Last year the Grumpy Vegan sang the praises of Animal Rights, Human Values, Social Action, an important educational resource produced by SAFE–Save Animals From Exploitation, which is based in Christchurch, New Zealand. This large format book, which includes a DVD … Continue reading
The eco-documentary has become such a popular genre that it has spawned an industry of critics. They accuse it of being facile, propaganda or simply of making things up. Some of these criticisms are being levelled at The Cove. Each … Continue reading
As the Grumpy Vegan noted here, what distinguishes those of us who care deeply about animals is how we react when an animal dies. Here’s a moving account from BETA of the life of Adam, a lion, whose story begins … Continue reading
An ice-skating bear with a touring Russian circus has killed a circus manager and seriously injured a trainer in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek. Kyrgyz officials said the bear turned on the manager, 25-year-old Dmitry Potapov, during a rehearsal. The bear, … Continue reading
In the last five years alone, 17 tracks have closed for live [greyhound] racing from the West Coast to the East, North and South [in the U.S.]: Apache Greyhound Park (AZ), Multnomah Greyhound Park (OR), Plainfield Greyhound Park (CT), Geneva … Continue reading
Read my ASI Diary report. Two anniversaries involving the deaths of elephants 31 years apart occur within two days of each other in September. The first was a lynching; the second a tragic accident. On September 13, 1916, the elephant … Continue reading
