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Apr 10
Apr 9
Help Cristy Go Vegan
She’s so close. She eats eggs for their protein. And sometimes cheese. She doesn’t tolerate beans and already takes probiotics and digestive enzymes. She might be gluten intolerant. She can’t eat a lot of nuts or nut butters, though she…
Apr 8
Powder Puff, RIP, and More
Stephanie posted the first of a series of guest posts by yours truly about TNR and Project Treadstone over at her immensely popular site at Change.org. Thanks, Stephanie! Speaking of Project Treadstone, Powder Puff, seen below, died over the weekend….
Apr 7
On the Renewed Debate Over Horse Slaughter
“Surge in Abandoned Horses Renews Debate Over Slaughterhouses” in today’s New York Times begs a lot of questions that I wonder how you would answer. Let’s deconstruct: The facts of the case: “Emaciated horses eating bark off trees. Abandoned horses…
Apr 6
Write a Book–Together
In “Is This the Future of the Digital Book?” in yesterday’s New York Times, Brad Stone reported on a couple of new developments in the publishing world. The one that caught my eye as useful for vegans and the animal…
Apr 5
Montana Horse Slaughter Bill Not Vetoed
From Elizabeth Forel, of the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages . . . On Friday, April 3rd, Montana Governor Brain Schweitzer returned House Bill 418 to the legislature with suggestions for amendments. The danger is that the amendments will be…
RPA interview–Take Two
From David Cantor . . . Responsible Policies for Animals Members and Friends! This past Monday’s botched radio interview is rescheduled for next Monday, April 6th — again at 3:00 P.M. East Coast time. The problem last time was the…
Mar 31
On Objections to Slaughterhouses Not Sandwich Shops
I think I’m going to start a contest for the most absurd/ironic/bizarre sentence to come out of the mouth of a human each week. I’d have to narrow it down to published sentences, just to be fair; I wouldn’t want…
Mar 30
Listen Today on WALO Radio
Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends! Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals’ 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign…
Mar 29
On the Psychological Continuum
There is a general consensus that vegetarianism and veganism are different philosophically. And when I spoke about a continuum over a year ago as a result of a workshop with Rae Sikora, who demonstrated that there was a continuum, there…
Mar 28
On “Animal Rights Conferences”
“Two Animal Rights Conferences: Will you be there?” by Drew Wilson at Care2’s animal welfare blog has yet to have any comments about rights and welfare. I don’t know how big the readership of that blog is, but it is…
Mar 28
On Project Treadstone and Welfare, OED-Style
Project Treadstone If anyone in Palm Beach County wants to get involved in the Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) of feral cats, now is the time, as the county’s Spay Shuttle is back in business (but for a whopping $40/cat rather than the…
Mar 27
People Who Want to Ban Circus Animals are Bozos?
In “Council Bozos Want to Ban Circus Animals in City” Ellis Henican ridicules the New York City Council for introducing a bill to ban the “display of wild or exotic animals for public entertainment or amusement.” Henican writes: The truth…
Mar 24
Maple Farm Sanctuary Needs Your Help!
Late last night I received this message from Jenny Stein . . . I’m concerned about Maple Farm Sanctuary, whose founders are two of the seven subjects in our new film, and I was wondering if you’d be willing to…
Mar 23
Melange Monday
So many things to say today. First, check out “The Vegan Solution: An Ideal Whose Time Has Come” over at Care2. And what do you think about the word “ideal”? But more important, commenter Daniel Manahan could use some gentle…
