Environment
Greens warn that renewed plans for the Trans-Afghan oil pipeline may threaten hopes for peace in Afghanistan and the region, and that the U.S. must reduce reliance on oil
Green Party activists and candidates have begun to express alarm that the focus of the War Against Terrorism is entering a new phase, shifting from an effort to ensure international security and bringing those behind the September 11 attacks to justice into military protection for U.S.-based corporations — especially the fossil fuel industry - seeking control over foreign resources and markets.
After Hamid Karzai, the interim Prime Minister of Afghanistan, met with Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf last week, they announced their endorsement of the construction of the trans-Afghanistan pipeline to transport oil from deposits in Turkmenistan with processing centers in Pakistan.
Green Party activists and candidates have begun to express alarm that the focus of the War Against Terrorism is entering a new phase, shifting from an effort to ensure international security and bringing those behind the September 11 attacks to justice into military protection for U.S.-based corporations — especially the fossil fuel industry - seeking control over foreign resources and markets.
After Hamid Karzai, the interim Prime Minister of Afghanistan, met with Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf last week, they announced their endorsement of the construction of the trans-Afghanistan pipeline to transport oil from deposits in Turkmenistan with processing centers in Pakistan.
BWar is hard on animals too.
Animal People newspaper and
other mainstream news sources wrote about Marjan, the famous elderly lion, blinded by a grenade in 1995, who died in the Afghanistan zoo. Only in Animal People do we also learn about a little black bear whose nose “was painfully infected by Taliban soldiers who tortured him with a pointed stick.” I’m sure all my brothers and sisters in the Afghan zoo and other zoos around the world are suffering merely because they are cooped up in unnatural surroundings. But the violence and neglect caused by humans and their persistent fighting amongst themselves only makes life worse for all living things on the planet.
There is a World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and its director John Walsh, who go around the world trying to help the animals in Afghanistan and other countries at war. Animal People reports that the best use of WPSA in that country was that they paid off back wages of the zoo employees so they would stay on the job.
There is a World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and its director John Walsh, who go around the world trying to help the animals in Afghanistan and other countries at war. Animal People reports that the best use of WPSA in that country was that they paid off back wages of the zoo employees so they would stay on the job.
Speaking as an animal that has, throughout time, been eyeballed by humans as mostly a delectable honey-baked ham or candidate for a barbecue – always the main course, never the guest – I’m not writing this for my own or my species sake. Yes, perhaps they used to (do they still?) make footballs out of our skin. But pigs have hair, not fur, which is why my dander-allergic daddy picked me for a pet in the first place. Nobody will be wearing a floor-length Iggy to keep them warm this year. I know fur must be warm, though, as my kittycat friends and nemeses in the backyard can attest. I can hardly fault my human friends for wanting to cozy up in a fur during these cold gray days. I’m a tropical pot-bellied pig by nature and spend my winter days on the back porch by a heater.
But here’s my plea for all Freep readers to call for an end to killing animals for fur. I know none of you wear fur, don’t get me wrong. Here’s some quick facts on the fur industry you can use in your arguments and a few local retailers to boycott:
But here’s my plea for all Freep readers to call for an end to killing animals for fur. I know none of you wear fur, don’t get me wrong. Here’s some quick facts on the fur industry you can use in your arguments and a few local retailers to boycott:
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has released its Top Five List of
Nuclear Events for 2001. Topping the list is the US notice of withdrawal
from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The second spot on the list is
the US boycott of an international conference to speed up entry into force
of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Foundation president David Krieger stated, "The US withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and its hostility to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty reflect a pattern of US unilateralism that is extremely dangerous in the area of nuclear weapons. It is likely to lead to new regional nuclear arms races, to the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to competition for the weaponization of space."
Rounding out the Top Five List are the pledge by US President Bush and Russian President Putin to reduce nuclear arsenals, the destruction by the Ukraine of its last nuclear missile silo and Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power by 2025.
Foundation president David Krieger stated, "The US withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and its hostility to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty reflect a pattern of US unilateralism that is extremely dangerous in the area of nuclear weapons. It is likely to lead to new regional nuclear arms races, to the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to competition for the weaponization of space."
Rounding out the Top Five List are the pledge by US President Bush and Russian President Putin to reduce nuclear arsenals, the destruction by the Ukraine of its last nuclear missile silo and Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power by 2025.
Pets Without Parents Columbus was opened on June 1, 2001 due to the closing of a local shelter, Adopt-A-Pet, which served central Ohio for over a decade. Realizing the loss of AAP would cause a void, Pets Without Parents was established to continue the salvation of the many homeless and unwanted animals.
