But progress for animals is not achieved with “rings of power” BOSTON, Massachusetts––Any resemblance between mild-mannered World Federation for Animals founder Wim DeKok, a longtime exemplar of peaceful cooperation, and Sauron, the vengeful Satanic wizard of the Lord of the Rings trilogy authored by J.R.R. Tolkien, would be difficult to discover. Yet there is […]
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 […]
Why did the ASPCA pres get $852,231, while we got $9.70 an hour?
We are NOT the ASPCA!!! This is an exposé (and appeal) that Beth & I really did not want to have to write, but one of our faithful & reliable donors of $8.00 per month persuaded us that we had to –– because donors like her, for the most part, are paying not only for […]
The incredible, recent, global rise in the stranding of marine mammals
by Bill McGraw, Ph.D. Boquete, Panama During late September, 2020, Australia experienced the largest mass stranding of whales in the history of that country. Two weeks later, during early October 2020, the stranding of 7,000 cape fur seals on the coast of Namibia was identified as a major marine mammal stranding event. Disturbingly, this was […]
Talk can’t stop pigeon-shooting psychopaths, by Steve Hindi
Why is Showing Animals Respect & Kindness alone in fighting pigeon shoots? [Guest columnist Steve Hindi founded Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, https://sharkonline.org/, in 1992.] The cowardly psychopaths of the Philadelphia Gun Club, located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, began their slaughter season on Friday the thirteenth of November 2020, shooting emaciated, dehydrated live pigeons tossed out […]
Can killing an animal be compensated for by the creation of a new animal?
by Karen Davis, PhD, president, United Poultry Concerns (with afterword by Merritt & Beth Clifton) There is a line of thought in moral philosophy that says “yes” to killing an animal, so long as the animal lived a pleasant life and the method used to kill the animal is humane – quick and painless. This […]
Thank you for never forgetting us!!!
Dear friends & readers: Thank you for never forgetting us!!! Six months ago, when COVID-19 collapsed the world economy, especially for animal charities, Beth & I wondered how ANIMALS 24-7 would get through the spring, let alone the summer, when donations usually fall off, and then the late summer “disaster season,” when wildfires and hurricanes […]
A challenge to Mike Pence, Kamala Harris, & “A chicken in every pot”
70 Members of Congress & United Poultry Concerns ask VP candidates to address global warming & meat SALT LAKE CITY, Utah––Will the October 7, 2020 debate between Republican vice president Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential challenger Kamala Harris bring the first direct challenge in 92 years to the political promise of putting a […]
ANIMALS 24-7 resigns from the Society of Environmental Journalists
Our commitment to environmental journalism continues Upon posting our resignation letter to the Society of Environmental Journalists listserv earlier tonight, September 4, 2020, Beth & I became aware that ANIMALS 24-7 appears to reach more environmental journalists, especially on animal-related news beats, than does the SEJ listserv itself. ANIMALS 24-7 certainly reaches a much more […]
“End human breeding of animals,” says Ed Duvin; ANIMALS 24-7 responds
Home-grown speciesism by Ed Duvin I have not written for publication on animal rights and animal sheltering since 1993, as I had largely achieved what I set out to accomplish and it was time for new voices to be heard. Having joined the animal rights movement in 1979, after working in the civil rights and […]
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