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By Kathy Guillermo On the same day that experimenters at Texas A&M university announced they had cloned a kitten, animal shelters across the country destroyed more than 6,000 cats. It's estimated that an equal number of cats died on the streets that day, crushed beneath cars, killed by other animals or taken out by Read More… Put the Kibosh on Cat Cloning In January, a biotech industry front group, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), announced, with great fanfare, that global acreage of genetically engineered (GE) crops had increased 19% in 2001. According to ISAAA, 5.5 million farmers last year planted 130 million acres (52.6 million hectares) of GE crops, a 30-fold increase Read More… Biotech Boasting: Are Frankenfoods Conquering The World? Seven years ago, Feb. 4, 1994, despite nationwide protests by consumer groups, Monsanto and the FDA forced onto the US market the world's first GE animal drug, recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH, sometimes known as rBST). BGH is a powerful GE drug produced by Monsanto which, injected into dairy cows, forces them to produce Read More… BGH: Monsanto And The Dairy Industry's Dirty Little Secret The Human Rights Campaign urged the Senate to act quickly and vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act following the February 27th hearing on the bill in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The hearing featured testimony in support of ENDA by executives representing some of the most prestigious corporations in America, says HRC. Read More… ENDA Senate Hearing Features Unprecedented Support From Large Corporations And Small Businesses On February 22nd The Human Rights Campaign called for the resignation of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore in a press conference with community leaders and clergy members in front of the Alabama Supreme Court. The protest against Moore was sparked after he made explicit anti-gay remarks in a concurrence he wrote in The Human Rights Campaign recently praised the American Academy of Pediatrics for issuing a policy statement supporting legal and legislative efforts to provide second-parent or co-parent adoptions to same-sex couples. The academy based its position on a review of scientific literature, which led it to conclude that such adoptions are in the best interests The Human Rights Campaign recently expressed sympathy for a Montana family whose house was burned down on the night of February 7th in what appears to be retribution for taking part in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit filed earlier in the week. Partners Adrianne Neff, Carla Grayson and their infant son narrowly escaped Read More… HRC Expresses Shock, Sympathy For Montana Family Whose House Was Burned Down The Suarez Brothers Circus has been the subject of intense scrutiny by animal protectionists because of its maltreatment of seven, beleaguered polar bears (dubbed the "Suarez Seven") whom it parades throughout Central and South America as its main attraction (see Issue 162). Because of its inhumane treatment of the bears – including alleged beatings Read More… "Suarez Seven" May Be Exported Jeep, a DaimlerChrysler subsidiary, recently ran a television commercial that animal advocates everywhere can appreciate. The commercial depicts a man driving a Jeep with two deer tied to the roof, who, at first glance, appear to be a hunting conquest. The driver passes two hunters who exchange looks of admiration over their "fellow hunter's" Read More… Tell Jeep "Thanks" For Compassionate Message U.S. Representative Connie Morella (R-MD) has introduced HR 3781, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, to ban the trade in horsemeat and live horses for human consumption. While horsemeat is not commonly consumed in the U.S., there is a growing industry in which horses are killed in U.S. slaughterhouses and shipped overseas. "More than Read More… Bill To Ban Horse Slaughter Introduced In Congress |
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