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COMING EVENTS:

Animal Concerns of TX Radio NPR broadcast (every 2nd and 4th Sunday at 9:30pm (EST))

National Student Animal Rights Conference (Feb 21-23, 2003) - Berkeley, CA

Compassion for Animals Action Symposium (March 7-9, 2003) -  Tampa, FL

Animal Rights 2003  (AR2003) National Conference (June 27-July 1, 2003) -  McLean, VA [link available soon]

AR2003-West Conference (August 1-5, 2003) -  Los Angeles, CA [link available soon]
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Animal Rights Activists

An American Philosopher: The Career of Tom Regan - professor and animal rights leader
Animal rights activists turn rabid, researchers say (Part I) - from APBnews.com
Animal rights activists turn rabid, researchers say (Part II) - APBnew.com article continued
Animal rights activists turn rabid, researchers say (Part III) - APBnew.com article continued
"At home" with artist Sue Coe - Satya article about this AMAZING animal rights artist
Celebrity Interviews - with Bryan Adams, Chrissy Hynde, and 15 other famous animal activists
Diaz says eating pork would be "like eating her niece" - Cameron Diaz is a vegetarian
Former Bush speechwriter dons animal-activist cloak - Seattle Times article about Matthew Scully
Gag order: An anti-fur protester claims her rights are violated by a too restrictive probation
Henry Salt - very professional website devoted to this humanitarian reformer and his writings
Interview with Dr. Deborah Fouts - Satya interview with a renowned primatologist and author

Interview with Gary Francione - Natural Life Magazine interview with pro-animal law professor

Interview with Jerry Friedman - Satya interviewed vegan who sued employer for discrimination
Interview with Dr. Dale Jamieson (video format) - professor at Carlton College
Interview with Ingrid Newkirk (Part I) - Satya interview with one of PETA's founders
Interview with Ingrid Newkirk (Part II) - Satya interview continued
Interview with John Robbins - Satya
Interview with Paul Shapiro - Satya interview with Compassion Over Killing's founder
Interview with Steven M. Wise - Satya interview with well-known animal rights law professor
Rosie O'Donnell's Interview with Alicia Silverstone - actress promotes vegetarianism (Mar 2002)
Sue Coe - AMAZING animal rights artist
Tracing an animal-rights philosophy - Christian Science Monitor article about Tom Regan

 

Animal Rights Miscellaneous

German animals given legal rights - Guardian Unlimited (June 2002)

 

Animal Rights Issues -- Generally

Animal Cruelty - professional presentation; briefly highlights the various types of cruelty
Animal Cruelty Index - 24 photos of some of the different forms of violence against animals
Image Gallery - many graphic photos of many different forms of animal exploitation - AnimalsVoice.com
Visual Gallery of Animal Exploitation - photos of some of the ways we make animals suffer

 

Animal Rights Issues -- Vivisection (Animal Experimentation)

Alternatives to Animal Experimentation - from Americans for Medical Advancement
Alternatives to Animal Testing on the Web - John Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
Animal experimentation: The tragic legacy of science - by Sherri Cavan, Ph.D.
Animal Experimentation Issues & Controversies - Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Effective or not: Animal models of AIDS - by former vivisectionists Ray Greek and J.S. Greek
Frequently Asked Questions About Animal Experiments - provides good answers for skeptics
Graphic Photos of Vivisection - a lot of horrible animal suffering
Harms to Humans from Animal Experimentation - 50 deadly consequences (documented) 
Hidden Crimes: Photographic Exhibition on Vivisection - Support animal testing? Please visit this site.
Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research - promoting non-animal research methodology
Non-animal toxicity tests to be developed - re: EPA - DDAL press release (Dec 20, 2001)
On the sacrifices of the natural order - Michael Kearl at Trinity U.
Pain and Distress Reports - quarterly newsletter for Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees
PETA says tape shows rat research violations - Washington Post (April 19, 2002)
Trends in Animal Research EXCELLENT 1997 Scientific American article with helpful links
Uncaged Campaigns - represents the cutting edge of the movement against animal experiments
Vivisection (Animal Experimentation) Photos - from People Against Vivisection Experiments
What's Wrong with Xeno? - arguments against animal-to-human organ transplantation

 

