Animals in the News & Blogs: Cats, Urchins, Dogs, and Chickens

by Stephanie Ernst · 2008-11-17 15:55:00 UTC
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In the News

"Teens get probation in Camrose cat-microwaving case"
"Ybor Residents March In Support Of Wild Chickens"
"3 charged, dozens arrested in Chicago dog fight"
"$5,000 reward offered in animal fighting"
"Dog tossed from moving car rescued...and now recovering"

In the Blogs

Bob Torres and Eric Prescott are fighting the good fight over at Opposing Views in a debate titled "Should Animals Have the Same Rights as People?" But like Alex, a friend of this blog who commented similarly at Opposing Views, I'm bothered by the very question posed, by the assumption implied by the title Opposing Views gave the debate--that animal rights advocates believe that nonhuman animals should have the "same" rights as humans; we don't believe that, at least not in the way many people assume, and we're stuck with having to explain that constantly as it is.

Suicide Food alerted us yesterday that the sea urchins have now joined "the ranks of death-hungry 'food' animals."

Elaine Vigneault has penned a letter titled "Dear Family, Please Pardon a Turkey" and has invited us to use it as a template.

Football season is upon us (apparently--this is not my thing), and just in time, we have the Top 5 Vegetarian-Friendly Football Stadiums.

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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