Deep Roots: Animal Rights Blog

April 17-24 is World Week for Animals in Laboratories. For now, I won’t go into all the arguments against animal testing. This post is for those that already agree that it is ethically irresponsible. This post is for those that want to know what to do to help lab animals. Truth be told, there are [...]

No excuses, the Carnival is simply late. Despite the fact that I’ve been collecting blog post links for the past few months, I’m only going to include items from June. Enjoy! And remember to send your submissions for the 9th edition to chris [at] deeprootssanctuary.org or at blogcarnival.com. I decided not to break the posts [...]

I just read over at The PETA Files that the small nation of San Marino has become the first independent state to ban the practice of animal experimentation. The citizen-supported bill was introduced in February of this year and was recently signed into law. This is great! Sure, San Marino may be a small nation [...]

from HSUS: Measures to protect pets from being sold for experimentation, and also from the horrors of dogfighting, are being considered right now for inclusion in the final Farm Bill. A small committee will decide the fate of these provisions, and you live in a district that has more influence than others in the country. [...]

For years, animal rights activists have argued that testing on animals provides skewed data at the cost of millions of lives. Well it seems that the National Institute of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency have finally came to the same conclusion. “There are differences between species. We are not rats and we are not [...]