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| Carbon-dating but no ivory trade ban... Carbon-dating technology could help tackle illegal ivory trade but wildlife groups say outright ban in Hong Kong would be better http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1855446/carbon-dating-technology-could-help-tackle-illegal-ivory Post Date: 09/04/15, Replies: 0 | ||
| Cast your vote for your cause! Only 1 mouse click at the weblink below. No email id requested to do so. http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/blog/cast-your-vote-for-your-cause/ Post Date: 10/29/10, Replies: 3 | ||
| Cat food A lot of people know that cats can't live with out meat. If you are not comfotable feeding your cat cat food, once in a while feed your cat vegetarian cat food. It is healthier and it will help your cat live longer. Post Date: 09/28/09, Replies: 2 | ||
| Catalonia vote bans bullfighting http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/28/bullfighting-ban-spain-catalonia Giles Tremlett 28 July 2010 Bullfighting will cease in the Catalan region by the end of 2011 Its orange sands have witnessed both delight and death. Generations of matadors strutted their way across Barcelona's Monumental bullring, drawing roars of approval from the crowds as they tormented the hulking bulls with their scarlet capes before killing them with a sword-thrust between the shoulder blades. But now bullfighting is to be banned from Barcelona and the rest of the north-eastern region of Catalonia after the local parliament today dealt a blow to Spain's most emblematic pastime and unleashed a political battle over what some see as a threatened cultural treasure. Deputies voted by 68 to 55 in favour of a people's petition calling on the bullfight to be banished from a region that once played host to some of the world's greatest fights. The last matador in Catalan history will sink his sword into the last half-tonne fighting bull at the end of next year, with the ban starting in 2012. "It is the worst attack on culture since our transition to democracy," said the Catalan poet Pere Gimferrer. While some mourned the loss of a cultural jewel, the vote was hailed by animals rights campaigners worldwide. Ricky Gervais and Pamela Anderson were among the 140,000 who signed an international petition to the Catalan parliament. "It sickens me to know that people are still paying money to see an animal suffering in such a horrific way," Gervais said before the vote. About 13,500 fighting bulls die in Spain every year – many in bullfights funded by local authorities who are estimated to pay out up to €550m (£457m) in subsidies. In Spain, critics pointed to dark, if barely-disguised, political motives. Bullfight fans claimed many Catalan nationalist deputies had voted out of spite, because the fighting bull is an emblem of Spain – where it is known as the "national fiesta" – rather than of Catalonia. The local El Periodico newspaper reported that several nationalist deputies had decided to back the ban only after Spain's constitutional court struck down parts of the region's 2006 autonomy charter earlier this month. At least 430,000 people, or 6% of all Catalans, protested on 10 July in Barcelona against the court's decision ,which declared Catalonia was not legally a nation. Just as Britain's foxhunting ban mixed animal rights with class politics, so the bullfight ban brought together animal welfare and Catalan identity politics, local commentators agreed. "Some of our people will back the ban on the basis that if they are going to sink our charter, we will sink their bulls," a regional deputy from the Convergence and Union nationalist coalition told El Periodico. Animal rights campaigners were upset that identity politics had been brought to play. "The issue is a moral one, not a nationalist one," said Dr Salvador Giner, head of the Catalan Studies Institute in Barcelona. "Bear-baiting was suppressed long ago and this is the same logic. Are we a modern nation, or are we going back to the middle ages?" Dr Giner said the bullfight had a long history in Catalonia. "But it is a barbarous tradition." He also denounced those who voted against bullfighting but protected the correbous, a form of bull-taunting popular in village fiestas in southern Catalonia. "That should be banned as well, even if politicians lose votes. That would be consistent." In recent years the matador Jose Tomas – beloved of many Spanish leftwing intellectuals and artists – had brought fresh life to the Monumental bullring but in general the bullfight has been in decline in Catalonia for decades. There is only one major ring functioning in Barcelona, with just 15 fights a year. The city's other emblematic bullring, Las Arenas, is being turned into a shopping arcade, following a redesign by Britain's Lord Rogers. "There was never a strong tradition of bullfighting there anyway, they do not breed bulls," said Frank Evans, the Salford-born veteran British bullfighter. "It is like Devon staging Rugby League games." Bullfight campaigners said the ban would cost €300m in lost revenues, and argue