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Polar Expression An interview with the directors of Arctic Tale	Kate Sheppard	24 Jul 2007	Main Dish
Adam Ravetch gets up close and personal with his subject. Photo: Arctic Bear Productions After the surprise success of March of the Penguins in 2005 -- a film about, well, penguins ... marching -- it's pretty clear that people like movies about cute animals in cold places. So it's no surprise that National Geographic Films, the company behind Penguins, is back this summer with a new movie documenting the ...
Topics: animal welfare, Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, movies, wildlife (all these topics)

Herbivorous hotties PETA announces sexiest veggie celebs of 2007	Kate Sheppard	27 Jun 2007	Gristmill
PETA has announced this year's winners of their annual 'Sexiest Vegetarian' contest. This year's hottest plant-eaters? Tonight Show band leader Kevin Eubanks and American Idol-crooner-turned Grammy-winner Carrie Underwood (who won in 2005 as well, but dropped to runner-up last year). This year's runners up include our favorite babe teenage sleuth Kristen Bell (who knocked Underwood from the top spot last year), Spider-Man 3's Bryce Dallas Howard, the studly Joaqui ...
Topics: animal welfare, celebrity, food, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Let's Balk About Sex Eastern Pacific gray whales, tired and hungry, are breeding less		30 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Let's Balk About Sex Eastern Pacific gray whales, tired and hungry, are breeding less Researchers say the gray whales of the eastern Pacific are in deep trouble, and their fate could be an indicator of ocean health. According to Earthwatch, whales migrating from their feeding grounds north of Seattle to breeding grounds off the Mexican coast are arriving scrawny, malnourished, exhausted, and -- how to ...
Topics: animal welfare, climate, climate change impacts, news (all these topics)

Nice pair of sealskin gloves you have there ... Extinction of an outdated industry on the horizon?	biodiversivist	11 Apr 2007	Gristmill
... you ignorant ass. You may have noticed the ads here on Grist from the International Fund for Animal Welfare calling for an end to the Canadian seal harvest. This short, simple, balanced article from MSNBC is a timely rehash of this annual controversy. Because sustainability is ostensibly the main goal of environmentalism, it's difficult to criticize the Canadian seal harvest, because it appears to be a classic case of a sustainably harvested natural resource ...
Topics: animal welfare, green living (all these topics)

Burger King jumps on the humane bandwagon Cage-free Croissan'wich, anyone?	Jason D Scorse	28 Mar 2007	Gristmill
This has been a big week for animal-welfare advocates, as BK now commits to buying eggs and pork from animals that have not been raised in cages. There are big environmental impacts here as well, although I'm still trying to sift through them.
Topics: agriculture, animal welfare, food, green living (all these topics)

Is humane meat better for the environment?	Jason D Scorse	26 Mar 2007	Gristmill
According to this NYT article, one of the country's biggest restaurant moguls has decided that he will only sell humanely treated animals in all of his restaurants. This is, in one sense, a great victory. But I fear that there may be unintended consequences. Humane meat is likely to be nearly as environmentally intensive and inefficient as factory-farm raised meat (requiring much more water, energy, and producing much more CO2 than plant food) so by convincing the ...
Topics: agriculture, animal welfare, food, green living, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Climate change is not the biggest threat to polar bears Nope, still hunting	Jason D Scorse	20 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Hunting is, as this article demonstrates. There will always be tensions between hunters and environmentalists (not that they can't collaborate), but hopefully, the major groups can agree that ending sport hunting of polar bears is something we should do ASAP.
Topics: animal welfare, endangered species, green living (all these topics)

Holier than thou, and better dressed, too Times reports on vegan fashion	Kate Sheppard	11 Jan 2007	Gristmill
The Times reports on cruelty-free fashion today. Not that any of us can afford this stuff. But still. Just saying. It's there. And we're glad of it. But could this bring eco-fashion to the fashion-conscious masses? And could it signal the end of Summer Rayne Oakes' unchallenged hegemony in the sphere of eco-fashion?
Topics: animal welfare, fashion, green living (all these topics)

