Animals Rights/Welfare

Opposition slams Knight's response to cattle deaths
[Nov. 1, 2010] A spokeswoman for Mr Knight says the cattle deaths were taken extremely seriously and animal welfare officers were told immediately. ...

Grandin Says GIPSA Bad for Animal Welfare
[Oct. 21, 2010] This also would present unnecessary animal welfare risks, because the dealers likely would not have the animal handling programs and standards in place that ...

Adams County investigates Mexican-style rodeo
[Oct. 19, 2010] Adams County Sheriff's officials say their weekends are filling up with visits to Mexican-style rodeos. They say they're heightening their ...

EU exec proposes ban on animal cloning for food
[Oct. 19, 2010] The Commission said a temporary five-year EU ban on cloning for food production was justified on animal welfare grounds, but said banning imports of food ...

Farmer jailed for livestock offences
[Oct. 19, 2010] Michael Hawkswell, from Thorpe Underwood, near York, was given a six-month sentence for breaches of animal health and welfare legislation following an ...

Pet Adoption at Billy Bob’s on Saturday
[Oct. 19, 2010] Billy Bob's Texas joins hands with the Humane Society of North Texas - as we work to Save More Lives by promoting adoption of homeless dogs, cats, kittens and puppies... By Billy Bob's Texas

Cattle Stampede Planned for San Francisco Streets Tonight
[Oct. 16, 2010] Cattle drives like this hark back to the rodeo's primordial days -- that'd be 1941. We're guessing you didn't have an Animal Welfare Commission or SPCA ...

Beef Cow Longevity
[Oct. 16, 2010] Beef Quality Assurance guidelines promote timely marketing of market cows due to their role as an important food source and also from an animal welfare ...

Temple Grandin talks autism, animal rights, education
[Oct. 7, 2010] Last night, animal rights and autism awareness advocate Temple Grandin spoke to a standing-room only crowd McShain Lounge. Grandin, a high-functioning ...

It's No Bull - Tom Cruise Under Fire For Rodeo Movie
[Oct. 7, 2010] An animal protection group SHARK (Showing Animals Respect And Kindness) wants Tom Cruise to reject the part of a rodeo champion in the planned movie Paper ...

Government: Rodeos are here to stay
[Oct. 2, 2010] The Member for Monaro in south east New South Wales, Steve Whan, has rejected calls by animal liberation activists to ban country rodeos...

Calls for Rodeo ban rejected
[Sep. 30, 2010] The State Government has rejected calls to ban rodeos after Animal Liberation raised concerns about events in the Hunter Valley. The animal welfare group ...

Chile: 17yo girl protesting animal cruelty at rodeo is roped, dragged like animal
[Sep. 25, 2010] Check out the VIDEO...Chilean Rodeo Federation's director "regretted what happened, but at the same time justified the attitude of the riders...

Wild horse roundup near Tonopah criticized
[Sep. 10, 2010] Activists are criticizing federal land managers' plans to remove most wild horses from a large swath of the range near Tonopah, saying the action is being taken to accommodate livestock grazing and geothermal projects.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials said they plan to remove about 123 mustangs and 61 wild burros from the Montezuma Peak and Paymaster herd management areas because the desert area is too arid to support the animals.