Here's some good news. Following Roger Moore's campaign with Peta, Selfridges has stopped selling foie gras! I don't often agree with Peta's tactics, but this is a great result!

More here in English and here in French ( Read more... )

You can thank Senator Ginny Burdick for introducing this legislation: sen.ginnyburdick@state.or.us

(SALEM) - The Oregon State Senate approved a measure today prohibiting what has been called one of the most abusive practices in factory farming: confining breeding pigs in metal gestation crates so small the animals can’t turn around for months on end ( Read more... )

Canada's largest pork processor is phasing out "sow gestation stalls" - small steel cages used to confine pigs during pregnancy - a week after its largest U.S. rival made the same move.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. said the move to group pens will take place over 10 years and apply only to pigs raised in company-owned plants, not those it buys from ( Read more... )

south dakota drops charges against peter young in return for him never coming back to their state

article 1, from http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=155&yr=2007
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Yes, I have another POM post. This is a posting sent out by a friend who was sued by POM over the domain name 'pomkills.com' and for protests at POM executives' homes (not saying that she was or was not doing this things, merely that they sued her for them). It's a very good inside look at the POM events:

A week ago Pom lost their attempt to steal ( Read more... )

let's all rejoice in this one: POM has stopped funding animal testing ( Read more... )

Whole Foods Market to Pull POM Wonderful Products Off Shelves ( Read more... )

copied from myspace:

In an email to Utah Primate Freedom Project today, one of the "Filthy Four" primate researchers has expressed that he is no longer a primate vivisector. We sent him an email asking to confirm rumors that he had left the business, and he replied stating ( Read more... )

For Immediate Release ( Read more... )

an update to this post from yesterday, from the american anti-vivisection society:

Thank Jack Spade for Bagging ‘Designer’ Frog Dissection Kits ( Read more... )