Deep Roots: Animal Rights Blog

From KOMO TV: Researchers implant coils on the monkeys’ eyeballs, thread wires up the skull and put a metal cylinder – sometimes two – into holes drilled in the monkey’s skull. Through public disclosure requests we obtained thousands of pages of internal e-mails and reports from the UW and federal agencies. Some of the surgeries [...]

The Pet Safety and Protection Act is in danger! This act prohibits experimentation facilities from buying dogs and cats from Class B dealers. It was passed as an amendment to the Farm Bill by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. However, as the Senate and the House work out differences between their bills, [...]

Go vegetarian to save money [MSN] Staples such as rice, corn and beans can make trips to a grocery store less expensive. But the biggest savings may come in health-care costs years later. One city’s fight over biomed plans [Christian Science Monitor] When Covance, a multinational drug-testing company, elected to build a $44 million laboratory [...]

Calf roping: Animal abuse or all-American sport? [Santa Cruz Sentinel] “While the humans in rodeos have a choice as to whether they are willing to place themselves in danger, the animals don’t have a choice” Animal rights group at odds with circus, village [Chicago Heights Star] A national animal rights group is calling on Steger [...]

AR Groups Break Silence on Amazon.com’s Foie Gras Sales, Urge Boycott [Farm Sanctuary] You can help put an end to foie gras cruelty by cutting the supply chain! In the United States, Amazon.com hawks foie gras produced at Elevages Perigord. Please put the power of your purse to work to stop this intolerable cruelty, and [...]