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http://www.salon.com/2016/02/13/this_animal_doesnt_want_to_die_please_think_about_not_eating_him_for_dinner/

The moral demand for cultured meatNew meats grown from animal cell cultures will soon hit barbecue restaurants. Maybe that slows a national slaughter

http://wakeup-world.com/2015/08/13/how-animal-agriculture-is-contributing-to-planetary-environmental-collapse/

How Animal Agriculture is Contributing to Planetary Environmental CollapseAnimal agriculture is responsible for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions, more than the combined total of all worldwide transportation — including cars, trucks, planes, trains and ships. Moreover, animal agriculture uses a staggering 55% of available fresh water supplies in the U.S., whereas residential water usage accounts for around 5%. By Contributing Writer Carolanne Wright You can follow Carolanne on Facebook via Thrive Living

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/mock-meat-the-rise-of-the-vegetarian-butcher/ more non-vegetarians are buying vegetarian food. The Vegan Society, meanwhile, reports increasing numbers of people dabbling with a vegan diet, albeit part time. It seems that “flexitarians” – those who eat meat occasionally – and carnivo…[Read more]

Mock meat: the rise of the vegetarian butcher

Breeders ban begins!!!! Wait the ripple effect if its not yet come to your area!! Its coming!!!Breeders ban begins!!!! Wait the ripple effect if its not yet come to your area!! Its coming!!! http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/article_f915210e-d1e0-11e5-baf7-d77c719289e2.html#.Vr9oHp29w0g.facebook

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-pippus/to-protect-animals-we-nee_b_9164862.html?utm_hp_ref=animal-rights

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/how-an-isolated-elephant-found-love-again-shirleys-story/

How an Isolated Elephant Found Love Again: Shirley’s Story Inspires Us All to Empty the Cages

The story of an elephant who escaped death over and over again illustrates why no animals should be held captive for entertainment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-friedrich/does-eating-meat-support-_b_773166.html

Does Eating Meat Support Bestiality?

http://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/8-chicken-facts.php

8 facts that will make you go cuckoo for chickensThere are crazy dog people, crazy cat people – and yep, even crazy chicken people. This is why.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/10/horses-can-recognise-human-emotion-new-study-shows?CMP=fb_gu

This sounds like an incredibly compelling exhibit, though I’d hope it comes with a prominent warning as to the possibility of inducing PTSD. “Earthlings” was traumatic enough to view, and that was just in 2D.

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/02/04/465530255/a-virtual-view-of-a-slaughterhouse

A Virtual View Of A SlaughterhouseVirtual reality can be wildly entertaining, but it also can inform us in hard-hitting ways about social justice issues, including those of animals, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.

hoping to trick meat lovers into eating tofu bacon? Really?” she writes. Oh snap, she figured it out. http://www.care2.com/causes/vegan-butcher-opens-doors-and-the-meat-industry-goes-nuts.html#ixzz3zh6nqRuq

Vegan Butcher Opens Doors and the Meat Industry Goes Nuts | Care2 CausesIt's a single shop selling faux meats and cheeses. So why is a meat industry publication so worried about it?

http://freefromharm.org/fish-exploited-for-food-suffer-like-mammals-and-birds/

Fish Exploited for Food Suffer Like Mammals and BirdsFish share the same mechanisms for pain, pleasure, and many other emotional states with mammals and birds, according to the best scientific sources we have.

Animal welfare goes beyond the conservation of a species, as it includes care for the well-being of each individual animal in its own right. This is why the objective purpose and specific function of this Act is to protect all animals; meaning every animal as an individual without distinction.
Indeed, a commitment to move away from animal cruelty…[Read more]

World Animal Net BlogI cannot adequately express how happy I was to be able to pen the words: “World Animal Net is pleased to present its Model Animal Welfare Act” recentl...

Dutch fur industry comes to an end!

Dutch fur industry comes to an end!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/02/03/ravens-know-when-theyre-being-watched/?postshare=201454941250708&tid=ss_fb

“Behind the exotic facade of elephant tourism is a world of merciless beatings, broken spirits, and lifelong deprivation. Once revered, elephants in Thailand today are treated like slaves. Tourists flock to Thailand and snap pictures with cute baby elephants or take an elephant ride.”
“I had heard of the process of crushing the elephant’s s…[Read more]

Artefact – Mistreatment and misconceptions of Thailand’s elephants.'Behind the exotic facade of elephant tourism is a world of merciless beatings, broken spirits, and lifelong deprivation.'

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/cowboy-monkey-riding-dog-is-cruel-not-cute/

No, This ‘Cowboy Monkey’ Riding a Dog is Not Cute – It’s Cruel and Here’s Why

Rodeos already have a poor reputation when it comes to animal welfare, but one Minnesota exhibition is taking this to another level by including in its act a “cowboy monkey.”

The Cruelest Animal Attractions Where Thousands of Tourists Are Unknowingly Paying for Abuse http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/cruelest-animal-attractions-show-tourists-are-unknowingly-paying-for-abuse/

The Cruelest Animal Attractions Where Thousands of Tourists Are Unknowingly Paying for Abuse

This mistreatment includes baby animals being stolen from their mothers, beaten, and abused during training to break their spirits and ensure they are passive enough to give rides, perform tricks, or pose for “selfies” with tourists.

Historic Dairy Farm Becomes a Sanctuary and Serves up Vegan Ice Cream! | One Green Planet

Historic Dairy Farm Becomes a Sanctuary and Serves up Vegan Ice Cream! | One Green PlanetKnowing the horror animals go through in the meat and dairy industry makes us want to rescue them all from such an existence … and that’s exactly what one community did. The historic Lewis Oliver F...