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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Karen Davis, Ph.D., United Poultry Concerns founder, dead at 79
Karen Davis was a frequent ANIMALS 24-7 guest columnist & commentator MACHIPONGO, Virginia––United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis, or Karen Davis, PhD., as she always signed her writings, “passed away peacefully on the morning of November 4, 2023 at the United Poultry Concerns sanctuary, surrounded by her beloved birds,” the organization announced, pledging to “continue […]
Could vegan potlucks lead to resolution of Israeli/Palestinian conflict?
Judaism & Global Survival 20th anniversary edition By Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D. Lantern Publishing & Media P.O. Box 1350 Woodstock, NY 12498 www.lanternpm.org 352 pages; $9.99 Kindle; $19.95 paperback. Like previous editions of Judaism & Global Survival, published in 1984 and 2002, this latest edition by longtime vegan activist and author Richard Schwartz, 88, is […]
The USDA “milk mandate”: a black-&-white issue on school lunch trays
Bill to reform the USDA “milk mandate” could save 21,500 calves per year born to cows milked for the National School Lunch Program WASHINGTON D.C.–– The title of the Addressing Digestive Distress in Stomachs of Our Youth (ADD SOY) Act offers little hint that it might be considered either a civil rights bill or an animal […]
Bob Barker, the voice of spay/neuter, began as voice of Rin Tin Tin
Animal advocacy philanthropist died at 99 HOLLYWOOD HILLS, California––Animal advocacy philanthropist and retired radio and television game show host Bob Barker might be said to have begun his rise to stardom, and his work on behalf of animals, as the barking voice of canine hero Rin Tin Tin, 1950-1955, during the last five of […]
Cell-cultured chicken wins USDA approval. Is it vegan? Does it matter?
Anticipated 2023 production might save 12,500 chicken lives––or more. It’s a start. SAN FRANCISCO, California––The U.S. Department of Agriculture on June 22, 2023 authorized Upside Foods of Alameda, California, and Good Meat Inc., of Berkeley, California, to start selling cell-cultured, lab-grown chicken meat produced without slaughtering animals to stores, restaurants, and the general public. […]
How––and why––did the ASPCA make the HumaneWatch hit list?
Animal agribusiness apparently ordered the hit in response to a rumor that the ASPCA might finally do something for farmed animals NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.––How, and why, has the American SPCA, often exposed by ANIMALS 24-7 over the past 35 years for episodes of excessively funded, overpaid mendacity, sloth, and incompetence, recently ascended to […]