Articles Index
The Obama Administration's Animal Protection Record
Where does President Barack Obama stand on animal rights issues, and what is his administration's animal rights record? This site will be updated continuously throughout Obama's administration.
Living with Black Bears - Minimizing Human/Black Bear Conflicts
Black bears are timid creatures, but they get in trouble when they go through garbage cans, or break into cars, garages, sheds and enclosed porches. By following a few common sense guidelines, we can minimize conflicts with black bears and learn to live in harmony with these magnificent creatures.
How to Organize Protests and Demonstrations
How to organize and publicize protests and demonstrations.
Overview of the Animal Welfare Act
Summary of the Animal Welfare Act - Which facilities are covered? Which animals are covered? Which animals are exlcuded? How does the AWA protect animals? What are the AWA regulations? What are the criticisms of the AWA?
Why It’s Wrong to Test on Animals
Vivisection FAQ: Why do animal rights activists oppose animal experimentation? Isn’t there a law to protect animals in laboratories? Doesn’t the end justify the means?
Getting Your Message Out
Learn how to get free media publicity through press releases, public service announcements and calendar listings.
What’s Wrong with Grass-Fed Beef?
Although the production of feedlot beef is widely recognized as environmentally irresponsible, few people realize how destructive grass-fed beef is.
What Are Feedlot Beef, Organic Beef and Grass-Fed Beef?
What are the Differences Between Grass Fed Beef, Organic Beef and Feedlot Beef? How do they compare environmentally?
The Truth About Mandatory Spay Neuter Laws
Some people believe that mandatory spay/neuter laws mean that breeders will be outlawed, and no one will have pets any more. That is absolutely not the case.
Interview with Sea Shepherd Founder Captain Paul Watson
Interview with Captain Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, about Greenpeace, pigs, fish, meat-eating environmentalists and the TV series Whale Wars.
Human Overpopulation
Human overpopulation is an animal rights issue as well as an environmental issue and a human rights issue. Human activities take habitat away from wild animals as well as kill animals directly.
Animals as Property
On a philosophical level, abolishing the property status of all animals would be a great step forward in animal rights, because it would make it more difficult, if not impossible, for animal exploiters to continue using animals. On a more practical level, there are important legal reasons, right now, why pets should not be treated as property, so the debate over the property status of animals usually centers around pets
What’s Wrong With Cage-Free Eggs?
Horrible images of hens crowded in battery cages sometimes inspire people to reach for the “cage free” carton of eggs at the supermarket. But “cage free” does not mean “cruelty-free.”
Milk Facts - What's Wrong with Milk?
Objections to milk include animal rights concerns, environmental issues and human health risks.
Milk and Human Health
Cow's milk is not necessary for human health and numerous studies link dairy consumption with various health risks.
Milk and the Veal Connection
Few people understand how their purchase of milk is connected to the veal industry, when in fact, veal is a by-product of the dairy industry.
Animal Rights v. Animal Welfare
Although animal rights and animal welfare frequently fall on the same side of an issue, there is a fundamental difference between the two ideologies: the right of humans to use animals.
Biography of Mike Jaynes, Guest Author
Biography of Mike Jaynes, Guest Author for Animal Rights for About.com
How Circus Elephants Are Abused by Their Trainers
Elephants in circuses experience abuse at the hands of their trainers, including beatings, confinement and electrical shocks. Part 2 of a 4-part series. Bullhooks, rampages, and unnatural behaviors.
Should You Go To the Circus?
Elephants in circuses experience abuse at the hands of their trainers, including beatings, confinement and electrical shocks. Moral consideration of different species, the ethical disconnect, and elephant sanctuaries.
The Death of Stoney the Elephant
Stoney, a Las Vegas performing elephant owned by Mike LaTorres, is one of the saddest and most terrible examples of abuse and neglect.
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Ringling Brothers' Circus Elephants
One thing that few circus patrons worry about is exposure to mycobacterium tuberculosis from elephants at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Circus. At least one person at the circus has died of M-TB.
What’s Wrong with Eating Fish?
The reasons for not eating fish range from animal rights concerns to the effects of overfishing on the environment.
What's Wrong with Fish Farms?
While some believe that fish farming is the solution to overfishing, they do not take into account the environmental destruction and the inherent inefficiency of animal agriculture.
Arguments For and Against “Humane Meat”
Most people would probably agree that factory farms are cruel, but is certified humane meat the answer? Animal activists argue both sides.