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where do the monkeys come from?
The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) has been campaigning for over 100 years against the use of animals in experimentation with the vision to "create a world where nobody wants or believes we need to experiment on animals". They are a highly respected organisation that operates peacefully to lobby the government and educate the ( Read more... ) -
Raspberry Almond Tarts (you could call them cup-pies)
So there were Xmas drinks at my place on Saturday night. The plan was a few friends over for some mulled wine and fruit mince pies followed by clubbing at the local gay club. Of course my housemate Neil and I spent the afternoon cooking up a storm. He made a mushroom chestnut loaf and quiches and I did tarts and gingerbread. Neil also made sausage ( Read more... ) -
Zoo elephants die young.
This week Science published a research paper looking at the life and conditions of elephants in captivity. The study compared elephants in European zoos with those in a Kenyan national park and a timber camp in Myanma (Burma) and looked at life expectancy and infant mortality rates between 1960 and 2005. The research found that Asian elephants in ( Read more... ) -
Effective advocacy... or how can we do it better?
I've been involved in animal rights/welfare activism to varying degree's for most of my life (hmm... I am getting old). I've seen alot of effort and hard work put in by activists with great results, which is fantastic. I've also seen alot of effort put in with minimal results and whilst not every campaign will work as well as you wanted it to, ( Read more... ) -
We came. We saw. We ate cake.
So it was prolificdiarist 's birthday yesterday. To honor the fact she has lived yet another glorious year she organised a vegan cake crawl with C and myself. It's a bit like a pub crawl but instead of going to different pubs and drinking, you go to different places to eat vegan cake...
The afternoon started at Beatroot in Soho. Beatroot are a small cafe that ( Read more... ) -
quote of the day
"There is never going to be unity. The gap between "I do not want to personally cause suffering, but respect other people's beliefs [in their right to be complete bastards]" and "I prefer other animals to people and will stop at nothing to liberate them" is absolutely immense. The only reason the two groups hang out with each other is that they're ( Read more... ) -
Through me the dumb shall speak...
So people are still on about Prop 2 and Prop 8 on my friends list. Impressive given that I don't think I have anyone from California listed. Anyhow, it's been interesting to see how some people have been commenting on how crap it was that both Prop 2 passed and Prop 8 failed and how because of this Californians value chickens more than gay people ( ( Read more... ) -
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Interesting interview in the Financial Times with Ingrid Newkirk (founder of PETA) that some of you might find of interest ( Read more... ) -
baby steps...
So, Prop 2 was passed in California. I'm not one who gets too involved in US politics but I was very, very pleased to hear about this passing.
It's baby steps forward, but they are still forward.
