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Animals in Entertainment
Travel, confinement, and being forced to perform tricks deprive wild animals of anything that might satisfy their complex physical, behavioral, and emotional needs. Their lives constitute abuse as entertainment. -
Rest in Peace, Archie
The responsibility for Archie's death lies with those who held him captive, but still the questions linger.January 15, 2015 News -
Legally Brief: Animal Protection and Human Population Growth
In the past 50 years, my own lifetime, the human population has more than doubled from about 3.2 billion to more than 7 billion. This raises some pressing questions.January 16, 2015 Legally Brief -
Farmed Animals Suffer in Cruel Experiments for Meat Industry
The New York Times just released the shocking results of an investigation of outrageous cruelty to animals used in taxpayer-funded experiments.January 23, 2015 News -
Kosher Slaughter Laws and an End to “Shackle-and-Hoist” Restraint
In December 2014, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal invalidated a 2013 law in that country that required that animals be stunned prior to slaughter.January 24, 2015 News -
Reckless California Killing Contests Continue Despite Ban on Prizes
The rural town of Adin, California will hold its annual coyote killing spree despite the 2014 ban on prizes for killing furbearing animals in contests.February 3, 2015 News -
Legally Brief: L.A. Animal Law Symposium
Recently, we told you about the shocking results of an investigation of horrendous cruelty to animals used in taxpayer-funded, government-supported experiments.February 6, 2015 Legally Brief -
Arrest Made in Puppy-Burning Case!
Thanks to the dedicated work of the Sacramento SPCA, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s department, and the Sacramento Metro Fire department, an arrest has been made.February 24, 2015 News -
Captive Elephants Need Better Protections
Any time elephants and humans share the same space, whether in a zoo, at a circus, or at a county fair, elephants are likely to suffer.February 27, 2015 News -
Commercialized Cruelty to Sled Dogs
Every March the Iditarod is held in Alaska, and is the most famous example of commercialized dogsledding.March 2, 2015 News
