Affidavit submitted to court by former employee details how PETA lies to acquire animals to kill, removes pets from homes, kills highly adoptable animals such as puppies and kittens without ever trying to find them homes, and kills feral cats using cruel methods. For those who have been following this blog, you already know that PETA and two of its staff are being sued for taking and killing Maya, a family’s dog. You also know…
Rescued chickens are dressed up to protect them from the cold. Soon, dressing up a chicken will literally mean dressing them up. Memphis Meats has announced that they have successfully developed the world’s first chicken “grown from chicken cells without so much as ruffling a feather.” The chicken is made from a one time draw of stem cells which are then replicated and grown in an animal-free medium to produce real meat from animals without…
A cat available for adoption at Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center. It reported a 97% live release rate for dogs, 92% for cats, and 100% for other animal companions, putting Augusta County, Staunton, and Waynesboro on the saving90.org map. In 2016, Virginia shelters collectively had an 88% live release rate for dogs, 91% for rabbits and other animal companions, 94% for horses, and 68% for cats. This is above the national average of 78%…
That’s Good News, if True, But ASPCA Obfuscates Full Causes of the Decline The ASPCA just announced that shelter killing dropped to 1.5 million last year: 670,000 dogs and 860,000 cats. If true, that would be the first time shelter killing dropped below 1,000,000 each for both dogs and cats. And that is news we should all celebrate, a monumental milestone in the history of U.S. sheltering. But I have some concerns. First, these estimates…
It seems like a silly question, since a coconut is a fruit (technically, it’s a drupe), but it’s a question that has me more and more upset. Over the last several years, Jennifer and I have watched with increasing alarm the prevalence coconut products have begun to play in the promotion of the vegan diet: Daiya cheese, Miyoko’s butter, Beyond Meat’s burgers, and more. It is in almost all shampoos and conditioners. In shaving creams…
Just Released Statistics Show that in 2016, PETA Killed 854 Cats and 557 Dogs. Please Contact Virginia Officials to Demand an End to It. In addition to killing 854 cats, PETA urged officials in various communities across the country to round up and kill cats, too, including the Seaside Heights, NJ, Boardwalk cats. Your donation dollars at work. The Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (VDACS) has finally received and posted PETA’s killing rate…
Seven years and $800,000 later, the City of Los Angeles continues to systematically put to death community cats. In 2009, several anti-cat groups filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles in a bid to prevent community cats from being saved from death at the pound via sterilization. A Superior Court Judge ruled that City shelters were not to have any involvement with TNR, including the provision of spay/neuter vouchers, until they conducted an…
A story in the Boston Globe by Amy Sutherland is making the rounds on social media. It’s called “Saving Shelter Dogs: A Love Story” and it’s an example of how to emotionally manipulate people into accepting wrong opinions. It can’t even be called a fluff piece because it is more than fluff. It’s actually harmful. But people are loving it, some calling it “excellent,” many crying after reading it, and apologists for shelter killing are…
According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, ‘Cats smell, they are a nuisance, make too much noise, are a public health and rabies threat, transmit disease and parasites, including “roundworms, hookworms, and even plague,” and “terrorize and kill” 15 billion other animals a year.’ The only thing missing is a claim they are in league in witches. Why is PETA demonizing cats? They are trying to stop Camden County, NJ, officials from embracing…
But the conclusions the funders of the study are drawing from it are not only wrong, they’re pernicious. A new study, by researchers at Mississippi State University, claims the number of dogs killed in U.S. shelters is down to 776,970 (with an upper range of 866,377). If true, this is incredibly good news. The latest data available from the No Kill Advocacy Center’s review had put the number at about 1.1 million, 22% of all…