Animal rights and animal welfare.
There are a number of store bought vegan dog treats you can purchase regularly or to give as gifts during the holidays, but there are just as many ways to create your own treats for the holiday season. For starters, you can try this recipe for Banana Bread Bones. Making homemade treats is really easy and is even an excellent option for something to give as a gift. These Banana Bread Bones…
Watch our highlight video of Portland VegFest 2015 in Portland, Oregon. Interviews by HappyCow’s Ken Spector. Locals talk about Portland’s favorite vegan restaurants, products and other vegan tips. Watch our video highlights here: For more info see: https://nwveg.org/vegfest…
Today: – ……we would like to jump back to 1914, to one of the first successful animal cruelty prosecutions. The court case was brought by the Performing and Captive Animals Defence League (PADL). We are happy to discover that undercover activism for the benefit of animals goes back more than 100 years! ‘Andrew’, a dealer friend in the UK, recently discovered this original postcard of ‘Choclat’ and sold it to us.…
Watch our highlight video of SoCal VegFest 2015 in Costa Mesa, California. Interviews by HappyCow’s Ken Spector. Learn some tips from locals about Orange County’s favorite vegan restaurants. Watch our video highlights here: For more info see: http://www.socalvegfest.org…
Watch our highlight video of Toronto Veg Food Fest 2015 in Toronto, Canada, and learn some tips from locals about Toronto’s vegan hot spots! Interviews by HappyCow’s Ken Spector. For more info see: http://www.vegfoodfest.com…
SeaWorld 2014 / 5. The Hippodrome, London 1921. We are continuing the fight against humans forcing animals to perform for their profit. Important notes are in – brown. The postcard & other items referenced in this blog post are being cared for by the Ernest Bell Library. Our articles are always ‘heavy’ with embedded links & notes. Our goals are to help researchers & to inspire fellow animal rights activists.…
Ray Holroyd and Kate Haddow are Revolution Harmony – a vegan duo who use the power of music to inspire positive change in the world. On 1 November (World Vegan Day) they will release their new single, titled “A Hymn“. I caught up with them to find out more about how they’re using their musical talents to save lives and be a voice for animals. Kate and Ray, can you…
Roosevelt standing with native hunters over a dead lion during a safari in 1910. Photo credit: Library of Congress – source ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Making of the Brute From the UK publication – The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review – May 1910 – by – Henry S. Salt The Roosevelt press agents say that the long hunt is over, and that it “has been prolific in scientific results.” He and his…
An empty used envelope from 1909, got our Ernest Bell Library team talking a lot today. And the best part…… ……a tatty, but glorious, circa 1909 ‘Ingersoll family’ – ‘Anti-Vivisection Crusade’ Cinderella stamp, featuring a dog ‘sitting’ on a vivisector’s knife, has survived for 100+ years and is now in our Ernest Bell Library. ~ In philately, a cinderella stamp is “virtually anything resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for…
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.”— John Muir – image 4+ interesting minutes. When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable “trophic cascade” occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly do wolves change rivers? George Monbiot explains in this movie remix. Trophic cascades occur when predators in a food web suppress the abundance or alter traits (e.g., behavior) of their prey, thereby…
Salvador was born on a dairy farm in Chile and was set to be slaughtered for veal, but his fate changed when the Santuario Igualdad Interespecie rescued him! Now he lives happily with his adopted family, and repays them with tons of cuddles:…
This is my go-to doggie biscuit recipe when I don’t have all of the ingredients for Vegan Dog Cookies with Love. I usually have everything in my pantry for this recipe. You can substitute flours, or add more garbanzo bean flour and less regular flour. It’s a pretty forgiving recipe. Your dogs will love them, and you will be tempted to have one slathered with hummus, too. Woof! Go-To Doggie…
Porter is not an ordinary rescue dog. Why? Well, take a look at this video and watch him as he *drives*. No joke! This was a project to help show folks that these rescue dogs are just as intelligent and deserving of homes as any other pup. What do you think?…