Deep Roots: Animal Rights Blog

My first response to this question is, well, nothing. There is nothing innately wrong with circuses, that is. There are plenty of examples of circuses that don’t depend on the exploitation of [tag]animals[/tag]. Unfortunately, these are not typically what people think of when they hear the word circus. Most of us were taught as children [...]

Bringing Moos and Oinks Into the Food Debate [NY Times] As Farm Sanctuary has grown, so too has its influence. Soon, due in part to the organization’s work, veal calves and pregnant pigs in Arizona won’t be kept in cages so tight they can’t turn around. Eggs from cage-free hens have become so popular that [...]

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 [...]

Birthing bears head for land as Arctic ice gets scarcer [San Francisco Chronicle] Increasing numbers of pregnant polar bears are coming to land to give birth instead of staying on the thinning Arctic sea ice, a trend that signals a bleak future for their population there, a U.S. Geological Survey study has found. Not Everything [...]