Cruelty is Never Just a Game
By Martin Mersereau Despite an outcry from thousands of people—including everyone from PETA pal and pit bull adopter Alicia Silverstone[…]
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Pacific Northwest to Go Coal Free
Agreement Reached to Retire Only Coal-Fired Power Plant in Washington Public Health Protections, Community Investment are Cornerstones of Landmark Agreement[…]
Read moreHSVMA Presents Awards to Veterinarians Committed to Animal Welfare
The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association presented its second annual Veterinary Advocate of the Year and Direct Care Practitioner of[…]
Read moreRainforest Action Network Statement on Bank of America’s New Emissions Commitment
In late May, Bank of America announced a new greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitment covering its ‘operational’ emissions coming from[…]
Read more133 Neglected, Starving Horses Rescued
by Michael Sharp Standing in the middle of a sparse pasture on a blue-sky-and-breezy April afternoon in Queen Anne’s County,[…]
Read moreOregon Senate Passes Bill to Protect Human and Animal Survivors of Domestic Violence
The Humane Society of the United States praised the Oregon state Senate for passing SB 616, a bill to add companion[…]
Read moreNo Sewage Sludge In “Organic” School Gardens!
Some of Hollywood’s “green” celebrities – Rosario Dawson, Ed Begley, Jr., and a bevy of starlets – thought they were[…]
Read moreEDF Praises FWS Work Plan to Partner with Landowners to Preserve Endangered Wildlife
Environmental Defense Fund praised a federal work plan unveiled in May by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that will[…]
Read morePETA Plan Would Spare Thousands of Thoroughbreds From Slaughter
By Kathy Guillermo U.S. thoroughbred racing is an industry of numbers. Consider the projected statistics for 2011 alone. The number[…]
Read moreDog Killer Gets 25 Years
by Sherry Ramsey, Esq. Congratulations to Assistant District Attorney Kimberly S. Schwartz for a successful prosecution of defendant Anthony Bernard[…]
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