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For the Month of August 2009
Editor's Note: The Return Issue of The Animals Voice Magazine is now available. The 48-page magazine is published bi-monthly (every two months) and the July/August 2009 issue is now ready for your purchase. With the magic of the Internet, you can now buy your hard-copy printed magazine one issue at a time. The current issue features a cover story about the plight of the world's frogs. It also features articles about the animal rights movement itself, about the egg and pork industries, about primate research, and a whole lot more. To purchase single copies, digital versions, or a year's subscription, please see OUR MAGAZINES. And a very special thank you to those of you who continue to donate to The Animals Voice and keep it online and thriving as we broaden the scope of our work. To visit The Animals Voice home page, click here.
CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS August 29-30: Raw Spirit Festival (Prescott, AZ) September 5: Animal Acres Gala (Acton, CA) September 12: D.C. VegFest (George Washington University) September 19: Puppy Mill Awareness Day (Lancaster, PA) September 19-20: Farm Sanctuary: NY Farm Animal Care Conference (Watkins Glen, NY)
FEATURED ACTION ALERTS & CAMPAIGNS Help Stop the Building of a Primate Breeding Facility in the City of Guayama. The cruelty and suffering involved in the international trade in primates for research has been well documented, in particular, the injuries and mortalities involved in the capture of monkeys from the wild and the stress and suffering involved in their confinement in captivity. This facility will result in the suffering of thousands of monkeys. Also see actions to take at Puerto Rico - New Source For Primate Suffering?... MORE Tell the Egyptian Authorities 'Never Again.' Around 160,000 pigs are thought to have been killed, many in the most appalling ways: tipped hundreds at a time into open-topped lorries, covered in caustic chemicals or stabbed through the heart with iron bars... MORE Monkeys in Army Lab Need Your Help. The U.S. Army is currently injecting toxic drugs into live monkeys, causing the animals to suffer violent seizures and difficulty breathing and fall into what the Army calls a "crisis" mode. Contrary to the Army's claims, PETA has uncovered government records that state that monkeys used by the Army in chemical and biological exercises have suffered and died... MORE Undercover Investigation Reveals That Ringling Beats Elephants. In 2009, PETA went undercover at "the saddest show on Earth" — Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus — and captured Ringling workers on video as they beat and whipped elephants dozens of times in venues across the country... MORE Help Cats Used In Training at St. Louis Children's Hospital. St. Louis Children's Hospital still uses cats for intubation training exercises in its Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course, despite its inherent cruelty and the availability of manikins and advanced simulators ... MORE
FEATURED PETITIONS Stop Killing Dogs in South Korea. The South Korean government has accepted Animal Protection Laws which make animal torture illegal, but those laws have never been properly enforced in the country... MORE Rimadyl Kills, Please Protect your Dogs. In 1997, Pfizer introduced what was to become one of the most prescribed drugs in veterinary medicine, Rimadyl. Rimadyl now accounts for several adverse drug events and death in dogs... MORE Meat Free Monday Taiwan. In recent headlines, the city of Ghent in Belgium has taken steps to reduce its carbon footprint and has made the brave decision to ask its citizens to go meatless one day a week. Every Thursday will be veggie day... MORE
FEATURED LEGAL ISSUES & LEGISLATION, ETC. Judge Lets Wild Horses Stay in Colorado Area. The Bureau of Land Management violated federal law when it decided to remove wild horses from an area in northwestern Colorado, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled... MORE Room to roam: House votes to rescue wild horses. Galloping to the aid of the nation's wild horses and burros, the U.S. House voted to rescue them from the possibility of a government-sponsored slaughter and give them millions more acres to roam... MORE Animal rights anti-terror law challenged. The U.S. Justice Department's crackdown on animal rights protesters is facing a court challenge over its constitutionality... MORE House Approves Food-Safety Bill. The House approved the first major changes to food-safety laws in 70 years, giving sweeping new authority to the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the way food is grown, harvested and processed... MORE Act Now to Protect the Rights of Animal Activists. Despite its name, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) is framed so broadly that it classifies almost any form of social activism — including picketing, street theater, and civil disobedience — as an act of "terrorism." It is very likely in violation of the First Amendment... MORE
