Animal Rights (Diet, Pets, Wildlife)
Animal Crushing: What it Is & Why We Have to Look. ~ Stephanie Vessely
by elephantjournal.com on May 19, 2013
We don’t show up on our mats and cushions so we can stay asleep, we do it so we can look at what arises. This week Houston Press ran a cover story entitled, “Open Season: Do Laws Against Animal Crushing Videos Violate Free Speech?” It details the recent story about Ashley Nicole Richards and Brent [...]
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Freedom for America’s Wild Horses. ~ Amy Cushing
by elephantjournal.com on May 15, 2013
Currently, over 50,000 wild horses are housed in captivity at taxpayer expense with just 32,000 remaining free on the range.
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Calvin & Hobbes, Environmentalists.
by elephantjournal.com on May 14, 2013
Managed tree farms can be great. Clearcutting isn’t. Relephant bonus wow: “Unchopping a Tree” video, by Maya Lin. Another: Breaking News: Woman goes to Bathroom with only a few squares of Toilet Paper. Another amazing video. And: Easy on the Environment, Hard on your Bum? ~ Lavanya Sunkara Or: We’re Flushing Forests Down the [...]
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Put That Damn Cow Down. ~ Catherine Beekmans
by elephantjournal.com on May 14, 2013
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She’d rather be fishing.
by Waylon Lewis on May 13, 2013
“Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.” Vintage pictures & ads & videos of women fly fishing! Oh, my: (photos via Facebook/Amy Tremper, who would rather be fishing)
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Diary of Sad Cat. {Video}
by Bryonie Wise on May 10, 2013
“Dear Diary, I’ve decided to plead with the authorities to rub my belly. I think it will do me good in my current condition. I would like to receive two rubs, exactly. A third one, and I will bite the shit out of them, as per protocol. Wish me luck.” If you have ever owned [...]
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How to Save the Ocean: An Interview with Dr. Wallace J. Nichols. ~ Annabel Ruffell {Video}
by elephantjournal.com on May 7, 2013
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The Freedom of the Hunter. ~ Rich Wright
by elephantjournal.com on May 6, 2013
The media portrays hunters as a bunch of trigger happy “good ole’ boys” with too much testosterone and not enough brains. Reality television glorifies this stereotype, and people make a lot of money in return. “Sport” is a word that makes me sick to my stomach when it refers to hunting or fishing, yet people pay big bucks to have a trophy to show their friends or something to brag about at the bar.
I am adamantly against this type of irresponsible and mindless behavior.
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The Pork Industry Thinks You’re Stupid. ~ Stephanie Vessely
by elephantjournal.com on May 5, 2013
Anytime we put blinders on, or decide not to look, we are are doing a disservice to ourselves. This week Paul Shapiro, Vice President of farm animal protection at the Humane Society of the United States reported on this column by Linden Olson, a pork industry veteran. In it, Olson suggests pork producers change the [...]
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Rise of the Vegan Zombie. ~ Chris Cooney
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 30, 2013
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Is There Such a Thing As Humane Slaughter? ~ Stephanie Vessely
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 28, 2013
There is no honor in raising animals just to eat them. The new magazine, Modern Farmer, debuted last week. Its content is aimed at farmers, foodies and those with an interest in the connection between our food, our planet and how we eat. In it is an article entitled “This Is What Humane Slaughter Looks [...]
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Sympathy Pains: The Cone & the Cold.
by Sara Lovelace on Apr 26, 2013
This time I had no compassion. I wrestled her down right there in the dirt and fastened the velcro straps around her head. Her eyes cut up to me with a look that said, I’ll get you for this. I don’t know how or when, but it’s coming, bitch. Just you wait.
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A Life Measured by Precious Pets.
by Mae Sakharov on Apr 24, 2013
How does one measure a life? How do we record the comings and goings as the pages turn faster and faster? Moments stand out, feeding the senses. Perhaps it is as simple as walking past a certain restaurant on a winter’s day as the smell of freshly baked bread wafts through the air. Images capture [...]
