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 […]
Trump appointee cut deal with NRA to boost hunting on the way out the door
But National Rifle Association declared bankruptcy two days later WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service director Aurelia Skipwith on January 13, 2021, a week from the end of the Donald Trump presidential administration and probably not much longer from her own replacement, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Rifle Association “to assist […]
A black-and-white issue that the humane community has yet to face
Editorial by Merritt & Beth Clifton Two nights ago, in advance of Martin Luther King Day, ANIMALS 24-7 posted as our lead feature Black humane history found in great-grandpa’s attic near a town called Ark, profiling the lives and work of John W. Lemon and Seymour Carroll. This article followed up on, and expanded, Four black […]
What animal advocates owe to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Leading influence on rise of animal rights movement Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968, in whose honor we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, never had any visible direct involvement with animals or animal issues––but he is justly remembered among the greatest influences on the animal rights movement of our time, and the many […]
Black humane history found in great-grandpa’s attic near a town called Ark
Letters and a map document the humane & racial justice movements when they were one and the same ARK, Virginia––Bus driver Alan Lemon, 59, hoped to find antiques that might be sold online in 2018 when he and a friend decided to explore the attic of his great grandfather John W. Lemon’s long abandoned and […]
Four black leaders who built the humane movement
More people recognized William Key, John W. Lemon, Richard Carroll, & F. Rivers Barnwell in their own time than would have recognized ASPCA founder Henry Bergh INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana––“I am the only colored speaker on the program, and in fact I have not seen a single colored visitor to it,” wrote the Reverend Richard Carroll […]
Aurora repeals pit bull ban; pit bull advocates in trouble in three states
$2 million payout to family of Janet D’Aleo, 95, killed on November 6, 2019 by “rescue” pit bull belonging to Humane Society of the U.S. state representative Annie Hornish AURORA, Colorado––Overturning an ordinance banning pit bulls that was endorsed by 64% of the electorate as recently as 2014, four of the seven members of the […]
Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, follows tiger act partner Roy Horn, 75, in death
Illusionist Fischbacher, of Siegfried & Roy, created image of partner Horn as “positive reinforcement” trainer & conservationist Both were role models for “Joe Exotic” et al LAS VEGAS––Entertainer Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, died of pancreatic cancer on January 14, 2021, at the Las Vegas home he had shared with Roy Horn, his partner in life […]
Trump allies in the animal world squirm after U.S. Capitol storming
From “Joe Exotic” to Wayne Pacelle WASHINGTON D.C.––Soon-to-be-former U.S. President Donald Trump and his die-hard defenders who are now facing criminal charges for storming the U.S. National Capitol building on January 6, 2021 were scarcely the only big losers from the events of the day. Former U.S. Air Force security dog handler Ashli Babbitt, […]
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