On AlterNet: animal rights

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "animal rights"

Why You Can Be Branded a Terrorist for Fighting Animal Abuse

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. January 4, 2012.

The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act has had a chilling effect on activists scared to participate in what should be constitutionally protected activity.

Vision: 3 Ways to Be an 'Interrupter' and Curb Racism, Street Harassment and Animal Cruelty

Brittany Shoot, AlterNet. September 21, 2011.

Bystanders can help build more supportive communities by interrupting everyday incidents that cause discord and create unrest.

Landmark Deal Between Humane Society and Egg Producers: What This Means For the Eggs You're Eating

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. July 14, 2011.

The former adversaries will jointly seek federal legislation based on their agreement to increase animal welfare standards on egg farms.

Why There's No Such Thing as Humane Meat

Sunaura Taylor, YES! Magazine. March 29, 2011.

Should we eat animals? My disability gives me a unique view on the oxymoron "humane meat."

Outrage Builds Over Extermination of Hundreds of Geese from Major City Park in New York

Deanna Zandt, AlterNet. July 16, 2010.

The NYC govt. and the USDA quietly captured 250-400 Prospect Park geese and carted them off to gas them, needless deaths that won't prevent plane crashes.

Activists Strip Down to Their Birthday Suits to Protest Fur

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 1, 2009.

In Madrid, Spain.

Putting Farm Animal Protection on the Map, One Step at a Time

Paul Shapiro, AlterNet. October 31, 2009.

Within this decade, we've gone from 0 to 7 states having anti-cruelty laws for animals in agribusiness laws.

Foie Gras: How a 5,000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World's Fiercest Food Fight

Bruce Friedrich, AlterNet. July 2, 2009.

Although some people still attempt to justify foie gras production, science backs up common sense: It's foul.

Why Progressives Should Care About Animal Rights

Matt Ball, Bruce Friedrich, Lantern Books. June 23, 2009.

We seek to challenge the very structures of oppression against animals and to work to dismantle the system that says animals are commodities.

How an Animal Advocate Explains Her Decision to Take Animal-Tested Drugs

Simon Chaitowitz, AlterNet. March 23, 2009.

Some people may call me a hypocrite for taking advantage of the benefits of animal research. Let me explain.

Bush Plans to Make The Endangered Species Act Extinct

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. August 12, 2008.

Something tells me we're going to be seeing a lot more of this in his final months.

Growing Meat Without Animals?

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. April 17, 2008.

Can science improve our relationship with our four-footed friends?

Bush OKs Navy Use of Sonar to Kill Whales, Other Mammals

Paddy, Cliff Schecter's Blog AlterNet: Environment. January 16, 2008.

"The president's action is an attack on the rule of law," said Joel Reynolds, director of the Marine Mammal Protection Project at the NRDC.

Full House of Animal Cruelty Horrors (Starring the Olsen Twins) [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 14, 2007.

The Olsens are well known for flaunting fur, and PETA has turned its campaign against the terrible twins up a notch.

Readers Write: What Have We Learned from the Vick Case?

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. August 30, 2007.

AlterNet readers respond to the Vick controversy and talk about the confluence of race, animal rights, masculinity, and questions of fairness and due process.

America's Wildly Overblown Vick Hysteria

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. August 23, 2007.

The moment the public got wind that the feds had their eyes on Michael Vick and that the issue was dog fighting, he was dog meat.

Will Chimp Life Get Human Rights?

Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. May 11, 2007.

Hiasl, a 26-year old Austrian-based chimpanzee, is petitioning the courts for human status, and let me be the first to extend him a warm welcome to our species.