Forum: Veg/Animal Issues In The News

Has anyone heard what happened with the court case where the man who owns a freakshow was sueing to get a dog with 5 legs from a woman. It was on here a while back and i never could find the outcome.

http://www.culinate.com/mix/dinner_guest/saying_no_thanks_to_meat_thats_not_humanely_raised I just stumbled upon this article and it absolutely floored me. The writer understands that animals are sentient beings with feelings and has had numerous unpleasant experiences with the 'food animal'...

(I got this off the Huff Post but felt it would be of interest to those on the veggieboard concerned about animal rights). Eating rare delicacies just got to a new level. In China, chefs have figured out a way to keep a fish alive as it gets deep fried and then waits to be eaten. Below is the...

Came accross this in my travels. "A suspected act of vandalism at a hog confinement near Hull that caused the deaths of thousands of pigs last week has puzzled authorities." http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_7fda5f4e-d2c7-11de-8ed2-001cc4c03286.html Anyone have any...

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The Washington Post had a Q&A today with Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals. I'm not sure if he's veg*n or not -- his book deals with the horrors of factory farming, not the ethics of eating animals in general. Good Q&A with some snappy responses to the standard veg*n bashing. Link

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http://ellen.warnerbros.com/thoughts/why-go-vegan.php

I was wandering around and came accross this little gem of an acticle. http://www.txfb.org/newsmanager/templates/TXFBTemplate.aspx?articleid=5569&zoneid=113 I am not for all the things Peta does but she is so off base it's insane... Then again, look at the site it is posted on... ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/nyregion/13oreo.html?_r=1&hp So we take this dog which has been horribly abused, probably trained to fight, and then thrown off a high building and wonder why she's aggressive. I don't think I would put much trust in humans if I were in her situation......

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dog-set--on-fire-and-flung-over-wall-to-die-1938481.html Disgusting =(

This seemed an odd choice for a top 10 list, but ... Here's a link: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1938138_1938227,00.html

By MICHAEL CASEY, AP Environmental Writer Michael Casey, Ap Environmental Writer KOKONOGI, Japan – A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating...

http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,28323,26348230-5017313,00.html

Obama's Plan to Support Rural Communities has yet to happen. Can Obama keep ignoring factory farm's impact on the environment?

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/selden-woman-in-animal-cruelty-case-loses-custody-of-kids-1.1578399

Meh. I thought she was vegan... http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/people/article6904677.ece Note: the place described in this article is not a farm. Farms like this do not exist, as much as some people would like them to...

A pioneering group of scientists are working to grow real animal protein in the laboratory, which they not only claim is better for animal welfare, but actually healthier, both for people and the planet.

"The number of dangerous dogs used by criminals is soaring, sparking an epidemic of dog-related crime which has seen the number of animals seized by police nearly double in a year, and a three-fold increase in people needing hospital treatment for bites. The explosion in popularity of so-called...