What top environmental orgs have to say about animal welfare They don't ignore it	Jason D Scorse	05 Dec 2006	Gristmill
In order to further elucidate the role of animal welfare issues in environmentalism, let us examine mission statements from some of the top environmental organizations in the world. Let's start with the first line of the mission statement from the World Wildlife Fund: 'Protecting natural areas and wild populations of plants and animals, including endangered species.' Notice that WWF talks about protecting wild animals independently of whether the ...
Topics: animal welfare, biodiversity, endangered species, environmental movement, NRDC, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Economics 101: Don't kill whales No demand for Iceland's whale meat	Andrew Sharpless	30 Oct 2006	Gristmill
Two weeks ago, Iceland announced it would defy the 20-year-old worldwide whaling ban and resume its commercial whale hunt. They sure didn't waste any time! Two whales have already been caught, leaving 37 more kills to go. Iceland claims this decision is all about business, so let's take a look at the business side of what they actually are doing. For those of you who slept through this lesson in high school, I'd like to tell you about a little thing I like to call ...
Topics: animal welfare, Iceland (all these topics)

So, environmentalists support whaling? If environmentalism doesn't include animal welfare, why not?	Jason D Scorse	13 Sep 2006	Gristmill
Over the past couple of weeks, I have tried to make what is essentially a straightforward case that environmentalism at its core is about respecting life and that separating this from our behavior towards individual living beings doesn't make much sense. Since many environmentalists reject this notion and insist that environmentalism only includes preserving biodiversity and promoting resource sustainability, this suggests that one of the defining elements of environm ...
Topics: animal welfare, environmental movement (all these topics)

Environmentalism and animal rights: philosophical differences, common goals The activists among us should remember that there's plenty to do together	David Roberts	11 Sep 2006	Gristmill
I hope everyone's been following the discussion on animal rights and environmentalism. I continue to be impressed with the decency and thoughtfulness of the community that's gathered here. Frogfish said most of what needed to be said. The unit of analysis for conservationism is population; for animal rights it is the individual. If you ask me, animal rights is morally bankrupt in the absence of environmentalism -- not the other way around. But we should all remem ...
Topics: agriculture, animal welfare, industrial ag (all these topics)

Environmentalism and animal rights No environmentalism is complete without consideration of animal welfare	Jason D Scorse	07 Sep 2006	Gristmill
Under a previous post on whaling, a commenter pointed out the hypocrisy of those in the environmental movement who oppose whaling while tacitly supporting other forms of animal slaughter no less morally offensive. The commenter made the point that as long as an animal species is being managed sustainably, there is nothing inherently wrong with using that animal, no matter how sentient, in whatever ways we desire. This contention gets at a key weakness in the envir ...
Topics: animal welfare, biodiversity, environmental movement (all these topics)

Too graphic for TV	Chris Schults	25 Jun 2006	Gristmill
From peta2.com, PETA's youth-oriented site, we learn of a new music video by Rise Against intended to '[show] everyone what goes on in the world and what people are doing to this planet and to animals.' According to band member Tim McIlrath: It is the most important video Rise Against has ever made. This video transcends our band and our music and talks about a much bigger picture, a picture that affects each of us. I hope people check this video out and then sha ...
Topics: animal welfare, music, TV (all these topics)

Zoo Peeper Jacko gets a pass on conditions at his private zoo		19 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Zoo Peeper Jacko gets a pass on conditions at his private zoo If there's one subject we like writing about more than cow poop, it's the narcissistic hijinks of our celebrity overlords. If they are 90 percent synthetic, all the better. Speaking of: Seems Michael Jackson has been cleared of charges of mistreating the menagerie of exotic animals he keeps at Neverland Ranch. PETA filed the complaint with the U.S. Department ...
Topics: animal welfare, green living, news (all these topics)

When Turkeys Attack Wild-turkey comeback means more human-critter confrontations		21 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
When Turkeys Attack Wild-turkey comeback means more human-critter confrontations As Thanksgiving approaches, we offer this warning: The turkeys are back, and they're not happy. From its nadir of perhaps 30,000 around 1900, the U.S. wild-turkey population has gobbled all the way up to about 7 million today. But this conservation success story has sharply increased confrontations between territorial wild birds and anxious ...
Topics: animal welfare, Massachusetts, news (all these topics)

