Palin Hires Veggie Chief of Staff
Politics makes strange bedfellows. While Palin shoots wolves from helicopters and hunts elk on her reality TV show, her new chief of staff is a vegetarian
The Shot Heard Around the World
“I don’t like to admit this,” says editor Michael Mountain, “but Sarah Palin has a point when she defends shooting a caribou during her TV show Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Given the choice, I’d rather get shot in Alaska than live like your average cow in a factory farm.”
Senate Votes to Ban Crush Videos
Videos that show women killing small animals, mostly with their stiletto heels or bare feet, will be banned under a new law that cleared the Senate…
How the New British Government Sees Animals
How might a new U.S. Congress that’s looking to cut back on government regulation and pare back spending behave toward animals and the environment? For a possible answer, look at what the new Conservative government in the U.K. has been doing
Puppy Mill Vote Will Be Challenged
Voters in Missouri said yes to a measure that would put modest restrictions on the puppy mill industry – for example, dogs must be fed at least once a day and see a vet once a year. But now the breeding lobby is fighting back
Voters Crack Down on Puppy Mills
Missouri voters approved a ballot measure that will place limits on some of the worst aspects of the puppy mill breeding business. When it becomes law,…
Will Israel Ban Fur Trade?
Two months ago, it looked like Israel would be the world’s first nation to pass a sweeping law against the trade in fur. But now it…
House Crushes Crush Videos
Bans sale and distribution of videos depicting cruelty to animals. (Senate yet to agree) What brings a deeply divided Congress together? A small act of kindness…
Senator Robert Byrd – Animal Protector
In the many obituaries, much was said about his life as a legislator; a fair amount about how he stepped away from his background as a…