Warning: Graphic photos. I am so sorry about posting these photos of animals burned in the Camp fire here in Northern California; I truly am. But PG&E must be held accountable. Over 60 people are dead, hundreds are missing, thousands evacuated, tens of thousands of lives destroyed. And that doesn’t include the multitudes of animals who have suffered, been burned, lost their homes, and lost their lives. Although the official cause of the fire…
Animal Rights Philosophy in the Age of Social Media Clickbait (by Nathan & Jennifer Winograd) Are avocados, apples, and almonds vegan? What about coconut-based, non-dairy cheeses or butters made with palm oil? To some, these may seem like odd questions with a self-evident answer: Yes. After all, almonds, apples, avocados, palm fruit, and coconuts all come from plants. But for those who embrace veganism for ethical reasons, like we do, the answer has to…
Californians are voting on several initiatives, one of which is Proposition 12. Prop. 12 “would ban the sale of meat in California from calves raised for veal or breeding pigs unless the farms that raise them — both in the state and in other states — meet minimum standards for pen size. It also would ban the sale of eggs from hens that are kept in cages that don’t meet minimum standards.” If you live…
Today is the anniversary of PETA’s taking of Maya from her home and her illegal killing just a few hours later. On October 18, 2014, two PETA representatives backed their van up to the porch and threw biscuits to Maya, who was sitting on her porch, trying to coax her off the property and give PETA the ability to impound her as a stray dog “at large.” In Virginia, PETA is licensed as an “animal…
“Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle:” I oppose Ingrid Newkirk because under her direction, PETA employees seek out and either kill or cause to be killed thousands of animals every year, including healthy puppies and kittens. This is not only immoral, it is cruel. I oppose Donald Trump & Co. because not only are his policies cruel to his family and to other people,…
Delaware Gov. John Carney signs the cat bill into law. The State of Delaware has taken another step forward by protecting community cats and making community cat sterilization the preferred method of “animal control” throughout the state. This week, the Governor signed HB235 which mandates that “visibly healthy cats admitted to a shelter, not placed for adoption, and lacking discernible owner identification, are sterilized, vaccinated against rabies, ear-tipped, and returned to a safe location where…
New York City Council Member Robert Holden to introduce shelter reform legislation that prohibits convenience killing and mandates the programs and services of the No Kill Equation. This week, I received the exciting news that New York City Council Member Bob Holden has “started the legislative drafting process” for a shelter standards law based on the Companion Animal Protection Act (CAPA), the model shelter reform legislation written by the No Kill Advocacy Center, my organization.…
In light of historical, ongoing, and as I posted this past week, recent revelations of animal care deficits in New York City’s pound system, and in light of the fact that the Health Department is attempting to push through a 34-year contract in secret which will maintain the status quo until 2052, I’ve sent a letter, on behalf of the No Kill Advocacy Center, to the Mayor, City Council, and Health Commissioner requesting reform of…
A new study which looks at the number of field deaths of wild animals in plant agriculture is being used by meat-eating apologists to claim that a plant-based diet is not more ethical than eating animals. Writing in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, philosophy professors Bob Fischer, of Texas State University, and Andy Lamey, of the University of California, San Diego, note that every year, 40 million cows, 120 million pigs, and 9…
These are the Faces of NYCACC’s “Spay Neuter Kill” Victims On average, virtually every week since the program started in January 2017, a dog or cat who has been sterilized by the ASPCA under contract with New York City Animal Care & Control (NYCACC) is returned to the pound and then killed—animals who have undergone anesthesia, and the females, major abdominal surgery, with taxpayers footing the bill. This not only exposes animals to needless pain…