ASI’s Executive Director Ken Shapiro op ed, “Vick needs counseling, too: It’ll help him break the cycle of violence,” published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Michael Vick’s prison sentence is an unfortunate but necessary consequence of engaging in illegal animal cruelty. … Continue reading
The Rev. Janet Regina Hyland envisioned a world where people and animals were treated with equal respect. Hyland, 63, who died Oct. 9, worked with prisoners in Texas, migrant families in Southwest Florida and animal rights groups throughout the country … Continue reading
First, read CNN’s report of the president of the Atlanta NAACP, R.L. White, and his comments on Michael Vick, and then ALDF’s response.
Shambo’s Web cam now shows an empty stall. He’s been taken for slaughter. All because he’s tested positive to a routine Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) skin test. This means that he is suspected, not proven to carry Bovine TB. Under current … Continue reading
In Jainism, the non-violence of the mind is called anekantvada. This means “many-sidedness” and is an inoculation against fundamentalist rigidity. Unlike postmodernism, however, many-sidedness does not deny the existence of objective truth. Instead, it regards truth as such a powerful … Continue reading
