Tiger Rescue owner John Weinhart was found guilty of 55 counts of animal cruelty, including 14 felony counts. The verdict[…]
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An Anti-21st Century Thing To Say
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Seemed like such, like, an anti-21st century thing to say.”[…]
Read morePrimate Fear Compromises Research Results
By Mary Beth Sweetland Like so many people, public speaking tops my list of loathsome activities. I am a fearful[…]
Read moreIndispensable to the Fight against Crime
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League The terrible murders of innocent people this past weekend in[…]
Read moreEnvironmental Defense Will Sue EPA On Newly Published Mercury Rule
On March 29th, Environmental Defense announced its intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its failure to[…]
Read moreNAACP Chairman Julian Bond To Receive Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award
NAACP Board of Directors Chairman Julian Bond will receive the 2005 Hubert H. Humphrey award presented by the Leadership Conference[…]
Read morePrimates Belong in the Wild, Not Our Homes
Images from commercials, television and movies of chimpanzees, orangutans and other nonhuman primates dressed in cute clothes and living with[…]
Read moreEnvironmental Defense Praises EPA For Slashing Power Plant Pollution Causing Soot And Smog
On March 10th, Environmental Defense praised the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for finalizing the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR),[…]
Read moreKnowing Is Never Believing
I'm not sure if it's funny, amazingly interesting or just pathetic. Perhaps it's all three. Of course I am referring[…]
Read moreStanding Up for Seals
Last week, protesters in 56 cities and 27 countries told Canada loud and clear: stop the seal hunt now. You[…]
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