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Do Religious Traditions Condone Animal Suffering? ~ Mariann Sullivan & Jasmin Singer
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 23, 2013
The way to live the message of compassion that underlies each of these traditions is to truly extend that compassion to animals. With 84 percent of Americans identifying as religious, and 97 percent agreeing that animals deserve protection from harm and exploitation, why do so many religions continue to ignore, or even encourage, practices that [...]
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Police report from a ski town in Colorado.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 21, 2013
Steamboat Springs police blotter. $30 dollars, what a deal for some chocolate dipped portobello mushrooms? EVERYBODY RUN THE GIRAFFES LEARNED HOW TO SKI For more funny, join. Sorta relephant bonus: 8 amazing Giraffe things. This is how a baby giraffe sleeps:
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The Earth is Magic. ~ Dawn Kirk
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 20, 2013
How often are children our teachers, reminding us of the things we know? Lily, one of the children in my life, is repeatedly my teacher. Most recently the lesson revolved around a bee. Lily was allowed to come home with me. As we pulled into my driveway, I noticed something on the dash—upon taking a [...]
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Un Whole-y Foods. ~ Jade Sevelow
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 13, 2013
A former employee comes clean about the Good, the Sad & the Greenwashing at Whole Foods. I know most of us love Whole Foods for its wonderful ideals, helpful employees, organic food, and gluten-free choices, but…I have a laundry list of things I dislike about Whole Foods. As a former employee, I’ve seen the inner [...]
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The Risky Business of Raw Milk.
by Monica Johnson on Apr 11, 2013
The Right to Drink Raw Milk— From the Fields of our Farms to the Halls of our Courts! Born into a family of farmers, my father grew up in rural Western Missouri. The nearest town was miles away, so being self-sufficient was a must. What his family did not eat from their garden was canned [...]
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A Girl & Her Cat. ~ Shawn Saleme {images}
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 9, 2013
“Time spent with a cat is never wasted.” ~ Colette Andy Prokh and his wife have had a cat for four years by the name of LiLu Blue Royal Lada. When the British shorthair Lilu was two years old, little Katherine came into the world and Andy decided it would be nice to document the journey [...]
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Heartbreaking.
by Waylon Lewis on Apr 8, 2013
Orangutans cling on to last remaining tree after bulldozers destroy their home (thesun.co.uk) This terrified orangutan clings tightly to a tree after its forest home was destroyed by bulldozers. A scared baby gripping its mum’s back and a heavily pregnant ape were also caught up in the horrific ordeal. They cowered up trees in part [...]
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The New Truth about No Kill Shelters.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 8, 2013
The below represents a rebuttal of sorts to my own: “The Truth about PETA & those horrible Photos”~ ed. The below comes via Reddit: click here for source and for the full conversation, some of which challenges various points below. It’s worth the read. This comment has been upvoted quite a bit in another thread, [...]
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The Witching Hour. ~ Kate Lomac-MacNair
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 8, 2013
In the rainforest during the early morning there is a changeover, a sequence of moments elegantly shifting through transformation, lingering amid predawn and postnight. The shift transpires, quickly like flipping a switch yet remains as methodical as the change of a season. Life passes the baton of consciousness, wakefulness. The witching hour is arriving and [...]
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If factory farms had glass walls, we’d all be vegan. {Front Page of NY Times!}
by Waylon Lewis on Apr 8, 2013
Front Page of Sunday New York Times? Animal Cruelty not a crime—but videotaping it is. American Legislative Exchange Council: bad people of the month! “These lobbyist-pushed bills are about stifling constitutionally protected speech by equating whistleblowing heavily-citizen-subsidized industries with…terrorism.” “Where to shop for humanely-raised meat: http://www.certifiedhumane.org/index.php?page=where-to-buy And here: http://www.eatwild.com/ And here: http://www.grasslandbeef.com/StoreFront.bok Where to shop [...]
