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Did Holocaust imagery convince my vegan rabbi?

October 26, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Judaism, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alex Hershaft, Henry Spira, I.B. Singer, PETA, Robert Kalechovsky

Perdue Farms agrees to animal welfare concessions after 30-year battle

June 30, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

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,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Arthur Perdue, Frank Perdue, Henry Spira, Jim Perdue, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Niman Ranch, Wayne Pacelle

Can Tox21 robot take the gamble on animals out of toxicity testing?

April 11, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Alternatives, Feature Home Middle Left, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Other species, Regulation, Research & testing, Science Tagged With: Anna Azvolinsky, Elias Zerhouni, Francis S. Collins, Henry Spira, Merritt Clifton, Ruili Huang, Tox21

McDonald’s to phase out using eggs from caged hens

September 12, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Uncategorized, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Bruce Friedrich, Henry Spira, McDonald's, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton, Simon Billenness, Wayne Pacelle

Why Fish Feel?

August 22, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Left, Fish, Food, Humane history, Marine life, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Culum Brown, Fish Feel, Henry Spira, Mary Finelli, Merritt Clifton, Peter Singer, Redouan Bshary, SHARK, Steve Hindi

Karen Davis, “defense attorney” for all turkeys, visits the White House

November 26, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Turkeys, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Barack Obama, Henry Spira, Karen Davis, Merritt Clifton

Why boycotts cannot stop bullfights, pigeon shoots, or any culture-based cruelty

September 23, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

“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 […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Entertainment, Europe, Mediterranean, Opinions & Letters, Spain Tagged With: boycott, fire bull, Henry Spira, Martin Luther King Jr., Merritt Clifton

Henry Spira, 71, founder of the animal rights movement

October 9, 1998 By Merritt Clifton

      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 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Henry Spira, Merritt Clifton, Peter Singer

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