By Ingrid Newkirk The week before the venerable Easter bunny hops down the lane this year, Americans will purchase a[…]
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Update On Radio Show Cruelty Cases
Good news! Following a flood of letters from readers across the world, Denver disc jockey Steven Meade (from KBPI, owned[…]
Read moreUpdate On La Paz Dolphins
A recent Washington Post article (03/20/01) reports that Mexican officials have placed a temporary ban on the capture of wild[…]
Read moreMad Cow in the U.S.?
By Kathy Guillermo The recent spate of reports on mad cow disease in Europe would give pause to even the[…]
Read moreIndustry Presses EPA To Derail Historic Clean Air Program For Nat’l Parks
On Earth Day 1999, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a ground-breaking program to restore clean air to some[…]
Read moreArmy Corps Delays Missouri River Dam Reforms Until 2003
In a letter to the US Army Corps of Engineers, 24 environmental groups said the Army Corps’ decision to delay[…]
Read moreProtecting Lab Animals
Although they comprise 95% of all animals used in medical research, birds, mice and rats have been excluded from the[…]
Read moreKilling For Radio Ratings
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is one of the largest media chains in the country. Recently, its radio stations have been[…]
Read moreStop Pointless Animal Tests
Animal activists were heartened in late 1999 when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in response to public pressure, called for[…]
Read moreSurvivor Sells Out
Many television viewers were dismayed last week when they witnessed the slaughter of an apparently feral pig by one of[…]
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