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Have You Heard of Devocalization? It's the Cruel Act of Surgically Silencing Companion Animals.

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Teenage Spanish Matador Kills 6 Bulls

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ITV fined over rat killing

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Zoo feeds live cows to tigers as attraction

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In Defense Of Animals And MS SPAN Aid Rescued Dogs

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Looking At The Beef In The Vegetarian Argument

1. Eating a hamburger a day could increase a person's risk of dying by a third from cancer, heart disease, stroke and the list goes on.
This conclusion comes from the Meat Intake and Mortality study, a prospective (meaning in real time) study that looked at data from over half a million people in a ten-year period between 1995 and 2005. Men eating more than 4.8 ounces of red meat a day had a 30% increased risk of mortality over ten years compared to men eating just .7 ounces; women that ate 4.6 ounces had a 36% increased risk compared to women who ate just .6 ounces. Here's a good summary of the study...what do you think?

2. Billions of extra health care spending can be attributed to our meat eating lifestyles.
This study was from 1992 and published in a 1995 issue of Preventive Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to research on preventive health measures. The researchers estimated the health costs of the nation's current omnivorous diet at $28.6 billion to $61.4 billion a year. This study was controversial, as the physicians that did the study are members of Physicians Committee for Responsbile Medicine, advocates of vegetarianism, and because it was an analysis - so they didn't totally control for all the other factors that may have attributed to subjects' higher medical costs besides meat eating. New York Times article is here. The figures are in 1992 dollars and would be higher today...but does the conclusion hold?

3. Eating meat spews more emissions than our cars, trains, and planes combined.
Seems fairly straightforward. Livestock emissions outweigh emissions from the entire transport sector. That's what the well-know UN study from 2004 concluded. While livestock's share of the carbon emission pie may be disputed a few percentage points back and forth, is there anyone that doubts they are ahead of transport?

4. Pound for pound beef production uses at least 100 times the water of say, lettuce.
We've reported on some of the water footprint figures from WaterFootprint.org, and that represent gallons of water per pound of food. Beef is a big one, that seem clear, but even WaterFootprint says that water used in beef production varies so widely that a range of figures is more accurate. Any iron-clad figures about average water involved in beef production that contradict this?

5. And, beef production emits nearly 100 times more greenhouse gas emissions than growing veggies.
Beef seems to be a climate bomb. In the figures from this report, attributed to Gidon Eshel, the total amount of CO2 associated with a calorie of beef would be 13.82,while the CO2 associated with a calorie of "veggies" would be .14 grams - nearly 100 times more. These figures aren't replicated in other data, however, which may make them suspect. Other figures from the Appropedia web site, originating from the Sopris Foundation, find only a factor of twenty difference in CO2 emissions between beef and veggies. Who is closer?

6. Meat and livestock cause twice the pollution of all industry combined.
This may be too much of a blanket statement...or maybe not. Jeremy Rivkin in Beyond Beef and David Pimental seem to be the two authors gathering the most data on livestock industry pollution, painting a picture of environmental devastation. What do you think?1. Eating a hamburger a day could increase a person's risk of dying by a third... more

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Hermit Crabs Are Forced Into Painted Shells

Hermit crabs forced into painted shells

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Animals Rights Groups Call for Prosecution of Dairy Workers

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Tigers and Other Farmyard Animals

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Switzerland Animal Lawyers

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Leader slaughters goats to ward off evil?

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China to ban eating dogs, cats

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Draft law to jail dog eaters whets debate | BEIJING

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VICTORY! Target discontinues all farmed salmon!

Today, Target became the first major US retailer to stop selling farmed salmon products! Salmon consumption in the United States is a huge market for retailers. Aquaculture (farming fish) is often called the future of the seafood industry, but some types of aquaculture – such as conventional open-net salmon farming – can cause tremendous damage to the environment. Parasite infestations, concentrated fish waste, the uncontrolled spread of genetic material, and the unsustainable use of wild fish to feed farmed animals all pose significant threats to the sanctity of our marine ecosystems.

