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Tennessee Horse Show Fails Pepsi Challenge

May 21, 2012

(ANIMAL ABUSE) Pepsi, the iconic soda brand, will no longer sponsor the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration due to horrific horse abuse that surfaced in a video last week. The video, given to ABC News from the Humane Society of the United States, displays trainers openly beating a horse over the head, and the abusive practice of ”soring,” applying chemicals to horses feet to produce an exaggerated gait known as ‘Big Lick.’ Read on to learn more about this horrific finding, watch the video, and do your part to help end horse abuse. — Global Animal

United Airline’s Skies Not So Friendly

May 20, 2012

(TAKE ACTION) Primates used for animal testing are often ripped out of their homes in the wild, separated from their families, and locked in dark cargo crates for up to 30 hours while flying to the labs they will be experimented on until their dying day. Apart from working to end animal testing all together, PETA has been protesting at the Chicago headquarters of United Airlines, the last airline in the U.S. that doesn’t prohibit transporting primates to laboratories. For more information and to urge airlines to stop aiding in animal cruelty, click the “Take Action” link below. — Global Animal 

California Says “Au Revior” To Foie Gras

May 13, 2012

(ANIMAL CRUELTY) CALIFORNIA — A battle between California chefs and animal rights activists is underway and the reason is fatty goose or duck liver, commonly known as foie gras. The ban to sell or produce foie gras in California will go into effect July 1, 2012. Although the ban was passed in 2004, officials allotted a seven-year grace period for the restaurant to develop a more humane way of producing the livers. But nothing has changed, except perhaps the increase in restaurants serving foie gras. — Global Animal

Family Goes The Distance For Missing Corgi

May 10, 2012

(ANIMAL NEWS) How far would you go to find your missing pet? For the Ghiggeri family, guardians of Andy, an eleven-year-old Corgi, there is no such thing as too far. Andy ran away on New Year’s Eve after being scared by fireworks while visiting friends in Westport Connecticut, and the hunt has been on ever since. His family made more than 4,000 posters, assembled teams of volunteers to patrol areas, set traps, raised money, set up a dozen night-vision cameras, hired a real-life pet detective, and by doing all of this, gained national media attention. For more on Andy read on. — Global Animal 

Horrific Animal Abuse At Wyoming Premium Farms

May 10, 2012

(FACTORY FARMING) The Humane Society Of The United States (HSUS) has uncovered yet another pig farm where horrendous abuses are taking place. Last February the HSUS exposed animal abuse at the Seaboard Foods and Prestage Farms. Now it’s Wyoming Premium Farms, a supplier to Tyson Foods, that’s under fire for their stomach-churning treatment of pigs. The undercover investigators had to watch the farm workers kick and punch mother pigs, kick and throw baby piglets, feed piglet testicles to their mothers for “fun,” deprive pigs of water and medical treatment among other horrifying actions. Read on to watch the graphic video and sign the petition to end this cruelty. — Global Animal

Chelsea Handler Fights NYC Horse Drawn Carriages

May 9, 2012

(CELEBRITY NEWS) With carriage horses still collapsing in New York City streets, an increasing number of celebrities are working hard to try and enforce a ban on the city’s horse carriages. Joining alongside celebrities Lea Michele, Anjelica Huston, and Kristin Chenoweth, Chelsea Handler recently sent a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg about replacing NYC’s horse-drawn carriages with an eco-friendly 21st century horseless carriage. Read on to learn more about this great initiative and sign the petition or make a donation to help win the fight for horseless carriages in NYC. — Global Animal

Morrissey Stands Up For Sheep

May 6, 2012

(TAKE ACTION) — Rocker Morrissey has written a letter to the Japanese clothing company, Uniqlo, urging them to boycott  farmers who use mulesing to get their wool. Mulesing is the extremely cruel method of removing large chunks of the sheep’s flesh along with the wool, in a misguided attempt to prevent flystrike. The sheep are never given any anaesthetic and can suffer deadly infections from the mutilation. For more on Morrissey’s campaign read on and click the “Take Action” mouse to sign a petition protesting mulesing. — Global Animal 

 

Notorious Town Of Taiji Plans ‘Marine Park’

May 4, 2012

(DOLPHIN NEWS) The Japanese town of Taiji, most famous for its dolphin slaughtering industry as seen in The Cove, is in the midst of another controversy involving marine life. The people of Taiji are planning to open ‘a marine safari park,’ in the same cove where the killing takes place. The town that kills 23,000 dolphins and porpoises with spears and knives every year will now also hold them in captivity to attract tourists. Read on about this horrific new plan, and how to get involved. — Global Animal 

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