Children at the Lydd Primary School in Kent, England raised a lamb named Marcus by hand and then voted to have him sent to slaughter. The school started a program, which involves some 250 children, with the intention of teaching them about breeding and raising animals, which also includes ducks, chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs.See Full Article Click Here!

Yes. It's a good idea to reduce the tartar build-up on your dog's teeth, stave off periodontal disease and help prevent oral infections. Regular care and dental checkups can prevent other serious problems from developing.See Full Article with check lists; Click Here!

Big Stars Speak Up for California CowsBill Maher, Bob Barker, Kim Basinger, and a host of other celebrity supporters join Farm Sanctuary in reaching out to Governor Schwarzenegger, urging him to sign a bill to ban the cruel practice of docking dairy cows’ tails.Many more, See Full Article Click Here!

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has responded to requests from animal welfare groups to clear up vague chemical safety testing requirements, which will spare about 4.5 million animals from toxicity testing. Animal welfare groups including the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments, Eurogroup for Animals, Humane Society International - Europe, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine,

On July 8, 2009 more than 500 Pit bull dogs were rescued during the largest multi-state federal dog fighting raid in U.S. history. The raid by federal agents and several animal welfare organizations ran across 8 states and led to the arrest of 26 individuals. All of the dogs were sent to a temporary sanctuary which is being managed by the Humane Society of Missouri (HSMO). Now more than 2 months

Recently, two celebrities have lost their dogs due to coyote attacks. In some areas of California, coyotes are common, and will take advantage of any chance to get food. Of course the coyotes don't know the difference between a family pet and their usual prey, so it's really up to owners to be aware.See Full Article Click Here!

It was only a matter of time before someone harnessed the power of social media to help homeless animals! TwitterACritter is a new social media campaign that uses Twitter to spread the word about adoptable pets in shelters. All you have to do is visit the website, www.TwitterACritter.com, and select one of the 130,000 homeless dogs, cats, and other pets listed on Adopt‐a‐Pet.com and tweet a link

Earlier this month the Chicago-based animal activist group called, Mercy for Animals released a dramatic video depicting the cruel treatment of newborn male chicks born at the Hy-Line egg hatchery in Iowa. The video, which was filmed by one of the organization’s undercover investigators, graphically showed the gruesome euthanizing of male chicks as they were lifted onto a conveyor belt and carried

Several months ago, I wrote a post about ways to keep cats safe, healthy, and happy. In it, I explained that declawing is a cruel and crippling procedure that causes cats’ pain and impaired balance, and robs them of a vital natural behavior and their first line of defense. So, you can imagine how happy I was when I learned that officials in San Francisco are considering a citywide ban on declawing!

The economic downturn is having ripple effects in nearly every part of American life, but the impact on animal shelters has been especially acute. Struggling families are relinquishing more dogs and cats to shelters, as they find they can no longer afford the costs of pet care, or they are evicted from their homes and cannot find pet-friendly housing. At the same time, municipal governments are cutting

"A robin redbreast in a cage puts all heaven in a rage"~ William BlakeOn June 7th of this year, a 67-year-old man named Dennis Zeglin shot and killed a parrot who was being kept in a cage in Zeglin's family home.Zeglin was charged with several counts of animal cruelty after telling an animal control officer that he shot Mikey because the bird irritated him while he was watching television. Defense

Burnt Offering: Leo Grillo Defines What Makes America Greatby Robert Davi (bighollywood.breitbart.com)I would like to take a few moments of your time dear readers, away from the fray of politics, and give some awareness to what makes our country great. Our citizens.Yes, it is not the Congress or the Senate or the President who make America great, it’s the people — people from all over this great

United Poultry Concerns is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the compassionate and respectful treatment of chickens, turkeys, ducks and other domestic fowl. We hold that the treatment of these birds in the areas of food production, science, education, entertainment, and humane companionship situations has a significant effect upon human, animal, and environmental welfare. We seek to make the public

The Social Life of Chickens and the Mental States I Believe They Have and Need in Orderto Participate in the Social Relationships I have Observed@2009 Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry ConcernsThis essay grew out of the Minds of Animals Conference, August 12-13, 2008, University of Toronto, Ontario.In this essay, I discuss the social life of chickens and the mental states that I believe

The Heroic Dogs of 9/11Eight years ago today, on September 11, 200l, our country witnessed the worst terrorist attack in our history as hijacked planes flew into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Nearly 3,000 people were killed. The majority of the victims came from the World Trade Center in New York City. As word about the disaster spread, an unprecedented number of police, firefighters,

Sept. 9: On Florida's Gulf Coast, wild dolphins regularly charm food out of humans - but beer and chips can make dolphins ill. NBC News Kerry Sanders reports on efforts to train humans not to be lured by their finned friends.See the full video by clicking here!

By Kelly Rossiter, TreehuggerIf you are a vegetarian, does that mean your pet must be as well? Should our own moral choices about not eating other animals be visited upon our dogs and cats? Do our pets have the right to eat other animals? Do we deprive our pets by making them vegetarian? Are we denying the fact that they are carnivores? How do you keep them from hunting, if that is their nature? I

The non-profit organization Mercy for Animals has recently released a video shot at an Iowa egg hatchery showing workers killing unwanted male chicks by placing them in a grinder while still alive. The shocking footage is now spreading quickly around the internet along with calls for the company in question, Hy-Line, to reform its practices. Male chicks are routinely discarded because they don't produce

The man walked into the lobby of the animal shelter. Behind him, twodogs followed faithfully, without leashes. Both dogs were calm, obedientand apparently well-trained Chow mixes. Their guardian was distraught.The man waited nervously on a line of other people surrendering animalsto the pound. His eyes were desperate as the two dogs stood quietlybeside him. He frantically looked around the lobby.Read

Life continues to improve for pigs in Canada. In July, PCRM announced an Advanced Trauma Life Support win for pigs in Toronto. Now, the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine announced that it too will stop using live pigs in its program and exclusively use the TraumaMan System.See all the great articles click here!

According to the non-profit organization In Defense of Animals, every year, approximately two million dogs are inhumanely caged, tortured and consumed in Korea. The dogs are crammed like vegetables into crates and when a customer makes a selection, the dogs are roughly yanked from the cage and intentionally abused before being slaughtered for the sale.Personally I don't think killing dogs for meat

Does your pet ever try to paw over or chew on the many cables and wires sticking out all over your house?This is a very dangerous habit. But fortunately, there are many things that can be done to keep dogs, cats and other pets from putting themselves in harm's way. A website, www.cableorganizer.com, offers many products that can provide solutions to the issues of wire management. They include plastic

The Captive Bird Campaign - An Overview The Problem:The exotic bird trade is a worldwide, billion dollar industry, and in spite of escalating numbers of unwanted and homeless companion parrots, breeders, retailers, and hobbyists continue to breed parrots at an alarming rate. The number of unwanted parrots and reported cases of abuse and negligence continues to grow parallel to the increasing number

While Watching TV, New Jersey Man Shoots and Kills Companion Parrot.Terrified Mikey who was isolated in a cage and had no way to escape, was Zeglin's innocent target.On June 7th 2009, 67 year old Dennis Zeglin brutally shot and killed his family's African Grey parrot with a Daisy Powerline Model 93 C02-powered BB gun. His wife called police and animal control officers were summoned to investigate.Dennis