that the fight was an art form, rather than a cruel bloodsport. "This is dictatorship," the Catalan bullfighter Serafin Marín said. "It is not a cruel show. It is a show that creates art: where you get feelings and a fight between a bull and person, where the person or the bull can lose their life." Others saw a sinister attack on people's freedom to choose their own pastimes. "It is an attack on liberty," said Fernando Masedo, president of the International Federation of Bullfighting Schools, where children and youths learn how to face an angry bull. "People are free to go or not go to the bullring." A petition calling for the ban to be extended to the capital of Madrid, home to the world's most famous bull-ring, Las Ventas, has 50,000 signatures. But there is little prospect of success. The regional government, like that of Valencia, has declared the bull-fight to be a part of its "protected cultural patrimony". Post Date: 06/25/14, Replies: 0 | ||
| Catalonia votes to ban bullfighting Bloodthirsty 'sport' is dying a slow death across Spain, as younger audiences turn away By Alasdair Fotheringham in Madrid Sunday, 3 January 2010 Already faced with a rapidly ageing fanbase at home and widespread incomprehension and rejection abroad, Spanish bullfighting has suffered another major setback after the Catalan parliament voted to outlaw it completely across the region. The decision was so controversial that some deputies hunched over their desks to hide their fingers from photographers as they punched in their votes. After a narrow initial victory for the abolitionists – 67 in favour and 59 against – the law could become effective as soon as May. Spain's right-wing press was quick to attribute the result to Catalan separatists' desire to dissociate themselves from an activity often considered as typically Spanish as tapas, siestas and flamenco. Unofficially, though, even before Friday's decision, it seems bullfighting circles in the rest of Spain had given Catalonia up as a lost cause. Over the past three decades, bullring after bullring has closed in major Catalan towns such as Gerona, Lloret de Mar and Tarragona, and in Barcelona only one of the original three rings remains. As far back as 1909, Barcelona hosted Spain's first anti-bullfighting protest, and by 2004 more than 80 per cent of Catalans were opposed to the practice. "Banning the bulls in Catalonia would be like drawing up a death certificate for a long-dead corpse," said Juan Ilian, a leading Spanish bullfighting correspondent for nearly five decades. "And even if they don't, it'll remain on its deathbed." Animal rights groups amassed 180,000 signatures for a petition so that the vote could go ahead in Catalonia – more than three times the required minimum – but even the lobby's top activists are not sure how quickly the ban could extend to the rest of Spain. Antonio Moreno, president of Cacma, an animal rights association in the bullfighting heartland of Andalusia, said: "An overwhelming majority of Spaniards, 76 per cent according to Gallup surveys in 2009, are not in favour of bullfighting. However, only half that total want outright prohibition. The government promised six years ago to improve animal welfare laws, but it's been dragging its heels. It's only through legislation like in Catalonia that things are changing." A lack of enthusiasm for bullfighting among younger generations is most likely to deliver the estocada – the killer blow, in bullfighting terminology. A recent survey showed bullfighting to be most popular among Spaniards in the 45-plus age group. And Spanish state television, TVE, has dropped it permanently from its schedule because, an inside source at TVE said, "it was considered too bloodthirsty for children to watch". "It's not necessarily that younger Spaniards are more in favour of animal rights, they just don't care so much about bullfighting," Johanna Mayrhofer, an Austrian long-term Spanish resident and animal rights activist, said. "Bullfighting isn't part of their day-to-day culture, as it was for nearly all Spaniards a few decades back." Long-term observers such as Mr Ilian recognise that while support for bullfighting remains healthy in strongholds such as Andalusia and Madrid, its mid-term prospects are grimmer. "There's a dedicated minority who follow it closely, and some bullfighters have a huge media presence, like rock or film stars, but the vast majority of spectators who go to a bullfight these days have no idea which fighter they're going to see," he said. "Instead, it's just become a show, and interest among the general public is dropping." "It was banned in the Canary Islands in the mid-1990s, but there was already very little support there," Mr Moreno added. "This is the first big step on mainland Spain." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/catalonia-votes-to-ban-bullfighting-1855945.html Post Date: 07/27/10, Replies: 4 | ||
