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TheDailyRadish offers vegetarians the latest news and tips. In their latest blog post, Jenny Sangler announces some essentials that will make any vegetarian’s camping trip a happier affair. (PRWEB) August 27, 2012 TheDailyRadish.com is one of the world’s most visited Vegetarian blogs. Offering daily tips and news to those enjoying a diet without meat, information can be read directly from their blog, or via a daily digest email. Today, Jenny Sangler at TheDailyRadish.com published...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollywood stars are squealing mad over Walmart's treatment of pigs after an undercover investigation exposed rampant cruelty to animals at a factory farm supplying pork to the retail giant. In a letter fired off today to Walmart's CEO Mike Duke, at the behest of the animal protection organization Mercy For Animals, Ryan Gosling, Kristen Bell, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Deschanel, Tom Morello, Kim Basinger, David Boreanaz, Ed...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The AVMA strongly condemns recently released video showing the inhumane treatment of cows at a California slaughterhouse and is calling for stricter adherence to humane animal handling guidelines and standards. The AVMA labeled the abuse, which includes cows being pulled by their tails, kicked, and repeatedly shocked, as indefensible and deplorable. "Once again, we are confronted with video showing unacceptable and inhumane...

Offers Reward for Information Leading to the Arrest & Conviction of Animal Abuser PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., Aug. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- North Shore Animal League America (NSALA) - the world's largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization - launches the Justice for Joey Movement and offers a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person that perpetrated the horrible crime of tossing a three-month-old Pit Bull puppy,...

Agency moves toward elimination of some tests on animals as PETA urges it to go further In public comments submitted yesterday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) applauds the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) for announcing its plans to allow firms to secure exemptions from the target animal batch safety tests (TABST) that have until now been required for each batch of veterinary biologics products, including live and...

YARMOUTH PORT, Mass., Aug. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Based on information provided by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org), China's Forestry Police conducted a surprise inspection on at Chengtian Antique Mall on where they confiscated 107 pieces of illegal ivory and other wildlife products. Three suspects were detained in connection with the August 6(th) seizure. Located near Beijing, the wholesale mall is highlighted in the recent IFAW report,...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Compassion in World Farming are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take immediate action following reports that 400 pregnant cattle among a total of 3,900 cattle being transported by ship from the United States to Russia have died en route. The groups are urging USDA to thoroughly investigate the incident and take all necessary steps to prevent a similar occurrence in the...

NEW YORK CITY, August 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LAURENT GRAS: MY PROVENCE by Laurent Gras with Mitchell Davis Release Date: August 2012 New digital publisher Alta Editions is pleased to announce the release of LAURENT GRAS: MY PROVENCE by award-winning chef Laurent Gras. This innovative digital...

"Farm animals should be protected from burning to death," groups urge NFPA MACHIPONGO, Va., July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thirteen animal protection organizations filed an Appeal with the National Fire Protection Association on July 27, 2012 requesting that the NFPA approve and adopt Amendment 150, Standard on Fire and Life Safety in Animal Housing Facilities requiring sprinklers to be installed in farm animal housing facilities in which thousands of pigs, chickens,...

Three major events to be held throughout Florida, August 11 - 12 NEW YORK, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The ASPCA(®) (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(®)), in partnership with multiple local animal welfare groups in Florida, is hosting three major cat adoption events on Saturday and Sunday, August 11 and 12, for hundreds of cats that need permanent homes after being rescued on February 27 from Caboodle Ranch, a not-for-profit corporation...