Aped Crusader Sheri Speede, chimpanzee champion, answers readers' questions		14 Oct 2005	InterActivist
Sheri Speede, director of In Defense of Animals - Africa. Besides the chimpanzees, do you house any other primates (monkeys, prosimians)?�� -- Shirley McGreal, Summerville, S.C. Our residents are all chimpanzees. But gorillas and many species of monkeys are also being orphaned by the bushmeat trade. Two other important organizations, Pandrillus, which runs the Limbe Wildlife Center, and the Cameroon Wildlife ...
Topics: animal welfare, Cameroon, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Lucky Stiff Asian men turning to Viagra over traditional animal cures for impotence		12 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Lucky Stiff Asian men turning to Viagra over traditional animal cures for impotence Far East penises are getting an assist from the pharmaceutical industry, and that's good news for the seahorses, green sea turtles, and other critters that have been used for years to get a rise out of reticent Asian members. According to a new study in the journal Environmental Conservation, Viagra may be slowly replacing traditional Chinese cur ...
Topics: animal welfare, Asia, news (all these topics)

Need for Speede Sheri Speede, chimpanzee champion, answers Grist's questions		10 Oct 2005	InterActivist
Sheri Speede. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm a veterinarian who directs a conservation project in Cameroon, in west-central Africa -- In Defense of Animals - Africa. At the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center in the Mbargue forest of central Cameroon, we provide sanctuary to 48 chimpanzee orphans of the bushmeat trade, ranging in age from less than two years to over 40 years. W ...
Topics: animal welfare, Cameroon, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Central Dark New York City dims skyscraper lights to help save birds		22 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Central Dark New York City dims skyscraper lights to help save birds Love cities? Love birds? Wish the former would stop killing the latter? Audubon wants to help. Its "Lights Out New York" effort is encouraging Big Apple building owners to turn lights down or off above the 40th floor, from midnight to daylight, during spring and fall migrations. Not only will dimming prevent light-mesmerize ...
Topics: animal welfare, Chicago, New York, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Feline Groovy German inventor denies using dead cats to make biodiesel		15 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Feline Groovy German inventor denies using dead cats to make biodiesel German inventor Christian Koch says he's patented a way to convert trash into eco-friendly, high-quality biodiesel fuel that costs one-fifth the going price of diesel in his home country. To produce the alternative fuel, Koch claims he uses waste including paper, textiles, and plastics -- but no dead cats. Got that? Koch is ...
Topics: animal welfare, Germany, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Expiration Superhighway Sales of endangered critters rampant on the web		17 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
The Expiration Superhighway Sales of endangered critters rampant on the web What do deviant porn and endangered elephants have in common? No, not that, you twisted perv! The answer: Both are easy to find in the anonymous wilds of the world wide web. The International Fund for Animal Welfare found that in just one week, nearly 9,000 wildlife products were for sale on English-language websites alone (including eBay), with at l ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, wildlife (all these topics)

The seal massacre, in its full gory	Lisa Hymas	01 Apr 2005	Gristmill
I'm an environmentalist, not an animal-rights activist. Sometimes the two labels go hand-in-hand; sometimes they clash. Personally, I place a priority on healthy ecosystems (including the survival of whole species in their native habitat) over an individual animal's right to exist no matter where it may find itself. So from that vantage point, the fracas over Canada's annual seal hunt doesn't seem to me to be an 'environmental' issue, if we're pigeonholing. Seals, as I ...
Topics: animal welfare, Canada, wildlife (all these topics)

A Little Crab'll Do Ya New Chesapeake Bay conservation ads appeal to appetites		29 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
A Little Crab'll Do Ya New Chesapeake Bay conservation ads appeal to appetites The Chesapeake Bay Program's current public-education campaign features the catchy, slogan "Save the Crabs ... Then Eat 'Em," sure to enrage easily enraged animal-rights activists everywhere. Via billboards, TV commercials, and print ads, the campaign asks area residents to wait until fall to fertiliz ...
Topics: advertising, animal welfare, business, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics)

He Shoots Horses, Doesn't He? Trophy-hunting enthusiast appointed to head Fish and Wildlife Service		25 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
He Shoots Horses, Doesn't He? Trophy-hunting enthusiast appointed to head Fish and Wildlife Service Nothing gives one an appreciation for the challenges facing endangered species like, uh, hunting and killing said species. With that verity in mind, the Bush administration has appointed Matthew Hogan as interim head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Director Steve Williams resigned earlier this month) ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

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