As a first for a major seafood retailer the announcement is sure to have a ripple affect across the entire seafood industry and will improve the health of oceans throughout the world!

And, without a doubt, retailers lagging on seafood sustainability policy and practices, such as Trader Joe's, now have a lot more catching up to do.

To stress the importance of this victory I will quote Greenpeace Ocean's Campaigner, Casson Trenor, at length:

"With help from Greenpeace and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Target has opened the door to a new era of seafood... If a low-cost hypermarket like Target, which needs to sell salmon for $6.99 a pound, can manage to transition entirely to wild, sustainable product, how can the Whole Foods clones of the world defend their reliance on environmentally dubious farmed products that sell for over twice the price?

...Salmon farms have been the source of countless problems over the past decade – diseases in Chilean farms rip through penned animals like hot knives through butter; parasite swarms in Canadian farms threaten the very survival of co-habiting wild salmon runs, not to mention the essence of Pacific Northwest cultural integrity.

Salmon are the backbone of who we are here on the west coast. It is the wild salmon runs that bring nutrients from the sea to the land, that fertilize the river banks and feed the yawning bears. If we allow this, our greatest legacy, to perish at the hands of a small group of cash-blinded eco-criminals, it is doubtful that we will ever find another source of such selfless bounty.

We need courage, innovation, and foresight if we are to create a wise and responsible seafood industry that can steward our oceans in the coming decades, and it’s companies like Target that are leading the charge. Remember this day — this was the day that we took our salmon back."

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Exposed: The Tortured Lives of Baby Elephants in Circuses

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Kerri Milam's Collection of Photos Relating to Factory Farming

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Simple Tips on Becoming Vegan

When asked to write a blog post about ways to live vegan, we immediately thought it was a great idea. When I say we, I am referring to my sisters and I, who have all been vegan since birth. Using the beliefs of Gandhi, (who proved the best path to peace was through truth and non-violent protest), we make up the social action rock band Truth on Earth. We write and perform original songs about major world problems and potential solutions such as Environment, Factory Farming, Animal Abuse, Media Distortion, Child Abuse, Starvation, and many other serious issues. Our mission is to leave a planet worth inheriting for future generations and that’s one of the reasons why we give 70% of our profits to organizations supporting the causes we sing about. Being vegan is not just another diet. It’s a lifestyle, a state of mind. Here at Greenopolis we’ve come aboard to share with you some simple, easy and effective ways to start living a vegan lifestyle today.

When you hear the word vegan, you probably think of vegetables, fruits or plants. Now those foods are all fine and dandy, but we’re here to tell you that at this day in age you can eat incredibly scrumptious foods without having to harm animals. We do eat vegetables and fruits, but vegans can now enjoy a wide variety of ”normal” foods. The great thing is nearly every vegan substitute on the market is so tasty – bonus is it’s good for you and the planet! The days of a vegan only having millet, quinoa, lumps of wheat dough and sprouts to eat are over!

Tip one: Veganize it!
It’s easy to Veganize your old favorite traditional recipes. Simply replace ingredients with vegan options. Here are a few examples of vegan products that you can use to substitute with: ice cream, cream cheese, sour cream, butter, milk, turkey, cheese, bbq’d chicken, hamburgers, shrimp, pepper steak, meatballs, marshmallows, chocolate chip cookies, key lime pie, pancakes, whipped cream, the list goes on and on. Some of our favorite brands are Earth Balance Soy Butter for butter, Silk Soymilk for milk (which you probably have heard of already, or might be using!), Tofutti Cream Cheese and sour cream, Follow Your Heart for mayo (this is the best mayo we've had after trying the countless brands out there), Amy’s Texas and All American Burgers for hamburgers and Purely Decadent Ice Cream (they have about twenty different flavors) for Ice Cream. Most of our non-vegan guests have said that our foods taste much better than the non-vegan foods they’re used to.

Tip two: Buy Organic:
Buying organic could be one of the most simple yet important things you can do. When you eat foods that are not organic, you are not only eating a nutrition deficient food, but you are also eating all of the pesticides and chemicals they use on the vegetables and fruits. Organic produce tastes better, looks better, and is better for you. It's as simple as that.