FEATURED FACT SHEETS & OTHER VALUABLE INFORMATION 'Free-Range' Poultry and Eggs: Not All They’re Cracked Up To Be. 'Free-range' evokes a positive image of chickens and turkeys living outdoors with plenty of fresh air, sunshine and open space to roam in... MORE North American Animal Liberation Press Office. Meet the prisoners on behalf of animals and nature and stay apprised of their status... MORE The Animal Rights 2009 National Conference Report. More than 900 participants and visitors from throughout the U.S. and eight other countries attended the Animal Rights 2009 National Conference... MORE Directory of Vegetarian (Vegan) Pastors and Churches Who Are Animal Friendly... MORE
FEATURED EDITORIAL Watching Whales Watching Us. "On the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2002, a group of marine biologists vacationing on Isla San José, in Baja California Sur, Mexico, came upon a couple of whales stranded along the beach. A quick assessment indicated that they had died quite recently"... MORE Bombing for animal rights by Adam Kochanowicz. "I could be spending my time writing to you about all the neat tricks to making great-tasting vegan meals. I could be offering you references to some thought-provoking work of animal rights pioneers. However, due to the recent Santa Cruz bombings"... MORE Whale Wars: activist heroes or eco-terrorists? by Jean Williams. "What’s not to love about whales? The zen-like creatures of the deep are known to be intelligent, wise, and proficient at communicating with each other. Evidently, some cultures also consider them to be, well, sad to say…tasty"... MORE In the face of unspeakable evil, is it even possible for me to go too far? by Jason Miller. "Immersion in an emotionally intense experience impacts the human psyche in a poignant and profound way. Marginalized as we are by the war my fellow activists and I are waging against the dominant culture, it’s an elating and uplifting experience to meet and engage those fellow activists, comrades, and allies"... MORE Abolition: The Only Path to Animal Liberation by Dallas Rising. "In this time where our freedom of speech is being compromised, courtesy of the AETA [Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act], some groups in our movement have started to censor their events. I wanted to give a similar presentation to this one at a conference in the Midwest, held just a mile from my office, but my proposal was rejected because of the content"... MORE Corpse-munchers are ruining everything: Smithfield’s Swine Flu Virus Update by Dave Warwak. "The World Health Organization says Smithfield's Swine Flu Virus will infect over two billion people (one of every three people in the world) by the time it runs its course over the next 2 years. Smithfield's Swine Flu Virus has spread to almost every country in the world. Since my initial writing of this, there has been a 75% spike in reported deaths"... MORE
FEATURED WEB SITES & GROUPS Capwiz-XC is an award-winning online advocacy solution designed to help constituents identify and communicate with their legislators or committee members on important issues when it counts the most... MORE The Primate Freedom Project is dedicated to ending the use of nonhuman primates in biomedical and harmful behavioral experimentation... MORE Save the Frogs! Its mission is to protect amphibian populations and the habitats in which they live, and to create a society that respects, enjoys and protects nature and wildlife... MORE Save the Primates will draw attention to efforts to protect our fellow primates. In the coming months our focus will be to draft proposals to revise European rules on animals in experiments... MORE
