Deep Roots: Animal Rights Blog

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 [...]

Mad Cow Disease In Soil Lives On … And On [The Daily Green] New research shows that the prion — a mysterious infectious agent that is neither bacterium nor virus — is 700 times more infectious when combined with common minerals found in dirt. Federal Agency Agrees to Issue New Rules Protecting Whales from Fishing [...]

Legal Support Needed for Ten Animal Rights Activists in Chicago [Infoshop] On June 16th, ten activists on the HLS Shut Them Down tour were arrested in Chicago. Two were minors and were not charged, while the other eight are facing three misdemeanor charges each, and one is facing one felony charge. Judge Dismisses Schumacher Suit [...]

Mercy for Animals has released a new undercover investigation video from inside a House of Raeford Farms slaughterhouse in North Carolina. You can click here to read more information about the investigation. From MFA: Largely hidden from view, every year over 9 billion chickens and 250 million turkeys are raised on factory farms and killed [...]