Animal rights movement pioneer SAN RAFAEL, California–– In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz, DVM, “died peacefully on March 24th at the age of 86,” the organization announced via Facebook on April 9, 2021, after word of Katz’s death had percolated through the animal advocacy community for several days. “Dr. Katz was a trailblazer […]
Seaspiracy: seas, piracy, & Cowspiracy meet fishy business
Fishing industry screams bloody murder Reviewed by Merritt & Beth Clifton Seaspiracy, whose title is a fusion of “seas” and “piracy,” and a play on Cowspiracy, the 2014 independent blockbluster documentary also produced by Kip Anderson, on March 24, 2021 premiered worldwide on Netflix. Within 10 days Seaspiracy had become a runaway hit, seen by […]
“Slow response & jerky gestures” in death of vegetarian Elijah McClain
Grand jury investigation ordered 18 months after animal shelter volunteer died from ketamine overdose administered by paramedics at police direction AURORA, Colorado––If slow response and jerky gestures were the criteria for injecting ketamine into the butts of Colorado public officials, as well as the alleged symptoms for which Aurora paramedics fatally overdosed vegetarian animal shelter […]
Geologist John Stockwell co-edited journal Between the Species
Longtime advocate for animals & vegetarian living John Stockwell, 85, an advocate for animals and vegetarian living whose involvement dated back to the very beginnings of the late twentieth century animal rights movement, died on November 23, 2020 in Berkeley, California, his home off and on since 1961 and continuously since 1982. Born in Superior, […]
Vegan animal advocate Thomas “Tommy” Bloom Raskin, 25
Second young activist suicide in six months raises profile of “compassion fatigue” Vegan animal advocate Thomas “Tommy” Bloom Raskin, 25, died by suicide on New Year’s Eve 2020. His death, a shock to hundreds of family, friends, and acquaintances, rekindled an ongoing discussion of depression and suicides among committed activists that had barely simmered down […]
Afro-Vegan Society marks Black History Month with veg outreach
“Veguary” builds on a long, strong tradition of African-American food ambassadors BALTIMORE, Maryland––“The Afro-Vegan Society will mark Black History Month with Veguary,” announced society cofounder Brenda Sanders on January 25, 2021. Veguary, Sanders explained, will consist of “a series of free programs highlighting the contributions of black trailblazers, and the many benefits of vegan […]
Has the world-wide vegan revolution started — in Israel?
The Vegan Revolution. Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism by Richard Schwartz Lantern Publishing & Media, 2020. Reviewed by Keith Akers Any other book titled The Vegan Revolution, if one didn’t look at the subtitle, would not necessarily seem to have anything to do especially with Judaism or Israel. But from page 1 forward, Richard Schwartz […]
Animal Agriculture is Immoral: vegan activists respond to COVID-19
Anthology edited by Sailesh Rao, Ph.D. 156 pages, paperback. $9.99 from Amazon.com. Reviewed by Richard Schwartz Animal Agriculture Is Immoral is an anthology of scholarly, insightful, thought-provoking essays from environmental, social, religious, and spiritual perspectives by leading vegan activists, assembled in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, about the very negative effects of animal-based […]
Making a Thanksgiving place for Tofurky
Eventually live turkeys joined the feast. But not at first. Chloe Sorvino, food and drink editor for the business magazine Forbes, marked Thanksgiving 2020 by looking back 40 years to the invention of Tofurky in 1980, by then-nature educator Seth Tibbott. Described as a “turkey alternative,” blending tofu and wheat with a wild rice and […]
Philadelphia apologizes for killing African-American animal advocates
What if the MOVE cofounders had attended Cambridge, or the Best Friends Animal Society cofounders had come from inner Philadelphia? PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania; KANAB, Utah––The Philadelphia City Council on November 12, 2020 formally apologized for the May 13, 1985 bombing of a row house compound that killed 11 members of MOVE, an inner city cult whose […]
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