Animal Rights Issues -- Exploiting Animals for Food

A marketing cry: Don't fence them in - (cage-free eggs) New York Times (Sept 1, 2002)
Activists take 180 hens from central Florida egg farm - just one of many such sad stories
Animal agriculture claims more then ten billion victims in 2002 - WFAD press release (Sept 2002)
Ban Battery Cages - violence against egg-laying hens that would be illegal if they were dogs
Can we reform factory farming? - Lou Marano, United Press International (Nov 15, 2002)
Egg Cruelty - violence against egg-laying hens that would be illegal if they were cats
FactoryFarming.com - factory farms: bad for the environment, resources, and human health
Farmed Animal Net - THE BEST SOURCE OF INFO ABOUT FARMED ANIMALS ON THE WEB !!
Fast food and animal rights: McDonald's new farm - very extensive report (June 2002)
Fish farms become feedlots of the sea - Kenneth Weiss, L.A. Times (Dec 2002)
Foie Gras: Liver Disease as "Gourmet" Treat - from Farm Sanctuary
Gruesome movie sparks outrage - Americans eat cows . . .  other cultures eat kittens
ISE Cruelty - violence against egg-laying hens that would be illegal if they were dogs
Mass pig pens: Good farming or bad practice? - article on factory farming, Philadelphia Enquirer
McDonald's New Farm: Fast Food and Animal Rights - from National Public Radio (April 2002)
Meet Your Meat Video - from PETA; watch it for free on the web
"Modern Meat" Washington Post Special Report - with undercover slaughterhouse video
No Downers - Farm Sanctuary's campaign to pass the Downed Animal Protection Act
No Veal - Farm Sanctuary's campaign to end cruel veal production
Officials bury last of starved chickens - example of legalized animal cruelty by a large corporation
Our federal lands: Wildlife habitat or cattle pasture? - Mike Hudak, Satya (June 2001)
Pig Farm Investigation Video - very disturbing undercover video led to cruelty charges being filed !!
Poultry farms tighten security after sabotage - 80,000 birds suffocated - Courier-Journal (Oct 21, 2002)
Save the Horses - killing America's horses for gourmet food abroad
Sentient Beings - a Farm Sanctuary campaign
Slaughterhouse Cam - is meat murder?  Your chance to visit a slaughterhouse in action
A slaughterhouse virgin deflowered - Satya (Sept 2000)
They die piece by piece - "humane" slaughter?  The Washington Post (April 10, 2001)
The welfare of calves in veal production: A summary of the scientific evidence - from noveal.org
Turkey Farm Investigation Video - from PETA - watch it for free on the web
Virtual Tour of Townsend's Chicken Slaughter Plant - photos of chickens being "processed"
The welfare of calves in veal production: A summary of the scientific evidence - lots of facts

 

Animal Rights Issues -- Exploiting Animals for Entertainment

 Aquariums

Dolphins plight puts heat on Mexico - captive dolphins (The Toronto Star - May 30, 2001)
Marine Mammal Parks: Chlorinated Prisons - PETA factsheet
To pet or not to pet? - captive dolphins (Time Magazine - May 21, 2001)

 Bullfighting

Acts of the Bullfight - great description and graphic photos - from Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe
Anatomy of a Bullfight - photos of a bullfight in Spain in 1998 - shows the different stages of the event
Animal Fighting Facts - from In Defense of Animals
Anti-Bullfighting Movement of Portugal - website available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese
Brief History of Bullfighting - with some artwork - from Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe
Bullfight Photos - taken by tourists vacationing in Spain - includes their description of the experience
Bullfighting - lots of video footage and news about bullfighting - from SHARK
Bullfighting: A tradition of tragedy - PETA factsheet
Bullfighting Factsheet - describes the different stages of a bullfight - from In Defense of Animals
Cheating Practices - how bullfighters rig the "fight" - from Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe
Images of Bullfighting - numerous graphic photos - from AnimalsVoice.com
No bullfight in Moscow - lengthy article from Animal People (September 2001)

 Cockfighting

Animal Fighting Facts - from In Defense of Animals
Cockfighting - facts about cockfighting from Animal Protection Institute
Cockfighting Brochure - download an informative 4-page brochure (in PDF) - from APNM
Cockfighting Factsheet - from Humane Society of the United States
Cockfighting Information - from Animal Protection of New Mexico (cockfighting is still legal in NM)
Oklahoma Coalition Against Cockfighting - cockfighting recently became illegal in Oklahoma
Roosters with razors: Cockfighting still legal in three states... - from ABCnews.com (March 30, 2001)
What cockfighters don't understand - convincing essay argues cockfighting is a strictly human activity

