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DawnWatch: PETA's Fish Empathy Project is first article in US News & World Report 1/10/04 For years, scientists made and shared the assumption that because their nervous systems are different from those of mammals, fish do not experience pain as we do. Therefore, not only did many otherwise vegetarian people continue to eat fish, otherwise compassionate people have fished, not just for food, but for sport, with "catch and release" fishing being a popular way to maintain lake populations. In some areas, the same fish might get caught between five or ten times. Recent stud...
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 5:38pm PST
DawnWatch: New York Times on Alaska Zoos elephant treadmill plans The Sunday, January 9. New York Times has a story about the Alaska Zoo's elephant, named Maggie. She is a lone elephant - unconscionable for such social animals, and suffers from Artic climate, so different from an elephant's natural environment. But rather than sending her to sanctuary in a warm climate, the zoo's answer to her health problems, exasperated by her small enclosure and lack of exercise, is to build her a treadmill...
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 5:34pm PST
4-1 to CANCEL THE BUFFALO HUNT We just now got word from Helena that Montana's Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission voted 4-1 to CANCEL THE BUFFALO HUNT for this year! BFC applauds Governor Brian Schweitzer for his leadership on behalf of the Yellowstone buffalo....
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 12:53pm PST
Link Between Antibiotic Overuse in FoodAnimals and Antibiotic-Resistant Urinary Tract Infe A new report from scientists at the University of California at Berkeley concludes that an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant urinary tract infections (UTIs) was probably caused by foodborne bacteria, and that resistance in such bacteria likely arises from use of antibiotics in agricultural animals....
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 9:56am PST
URGENT SHAC ACTION ALERT Pharma-cartel and HLS conference in Las Vegas, SHAC resistance needed to expose deception of pharma-cartel in the deliberate deaths of humans and animals by suppressing info of alternative holistic health/nutrition remedies, subjecting animals to torture and letting cancer patients die so pharma-cartel CEOs profit.....
Posted: Sun, Jan 9, 2005 3:55pm PST
Animal Liberationists Target Seaboard - Seaboard Drops HLS Animal Liberationists Target Seaboard Securities for Ties to Animal Testing Company Huntigdon Life Sciences...
Posted: Sat, Jan 8, 2005 5:45am PST
Great American Meatout coming 3/20/05 Events will include colorful 'lifestivals,' street theater, lectures, public dinners, cooking demos, food samplings, leafleting, information tables called 'steakouts,' and a Congressional Reception in Washington, DC....
Posted: Thu, Jan 6, 2005 3:48pm PST
Help for Tsunami animals Asian Tsunami Disaster: ways to help...
Posted: Wed, Jan 5, 2005 10:54am PST
Animals in the Tsunami and Relief Fund Best Friends Animal Society report on tsunami's effects on animals and info on Tsunami Animal Relief Fund...
Posted: Wed, Jan 5, 2005 10:46am PST
The tide is turning in the war on foie gras (Paris) piece from Sunday Herald on Euro foie gras struggles......
Posted: Tue, Jan 4, 2005 2:59pm PST
Knesset puts a stop to forced feeding of geese (Israel) The Knesset Education Committee in Israel is responsible for animal rights laws....
Posted: Tue, Jan 4, 2005 2:53pm PST
Food for Life Vegetarian Tsunami Relief 
Food for Life is providing thousands of free meals a day to victims of the recent tsunami. Please, read on for information on how you can help today....
Posted: Tue, Jan 4, 2005 10:35am PST
Vegan BBQ on Food Network - Beautifully Represented Please Send Thank You! And ask for re-broadcast of episode originally scheduled for 1/8....
Posted: Sun, Jan 2, 2005 1:52pm PST
Whole Foods funds foundation for compassionate treatment of animals Whole Foods funds foundation for compassionate treatment of animals...
Posted: Thu, Dec 23, 2004 3:19pm PST
Happy Holidays from IDA! Year in review. With the holiday season upon us, all of us with In Defense of Animals (IDA) would once again like to express our deepest gratitude and sincere appreciation for your support, compassion, and caring - for all you do - and for all you have enabled IDA to do for our animal friends....
Posted: Thu, Dec 23, 2004 3:12pm PST
Support ALF Prisoner Joshua Demmitt Political prisoner Joshua Demmitt needs solidarity and support...
Posted: Thu, Dec 23, 2004 12:04pm PST
Call for a Global Ban on the Brutal Practice of Shark Finning 
I have just read and signed the petition: "Call for a Global Ban on the Brutal Practice of Shark Finning"...
Posted: Tue, Dec 21, 2004 5:30pm PST
Bonobo Message 4 Peace The bonobo holds a simple message for peace in the human world yet they face extinction from mining, hunting and the bushmeat trade. While GW Bush, Saudi Royalty, Ariel Sharon and all their nuclear warhead supporters push humanity towards a final conflict holocaust, the bonobos peaceful lifestyle may never be known by humanity, that peace really is possible and needed for human survival.....
Posted: Tue, Dec 21, 2004 3:47pm PST
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