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Animal Cruelty

Peace Gnome to the Rescue

Mike Sheehan | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Poole, Elephant, Cruelty, Pachyderm, Zoo, Kucinich, Inhumane, Animals, Animal Cruelty, Peace Gnome, LA City Council, Animal Rights, Humane Treatment of Animals, Dennis Kucinich, L.A. County Zoo, Politics News
Mike Sheehan

Rep. Kucinich (D-OH) -- whom we around here affectionately refer to as the "Peace Gnome" -- is urging the L.A. City Council to free a captive elephant languishing in a county zoo.

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California Says Yes To Animal Rights

Treehugger | Alex Smith | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Factory Farms, Farm Animals, Animal Rights, Proposition 2, California, Animal Cruelty, Environmental Policy, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Green News

Yesterday, California voters voted overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition 2, a historic move that brings animals legal rights in the land of factory f...

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Living The Teenage Life; Peer Pressure and Carnivores

Chloe Spencer | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Vegetarian, Green Living, Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Go Green, Vegetarianism, Teen Peer Pressure, Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Peer Pressure, Prop 2, Animal Slaughter, Slaughterhouses, Green Eating, Social Pressure, Packaged Meats, Environmental Footprint, Green News
Chloe Spencer

Even though you buy your nicely plastic-wrapped meat at the grocery store, it doesn't mean that what's in that package didn't suffer to get there.

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Help Californians Pass Prop 2, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Election 2008, California, Prop 2, Humane Society, Politics News
Wayne Pacelle

The greatest nation in the world, with the most innovative farmers, can do better than immobilize animals in severe confinement systems for their entire lives.

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Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets

Doon Baqi | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Humane Society of the United States, Hunger, Poverty, Charity, Humane Society, World Hunger, Animals, Leona Helmsley, Living News
Doon Baqi

I have this cute little dog, an adorable fluffy white Maltese. Her name is Lola and she's one of those jocose little creatures that make you smile ju...

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Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the Truth

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Doctors, Salmonella, Animals, Proposition 2, California, Animal Cruelty, Dr. Kara Hutton, Animal Rights, Demlar Egg Ranch, Farm Factories, California Vetrinary Medical Association, Free-Range Chickens, The Humane Society of America, Caged Chickens, Caged Animals, Egg Production, Demlar Enterprises, No on Prop 2, Wayne Pacelle, Dr. Michael Greger, Cage-Free Animals, Yes on Prop 2, Politics News
Michael Markarian

In the No on Prop 2 commercial, we meet Dr. Kara Hutton and she's arguing the worst falsehood of all -- that human health depends on treating animals cruelly.

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Money Vs. Animal Rights Battle Rages Over California's Proposition 2

Grist | Carol Ness | Posted 11.23.2008 | Green

Read More: California Proposition 2, California Prop 2, Animal Cruelty, Prop 2, Eating Matters, California, Green News

You can bet that if all the animals in America had televisions -- as they do in San Francisco's SPCA shelter -- they'd be tuned in to California's ele...

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Joe Must Go

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Animals, Joe Knollenberg, Michigan, Humane Society Legislative Fund, Gary Peters, Animal Cruelty, Oakland County, Animal Rights, Sport Hunting, Horse Meat Export, HSLF, Polar Bear Hunting, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Joe Knollenberg has had 16 years in office to demonstrate where he stands on the humane treatment of animals, and time and time again he has voted against animal welfare reforms.

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Pumpkin Fest Gets Political In Lefty Half-Moon Bay

Natasha Chen | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Michelle Obama, John McCain, League for Coastside Protection, Socialism, No on Prop 8, Beer, Half Moon Bay, Halloween, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Communists, Tax Policy, Voter Registration, Yes on Prop 2, League of Women Voters, Gay Marriage, Home News
Natasha Chen

Political expression became the new spice in pumpkin pie this year at the annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival. The annual weekend event draw...

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Cal Prop 2 (Farm Animal Confinement) Interview

Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pigs, Animal Cruelty, Politics News, Ballot Initiatives, Eggs, Proposition 2, Veal, Prop 2, Animals, Hens, California, Politics News
Jonathan Handel

Learn more about California Proposition 2, regarding cruel confinement of farm animals. Check out my interview with a representative from the Yes on 2 campaign.

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Vote Yes on Prop 2 and NO to Industrial Farming

Josh Brusin | Posted 11.15.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Animals, Farming, Animal Cruelty, Humane Society, Proposition 2, Sustainable Farming, Industrial Agriculture, Conscious Eating, Food, Chicago News
Josh Brusin

Eating is an experience, and when you know that what you are eating lived a short and miserable existence because of you it kind of ruins the taste of your food.

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You Heard It On Oprah: Factory Farms Stink

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Factory Farms, Animal Cruelty, Humane Society of the United States, Oprah Winfrey, Animal Rights, Lisa Ling, Oprah, Industrial Agriculture, Proposition 2, Green News
Kerry Trueman

That ringing you hear is the sound of the death knell for the "don't ask, don't smell" era of factory farming.

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Torture in the Henhouse

Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Pigs, Egs, Proposition 2, Prop 2, Hens, Veal, Animals, Ballot Initiatives, California, Politics News
Jonathan Handel

Prop 2 would not require that animals be free range -- but would grant farm animals the ability to move about, even while caged, is just basic decency.

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Moving the Needle Forward on Animal Welfare, Food Safety, and the Environment: Vote YES on Prop 2

Kathy Freston | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Farming, Animal Cruelty, California Proposition 2, Factory Farming, California Propositions, Proposition 2, Prop 2, Animals, Politics News
Kathy Freston

If the measure passes, factory farms in the largest animal production state in the country would have until 2015 to change their ways.

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Bones Takes on Dogfighting. We All Should.

Jamie Frevele | Posted 10.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Hart Hanson, Animal Rescue Foundation, Animal Rights, Bones, Animals, Michael Vick Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Entertainment News
Jamie Frevele

Dogs may be prepped to fight beforehand by starvation, beating or injected stimulants; some dogs are injected with steroids or narcotics to mask the pain they'll feel in the fight.

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Herd on the Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Factory Farming, John Campbell, Chris Shays, Horses, Tom Lantos, Canada, America's Next Top Model, Prop 2, Animals, Farm Animals, Seal Hunt, Bob Filner, California, Susan Collins, Proposition 2, Nigel Barker, Carl Levin, Horse Slaughter, Elton Gallegly, Animal Cruelty, Seals, Atlantic Coast, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Passage of this modest, but crucial, ballot measure in California will surely change the calculus for farm animals elsewhere by demonstrating that Americans have no tolerance for gratuitous cruelty.

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The Circus: Saddest Show on Earth?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Ringling Bros., Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, New Jersey, Ringling Brothers, Circus, Animal Abuse, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

My kids and I recently went to the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus at New Jersey's Izod Center. One thing I didn't expect was a group of anti-circus protesters, shouting gory details of animal torture and holding crude signs.

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The Starving Dog Artist: A Diagnosis

Dr. Belisa Vranich | Posted 04.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Dog Starved for Art, Animal Cruelty, Starving Dog Art, Starving Dog Artist, Guillermo Habacuc Vargas, The Balanced Life, Living News
Dr. Belisa Vranich

I'm asked to comment on psychiatric diagnoses all the time, from Robert Blake by Nancy Grace, to astronaut Lisa Nowak by Soledad O'Brien. I've done t...

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