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http://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/06/the-truth-about-milk-warning-you-may-never-drink-milk-again/

The Truth about Milk. {Warning: You may Never Drink Milk Again}Not many people would drink human breast milk if they were offered it, so why do they think it's

How about we stop protecting animal agriculture and eliminate the “looming threat of avian flu” by eliminating the poultry industry? At some point avian flu will mutate into just the right organism to decimate the human population, but in the meantime the cruelties inflicted on birds so that humans can eat them makes us morally deserving of a…[Read more]

The Looming Threat of Avian FluLast year’s outbreak showed just how difficult it is to protect America’s agricultural system from devastating diseases. Next time it could be even worse.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/half-million-seal-cubs-beaten-7735315

Half a million seal cubs will be beaten to death as slaughter begins this weekIt is almost five decades since the Daily Mirror’s 1968 front page featuring an iconic photograph by Kent Gavin which highlighted the reality of the bloody clubbings to a shocked world

http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000004318838/sciencetake-a-crayfish-in-trouble.html?smid=fb-share

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3536240/Heartbreaking-moment-blind-orphaned-elephant-cries-mourns-loss-friend-died-old-age-park-Thailand.html?ito=social-facebook

Heartbreaking moment elephant cries as mourns loss of its only friendThe adopted elephant Mae Perm was rescued in 1992 by Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand from a logging camp, but died earlier this month - leaving her best friend Jokia in mourning.

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1686180.ece?shareToken=a3ce681b88d9f8ca5c470d7c5fb6b8c7

Greyhounds exported to race in China | The Sunday Times

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/07/ministers-abandon-plan-to-scrap-farm-animal-welfare-codes-chicken-farming?CMP=share_btn_fb

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/giant-manta-ray-trapped-in-fishing-line-seeks-divers-help/

Giant Manta Ray Trapped in Fishing Line Seeks Diver’s Help

What an amazing story! This manta ray was caught on film off the coast of Central America, appearing to ask these divers for help.

http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/04/04/world-s-greatest-ape-grave-danger?cmpid=organic-share-facebook

The World’s Greatest Apes Are in Grave DangerA new study finds the population of Grauer’s gorillas has declined 77 percent since 1995.

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1686180.ece?shareToken=a3ce681b88d9f8ca5c470d7c5fb6b8c7

Greyhounds exported to race in China | The Sunday Times

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35992493?SThisFB

Plans to change animal welfare codes abandoned by government - BBC NewsThe government abandons plans to repeal animal welfare codes by handing responsibility for standards to the livestock industry.

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/images-reveal-cruelty-of-zoos-in-times-past/

Shocking Images Reveal Cruelty of Zoos in Times Past – and Why We Need to Empty the Cages Today

Old photographs released by the State Library of Victoria – showing what life in Australia’s earliest zoos was really like for the animals – make this abundantly clear. All of the photos were taken around 100 years ago.

http://harvardmagazine.com/2016/03/are-animals-things

Are Animals “Things”?Animal law takes hold at Harvard Law School.

Ofir Drori on “Wildlife Protection: Fighting Back Harder:”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3530689/Monkey-finally-rescued-cruel-owner-kept-tiny-dark-rat-filled-cage-25-years.html#ixzz45HwsPYo1

Monkey rescued after cruel owner kept him in tiny cage for 25 yearsJoe the macaque was captured in 1991 - and spent the next 25 years in a cage crammed between two buildings in a Bangkok slum, until a passer-by spotted him and alerted an animal charity.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/beluga-whale-depleted_us_57040357e4b0daf53af12979

The U.S. Is Taking A Major Step Toward Ending Beluga Whale Captivity

Seven signs to watch for dog fighting, abuse

Seven signs to watch for dog fighting, abuseAnimal control officers are working to raise awareness of the problems caused by dog fighting.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/blueprintforliving/90-per-cent-of-zoos-failing-animal-welfare-standards/7301554

Nine in 10 zoos 'failing' welfare standardsMost zoos worldwide are not maintaining acceptable animal welfare standards, according to a leading figure in the international zoo community. Dr David Jones says it's time for zoos, and not animal welfare groups, to lead the charge for change.

The Buddha foretold that his Dharma would eventually decline and be forgotten, and accepted that as the inevitable way of things; given the choice, I think he would prefer modern monks to just let it happen than profane his teachings in the name of renewing them. But neither ought to be necessary; instead of serving alcohol (clouding judgment and…[Read more]

Why A Tokyo Cafe Run By Monks Is Putting Buddhism On The Menu