Take Action to Save Yellowstone/Northern Rockies Wolves

Posted on March 19, 2009 by nothoney

Defenders of Wildlife asks us to send a letter to President Obama and urge him to maintain Endangered Species Act protections for Yellowstone and Northern Rockies wolves. There’s a one-click letter you can edit and send on the Defenders’ Web site. Wolves are important predators in many ecosystems and we must reverse this Bush/Cheney ruling [...]

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HBO and Time Magazine: Factory Farming In the News

Posted on March 12, 2009 by nothoney

Here’s the most recent DawnWatch Alert! There is stunning news in the animal advocacy world, particularly for those of us who have been working in the field for years and remember the days when it was hard to find a news story that even touched on the cruelty to animals being documented by activists. This [...]

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Obama Gives Wolves Death Sentence

Posted on March 6, 2009 by nothoney

I just got news from Defenders of Wildlife that is shocking and demands action. Today, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that he would follow the discredited path of the Bush Administration and delist wolves in the Northern Rockies and Greater Yellowstone region. This is a stunning development, just six weeks into the Obama Administration. This [...]

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HBO Documentary: Death On A Factory Farm

Posted on March 6, 2009 by nothoney

HBO presents the documentary “Death On A Factory Farm” on March 16. You can get schedule information and more at the official Web site, and view a clip on YouTube. Here’s a synopsis from the HBO site for “Death On A Factory Farm:” Each year, 10 billion animals are raised for consumption in the U.S., [...]

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If You Missed Last Night’s Nightline Report On Lab Chimps

Posted on March 5, 2009 by nothoney

You can watch it here: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7011731. It’s a little more than eight minutes long and parts of it are difficult to see. But if you use any pharmaceuticals at all, including over-the-counter medicines, then you must watch. It’s your responsibility. s.

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HSUS Undercover Exposes Torture for Chimps in Research Lab

Posted on March 4, 2009 by nothoney

Thanks to Vanessa for sending along this update from HSUS about tonight’s Nightline program. WATCH. Tonight, go inside a research facility with an undercover investigator for The Humane Society of the United States. For nine months, she investigated the wretched existence of chimpanzees and other primates who are warehoused or used for research in laboratories [...]

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Guest Post: The Science Behind Why Chimpanzees Are Not Pets

Posted on March 4, 2009 by nothoney

You know that I follow several blogs at Wildlife Direct and one of those is Lola Ya Bonobo, the sanctuary in the DRC for orphaned bonobos. The blog is written and maintained by Vanessa Woods, author and research scientist at Duke University. She sent along this blog written by her husband, Dr. Brian Hare, also [...]

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Captive Wild Animals and the Stupid People Who Keep Them

Posted on March 2, 2009 by nothoney

This morning I’ve run across two stories that highlight that human apes do not learn from their mistakes, especially when it comes to wildlife. The first comes from Erik Marcus’ excellent blog at vegan.com about the return of Montecore, the tiger who attacked Roy of Siegfried and Roy. It seems these two jackasses brought the [...]

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Poplar Spring 5K Run For the Animals

Posted on March 1, 2009 by nothoney

Here’s some information about the upcoming 5K to benefit my volunteer home, Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary. The race is May 17 at 8:30 a.m. The 5K run and 1 mile (or optional 1.7 mile) fun walk is a fund raiser dedicated to supporting the life saving work Poplar Spring does everyday. From the warm up, [...]

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Chimp Attack Boosts Captive Primate Safety Act

Posted on February 27, 2009 by nothoney

I didn’t blog about the horrible events involving Travis, a captive chimpanzee, his human jailer, and the unfortunate woman he attacked because I posted a lot on my Facebook. Now that Karen Dawn is back from her book tour, she’s written an excellent DawnWatch Alert about the incident and the passage in the House of [...]

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