December 2009
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Need a resolution? Support Cruelty Free Companies...
Many major companies still adhere to the outdated practice of testing chemicals on cats, dogs, rabbits and other animals: Clairol, Clorox,Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal and the enormous Procter & Gamble which encompasses so many brands like Pantene. Lots of successful companies do not do animal testing so we know it is not a safety issue anymore: Burt’s Bees, M.A.C, Paul Mitchell...
Dec 31st
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Dec 29th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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Be A Star Thrower...
There was a man who was walking along a sandy beach where thousands of starfish had been washed up on the shore. He noticed a boy picking the starfish one by one and throwing them back into the ocean. The man observed the boy for a few minutes and then asked what he was doing. The boy replied that he was returning the starfish to the sea, otherwise they would die. The man asked how saving a few,...
Dec 21st
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Dec 19th
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“Our task must be to free ourselves…widening our circle of compassion to...”
– Albert Einstein
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Smartypants octopus snatches coconut shell and... →
Underwater footage reveals that the creatures scoop up halved coconut shells before scampering away with them so they can later use them as shelters.
Dec 15th
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WatchWatch
Wild polar bear comes back night after night to play with sled dog.
Dec 13th
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“The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?”
– Jeremy Bentham
Dec 11th
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Dec 7th
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Chimpanzees say goodbye to Dorothy
In September 2008, Dorothy, a female chimpanzee in her late 40s, died of congestive heart failure. A maternal and beloved figure, Dorothy spent eight years at Cameroon’s Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, which houses and rehabilitates chimps victimized by habitat loss and the illegal African bushmeat trade. After a hunter killed her mother, Dorothy was sold as a “mascot”...
Dec 5th
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It's been a banner year for humane legislation! →
Dec 4th
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Can a whale show gratitude to it's rescuers?
In 2005 the San Francisco Chronicle reported the story of a female humpback whale who had become entangled in hundreds of pounds of crab traps and lines, the weight of them was causing her to struggle to keep her blowhole above water. She also had hundreds of yards of line cinched around her body, her tail and a line in her mouth. A fisherman spotted her and radioed an environmental group for...
Dec 2nd
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