| China pro animal testing L'Occitane and Yves Rocher: The big-name beauty brands among those ditching cruelty-free animal testing policies to sell their products to China • By law, all human cosmetics sold in China must first be tested on animals • Lucrative Chinese beauty sales rose by 18 per cent to £10bn last year • Cruelty Free International chief executive 'disappointed' to see brands 'letting animals pay the price' for their profit-chasing By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 14:58, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:50, 1 August 2012 Several big name beauty companies have been forced to remove a logo that declares them free of animal cruelty after they decided to sell their products in China. L'Occitane, Yves Rocher and Caudalie are among the high end brands that can no longer use the internationally-recognised official Leaping Bunny logo to show their cosmetics are free from animal testing. It comes after the firms decided to start selling to China where animal testing on beauty products for human use is still required by law. Cosmetic sales in China increased by 18 per cent to £10billion last year - making it an attractive financial prospect. But many companies selling their products in the country have been asked to fund animal testing of their products in Chinese laboratories in order for them to be sold to the public. Cruelty Free International chief executive Michelle Thew said: 'The Humane Standards, symbolised by the Leaping Bunny logo, is the most rigorous international cruelty-free certification in the world. 'Each company is regularly audited to ensure that no animal testing takes place throughout each company's entire supply chain. 'Where companies no longer comply with the Humane Standards, the right to use the Leaping Bunny logo is retracted. 'Following discussion with L'Occitane, its certification was retracted in mid-December. 'Some companies wish to bring ethical beauty to China, however this is not currently possible until China changes its current policy which requires animal testing. 'I am disappointed that certain companies have fallen prey to the lure of the Chinese market and are letting animals pay the price. Consumer pressure can make a difference. 'We certify over 400 companies around the world that refuse to allow animal testing into their products, so there is plenty of choice for everyone who wishes to eliminate this cruel, unnecessary and outdated practice. 'The only way that you can avoid animal testing in your toiletries and beauty products is by looking for the Leaping Bunny logo, or checking www.GoCrueltyFree.org.' Britain banned animal testing in 1998 and several large cosmetics companies including Paul Mitchell, Sainbury's, The Co-operative, Superdrug, Marks & Spencer all have Leaping Bunny certification meaning they are cruelty-free. Hair-care giant John Paul Mitchell Systems pulled out of China after being informed that the company would have to pay for animal tests in order to continue selling its products there. Paul Mitchell CEO and co-founder John Paul DeJoria put sales in China on hold last year and confirmed they will not sell products in that country in order to remain committed to the company's cruelty-free policy. Mr DeJoria said: 'Since Paul Mitchell was founded in 1980, we have been cruelty-free. 'We do not conduct or condone animal testing on our products, and we will not attempt to market our products in China until alternatives to animal testing methods have been accepted by the government. 'Paul Mitchell always has been and always will be cruelty-free.' Dr Dan Lyons, Campaigns Director of internal animal protection organisation Uncaged, said it is down to individual companies to make a stand. He continued: 'It's a fundamental decision companies need to make. 'It's much better if they stick to their principles and avoid China, which will put pressure on the government to change their own policies. 'It's unnecessary for China to require repeat and totally unnecessary testing on these products.' Urban Decay has also recently decided to cancel its plans to enter the Chinese market after being informed of the animal testing requirements. Spokesman for the charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Foundation, Alistair Currie, said: 'We are seeing welcome signs of progress in China but their current animal testing requirements are a major factor pushing up cosmetics tests on animals globally. 'Companies who have turned their backs on their non-animal testing policies because of the lure of China have regressed a generation: their products are once again being dripped into rabbits' eyes and smeared onto animals' abraded skin. 'While many progressive and principled companies are sticking to their non-animal testing policies, others need more motivation.' But the revelation that some large name brands are giving up their cruelty-free status to sell to China will come as a surprise to many shoppers. Even more surprisingly, there are many huge international brands including Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Revlon, which have never been able to use the Leaping Bunny logo because of their animal testing policies. And while an EU-wide ban on the marketing of animal-tested cosmetics is due to come into force next year, campaigners warn that the European Commission is now contemplating compromises or even delays to the legislation. Mr Currie continued: 'It's vital that the EU protect its own ban on the sale of animal-tested cosmetics due in 2013. 