in new york city. link another reason to avoid dairy six thousand babies sick from tainted chinese milk link bellingham lawyer fights for animal ri......
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a reader at animal person recently wrote ive actually met people who want to live vegan lives but resist being associated with veg ans they continue to eat eggs and dairy almost out of protest against or potential fear of embarrassment about the har dcore821 7 pur ist vegan fiction. these are people who say they care deeply about anim......
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action alerts animal person on returning your copy of dom inion822 1 aja wrote the following comment on matthew scully wrote sarah palins speech i am so sad about scully. i have decided to send my book back to him via his publisher. would anyone like to join me maybe he can let palin borrow it. i think thats a fantastic idea. animal pe......
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patrice jones hosted a blog carnival against vivisection . if you dont know what a blog carnival is its when a group of bloggers decide to write about the same topic. one blogger the host collects the entries and publishes a summary. it could be said that blog carnivals are a form of web community organizing. the reason for the carnival was what we......
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action alerts american rivers thank the epa for dumping the yazoo pumps once and for all i am thrilled to report that the u.s. environmental protection agency epa issued a clean water act veto for the yazoo pumps putting an end to this outrageously destructive project once and for all. this historic victory would not have been possible without your help in speaking out agains......
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i find it deeply troubling when i read various blogs concerned about animal rights that they have constant recourse to two main concepts 1 animals did not give consent to procedure x and 2 animals did not choose procedure x. both are closely related but they are analytically distinct. most recently one animal blogger was upset by a news item reporting on a promotion bein......
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all you have to do is look at the groups who support the act and the groups who opposed the act to know that the animal enterprise terrorism act aeta isnt good for free speech animal rights or protecting innocent americans from terrorism. the bill was supported by the animal enterprise protection coalition an industry group including glaxosmithkline pfizer roche and wyeth amo......
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while some groups are erroneously claiming that one can eat dead animals with a clear conscience peta is on point and says while the plan is wellintentioned the answer to saving calves from longdistance transport confinement in cruel tiny crates and slaughter soon after birth doesnt lie in encouraging consumers to eat more british meat said a peta spoke......
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action alerts animal person voice your opposition to aeta please send letters for abolish aeta as a presidential proposal. color of change.org support the gulf coast civic works act its been 3 years since hurricane katrina devastated new orleans and the gulf coast but the region still hasnt received the help it needs to recover. the gulf coast civic works act would h......
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here is your roundup of vegan related news and resources for this week. enjoy news vegnews veggie awards link nebraska beef ltd. recalls beef products due to possible e. coli contamination link no meat week we will not buy or eat any meat for one week link nyt says animal rights is easy to mock82......
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welcome to the 9th carnival of empty cages it is amazing how many great posts were written in the past month and to think of all the posts that werent submitted or i didnt find. there are a lot of topics covered in this edition of the carnival. i hope you enjoy. be sure to submit your post or someone elses post that you really enjoy for the next editio......
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no excuses the carnival is simply late. despite the fact that ive been collecting blog post links for the past few months im only going to include items from june. enjoy and remember to send your submissions for the 9th edition to chris at deeprootss anctuary.o rg or at blogcarnival.com . i decided not to break the posts into categories this edition because there were a lo......
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vegan food chili and cornbread muffins apple pie muffins vegan vichyssoise danish braid with german chocolate filling jicama con limon y chile cumingrilled tofu with papaya salsa vegan news c ommercial ly raised meats and dairy products carry antibiotic resistant bacteria more 82 20cosmo 8217s vegan shoppe will pay half of the......
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vegan food recipes seitan medallions with port cherry reduction sauce crumb cake vegan chili and cheese fries vegan news new food for thought podcast from compassionate cooks new podcast from vegan freak radio food banks need petfood too . if you want to donate do it thanks to supervegan for the heads up. 8220hal lmark meat comp......
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did you get a chance to watch 30 days on fx last night the episode was about a hunter who was involved in animal advocacy for 30 days. he stayed with a vegan family ate plenty of vegan food participated in antikfc and antifur demonstrations with peta worked at animal acres farm animal sanctuary visited a homeless dog shelter talked with an antivivisection advocate and helped r......
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