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chimps are people too

posted by Alicia Silverstone Feb 23 2012 6:00am

Pin It For the past few months, I’ve been drawing attention to the senseless experimentation/torture of captive chimpanzees in the name of research. This is a cause that is very close to my heart. Chimpanzees are thinking, feeling beings. Many are still senselessly tortured in the name of science on ...

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help michael reach his goal for charity

posted by Alicia Silverstone Feb 1 2012 12:00pm

This March, my friend Michael, whom you know from my blogs about his wife Lalanya and their baby daughter Geneva, is running the LA Marathon! He’s motivated himself to train by pledging to raise $2,000 for the organization Courage Campaign Institute, which fights against discrimination toward LGBT youth. He has ...

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kind orgs: new york coalition for healthy school food

posted by Alicia Silverstone Jan 26 2012 12:00pm

Candle 79 Chefs My friends Joy and Benay of Candle Café and Candle 79 work very closely with NYCHSF, a great organization that is working hard to bring healthy veg food to schools in New York. Their advisory board includes some amazing members, like China Study author T. Colin Campbell, ...

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help find koa a loving home

posted by Alicia Silverstone Jan 25 2012 12:00pm

A friend forwarded this to me and I wanted to share it here in case any kind lifers are looking for a new best friend. If you are thinking of adopting, Koa might be just what you're looking for, so check out his story below:Koa is an 8-year old Pure ...

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i'm hatin' it

posted by Alicia Silverstone Jan 12 2012 6:00am

Mercy for Animals recently completed an undercover investigation into a McDonald’s egg supplier, and their hidden cameras reveal rampant cruelty in two different facilities. Hens in tiny battery cages, male chicks getting stuffed into plastic garbage bags, and generally careless handling by workers at the facilities are just some examples ...

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help chimps

posted by Alicia Silverstone Dec 13 2011 12:00pm

The issue of experimentation on chimps is one that breaks my heart. They are so close to us. And even if they weren't, they are amazing beings. One way in which they are not similar to humans, however, is disease expression. Evidence has shown that when medications are tested on ...

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