FEATURED BOOKS & VIDEO, ETC. Music: Greek Tragedy. A song inspired by Bonnie (Boney Fingers), a little dog who was almost starved to death and who was luckily rescued in Greece just in time to save her life. Performed by Maria Daines... MORE Book: Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism by Melanie Joy, Ph.D. In her groundbreaking new book, Joy explores the invisible system that shapes our perception of the meat we eat, so that we love some animals and eat others without knowing why... MORE Video: Ban Hare Coursing in Ireland. Despite a majority of Irish people wanting hare coursing banned, the cruel blood sport remains legal... MORE Video: Tom Regan's speech in Athens about animal rights - Part 1. From conference in Athens, June 24, 2009. Main lecturer was Tom Regan, an American philosopher who specializes in animal rights theory... MORE Video: For Fun. A duck feeds fish... MORE Book: Vegan Nation by Rick Bogle. Today, when people lawfully protest against cruelty they are characterized as terrorists by the industry and its supporters. What might happen if one of them really did embrace terrorism?... MORE Video Trailer: The Cove. In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan lies a shocking secret that a few desperate men will stop at nothing to keep hidden from the world. To learn more, also visit The Cove Movie... MORE Video Trailer: SHAC 7. Produced in partnership with Finngate Pictures, SHAC 7 chronicles the journey of a group of grass-roots activists up to and through their trial for Domestic Terrorism... MORE
FEATURED NEWS Militant animal rights group behind Tyrol arson. Militant animal rights organization MFAH (Militant Forces Against Huntingdon Life Science) has said it was behind a fire that seriously damaged a hunting lodge in Tyrol owned by a Swiss pharmaceutical... MORE Bolivia bans use of animals in circuses. Bolivia has enacted what animal rights defenders are calling the world's first law that prohibits the use of animals in circuses. A handful of other countries have banned the use of wild animals in circuses, but the Bolivian ban includes domestic animals as well... MORE Namibian officials grill photographer over seal cull. A South African photographer accused of documenting Namibia's annual seal cull was held for nearly seven hours without charge, less than a month after the arrest of two journalists... MORE Cry of the wild horses. The only thing louder than the sounds of shocked spectators during the wild horse races at the Dawson Creek Fall Fair were the cries of scared horses... MORE Pakistan's Lahore Zoo has more than its share of problems. It's been battered by a suicide attack, residents are traumatized, and officials have been sharply criticized for failing to provide clean water, decent food or basic health care... MORE
ANIMAL RESCUE & SANCTUARIES Hillside Animal Sanctuary is now home to over 900 animals and is one of the U.K.'s most successful campaigning organizations for the animals' cause. We have always known that one of the main reasons animals are left to suffer in factory farms is because people have little or no idea about the immense cruelty involved in their food production... MORE Khama Rhino Sanctuary Trust. Covering approximately 4,300 hectares of Kalahari sandveld, the Sanctuary is centered around Serwe Pan — a large grass-covered depression with several natural water holes. Serwe Pan provides prime habitat for white rhinoceros and other grazing animals... MORE Raccoon Valley Animal Sanctuary & Rescue believes that all life is sacred and that every companion animal has the right to live a full and joyful life. We pride ourselves in making "lifetime matches" between "owners" and companions, resulting in less than 1% of our animals being returned to any shelter environment... MORE
NEAT THINGS The Animal-Friendly Giving Guide. Many people who care about animals are supporting organizations whose policies and activities would shock and anger them if they only knew about them. The Animal-Friendly Giving Guide was created for everyone that ever wanted a way to find organizations that address the issues that they care about and that care about animals too... MORE Gobble Green. Gobble Green is an online marketplace where you will find a diverse and frequently updated selection of healthy, pre-packaged vegan meals... MORE Peace, Justice & Environment Project. Peace, justice and environmental organizations in 45 states representing over 1200 local groups and organizations use the Actions Options Tool web application to facilitate online communication and cooperation... MORE Publish a Letter. Have an opinion? Want to write letters to the editor of a newspaper or magazine — anywhere in the world? Don’t know where or how to begin? You’ve come to the right place... MORE Today's Front Pages. Front pages of newspapers from around the world... MORE Listen to Animals Today Radio. With Dr. Lori Kirschner... MORE Free 800 Information from Google. Call 1-800-goog411 (1-800-4664-411) Tiny URL. Making long URLs usable. More than 170 million of them. Over 1.75 billion hits/month... MORE
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