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The Truth about PETA & Those Horrible Photos? This is Why I Don’t Support PETA.
by Kate Bartolotta on Apr 8, 2013
90 percent of the animals PETA brings to their facilities are euthanized within the first 24 hours. Only 6 percent were ever placed in homes.
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The Truth about PETA & those horrible Photos.
by Waylon Lewis on Apr 7, 2013
Update: a rebuttal, to my post below, by myself: “We can be a no kill nation: here’s how.” Update: a rebuttal via Kate: “The Truth about PETA & those Horrible Photos? The Truth is Pretty Ugly.“ In Defense of PETA. As founder of elephant, I’ve worked with PETA—not directly, I have no ties to them—over [...]
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Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Lululemon: The Marketing Brilliance of Morbid Curiosity.
by Amy Jirsa on Apr 3, 2013
Ever get the feeling that Lululemon is plotting all this controversy deliberately? They’re like this maniacal Bond villain. Or, more apt, they’re like that little kid, holding his finger about an inch away from your arm who, when you ask him to stop, chants “I’m not touching you, I’m not touching you.”
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“Ever wonder how much further your dog hikes?”
by Waylon Lewis on Apr 2, 2013
This is awesome. My dog does this, too. Especially when we hike with other dogs—or snowshoe, as I did this winter, once—he runs a mile for every one of mine. App used below: “Strava. It’s got the data cyclists crave.” Also: “My Tracks” by Google is free, synchs to Google Drive, easily shareable, and packed [...]
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An Inspired Future: How One African Nation Took Back Their Land & Lives. ~ Marylee Fairbanks
by Marylee Fairbanks on Mar 31, 2013
John Kasaona was a child when his father took him into the bush and taught him to hunt. His father understood and respected the wildlife. He regarded the land and its inhabitants as an extension of himself. War broke out in John’s home country of Namibia between 1966 and 1990. People fought for control. Poaching [...]
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My Attempt to Save a Cat from Becoming Roadkill. ~ Lauren Acquaviva
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 29, 2013
Each year, 41 million squirrels, 26 million cats, 22 million rats, 19 million opossums, 15 million raccoons, 6 million dogs, 350,000 deer, and countless other species of animals die from being struck by cars.
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Ocean Plastic’s Impact on Wild Sea Turtles. ~ Dr. Wallace J. Nichols
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 29, 2013
Our plastic footprint is on remote beaches, in isolated patches of ocean and in the stomachs of wild endangered animals.
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Belonging, Nature, Childhood & Technology.
by Shakti Sunfire on Mar 29, 2013
Remembering Who We Are and Where We Came From At the far, wooded end of the school yard of a small New England elementary sits a very large rock. Its crevasses are worn smooth by generations of small, sticky fingers and motion-activated pink sneakers. Its surface reverberating with the shrill cries of scraped knees and [...]
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The Practice of Noticing Small Things.
by Julie van Amerongen on Mar 26, 2013
Between my house and my neighbors’, there is a butterfly bush. In that butterfly bush there is a nest. And in that nest, which is not larger than the circumference of a ping-pong ball, there sits a mama hummingbird. Under the mama hummingbird there are two, teeny-tiny eggs. Each day as we wash the dishes [...]
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Amazon Explorer Films Shocking Wildlife Bonanza in Threatened Forest. {Video} ~ Jeremy Hance
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 25, 2013
From our friends at mongabay.com. Watching a new video by Amazon explorer, Paul Rosolie, one feels transported into a hidden world of stalking jaguars, heavyweight tapirs, and daylight-wandering giant armadillos. This is the Amazon as one imagines it as a child: still full of wild things. In just four weeks at a single colpa (or [...]