  Circuses

Accidents and Incidents Involving Captive Elephants - list maintained by PAWS
Animal-Free Circuses - list of circuses that entertain without the animals (or the cruelty!) - from API
Animal Free Circuses - another list, this one from the Performing Animal Welfare Society
Bans On Animal Acts in the U.S. and Canada - list of local bans - maintained by API
Bans On Animal Acts and Uses Worldwide - list of communities prohibiting animal acts - from PAWS
Circus Campaign - from the Animal Defense League
Circus elephants are hooked on performing - Satya (Sept 2000)
Circus Violations of the Animal Welfare Act - list of violations since January 1995
Circus Watch - maintained by PETA
Circuses - position statement, information, and links from the Humane Society of the United States
Circuses.com - circuses are no fun for animals; this site does a wonderful job explaining why
Circuses: Cruelty for Profit - succinct little essay from Compassion Over Killing
Circuses That Still Use Animals - list of circuses that physically force animals to "perform"
Circuses: Three rings of abuse - PETA factsheet
Frequently Asked Questions About Circus Animals - from the UK's Circus Watch
Letter from Amboseli Elephant Research Project - experts write that elephants do not belong in circuses
Letter from Dr. Jane Goodall - this renowned primatologist writes against using animals in circuses
Letter from Peggy Larson, DVM - former USDA inspector writes that circuses are poorly inspected
List of Incidents Involving Animals in Australian Circuses - from 1961 to present
List of Incidents Involving Exhibited Animals - only a partial listing of attacks on people in the U.S.
Model Ordinance to Prohibit the Use of Wild/Exotic Animals for Public Entertainment - from API
The Rose-Tinted Menagerie: A History of Animals in Entertainment . . . (William Johnson) - FREE
Team 4 investigates circus wars - includes videos by Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV (Nov 8, 2001)
Traveling animal acts: Shameful shows - PETA factsheet
Ugliest Show On Earth - a UK report on the abuse of animals in circuses
USDA Ringling Bros Inspection Report - baby elephants injured when forcibly separated from mothers
What You Should Know About Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - "cruelest show on earth"

  Dog Fighting

Against Dog Fighting - People Helping Dogs in Trouble - a decent collection of links and recent news
Animal Fighting Facts - from In Defense of Animals
Dog Fighting - a Last Chance for Animals campaign - facts about this form of "entertainment"
Dog Fighting: A Community Problem - facts about dog fighting from Toledo Humane Society
See Spot. See Spot killed - revealing article about this bloody pastime by a Chicago police officer

  Hunting

Can "canned hunts" survive? - by Peter Muller, in Satya (May 1999)
Canned hunts: The newest American "sport" - Satya (May 2001)

  Horse-Drawn Carriages

Carriage horses: Don't get taken for a ride - PETA factsheet

  Horse Racing

Animal Racing Facts - from In Defense of Animals
Horse racing: A losing bet - PETA factsheet
She started on a track--and finished on a plate! - Satya (May 1999) article on horse racing

  Dog Racing

About Greyhounds - from The Greyhound Project
Adopt-A-Greyhound - The Greyhound Project - greyhound adoption links, art, literature, etc.,
An Industry in Decline - from Grey2K (...protecting greyhounds through legislative advocacy)
Animal Racing Facts - from In Defense of Animals
The Cruelty of Dog Racing - from Grey2K
Dismal end for race dogs, Alabama authorities say - New York Times (May 23, 2002)
End the Suffering of Dogs in the Iditarod - from PETA
Greyhound Abuse Hotline - call if you find a dead, abandoned, or abused greyhound
Greyhound Adoption Links - from Grey2K
Greyhound racing: Death in the fast lane - PETA factsheet
Greyhound racing facts - from HSUS
Iditarod no more than dog abuse - USA Today (March 5, 2001)
Iditarod Race Facts - well-documented facts about the cruel Iditarod Dog Sled Race
Nowhere to run: Dog racing in decline - archived article from Animals' Agenda (Sept/Oct 2000)
Old, slow greyhounds shot on killing ground - Miami Herald (May 23, 2002)
What the Greyhound Racing Industry Doesn't Want You to Know - Greyhound Protection League
Wings For Greyhounds - what a great [or is it "greyt"] idea!

  Rodeos

Buck The Rodeo - maintained by PETA - includes list of rodeo ordinances and state laws
Facts About Horse Tripping - from Animal Protection Institute
Horse Tripping Facts - from In Defense of Animals
Rodeo: Cruelty for a buck - Factsheet from PETA
Rodeo Introduction - EXCELLENT description of what goes on at a rodeo (from SHARK)
Rodeo Videos - cruelty in rodeo captured on video (from SHARK)
Rodeos - from Animal Liberation (South Australia)

  Zoos

A Brief History of Captivity - from the Born Free Foundation
How Do Zoos Justify Their Existence? - from the Born Free Foundation
Is Pacing Normal? - read how one zoo tried to deceive the public into believing zoochosis is "normal"
The Zoo: A Cruel and Outmoded Institution - from Dr. Michael W. Fox's book Inhumane Society
When Zoos Tell Lies - by Barry MacKay (for the Animal Protection Institute)
Zoo Check Project - a project of the Born Free Foundation
Zoochosis - info about the obsessive, repetitive abnormal behavior by animals imprisoned in zoos
Zoos - a special (July 2000) issue of Satya dedicated to animal prisons (i.e., "zoos")
Zoos: Pitiful prisons - PETA factsheet