'We've led the world on this issue – we mustn't take any steps backward right here in our own back yard.' A spokesman for L'Occitane said: 'L'Occitane does not and never has tested its products on animals. 'Similarly, we insist that our suppliers certify that none of the ingredients we use are tested on animals. 'We do sell our products in China however and the Chinese government reserves the right to conduct tests, but we are hopeful that this situation will change soon. 'We are actively working with the BUAV, with whom we have a long term and constructive relationship, to influence the Chinese authorities to allow the alternative tests that apply elsewhere in the world.' Jean-Christophe Samyn, Director of Caudalie UK, said: 'We are against animal testing. We do not test our ingredients and formulas on animals and never will.' ARE YOUR FAVOURITE COSMETICS CRUELTY-FREE? LEAPING BUNNY APPROVED Paul Mitchell Urban Decay Sainbury's Marks & Spencer Liz Earle Faith In Nature The Co-operative Burt's Bees Dermalogica Bull Dog NON-APPROVED COMPANIES L'Occitane Yves Rocher Caudalie Mary Kay Avon Estee Lauder Revlon Garnier L'Oreal Chanel Johnson & Johnson FCUK Clinique Christian Dior Givenchy Yves Saint Laurent Lancome Virgin Vie Yardley Proctor & Gamble Post Date: 08/08/12, Replies: 1 | ||
| China's Valentine's Day dims fireflies China's Valentine's Day dims future for fireflies http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/china-fireflies-valentine-day-qixi-150820123157470.html Post Date: 08/23/15, Replies: 0 | ||
| Chrissie Hynde -VegiTerranean -Akron, Ohio http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/abraham/9609002.html Opening mid-October. Excerpts - VegiTerranean has three parts a coffee bar and bakery, a lounge and the restaurant all compactly designed in the southeast corner of the lofts building. Each phase of the restaurant has its own patio area, with views of the valley below and the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. ....... ''From a restaurant standpoint, we want to change what people think of as vegetarian cuisine,'' Duplain said. VegiTerranean's executive chef will be Scot Jones, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Jones is currently executive chef at Fedeli in Canton, and will take on the duties of executive chef for both. Duplain said Jones has been working on the menu with Tal Ronnen, head chef for Veg Advantage, a nonprofit group that helps other chefs develop vegetarian options. Ronnen also works with PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an animal rights group that Hynde supports." ....... "Cocktails will be made with freshly squeezed juice and all will be offered in a nonalcoholic ''Dr. Bob'' version in recognition of Akron history and Dr. Bob Smith, who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous here." ....... Post Date: 09/07/10, Replies: 6 | ||
| Circus of Dead Squirrels Animal Rights Metal/Industrial band Circus of Dead Squirrels will be releasing their anticipated third studio album Operation Satan this month. The album focuses on issues related to animal cruelty and $2.00 of every sale (purchased directly from the band) will be donated to animal rights organizations. CODS members Matt Foran, Daniel Raphael, and Matt Nodland are joined this time around by Rick Thomas, John Sustar, and Dan Fox (Ventana, Mushroomhead). The album was engineered and mixed at Slaughterhouse Recording Studio in Westhampton, MA by Mark Alan Miller (Out Out) and mastered by Hakan Akesson at Cutting Room Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information related to the band or to pre-order the album, visit myspace.com/circusofdeadsquirrels. Post Date: 11/16/10, Replies: 0 | ||
| Climate change threatens Congo great apes Climate change threatens Congo's great apes http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/climate-change-threatens-congo-great-apes-151206103857263.html Post Date: 12/06/15, Replies: 0 | ||
| Close Huntingdon Life Sciences Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) is Europe's largest contract animal testing laboratory. They have about 70,000 animals on site, including rabbits, cats, hamsters, dogs, guinea-pigs, birds and monkeys. These animals are destined to suffer and die in cruel, useless experiments. 500 of them die each day. HLS will test anything for anybody. They carry out experiments which involve poisoning animals with household products, pesticides, drugs, herbicides, food colourings and additives, sweeteners and genetically modified organisms. HLS have been infiltrated and exposed a number of times in recent years. Each time horrific evidence of animal abuse and staff incompetence has been uncovered, including workers punching beagle puppies in the face. Take action to have this disgrace of a company closed down. http://www.gopetition.co.uk/petitions/close-huntingdon-life-sciences.html Post Date: 10/13/08, Replies: 1 | ||