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The Exxon Valdez Disaster: 24 Years Later. {Video} ~ Terri Tremblett
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 25, 2013
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Video of Horse Shooting Sends Message to Animal Activists. {NSFW} ~ Stephanie Vessely
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 23, 2013
The only way to bring about change is to soften. Even if, especially if, it’s really hard. This week I came across the below video. It follows Tim Sappington, a former employee of the Valley Meat Company in Roswell, New Mexico, as he shoots and kills a horse. I found it through one of the [...]
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Saving the Majestic Sea Turtle… One Baby at a Time. ~ Dr. Wallace J. Nichols
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 22, 2013
If you’ve watched Animal Planet you know that odds are generally working against sea turtles. From the moment an egg is deposited in a sandy nest on a tropical beach, to the first time a baby turtle touches the sea, to decades later when she returns as an adult to lay her own eggs on [...]
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How a Canine Teaches Me to Bring My Mind Home. ~ Shanan Harrell
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 21, 2013
As I examined his problematic behavior, I had a flash of recognition. Something began to feel vaguely familiar. Flying Dog Ranch is a glorious little oasis snuggled into a picturesque pocket of my rural home of Tehachapi, California. Flying Dog is home to four humans, three dogs, two cats, a rabbit, a school of koi, [...]
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Elephant Emergency in Chad: Please Help Us Stop the Killing. ~ Via IFAW
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 19, 2013
I’ve just learned that 86 elephants—33 of them pregnant females—have been gunned down by poachers in the Central African country of Chad. The image above is from a similar slaughter last year. The ivory tusks have been hacked out and stolen. The ivory will be sold on the black market, and then eventually carved into [...]
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Livestock Sickness & Death in Fracking Regions Raises Food Concerns. ~ Elizabeth Royte
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 14, 2013
In the midst of the domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling sick and dying.
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I’ve Resisted Being Labeled, Until Now. ~ Laura Sabransky
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 13, 2013
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How many Bunnies did we Torture this Morning? ~ Jennifer Spesia
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 13, 2013
On March 11, 2013 the European Union (EU) made it official—any cosmetic company who wishes to sell their products in the EU must not torture bunnies, cats, dogs, mice, guinea pigs, or any other living creature to do so. The only cosmetics available for purchase in the EU now, are cosmetics developed through cruelty-free means. This means 500 million consumers are now using products which do not torture, maim or kill innocent animals. This is huge!
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Lolita at the Miami Seaquarium: When does corporate greed cross the line? {Updated} ~ Abbey Johnson
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 12, 2013
Update 4/29/13: Great news! The U.S. government agreed to include Lolita in the endangered species listing for Puget Sound orcas! Unfortunately, Lolita is still stuck in that tiny tank at the Miami Seaquarium, but we have high hopes one day Lolita will be placed in a sea pen in her native waters and be set [...]
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Bring it On Down to Veganville. {Video} ~ Sara Crolick
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 10, 2013
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Cuteness Kills.
by Miriam Hall on Mar 6, 2013
Source: dyingofcute.tumblr.com via Elizabeth on Pinterest A friend and I have been having a cuteness battle on Facebook recently. It all started with the adorable above. Then I counter-posted this beauty on her wall, to which she replied, “That’s awful. I thought it was just a puffy mom, but look at the two babies!” Source: [...]
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Outsmarting Lions: One Boy’s Simple Invention. ~ Terri Tremblett
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 5, 2013
Do you think that one child can’t make a difference? This is an amazing story of just how one boy did.
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The Pet Mom’s Angst. ~ Sarah Rosenberg
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 5, 2013
Learning important life lessons, one lost dog at a time.
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What’s the Problem with Horse Meat? ~ Stephanie Vessely
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 3, 2013
The only thing that will change the industry is if we collectively gather until it no longer becomes profitable to sustain factory farming. The Scandinavian company, Ikea, is the latest company found to be part of the horse meat scandal that began in Europe in January. Last Monday it was reported that horse DNA had [...]
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Finding Grace at 50. ~ Megan McWilliams
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 28, 2013
About 10 days before I crossed the invisible boundary into the second half of my life, we stumbled (literally) into it.
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