The Farm Animal Movement: Effective Altruism, Venture Philanthropy, & The Fight to End Factory Farming in America by Jeff Thomas Lantern Publishing & Media, P.O. Box 1350, Woodstock, NY 12498 200 pages; $19.95 paperback. www.lanternpm.org Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Former Humane Society of the United States [HSUS] policy analyst Jeff Thomas has previously been mentioned […]
Farmed animal advocate Wayne Hsiung gets 90 days; Canada gets ag gag
Likely to lose at COP28 climate conference, Big Meat agribusiness celebrates killing the messengers SANTA ROSA, California; OTTAWA, Canada––Big Meat agribusiness took a beating on the morning of November 30, 2023 in Dubai, United Emirates, at the opening of the COP28 United Nations conference on climate change. By afternoon, though, Big Meat agribusiness was celebrating […]
COP28 conference on global warming expected to tell world to eat less meat
Recommendation to eat less meat may be the most substantive outcome of a United Nations conference on global warming since the COP conference series began DUBAI, United Arab Emirates––A global assembly of COP-rolites including an unprecedentedly large delegation representing the meat and livestock industries are gathered in Dubai for COP28, the twenty-eighth annual Conference Of […]
What Wayne Hsiung, Mercy for Animals, & others did for Thanksgiving
“Open rescues,” closed jail cells, undercover video, & two challenges to “ag gags” in Canada SANTA ROSA & LOS ANGELES, California––Mass media food sections, as always, fixated during the run-up to Thanksgiving 2023 on how best to roast turkeys. Vegan and vegetarian media comparably focused on promoting plant-based alternatives to turkey dinners Direct Action […]
More Than a Meal: Thanksgiving, turkeys, tradition & Karen Davis
First condemned, then pardoned, without a statement of rights (See also Karen Davis, Ph.D., United Poultry Concerns founder, dead at 79.) WASHINGTON D.C.––Perhaps nothing could underscore the role of turkeys as Thanksgiving sacrificial victims than the annual ritual at which U.S. President Joe Biden on November 20, 2023 “pardoned” the 46-pound and 47-pound turkeys Chocolate and […]
The “Thanksgiving” turkey: object of sentimentality, sarcasm, & sacrifice
Each year a litany of sarcasm accompanies the sentimentality of Thanksgiving by Karen Davis, Ph.D., president, United Poultry Concerns (See also Karen Davis, Ph.D., United Poultry Concerns founder, dead at 79.) “Nothing so unites us as gathering with one mind to murder someone we hate, unless it is coming together to share in a meal.” […]
South Korean government pledges dog-eating will be banned by 2027
Governing party and leading opposition party both favor banning dog consumption SEOUL, South Korea––Dog-eating in South Korea appears likely to be banned after January 1, 2027. “In a special consultative meeting at the National Assembly,” reported Lee Jaeeun for the Korea Herald on November 17, 2023, “the Yoon Suk Yeol administration and officials of the […]
Rabies deaths drive effort in Vietnam to stop eating dogs & cats
Soi Dog Foundation enlists teachers & practitioners of traditional medicine in campaign HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam––Sixty-four human deaths from rabies in Vietnam during the first nine months of 2023, an increase of 21 from the first nine months of 2022, have sparked renewed efforts to eradicate the dog and cat meat traffic. Medically recognized […]
EATS Act: beware of zombie stealth attack on U.S. farmed animals
Promising abolition of live exports, King Charles III of U.K. demonstrates why EATS would be the shits for poultry, pigs, & cattle LONDON, U.K.; WASHINGTON D.C.––Kings of England, Scotland, and Wales have not had a say in the passage of United States legislation since 1776, when the Thirteen Colonies and Vermont gave the British […]
“Chicken Run” revisited: claymation classic as good now as in 2000
Chicken Run Animated feature film co-directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park, starring the voices of Mel Gibson, Julia Sawahla, and Miranda Richardson. Produced by Aardman Studios, distributed by Dreamworks, 2000. 80 minutes. Sequel, Dawn of the Nugget, coming to Netflix on December 15, 2023. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton An appreciation of the late […]