| Community Engagement Group in Liverpool Are you serious about progressing animal rights and working towards ending the meat trade and the legal sanction of animal cruelty? I am creating a number of campaigns and community outreach projects to progress animal rights and promote a vegan diet and lifestyle. I need people in Liverpool to get involved and form a grassroots group. Please contact me so we can work together on the projects. I can host the group at my home once we have a few people Post Date: 09/09/15, Replies: 1 | ||
| Companion Animal Diets Does anyone have any info. on veg. diets for companion animals? I am especially interested in research avail. on longevity and animal health as it relates to veg. animal diets. Please cite specific references and dietary sources if you have it. Thanks, Don PS I have three terrific cats ages 17, 10, and 7 Post Date: 05/04/14, Replies: 7 | ||
| Coping with the cruelty Looking for advice on how to cope with feeling disgusted with your own species because so many are devoted to causing harm! It breaks my heart and makes me feel so low! Would like this forum to become a place where we can help and remind each other why we do this, and help keep each other positive! Post Date: 03/29/15, Replies: 4 | ||
| Cosmetics industry delay animal-test ban Cosmetics industry criticised as EU set to admit delay in animal testing ban http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/31/animal-testing-cosmetics-industry-europe?INTCMP=SRCH Bibi van der Zee, The Guardian Friday 31 December 2010 21.00 GMT Cosmetics industry criticised as EU set to admit delay in animal testing ban • Critics accuse cosmetics firms of stalling on tests • EU rule could involve extra 54m animals in lab experiments A Europe-wide ban on the sale of cosmetics tested on animals anywhere in the world may now be delayed for up to four years. The final phase of European law designed to eradicate testing on animals of chemicals used in the cosmetics industry is set to be delayed for as long as four years because it is thought that alternative ways of testing the safety of ingredients' will not be ready in time. Cosmetics and testing experts predict the European commission will announce shortly that it is unable to introduce the third phase of the European cosmetics directive, as planned in 2013. This directive would have banned the sale in Europe of any cosmetics tested on animals anywhere in the world. Neil Parish MP, chair of the associate parliamentary group for animal welfare, said "sufficient" replacement safety tests would not be available until 2017. However, Parish accuses the cosmetics industry of deliberately delaying the development of alternative methods. "For too long the cosmetics industry has dragged its feet when it comes to developing alternatives to animal testing, and here they are again trying to stall legislation to improve the welfare of animals." Parish is demanding an end to "needless animal testing purely for the commercial gain of industry". Michael Balls, a professor and former head of the commission's European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods, also criticises the handling of the issue. "The whole thing is a way of looking for reasons for a delay. The EC is trying to make a delay look like a scientific issue." Sabine Lecrenier, head of the cosmetics and medical devices unit of the commission's Directorate General for Health & Consumers, has already informed members of the European parliament's environment committee that it is "unlikely enough scientific progress" will have been made on alternatives by 2013. A commission assessment of alternative methods is due to report in early 2011, and a final decision will follow soon afterwards. A clause letting the commission delay the ban will then be invoked. Europe's two biggest cosmetics bodies – the European Cosmetics Association (Colipa), and the European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients – say the full ban will probably be delayed because, according to Colipa, "top scientists confirm that although phenomenal progress has been made, a full set of alternative tests to cover all areas of consumer safety will almost certainly not be available by 2013". There are 10,000 cosmetic ingredients on the commission's permitted list, but new ingredients are still being tested on animals outside Europe and then used within the EU. It is also thought that some new ingredients are still being tested on animals in Europe for use in household products or food and then subsequently used in cosmetic products. The delay to the European cosmetics directive comes just as another complex set of EU legislation, which mandates the re-testing of tens of thousands of chemicals, begins to be enforced. The EU regulation Reach (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals) was the commission's response to safety questions raised over many chemicals used regularly in household and industry products. The commission estimates that a minimum of 8m extra animals will be used in these