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By Liz Welsh and Kathy Guillermo Fast food restaurants take a lot of heat. They are blamed for demolishing rainforests, contributing to the obesity epidemic, pushing cholesterol-laden, high fat food on kids and abusing animals. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals thinks at least one national chain deserves some credit for moving Read More… Fast Food Forward, Please Robert M. Hensel was born in Rota, Spain in 1969. Currently a resident of Oswego, NY, he is an international poet-writer. On October 1st of 2000, Robert was honored when the mayor of his home town declared a week for the disabled, "Beyond Limitations Week", in his name. Here is his story: Living Read More… A Poet's Story – Living With Spina Bifida Rep. Eliot Engel introduced a resolution (H. Con. Res. 346) to highlight The National Day of Silence – a day that students all across this country take a vow of silence to bring attention to the discrimination and violence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students. Last year, thousands of students at Read More… Engel Fights Violence And Discrimination Against Gay Youth Anti-gay harassment and discharges reached a record level in 2001, according to a new report released by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network today. According to the report, 1,250 servicemembers were discharged under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass" policy in 2001, representing the highest number of gay discharges since 1987. "The Read More… Discharges Of Gay And Lesbian Soldiers Reach Record Levels On March 15th, The Human Rights Campaign strongly urged Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to support lifting the state's ban on gay adoption. The ban flies in the face of science, hurts children languishing in foster care and lacks moral leadership, according to HRC. "We call on Governor Bush to take the moral high ground Read More… HRC Strongly Urges Gov. Jeb Bush To Support Lifting Florida's Ban On Gay Adoption The La Paz dolphins are seven (formerly eight) wild dolphins captured off the coast of Baja Mexico in December 2000. Since then, they have been confined in what marine mammal scientists have deemed one of the worst dolphin holding facilities known: the “FINS, Dolphin Learning Center” facility in La Paz, Mexico. The ongoing fight Read More… Crucial Juncture For La Paz Dolphins The Associated Press reports (03/19) that the Downed Animal Protection provision has come under attack in the House-Senate Conference Committee, where the final version of the Farm Bill will soon be determined (to see the article, go to http://www.reporternews.com/2002/texas/anim0319.html). The Downed Animal provision would mandate that stockyards, auctions and other intermediate markets humanely euthanize Cypress Foods, Inc. is one of the nation's largest egg producers. When it filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, more than one million hens at its facilities in Georgia and Florida had their food cut off. Hens trapped at nine facilities in Georgia were so diseased and emaciated by the time they were Read More… Massive Cruelty In The Southeast The proposed ban on snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, which was the result of a lawsuit by The Fund for Animals, is in serious jeopardy. You can help imperiled park wildlife and park ecology by sending your comments on the new draft SEIS for winter use in Yellowstone National Park before May 29. Read More… Comments Needed On Yellowstone Winter Use Draft Seis The Fund for Animals is condemning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for its national trend of persecuting cougars in the western United States. The Fund is one of nine state and national citizens' organizations that are suing the USFWS to stop a federally funded plan to kill 50% of the cougars in Read More… Fund Condemns Fish And Wildlife Service For Federal War On Cougars |
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