External Links

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201705/grieving-gorilla-picture-thats-worth-entire-courses

A Grieving Gorilla: A Picture That's Worth Entire CoursesA photo of a sad gorilla and a human comforting him raises numerous questions

http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/35532304/ringling-bros-tigers-are-headed-for-a-german-circus-and-animal-activists-are-outraged

Ringling Bros. tigers are headed for a German circus and animal activists are outragedDocuments obtained by CBS News show that Feld Entertainment, the parent company of the Ringling Bros. circus, has applied for a permit to export 15 of its big cats to a circus in Munich, Germany.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-greyhounds-forced-to-race-cheetahs-at-shanghai-wild-animal-park-20170526-gwe27l.html

Australian greyhounds forced to race cheetahs at Shanghai Wild Animal ParkUnwanted Australian greyhounds have been exported to a Chinese theme park where they languish in concrete cells and are forced to race cheetahs to earn their keep.

http://zeenews.india.com/india/new-rules-would-help-plug-gap-of-regulate-animal-markets-2009648.html

http://www.nataliastar2015.com/nature-animal-lovers/animals-in-the-womb-2.html

Animals In The WombResearchers from the National Geographic managed to photograph tiny animals for a few weeks before they were born. So we have the photos that we have never seen before but […]

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kerala-takes-lead-against-new-cattle-slaughter-rules-to-approach-pm-1704572?fb

Kerala Takes Lead Against New Cattle Slaughter Rules, Approaches PM ModiExpressing strong objection to the new central government ruling that cows and buffaloes sold at animal markets across India can no longer be used for slaughter, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Prime Minister N Read more...

https://keepthebanweb.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/anti-hunt-march/

London to play host to one of the largest anti-hunt demonstrations in British historyOn Monday 29th May, London will play host to one of the largest anti-hunt demonstrations in British history. Since Theresa May’s announcement on 9th May that she intends to hold a free vote o…

http://particle.scitech.org.au/earth/perth-animal-lovers-embrace-chance-to-keep-backyard-wildlife-healthy/?utm_source=ScienceNetwork+WA+Updates&utm_campaign=2da30ca417-Weekly_Newsletter_23rd_May_2017_23_05_205_23_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2ae83837c4-2da30ca417-48095165

Are Australian animals safe in your backyard? | ParticleThe Healthy Wildlife, Healthy Lives project aims to educate the public on how to safely interact with wildlife.

http://www.oddee.com/item_99362.aspx?utm_content=bufferbd2ea&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

11 of the Oldest Animals on Earth (animals, pets, oldest, records, guinness) - ODDEEWe're used to people living an average of 60-75 years while our pets live somewhere around 10-15 years. But there are always exceptions and these senior animals show that like age, lifespan is nothing but a number. (animals, pets, oldest, records, guinness)

“As reducetarians, we share an ultimate goal – to end the animal agriculture industry as we know it. We should focus on our commonality and not let what Kateman calls ‘horizontal hostility’ prevent us from working together. Freud referred to this unfortunate phenomenon as ‘the narcissism of small differences,’ when people with a lot in common f…[Read more]

How to be a reducetarianThis term is meant to include all people striving to reduce consumption of animal products.

http://kdvr.com/2017/05/17/unsanctioned-horse-racing-flourishing-in-rural-colorado/

Unsanctioned horse racing flourishing in rural ColoradoDEER TRAIL, Colo. -- It’s Easter outside the Deer Trail Rodeo grounds. Armed teams of private security in flak jackets set up a roadblock searching passengers and vehicles. What they are looking for is unclear, but alcohol and beer are allowed to pass. An Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputy drove by slowly on the street outside the stadium but did not stop.

PTSD in the Slaughterhouse

Slaughterhouse workers face physical dangers and psychological problems based on their work, according to studies.
https://www.texasobserver.org/ptsd-in-the-slaughterhouse/

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1086026609338164

http://www.ptsdjournal.com/posts/the-psychological-damage-of-slaughterhouse-work/

The Psychological Damage of Slaughterhouse WorkA Texas Observer article reports that slaughterhouse workers face a variety of negative emotional and psychological consequences, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Thousands of workers are employed within the roughly 1,100 federally inspected sl Read more...

Truffle growing in California involves the extermination of gophers, wild rodents native to the U.S., who will eat the truffles that farmers intend to harvest commercially.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/recipes/article/The-truffle-pioneers-of-Wine-Country-11157253.php

The truffle pioneers of Wine CountryThe previous owner had planted 1,900 hazelnut tree seedlings that had been inoculated with Tuber melanosporum spores back in 2009. The orchard had yet to produce a harvest of the earthy, aromatic black winter truffle — also known as the Périgord tr Read more...

http://www.care2.com/causes/karma-strikes-again-trophy-hunter-killed-by-elephant.html

Karma Strikes Again: Trophy Hunter Killed By Elephant | Care2 CausesFor the second time in two months, a South African trophy hunter became the hunted in Zimbabwe when Theunis Botha was killed by an elephant.

http://www.care2.com/causes/victory-tripadvisor-stops-selling-tickets-to-cruel-sea-turtle-farm.html

Victory! TripAdvisor Stops Selling Tickets To Cruel Sea Turtle Farm | Care2 CausesTripAdvisor has stopped selling tickets to the controversial Cayman Turtle Centre, a tourist attraction where endangered green sea turtles are farmed for meat.

http://www.globalmeatnews.com/Products/Beyond-Meat-s-bleeding-vegan-burger-wins-retail-deal?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=26-May-2017&c=1Mhw64nyxKksEtbEfS806zqsQ2ujKCyf&p2=#

Beyond Meat's vegan burger wins big Safeway dealPlant-based meat producer Beyond Meat has won a major US listing deal for its ‘bleeding’ veg burger, almost doubling the number of stores it is available in.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4524460/Preserved-600-lb-blue-whale-heart-1-000-years.html

http://www.laweekly.com/news/shark-fin-soup-could-be-banned-in-the-us-through-proposed-legislation-8248185

Shark Fin Soup Could Become Extinct Across the United StatesBut would banning shark fins contradict this ethos of sustainable, whole-animal fishing?