Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Animals & Law, Cats, Dogs, Featured Articles, Pets, Wildlife on 02 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Number of Lawyers Working Pro Bono for Animal Rights Skyrockets

Number of Lawyers Working Pro Bono for Animal Rights Skyrockets
When Bruce Wagman of Schiff Hardin told management at one of his first law jobs that he wanted to do pro bono work in the area of animal law, the firm told him that wasn't an option. So Wagman left. Flash forward more than a decade, and animal law has become one of the fastest-growing areas of study...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Education, Science & Tech on 01 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Proposal shields animal research

What do you think about this? Attacks on scientists nationally who use animals in their research have led the state Board of Regents to propose new protections in South Dakota. The board, which oversees South Dakota's university system, plans to introduce a bill in the Legislature that would shield the...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 12 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Animal Cruelty versus Environmental Politics

Image via Wikipedia I stumbled across an interesting article about how the violence and illegal tactics used by animal activists demonstrates a need to overhaul the way many people approach environmental politics. If you're interested in politics, environmentalism, or animals, you will probably...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Cats, Dogs, Pets on 09 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Pardon My Language, But PETA Pisses Me Off

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...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Uncategorized on 09 25th, 2008 | No Comments

Giorgio Armani Double-Crosses PETA, Prepares For Counter-Offensive

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 completely...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Farm & Ranch, Mammals on 08 30th, 2008 | 5 Comments

Hundreds of minks released from S. Jordan farm

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...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Endangered Species on 08 27th, 2008 | No Comments

Life in the circus ain’t easy … for elephants?

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...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Uncategorized on 08 21st, 2008 | No Comments

Whale of an offer: Buy SeaWorld, free animals

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...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Uncategorized on 08 18th, 2008 | No Comments

Cat-loving Pope urged to stop wearing fur

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...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Business, Events, Farm & Ranch, Horses, Mammals, Sport on 07 18th, 2008 | No Comments

Animal rights group targets popular Wyoming rodeo

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...
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