One of my goals for Kitty Mowmow’s Animal Expo is for the site to remain mostly an impartial purveyor of animal-related information.
This article, however, is not impartial. It is an opinionated editorial piece, one that does not pretend to be professional news journalism. I’m just telling you what I know and how I feel. The [...]
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The first rule of fight club is, there is no fight club. The second, though less well-known rule, is never double-cross PETA. It’s one thing to end up on their shit list in the first place — but to make them a promise one moment — championing yourself as defender of animals — and then [...]
Continue reading about Giorgio Armani Double-Crosses PETA, Prepares For Counter-Offensive
Police are investigating a break-in at a South Jordan mink farm where hundreds of pens were opened and breeding records were destroyed.
Most of the mink were recovered.
Lindsey McMullin said ”animal rights terrorists” hit his farm the morning of Aug. 19 and released about 600 minks.
Several died after being hit by cars or from [...]
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There’s a cloud over the big top as the circus rolls into the Rose Garden this week.
A consortium of animal-rights and environmental groups are suing Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey in U.S. District Court, alleging that the circus illegally abuses animals protected under the endangered species act.
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Forget about freeing just Willy. An animal-rights group says a supporter wants to buy one or more SeaWorlds from the theme parks’ soon-to-be new owner so it can free all the animals, even killer whales.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says an undisclosed donor wants to buy at least one SeaWorld park, then free [...]
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Italian animal rights campaigners are urging Pope Benedict to stop wearing ermine on his hats and robes, appealing to his reputation as a cat lover.
The Italian Association for Defense of Animals and the Environment, which has a white bunny logo, has started an online petition signed by nearly 1,900 people asking the German-born pontiff [...]
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One could be forgiven for wondering how it is that Spain, of all places, is on track to become the first country in the world to extend limited “human” rights to apes. Just a few days ago, after all, hordes of drunken, kerchiefed Spaniards were taunting a small herd of frightened bulls as they careered [...]
Western heritage runs deep in this high plains city, and nothing typifies the local cowboy and ranching culture more than the 10-day Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration, which boasts the world’s largest outdoor rodeo.
Yet, as this year’s “Daddy of ‘Em All” rodeo gets under way this weekend, the event is fighting off allegations of animal cruelty, [...]
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Spain’s parliament recently passed a resolution granting legal rights to apes. Reaction has been mixed. Peter Singer, a Princeton University bioethics professor and animal liberation activist, declared the vote to be of “world historical significance.” The comedian Stephen Colbert — flashing a photo of a performing chimpanzee — insisted that the new law had better [...]
Continue reading about What’s Next in the Law? The Unalienable Rights of Chimps
He was the polar bear cub lauded the world over, who provoked fierce debate on animal rights, appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine at the height of his fame, and has latterly been diagnosed as being addicted to human laughter and applause.
However, the latest twist in the Knut saga is, not surprisingly, centred [...]
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