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YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE ABOUT TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED

The Senate has already passed the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) and now it’s in the hands of YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. House Resolution (H.R.) 4239, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, if passed, will make it a crime punishable by imprisonment to…

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The Right Way to Catch an Abuser

When I hear stories about people who rescue animals (whom they do not own) from their suffering and then end up getting charged with a crime, several things come to mind: It’s truly twisted that it’s a crime to liberate…

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Hooks Are Barely a Nuisance for Bass, and Other Tall Tales

In Big Bucks on the Horizon for Bass Fishermen? on NPR’s All Things Considered, we learn that tournaments can pay $500,000 for first place. The fish killers are garnering increasing corporate sponsorship, even from outside the industry, from companies like…

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“Amendment 3, What’s That?” Says the Mayor

I’m at a Friend Raiser for Turtle Nest Village (and I probably should disclose I serve as the Treasurer of the Board) on Saturday evening, with my hair all afrizz (it was on the beach and the humidity was close…

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Zoos Choose PR Over Changing What They Do

In Zoos Discuss Ways to Counter Animal Activists, Randy Diamond reports that The Association of Zoos and Aquariums has surveyed visitors to zoological institutions and believes there’s a need for a rebranding of sorts. Evidently, half of the visitors, according…

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