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PETA Supporters on Top of the World!
Animal lover and PETA Australia supporter Tracy Samassa took the anti-fur message to new heights when she climbed to the base camp of Mount Everest recently and secured a PETA “No Fur” flag on the path for other climbers to see. Never one to miss a chance to speak up for animals, Tracy asked PETA…
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There’s No Easy Way to Lay This
Millions of chickens are used for egg production annually in Australia, and the vast majority of them (more than 11 million) will spend their entire lives crammed together in wire cages without enough room to spread even one wing. A chicken raised for egg production will spend her entire life in a crowded cage, never…
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Consciousness and Compassion
The publication of The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness in July of 2012 seemed to slip by with barely a whisper in most media circles. This groundbreaking declaration states that, in the opinion of the numerous neuroscientists, neurophysiologists and other experts who met to discuss the issue, non-human animals possess the “neurological substrates that generate consciousness”.…
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New Zealand to Test Recreational Drugs on Animals?
The New Zealand government is considering whether to allow the testing of recreational psychoactive drugs on animals. These are non-medicinal, recreational drugs that are of no benefit to human health. The government is looking to change the current law and ask manufacturers to prove that these pills are safe for human use. According to Associate…
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Armani: Fur Is Dead
That was the message that activists from PETA Australia sent to designer Giorgio Armani earlier this year when they posed as naked corpses in coffins outside one of the company’s Sydney stores. Despite knowing how cruel the fur industry is, Armani continues to sell rabbit fur from China. His collections include fur-trimmed jackets, fur-hemmed skirts,…