Tip three: Not buying or wearing fur or leather:
Part of being vegan and more "green", is not only abstaining from eating anything made from an animal, but also not wearing anything that is made from an animal. Not only is the suffering that the animals go through horrible, but the chemicals they use are bad for the environment. With unlimited options, including "leather" jackets – often referred to as pleather, faux suede (also called ultra suede) couches and shoes, the list is endless. The best part is that you can find these options almost anywhere. Just check your favorite store next time you go shopping.

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How the West is being lost; more wild horses to be rounded up by BLM

The Eagle Hill Management Area located in eastern Nevada and consisting of 670,000 acres of public land just isn't big enough for 595 wild horses and burros according to the latest proposal presented by the Bureau of Land Management in their preliminary environmental assessment. (EA) The intent of the BLM is to reduce the size of the wild horse herd down to 100 horses and burros which wild horse advocates argue are a dangerously low level to assure genetic viability for the future of the herd.

In addition another 50 horses will be gathered outside of the Herd Management Area.

The BLM claims "deterioration of the range," however the cattle and other livestock population will remain the same.According to the EA, no cattle or sheep would be removed. Statistically cattle population outnumber horse population on public land 200 to 1.

"Removal of wild horses would result in an increase in forage availability and quality, reducing competition between livestock and wild horses for available forage and water resources." ( BLM EA)

Wild horse adovcates claim the BLM is systematically reducing wild horse populations with the ultimate plan to completely eradicate all of the American legends of the growing West. There are currently 35,000 wild horses being held in captivity and being managed by the BLM using taxpayer dollars, yet the BLM are planning to remove another 12,000 wild horses from their natural habitats again this year.

The Calico roundup has been proceeding and the BLM plans to remove 2500 horses from northwest Nevada, Calico Complex. According to In Defense of Animals, 547 horses have been rounded up, 518 wild horses have been shipped to Fallon, 24 horses are at the gather corrals, 4 horse deaths and 1 escaped wild horse named Freedom. At the writing of this article, Freedom has been reported to have been recaptured by the BLM although no official word has yet to be announced.

"Demonstrations and rallies to stop the helicopter roundups have been prevalent from coast to coast, yet the Obama Administration has ignored the public outcry to preserve the symbols of the past. It's just deja-vu of the Bush Administration; everything Obama said we were done with," stated Margaret Ruiz-Cooper, Palm City wild horse advocate. " Talk about agendas with cattle, sheep, pipelines, minerals; the wild horses don't have a chance," Ruiz-Cooper continued. " I promise I will keep at it until someone frees these horses."

For additional information and how you can help to save the wild horses click here:

In Defense of Animals https://secure2.convio.net/ida/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1367

http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID25445/images/helicopter_round_up.pngThe Eagle Hill Management Area located in eastern Nevada and consisting of 670,000... more

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Vietnam bear rescue - Binh Duong Bears

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Ed Block Foundation's response to Michael Vick's Courage award

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Have You Heard of Devocalization? It's the Cruel Act of Surgically Silencing Companion Animals.

Teenage Spanish Matador Kills 6 Bulls

ITV fined over rat killing

Zoo feeds live cows to tigers as attraction

In Defense Of Animals And MS SPAN Aid Rescued Dogs

Looking At The Beef In The Vegetarian Argument

Hermit Crabs Are Forced Into Painted Shells

Animals Rights Groups Call for Prosecution of Dairy Workers

Tigers and Other Farmyard Animals

Switzerland Animal Lawyers

Leader slaughters goats to ward off evil?

China to ban eating dogs, cats

Draft law to jail dog eaters whets debate | BEIJING

VICTORY! Target discontinues all farmed salmon!

Exposed: The Tortured Lives of Baby Elephants in Circuses

Kerri Milam's Collection of Photos Relating to Factory Farming

Simple Tips on Becoming Vegan

How the West is being lost; more wild horses to be rounded up by BLM

Vietnam bear rescue - Binh Duong Bears

Ed Block Foundation's response to Michael Vick's Courage award

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