  Miscellaneous

Stationary animal acts & exhibits: Anguished "entertainers" - PETA factsheet

 

Animal Rights Issues -- Other Forms of Exploitation

  Bushmeat

Bushmeat Project - great apes are being killed for bushmeat

  Fur

Canada Seal Hunt - from the International Fund for Animal Welfare

  Whaling

Breach Marine Protection Website - lots of information about whaling

  Miscellaneous

Animal Damage Control - lots of links about the government's infamous ADC extermination program
Fate of a dog in an Atlanta animal shelter - slide show of the fate of a dog in a pound
Wild Bison - lots of links about the continuing slaughter of the Yellowstone National Park buffalo

 

Animal Rights/Welfare Organizations of Particular Interest

Alley Cat Allies - promotes nonlethal control for feral and stray cats with trap-neuter-return programs
American Humane Association - protecting children and animals since 1877
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - U.S.'s oldest humane group
American Wild Horse Sanctuary - a sanctuary and organization for wild horses, burros, etc.,

Americans for Medical Advancement - opposes vivisection based on science, not ethics

Animal Defense League - "setting the standard for militant animal-rights activism for years"

Animal Freedom - a very informative site

Animal Legal Defense Fund - they may be the only lawyers whose clients are all innocent

Animal Liberation Frontline Information Service - Animal Liberation Front (ALF) spokesgroup

Animal Protection Institute - their factsheets are a great source of information!

Ark Trust - organizers of the annual Genesis Awards (for pro-animal media and entertainment)

Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights - veterinarians who support animal rights

Ban Cruel Farms - organization working hard to ban cruel pig gestation crates in Florida

Born Free Foundation - dedicated to phasing out traditional animal prisons (i.e., zoos)

Brigette Bardot Foundation - yes, "the" Brigette Bardot!

Buffalo Field Campaign - members practice direct action for the Yellowstone buffalo herd

Campaign for Responsible Transplantation - opposes xenotransplantation

Captive Dolphin Awareness Foundation - questions the quality of life for dolphins in captivity

Center For Captive Chimpanzee Care  - a sanctuary for the Air Force (and other) chimpanzees

Circle of Life Foundation - organization founded by Julia Butterfly Hill

Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade - San Francisco (CAFT-SF) - "fur is dead"

Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting - its goal is to accomplish what its name says A.S.A.P.

Compassion in World Farming - campaign to end factory farming and long distance transport of animals

Compassion Over Killing - a WONDERFUL Washington, D.C.-based grassroots organization
Compassionate Traveler - empowering resource for domestic and international travelers
Culture and Animals Foundation - promoting intellectual/artistic endeavors relating to animals
Doctors Against Dog Labs - against harming dogs to teach first-year medical students
Dolphin Freedom Coalition - opposes dolphin prisons (i.e., "aquariums")
Dolphin Project - established by Richard O'Barry (Flipper's trainer) in 1970
Earth Liberation Front - it's been said the only difference between them and ALF is the name
Earth Save - "healthy people, healthy planet" (founded by Baskin-Robbins heir John Robbins)
Educators for Animal Rights and Humane Education (e4ears) - for teachers, students, parents
Elephant Sanctuary - wonderful 800-acre sanctuary in Tennessee for "retired" elephants
Europeans for Medical Advancement - opposes vivisection based on science, not ethics
Equine Advocates - promoting the humane and responsible treatment of horses
Equus - operates the largest domestic horse sanctuary in the U.S.
Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - seeks noninvasive animal behavior studies
Farm Animal Reform Movement - organizes the big annual national animal rights conferences
Farm Sanctuary - helped get the first cruelty conviction of a stockyard!  We Farm Sanctuary!
Feminists for Animal Rights - exposes the connections between sexism and speciesism
Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe - working to stop the torture of animals for entertainment
Fund for Animals - its specialties include wildlife protection issues
Great Ape Project - goal: give apes basic moral/legal protections currently only enjoyed by people
Great Apes Standing and Personhood - wants courts to stop considering animals "property"
Greyhound Protection League - protecting greyhounds from the racing industry's exploitations/abuses
Howard Lyman Mad Cowboy - he and Oprah got in trouble for speaking the truth about meat
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) - check out its "First Strike" campaign
Humane USA PAC - political action committee working to elect humane-minded politicians
In Defense of Animals - good site for current events and breaking news
International Primate Protection League - working to protect all primates
Jane Goodall Institute - Dr. Goodall = living proof that one person CAN do so much good!
John Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing - promoting humane science
Latham Foundation - promoting humane education
Maddie's Fund - helping communities stop the killing of "surplus" dogs and cats
Medical Research Modernization Committee - anti-vivisection organization
National Anti-Vivisection Society - against using animals in research, testing, and education
National Assoc. for Humane and Environmental Education - great organization, "fostering kindness"