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By Heather Moore Ever since January 7, when People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) launched a worldwide campaign to end the extreme cruelty to chickens killed for KFC restaurants, we've been inundated with questions: "Why bother? They're just chickens," and "What difference will it make? They're going to die anyway." These are Read More… KFC Does Chickens Wrong In a letter sent on January 30th to President George W. Bush following his State of the Union, the Human Rights Campaign applauded the president's request that Congress triple spending to fight AIDS in Africa, while expressing deep concern that Bush failed to speak on the continuing domestic crisis. While the speech showed great The Human Rights Campaign called on the Bush administration to recommit itself to a science-based plan to combat HIV/AIDS after a controversial appointee to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) withdrew his name on January 23rd. Anti-gay activist Jerry Thacker stepped aside after a political firestorm ensued from comments found on his website The Human Rights Campaign has joined the New York City Employees' Retirement System in filing a shareholder resolution calling on ExxonMobil to add sexual orientation to its written non-discrimination policy. This is the third year in a row that HRC has co-filed this resolution, and the fifth time the nation's largest oil company has Read More… HRC Co-Files Resolution Urging ExxonMobil To Prohibit Sexual Orientation Discrimination On January 24th The Human Rights Campaign applauded the decision of the Justice Department to grant compensation from a federal fund created for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to Peggy Neff, who lost her partner, Sheila Hein, in the attack on the Pentagon. Unlike victims in New York, who were eligible for state-level Read More… HRC Applauds Justice Department Compensation To 9/11 Lesbian Survivor It appears as though a New York man who tortured his family pet to death may be getting off with a slap on the wrist. According to the New York Daily News, Timothy Guider admitted to dousing the family parakeet in hairspray and setting her on fire to burn to death. His grisly deed Read More… Make Sure Animal Cruelty Is Prosecuted In New York In the past few decades, the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) has spent millions of dollars countering the efforts of animal protection organizations, defending such unethical and cruel practices as canned hunting, bear baiting, and the trophy hunting of threatened species. Now, taking its extremist attacks against animals one step farther, the USSA has launched Read More… Hunters Target Spay/ Neuter, Companion Animal Health Program The battle over cockfighting did not end with the passage of State Question 687, the anti-cockfighting initiative, in November. Immediately after voters handily approved the measure, state Senator Frank Shurden (D-Henryetta), the legislature's leading cockfighting proponent, announced his intention to introduce two bills to gut the ban and overturn the will of the people. Read More… Oklahoma Cockfighting Update On Tuesday January 7th, the U.S. Department of Justice agreed to a temporary stay which will prevent the Bush Administration's recent relaxation of "dolphin-safe" tuna label standards from going into effect (see Issue 228). The stay means that the original dolphin-safe labeling standards (which apply only to tuna that is not caught by deliberately Read More… Dolphins Win Temporary Repreive On January 23rd, the Maryland Black Bear Task Force, after reviewing more than 500 comments from Maryland citizens who oppose bear hunting by a 5-1 margin, narrowly voted to ignore public sentiment and recommend the first bear hunting season in 50 years. "The Task Force has thumbed its nose at Maryland citizens–more than Read More… Fund Condemns Maryland Task Force Vote Recommending Bear Hunt |
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