Monday, November 30, 2009

Sources, Sources, Sources


The Following websites have helped me create a blog about Animal Rights. They provided me with great details and information about what goes on behind close doors in the animal industry.

www.chooseveg.com/animal-cruelty.asp
www.animalsuffering.com/animal-cruelty.php
www.abolitionistapproach.com
animalrights.change.org
www.wspa-international.org/default.aspx
www.peta.org
www.theglobeandmail.com

Go to any of the following websites to find useful information about animal rights.

Go Veg !


Choose Veg website provides all the information that a beginner vegetarian needs to know. This website shows undercover investigations about what goes on at slaughter houses. Animals are not treated with care or any morals. Choose Veg has tabs at the top of the website that allows easy access to information. This website provides recipes, and information about how being a vegetarian not only helps animals but the planet as well. To be fully informed check out this website.

http://www.chooseveg.com/animal-cruelty.asp

Animal Suffering


This website, is one of the most forward websites to do with animal rights. The main page has videos and pictures of the horror that animals go through when being slaughtered for their meat. This website shows graphic images of behind the scenes in the animal industry. In addition to showing and describing the different types of animal abuses, it defines the types of animal activists. The website provides definitions for vegans and vegetarians. It helps show animal lovers, what they are doing to help animals and what they are called in the animal world.

Visit this website to learn more : http://www.animalsuffering.com/animal-cruelty.php

The Vegan Approach


The website Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach shares blogs of fellow animal activists. In addition, it supplies a side note of how many animals are killed a year. It explains all the different animals that are killed a year, and how they are killed. This website really, makes the heart wrench when it comes to information about animal cruelty. Podcasts are available to listen to, as well as famous quotes about veganism. Check out this website, to gain other view points about animal rights.

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/

The world needs a CHANGE


Change.org is a website that provides information on all the issues in today's world. Issues from, homelessness, women's rights, global warming, human trafficking, health care and animal rights can be found on this website. Regarding animal rights, there is information about different action plans activists have taken, along with information on how you can get involved. Vegan recipes can be found on this website along with newspaper articles about political members' opinions on animal rights. Visit this website to absorb all the information about animal rights.

http://animalrights.change.org/

WSPA


The WSPA ( world society for the prevention of animal abuse) is an organization that has been promoting animal welfare for more than 25 years. WSPA's vision is a world where animal welfare matters, and animal cruelty ends. WSPA has four main interests of animal welfare. These four interests will help make animal rights more important and more easier to follow.

1) Companion animals
2) Commercial exploitation of wildlife
3) Farm animals
4) Disaster management

To enlighten yourself on the areas that you can help animals visit WSPA at http://www.wspa-international.org/default.aspx

PETA


PETA (people for the ethical treatment of animals) is a great website for learning how to get involved when it comes to animal rights. They provide links to protests that you can take part in, and activism kits that you can order to start your own campaign. In addition, they provide petitions to sign and send off to members of parliament and phone numbers of organizations you can call to get animal voices heard. PETA also provides websites where you can order vegan food and vegan clothing. Overall, if you are interested in being an animal activist, the PETA website is the best way to help you get started.

Visit Now : www.peta.org

Protect the environment = save animals !


Helping animals is easier than some may imagine. Of course cutting back on the number of animal products that you purchase is a huge way of helping, but there are other environmental ways you can help. The organization WWF, helps preserve natural conservations and in doing so helps save endangered animals. Chelsea Lumiere a representative from WWF was kind enough to answer some questions to do with the organization.

Q: What can the public do to get involved?

A: The public can do a lot to get involved with helping our environment. We have a program here called the Community Panda program, which is for third party fundraisers. People can raise funds through birthday parties, community events, school events etc, and they can then donate the funds to WWF-Canada. We also have a great volunteer program here at WWF, as well as an online community to help people with ideas of every day actions they can take to reduce their impact on the environment: http://community.wwf.ca/.

Q: How does the Organization go about protecting the conservation lands?

A: WWF-Canada works with other non-profits, governments as well as companies to try and get land protected and practices changed. There are few examples of successes that we have had at the following link to our site: http://wwf.ca/about_us/successes/.

Q: How does protecting these lands, help endangered animals?

A: Protecting these lands and waters is vital to the survival to many Canadian species. Once land is protected, development of these areas comes to a stop and species are able to flourish, or at least survive without having their habitats encroached on by humans.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Toronto Humane Society : Not so Humane



According to the Globe and Mail, Toronto Humane Society officials were arrested and now face animal cruelty charges. The shelter’s president, chief veterinarian and three other officials face criminal charges after undercover globe and mail reporters discover a wide variety of animal right violations. Animals were denied access to food and water and were left to die in harsh conditions. The disease-infested shelter became a place of horror as animals suffering with cancer and other deadly diseases were left to die. Dozens of animals were found dead in cages. These harsh conditions became the main concerns for animal activists. It is a shame that a place where animals are supposed to feel safe and loved became a place of fear.

See video Courtesy of CTV
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/toronto-humane-society-officials-arrested-face-animal-cruelty-charges/article1378385/#video

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Newest Sport: Bear Baiting


In Pakistan, the newest sport is Bear Baiting. Bear Bating can be linked back to the medieval era, where entertainment was hard to come across. It is a bloody, gruesome sport where bears are taken from their natural habitat and forced to fight aggressive, purposely starved dogs. These bears are not able to protect themselves as they are tied so tightly to polls and their claws and teeth are removed. Some bears are even blindfolded, so that they have no idea what is going on. After a fight these bears are very weak and near death. However, until the bear is announced dead, it will be forced to fight another set of hungry dogs. Not only is this sport unusually cruel to bears; it is also abusive to the dogs. Countless of dogs are starved over an amount of days so that they become aggressive and violent. They are then forced to fight and kill a fellow animal, while being cheered on by the crowds. Watch the video from Goggle to learn more.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Cows suffer at Dairy Farms



Not only do cows have to worry about being slaughtered for their meat, they now have to worry about being tortured for their milk. Cows are no longer being treated with care or love on the family farm. Cows are now seen as a product and are treated as nothing more. In today’s society it is all about money and quantity. Numerous unnecessary procedures such as “Tail-docking” are taking place in order for the cow to produce more milk, in a quicker manner. “Tail-docking” is the amputation of a cow’s tail, in an inhumane way. An elastic band is tied tight around the animal’s tail in order for it to fall off. This provides easier access to the utters. Milk is no longer a delicious drink to enjoy with your morning breakfast, as it is filled with tears and puss of innocent cows. To help these cows, simply lowering your daily intake of dairy products will have a huge impact. To learn more watch this video from PETA. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)


Cows Left to Suffer
for Land O' Lakes.
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