July 2009
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The Cruelest Show on Earth
Kudos to PETA and their amazingly brave and talented undercover investigators for catching the Ringling Bros. Circus in their own lies. Ringling has claimed for years that it does not use the cruel and unnecessary bullhook (club with a hook on the end) to train or reprimand their elephant entertainers. New video evidence shows trainers beating elephants with bullhooks (and whips) before a...
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Food Wasted as Many Starve.
I’m always shocked when I hear of how much food is truly wasted in the Western world. That is one of the reasons I first decided to go vegan, a diet free of animal products is much less wasteful.
The Guardian U.K. has recently published an online gallery of some horrific photos of wasted food. One of the most powerful images is an entire field of spinach left to rot because the weeding...