Legislation, Voting, Political Candidates
The Politics of Animal Rights
Submitted on Dec 02, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Advocacy Strategies | General Animal Protection
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This article from the journal British Politics presents an overview of animal protection-related politics in Great Britain. The author supports the "philosophical validity" of at least part of animal rights, while also suggesting that animal "welfare" embodies more realistic goals.
Why Compensating Wildlife Damages May Be Bad for Conservation
Submitted on Nov 25, 2008 (Original item from 2005) Wildlife and Exotics
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This report examines programs designed to compensate for wildlife damages and the unintended consequences of such schemes, which are found to have potentially adverse effects on wildlife populations.
2008 Canadian Animal Protection Laws Rankings
Submitted on Oct 27, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Companion Animals | Farmed Animals | General Animal Protection
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The U.S.-based Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) highlights the considerable differences that exist among animal protection laws in Canada by ranking every province and territory on the relative strength and general comprehensiveness of its animal protection laws.
Strategic Analysis of Animal Welfare Legislation
Submitted on Oct 19, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Advocacy Strategies | General Animal Protection
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This report explores the roots of the welfare-abolition controversy and offers a method by which proposed
protective measures may be analyzed. The method is then applied to the abolition of the battery cages as a specific example. The report discusses sixteen axioms or principles that guide the thinking behind the proposed method of strategic analysis, including the principle that the wishes of animals - as expressed by animals themselves - must be respected by those who act in their interests.
What Will Things Look Like in 10 Years?
Submitted by Che on Sep 11, 2008 Advocacy Strategies | Animal Experimentation | Companion Animals | Entertainment Animals | Farmed Animals | General Animal Protection | Wildlife and ExoticsAs I was organizing some old files the other day, I came upon a 10-year vision statement for the animal protection movement, which I wrote for a meeting a couple of years ago. A vision statement is a picture of how you would like the world to be. My 10-year vision is necessarily high-level and incomplete, but it may provide interesting food for thought as we consider the future of animals, their advocates, and the public’s awareness, attitudes, and behavior.
76% of Sportsmen Say They Prefer To Elect a President Who Hunts or Fishes
Submitted on Sep 02, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Wildlife and Exotics
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A large majority (83%) of "sportsmen" (hunters and anglers) say they will vote in the November 2008 U.S. presidential election, according to the lobbyist group, the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation. Nearly half of hunters and anglers (45%) are likely to vote for John McCain and 31% are likely to vote for Barack Obama. By a 2 to 1 margin, sportsmen said that McCain would be a better president on related issues than Obama.
Animals v. Animals: A False Choice
Submitted on Jul 17, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Companion Animals | General Animal Protection | Wildlife and Exotics
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Humans are the overwhelming cause of bird deaths. Those who try to frame the issue as a "cats versus birds" debate contribute, perhaps unwittingly, to the further decline of bird populations. Alley Cat Allies Legal Director Wendy Anderson explores the real reasons birds are at risk -- human accountability -- and the role lawyers can play in animal protection.
Who Speaks For the Animals?
Submitted on Jul 13, 2008 (Original item from 2007) Companion Animals | General Animal Protection
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The vast majority of feral cat caregivers, in the order of 80%, are women who have a unique voice that needs
to be heard in the public policy debate on legal protections
for animals. In particular, the public needs to know that
their definition of protection is rooted in sterilization, not "humane" killing; and, moreover, that they are dedicated to protecting individual animals, and do so at great personal cost. That women have long been marginalized is a historic fact, and that the legal remedies have been incomplete is a present reality.
HRC's Animal Tracker Survey
Submitted by Che on Jul 08, 2008 Animal Experimentation | Companion Animals | Diet and Nutrition | Entertainment Animals | Farmed Animals | General Animal Protection | Wildlife and ExoticsThe Humane Research Council is very pleased to announce the availability of results from our latest collaborative research project, the "Animal Tracker." The first in a series of annual surveys of attitudes and behavior among U.S. adults, the new report provides a baseline assessment of key perceptions and actions taken on behalf of animals. The full report is available only to registered HumaneSpot.org users, but here’s a taste of what the results show...
From Label to Liable: Scams, Scandals and Secrecy; Lifting the Veil on Animal-Derived Food Product Labelling in Australia
Submitted on Jul 08, 2008 (Original item from 2007) Diet and Nutrition | Farmed Animals | Vegetarianism and Veganism
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From Label to Liable is the second in-depth report from Voiceless, an Australian animal protection organisation. The report has been endorsed by leading animal protection organisations, Animals Australia, Compassion in World Farming and the World Society for Protection of Animals, and is intended to lift the veil on animal-derived food product labelling. It reveals that millions of animals across Australia today are raised in factory farms, in cages of steel and cement, to satisfy the demands of consumers who are mostly unaware of the pain and suffering behind their food choices. [Summary provided by author]