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 […]
Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. for animal advocates
by Steve Hindi, with response from ANIMALS 24-7 For me, more than 31 years after founding Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, following extensive frustration in trying to work with national animal advocacy organizations that lacked––and still lack––a work ethic, the biggest lesson Martin Luther King Jr. taught and exemplified is, never stop fighting . This, […]
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 […]
World Federation for Animals seeks “One ring to bind them all”
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 […]
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 […]
“I can’t breathe”: stealing slogan to use for animal causes is not fighting cruelty
Opportunistic use of phrases and imagery can come across as insensitive and insulting MINNEAPOLIS, PHOENIX, NEW YORK CITY––“It is striking to me,” wrote Mike Troutman in sharing with friends his first-hand account of recent events in Minneapolis, “how three central challenges of our time––racist policing, COVID-19 and the climate crisis––all […]
The price of defiance: COVID-19 vs. the Cottondale Mother’s Day Rodeo
Whoever that masked man was, he was not in the rodeo arena COTTONWOOD, California––There are sound epidemiological arguments against outdoor mask-wearing to fight the spread of COVID-19, and in favor of getting more people out into the spring sunshine, but those arguments were not much in evidence at the 58th annual Mother’s Day Rodeo […]
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