by Barbara Kay Activism in a noble “rights” cause has its satisfactions and its frustrations. It feels good to join in solidarity with like-minded people in spreading a righteous message, but it is difficult to accept the frequent reality that most people aren’t paying attention to it. Urgency & shock tactics When the cause is […]
Perdue Farms agrees to animal welfare concessions after 30-year battle
Henry Spira posthumously wins long fight with the late Frank Perdue after Perdue son throws in the towel SALISBURY, Maryland––Perdue Farms, a $6 billion-a-year pioneer of factory-style chicken farming and now the fourth largest chicken producer in the U.S., on June 27, 2016 announced a four-point program to improve chicken welfare. The Perdue announcement, […]
Can Tox21 robot take the gamble on animals out of toxicity testing?
Testing device uses cells instead of animals WASHINGTON D.C.––Can a robot detect substance toxicity toward humans faster and more accurately than a traditional test on rats, mice, fish, or other animals? The developers of the Tox21 robot, whose name is short for “Toxicology in the 21st Century,” are betting that the robot can outperform traditional […]
McDonald’s to phase out using eggs from caged hens
Phase-out to be completed 30 years after McDonald’s accepted statement of humane principles OAK BROOK, Illinois––The McDonald’s restaurant chain, buyer of more than two billion eggs per year, 4% of total U.S. egg production, on September 9, 2015 announced that it will phase out use of eggs from caged hens over the next 10 […]
Why Fish Feel?
Rediscovering long submerged origins ALEXANDRIA, Virginia––The Showing Animals Respect & Kindness booth in the main hallway at the late July/early August AR-2015 conference was a crowd-stopper. Featured were one of the SHARK drones, one of the most powerful lenses outside of top-secret military use mounted on a tripod, and SHARK founder Steve Hindi, with fellow […]
Karen Davis, “defense attorney” for all turkeys, visits the White House
Both turkeys awaiting presidential “pardon” simply had the misfortune of having been born turkeys WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. President Barack Obama will on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 “pardon” a pair of turkeys in commemoration of Thanksgiving––turkeys who had never been arrested, tried, convicted, or even been accused of committing any crime. United Poultry Concerns founder and president […]
Why boycotts cannot stop bullfights, pigeon shoots, or any culture-based cruelty
“Culture-based” cruelties are typically protected by governments which do not fully represent their citizens ANIMALS 24-7, probably like most of our readers, is inundated day and night by cross-posted messages soliciting boycotts of nations including nearly half of the world’s human population, over animal abuse issues typically involving less than 1% of the people whose industries […]
Henry Spira, 71, founder of the animal rights movement
Henry Spira, 71, died in his sleep on September 12, 1998 from esophageal cancer, after an uncomplaining three-year battle. Encouraging Peter Singer to expand a 1973 essay on why animals should enjoy rights into the book Animal Liberation, while taking a night course from Singer, Spira virtually created the animal rights movement by leading his classmates […]