Mission
Mission
When OSU alumni and Buckeye fans came to soak up the glory of a new team, a new coach, and a newly-renovated stadium, animal activists were on hand to remind them that a university is more than just sports. OSU’s reputation rides on the value of its teaching and research. Right now, OSU is tarnishing that reputation by endorsing Podell’s cats-on-speed experiment which has been condemned by academics and AIDS activists, as well as advocates for animals. POET asked alumni to support the Buckeyes with cheers and enthusiasm, but to withhold their buck$ until this cruel and unnecessary research is shut down.
On May 1, 2001 cat #OOIOZ3, involved in the experiment, was “Found Dead.” Details have yet to be released. As we have said many times before this project will NOT help cats nor will it help people. Please continue to speak out for the cats.
On May 1, 2001 cat #OOIOZ3, involved in the experiment, was “Found Dead.” Details have yet to be released. As we have said many times before this project will NOT help cats nor will it help people. Please continue to speak out for the cats.
Investigators from the Ohio animal rights organization
Mercy For Animals (MFA) have released
the findings of a month-long investigation into animal mistreatment at Buckeye
Egg Farm and Daylay Egg Farm, Ohio’s two largest egg producers.
MFA’s investigation at Buckeye’s facility in La Rue and Daylay’s facility in Raymond began after the organization’s requests for tours of the facilities were ignored. Both Buckeye Egg Farm and Daylay Egg Farm confine millions of hens in tiny "battery cages" (long rows of wire cages holding an average of eight birds per cage).
At both facilities investigated, MFA discovered severe
overcrowding and confinement, hens trapped in the wire of their cages, and dead birds left to slowly rot next to their cage mates. At Daylay, a live hen was found thrown in a dumpster filled with trash and hundreds of dead birds.
The investigation uncovered countless
MFA’s investigation at Buckeye’s facility in La Rue and Daylay’s facility in Raymond began after the organization’s requests for tours of the facilities were ignored. Both Buckeye Egg Farm and Daylay Egg Farm confine millions of hens in tiny "battery cages" (long rows of wire cages holding an average of eight birds per cage).
At both facilities investigated, MFA discovered severe
overcrowding and confinement, hens trapped in the wire of their cages, and dead birds left to slowly rot next to their cage mates. At Daylay, a live hen was found thrown in a dumpster filled with trash and hundreds of dead birds.
The investigation uncovered countless
There is an incredibly biologically special place, right here in Ohio. It's
called the Highlands Nature Sanctuary. It had been known by its current name
for 5-6 years. It's located in south central Ohio, in which (at least) three
major bio-regions
exist. It includes land where the glaciers came through, and stopped,
(depositing seeds of plant species usually found further north), the
western front of the Appalachian foothills, limestone bedrock of the west,
and sandstone and shale of the east. All of these "edge" effects increase
biodiversity exponentially-gifting the area with an extraordinarily high
number of rare wildflowers, trees, and ferns. It is one of the most
biologically diverse areas in the state, possibly in the country (ok,
excluding the Everglades).
POET works to protect us
Former OSU quarterback Bill Long and animal-rights activist Rob Russell planted themselves at OSU’s Vet School in the middle of September and swore off food until the university pulls the plug on a “scientifically unjustified and cruel experiment that will cause the suffering and death of defenseless animals,” says Russell.
Former OSU quarterback Bill Long and animal-rights activist Rob Russell planted themselves at OSU’s Vet School in the middle of September and swore off food until the university pulls the plug on a “scientifically unjustified and cruel experiment that will cause the suffering and death of defenseless animals,” says Russell.
This is the fifth in a series of protests scheduled by the animal-rights organization POET against Michael Podell’s FIV/methamphetamine research that, if allowed to continue, will infect, drug, and destroy 120 cats at OSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
“Sure I’d rather be sitting down to a pre-game meal on this home game weekend” says 1969 OSU graduate Bill Long who played on both the football and baseball teams. “But knowing that my alma mater is behind this unnecessary killing is killing not only my appetite, but my long-standing school spirit and devotion.”
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is a national organization looking out for us critters throughout the world. Below is an excerpt from their website about what I believe is an important animal rights issue that many people never considered -- are the animals at the circus happy? Are they actually having fun? Or are they tortured, abused, humiliated and forced to do unnatural acts? There is a growing list of circuses that do not use animals for this very reason. If humans want to dress in sparkly costumes and spin by their teeth high up in air, or wear oversized shoes and noses and squirt water at each other - let them. Leave us out of it!
PETA’s Report
In contrast to the glitter associated with circuses, performing animals’ lives are pretty miserable. Because animals do not naturally ride bicycles, stand on their heads, or jump through rings of fire, whips, electric prods, and other tools are often used to force them to perform. The smaller and poorer the circus, the more limited the animals’ access may be to water, food, and veterinary care.