Deep Roots: Animal Rights Blog

It is always so great to be able share good news. Our good news is that we were able to raise $4,000 in about a week to be able to build a new barn and rescue more chickens (and eventually other small farm animals). The construction of this barn will truly mark the next step [...]

2/8/10 Update: HB 1258 passed through the Indiana House of Representatives and is now heading to the Senate This past week, the animal bill, HB 1258, passed out of committee with a strong bi-partisan vote of 11-0. There were some minor changes to the bill while it was in committee, but it still addresses pet [...]

The floods in southern Indiana have been devastating. Our field was under six feet of water. All of us at Deep Roots were well above the flood waters, but not all others were as lucky. Animals throughout the region are in need of your help. In some cases, companion animals were stranded. In others, emergency [...]

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 [...]

I never got a chance to mention that we were interviewed on WFHB a couple weeks ago. I’ve included our interview below. For the full show, visit the WFHB News site. Its always weird to hear yourself speak, especially when your words have been cut down from an hour to 17 minutes, but its a [...]