Zoocheck: Canadian zoos should drop their elephant programs
megatron notes that Zoocheck Canada has started pointing out something that may have escaped the notice of Canadian zoos: elephants are not indigenous to this country, and in fact it gets a lot colder...
View ArticleWill New Mexico be the next to ban cockfighting?
Porphyry reports that the state of New Mexico might be the next one to ban cockfighting, which would leave Louisiana as the last state standing in the cruel-o-rama. Pro-cockfighting forces are...
View ArticleHappy cutesy-wootsy Thursday! Pig raises tiger cubs
It is Thursday, and I’m in no mood for disturbing stories. I mean come on, who wants to read about some asshat who sent a teen girl her dog’s head in a box on a Thursday? I’d rather read about a pig...
View ArticleWe need another SPCA
While reading about an animal cruelty indicent in London, Ontario, it struck me that we need a new SPCA – the Society for Pronouns Concerning Animals. Seriously, I’m glad for the work that the group...
View ArticleGuards caught neglecting donkey in union protest
The union representing Montreal prison guards was taught a brief lesson in proper working conditions after the SPCA removed a donkey who was being used as a prop in a recent protest. And yes, the...
View ArticleXiongsen: Part zoo, part circus, part illegal tiger part farm
Apropos of nothing: I woke up sometime last night, mildly feverish, with the thought that the phrase “too good to be true” ought to have a reverse of “too true to be good.” I just wanted to remember...
View ArticleSony uses slaughtered goat to promote video game
The “there’s no connection between violence and videogames” people aren’t getting much help from Sony, as indicated in a story from queervegan. The entertainment and electronics giant recently held a...
View ArticleGroup wants chimpanzee declared a ‘person’
Flux has been scouting out the latest and greatest in legal news for us, and now we can all read about the quest to grant legal person-hood to a chimpanzee in Austria. The campaign is trying to get...
View ArticleGay flamingos adopt
When it comes to stories about animals, some people might get the impression that we’re all about the gay penguins, but it’s simply not true: we eagerly scan the news every morning for news of other...
View ArticleTasers tested on (meth-addled) sheep
I know I said I wasn’t going to just post things and whine about the way of the world, and I’m staying true to that, so stay tuned for the Rest Of The Story, but first, here’s something that looks a...
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