California has become the first state to ban foie gras, the delicacy made from fatty duck or goose liver. As most of you probably know, the process for making foie gras involves grossly overfeeding geese through a funnel so their livers enlarge to such a degree they can’t even walk ...
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Each year, millions of laying hens are confined to wire battery cages: tiny spaces that are usually smaller than a single sheet of paper. Citing animal welfare and food safety concerns, many have been working for years to have these cages banned, and some tremendous progress has been made! Find ...
Each year during Triple Crown, thoroughbreds are made to participate in fiercely competitive races like the Kentucky Derby and the upcoming Belmont Stakes competition. Horse racing has been done for centuries (lame but true), but recently trainers have been exposed for severely drugging horses to help improve their performances. According ...
In 2002, Captain Paul Waston, the star of Whale Wars on Animal Planet, intercepted a ship that was illegally catching and finning sharks off the coast of Guatemala to send to Asia. Captain Watson was charged with violating navigational regulations, and though the charges were eventually dropped, they were recently ...
The amazing Jane Goodall is continuing to raise awareness about chimps' plight with a new movie called Chimpanzee. Here's the trailer: In a recent blog for the Huffington Post, Goodall says that the chimps desperately need our help: "[Their] numbers have plummeted over the past hundred years. ... They are ...
FixNation is an organization that is working to end reproduction in the homeless cat population of Los Angeles. Over 40,000 kittens and cats are euthanized in Los Angeles shelters each year because there are no good homes for them, not to mention the countless others who are suffering on the ...
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