tests, although some observers put that figure as high as 54m. Experts now question how Reach can possibly be compatible with a Europe-wide ban on animal testing of cosmetic products and ingredients. Balls said: "I think the general public has the impression that the cosmetics directive banned the testing of all ingredients [the first phase came in 2004]. So most people believe that when you buy a cosmetic it won't have any chemicals in it that have been tested on animals. But I just don't think that's true, and I think it is incredibly misleading." The professor said he hoped for a "chorus of objections" if chemicals tested under Reach were then used in cosmetics labelled, "This product does not contain chemicals which have been tested on animals". Cosmetic industry representatives say Reach will not affect the bans already in place on ingredient and product testing. However, the US mining company Rio Tinto confirmed to the Guardian that sodium borate, an ingredient used in products made by Boots, Avon and some cruelty-free firms including Burt's Bees, and Lush, had recently been subjected to animal tests in compliance with Reach. Rio Tinto said: "We avoid animal testing whenever possible. But when we're required by regulation to do animal testing, we do it to ensure human and environmental safety." Mark Constantine, managing director of Lush, said: "The confirmation that … sodium borate has been tested on animals by the borate SIEF [the Substance Information Exchange Forum, which collates data for registration of chemicals from European suppliers] confirms our worst fears about Reach. We're investigating the situation, and have removed it from one product and are working on the others." Lush says it does not buy products from suppliers who carry out animal testing on their own products. Burt's Bees adheres to the "Leaping Bunny" accreditation scheme of the Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics. Christopher Flowers, director-general of the Cosmetics, Toiletries and Perfumery Association, argues, like other cosmetics bodies, that ingredients tested on animals under Reach will be eligible for use in cosmetics because Reach and the cosmetics directive are separate pieces of legislation. But the courts could take a different view. In 2005, in a case brought against the cosmetics directive, the French attorney general ruled: "It seems clear that the ban on animal tests applies equally to tests performed for … complying with other legislation, in so far as substances that have been the subject of such tests may not be used as, or in, cosmetic products." Flowers said: "When people expect, or try, to bridge the two [pieces of legislation] to produce a consistent course of action, the lack of joined-up thinking out there in the wide world starts to show up." • This article was amended on 1 January 2011. One of the bullet points in the standfirst of the website version of the article referred to the pharmaceutical industry. This article is specifically about the cosmetics industry. This has been corrected. Post Date: 01/02/11, Replies: 0 | ||
| Countryside Alliance / Chris Packham row.. Countryside Alliance urges BBC to sack Chris Packham in conservation row http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/07/countryside-alliance-bbc-sack-chris-packham This article below covers Mr Packham's comments where he said what he felt needed to be said. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/01/chris-packham-slams-shameful-silence-of-britains-conservation-charities Post Date: 09/07/15, Replies: 0 | ||
| Court fines Japanese whaling company $1m Australian court fines Japanese whaling company $1m for 'intentional' breaches http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/18/australian-court-fines-japanese-whaling-company-1m-for-intentional-breaches Post Date: 11/19/15, Replies: 1 | ||
| Court: EPA wrong to OK bee harm pesticide U.S. court finds EPA was wrong to approve Dow pesticide harmful to bees http://news.yahoo.com/u-court-finds-epa-wrong-approve-dow-pesticide-184509403--finance.html Post Date: 09/10/15, Replies: 0 | ||
| Cows shot dead on 'humane' grounds "30 cows shot dead on 'humane' grounds at farm in Chirk" Make of this as you will. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-12732054 Post Date: 03/18/11, Replies: 0 | ||
| Crimson water: Cove dolphin hunt starts... Where the water turns crimson: Japanese town starts annual hunt where dolphins are butchered in a secluded bay http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/1855032/where-water-turns-crimsom-red-japanese-town-starts-annual-hunt Post Date: 09/03/15, Replies: 0 | ||
| Cruelty Free / Organic Milk and Eggs I am a vegetarian who drinks cow's milk and eats eggs (but no flesh at all). It is easy to buy milk labeled "organic", but I would like other people's opinions on the best milk to buy that is organic AND cruelty free. In otherwords, I want to buy milk that comes from cows who just wander around a pasture all day grazing and smiling. I have been buying Horizon and while it says it's organic and has happy cows, it really doesn't go into specifics on the carton about their treatment of their cows. Same with eggs. I buy organic eggs from Egglands Best. Some of the cartons have "cage-free" some don't. I just want to make an informed choice. I don't want to pay double for milk and eggs that really aren't cruelty-free. But, I don't mind paying double if I am assurred they ARE cruelty-free. Everyone's opinions are welcome. I live in the south Florida area so anyone from Florida who knows the stores here, please feel free to reply. p.s. For those of you who are going to suggest I drink soy milk and cut out the eggs - I do drink soy sometimes, but I am a cows-milk girl and I don't eat eggs a lot, but I do enjoy them sometimes. I wish I could cut them out of my diet, but I can't. :) Post Date: 06/28/14, Replies: 18 | ||
| Cruelty free and vegan beauty products! Are you looking for animal cruelty free hair products? Skin care? Make up? Or even vegan dietary supplements? Well look no further! Arbonne International has all that and more! My name is Shelby and I was recently introduced to Arbonne when I told a friend I wanted products that didn't test on animals. I have never been happier with the results Arbonne has given me and have become passionate about sharing it with animal lovers like myself! I also have very sensitive skin and all their products are completely plant based and I have never had a reaction. I urge everyone who is against animal cruelty to throw away the products that were tested on animals and invest their time and money into a product that shares your beliefs. Find me at www.shelbyruiz.arbonne.com and see for yourself why so many people have become passionate about this company! Post Date: 10/20/15, Replies: 0 | ||
| Cruelty Free Dog Food Dilemma! Hi guys! After being vegetarian for quite some time, my husband and I have become vegan this year. So far, we love it! We feel healthy and great about the choices we are making. I've even started checking all the brands of non food products we buy to make sure they are cruelty free. The only dilemma I have been having with this is my dogs! I have two Aussie mixes, 10 months and 2 years old. My two year old has allergies to wheat, soy, and corn so it has always been difficult to find food for him. I've wanted to switch him to the raw diet and have had lots of suggestions for "cruelty free" all natural meats and raw dog foods but I don't really feel like buying meat at all is cruelty free. I am a major crazy dog lady and am actually studying dog nutrition right now so I want to make sure they are getting all the vitamins they need and are eating a well rounded diet. Does anyone have any insight on this? Or have you had a similar dilemma? I've read a few things about people making their dogs vegan but I am worried this will not be good for their health long term. Is this a situation where I will just have to do the best I can to buy cruelty free meat? My husband and I also have to stay somewhat on a budget during the month so if there is a budget friendly alternative that would make it even better! Thanks for reading and have a great day! Post Date: 01/29/15, Replies: 5 | ||
| CSI Kruger: forensic teams & rhino killing CSI Kruger: forensic teams scour rhino killing scenes http://news.yahoo.com/csi-kruger-forensic-teams-scour-rhino-killing-scenes-154541727.html Post Date: 08/14/15, Replies: 0 | ||
| Cultured meat The modern agriculture foundation is a non-profit organization, working to promote research in the field of cultured meat. We believe that cultured meat can potentially change the human food culture tremendously. Today, the meat, dairy and egg industries are among the major contributors to climate changes; they consume huge amounts of valuable resources such as energy and fresh water; contribute to the outbreak of pandemics as swine flu, and are the cause of deaths of billions of animals every year. Cultured meat has the ability to change this reality. Meat could become environmentally friendly, healthier and more ethical. en.futuremeat.org/index.php/video/62-cultured-meat-same-meat-different-way Post Date: 02/28/15, Replies: 0 | ||
| Cultured Meat (Grown meat) Are you an omnivore? Or are you a vegetarian strictly on animal welfare grounds? Would you consider eating cultured meat (meat grown in the lab)? Is an animal flesh product that has never been part of a complete, living animal more ethical? Michael Brogan, is doing a survey on the subject for his thesis in Culinary Arts, it takes less than 5 mins if you'd like to ponder the question and help his research. -Rob Dunlop Please consider taking part in this survey, your opinion is important. www.facebook.com/events/521249411260211/?fref=ts Facebook membership not required Post Date: 07/03/13, Replies: 5 | ||
| Danes seize anti-whaling boat in Scotland Danish navy seize whaling protest boat from Shetland harbour http://myinforms.com/en-gb/a/16151083-danish-navy-seize-whaling-protest-boat-from-shetland-harbour/ http://www.scoopnest.com/user/STVNews/640149962450407424 Post Date: 09/05/15, Replies: 0 |
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