Archive for April, 2008
No More Open Season
BirdLife International and BirdLife Malta welcomed yesterday’s decision by the European Court of Justice to issue interim measures ordering Malta not to open the 2008 spring hunting season for European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur and Common Quail Coturnix coturnix. This Order implies that the Court sees urgent need to prevent irreversible damage to these migratory bird [...]
Step Away From the Trees
Native Forest Council and our 2,000 national members know that public land logging provides short-term financial benefits for industry at the expense of economic and ecological benefits for the rest of the citizenry; it is therefore in the American taxpayers’ best interest to terminate the Federal Timber Sale program. Recreation’s economic benefits alone are worth [...]
Stop Whole Foods Greenwashing
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Apr 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Environmental Affairs Council, acting on behalf of the public interest, filed an action today with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC: 27.74, +0.01, +0.03%) urging the Commission to investigate Whole Foods environmental marketing claims surrounding its paper grocery bags.
“Whole Foods Market, Inc. is up to its old [...]
Watson Challenges Hearn to a Debate
The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Loyola Hearn is quick to shoot accusations and mis-information from the hip without pausing to think.
But how would he do in a face to face debate with the man he loves to hate.
Captain Paul Watson today issued a challenge to Mr. Hearn. “You defend the seal killers and I’ll [...]
Beauty Brand Tainted by US Animal Testing
Cosmetics on sale in high-street shops were tested on animals years after the practice was banned in the UK.
Several popular beauty products contain an ingredient tested on live pregnant rats and their foetuses in the US.
The ingredient is contained in Olay Regenerist Night moisturiser and Olay Regenerist Eye Derma-Pod, both of which are sold in [...]
Do Hamburgers Cause Crime?
Most of us who eat meat regularly would still rather not kill an animal with our own hands. So we have, for generations, delegated that work to others.
Jennifer Dillard, at Georgetown Law, authored a new paper looking at what that delegation costs the workers of industrial slaughterhouses. She argues that prolonged work on a kill [...]
Gucci stops selling seal fur!
Thank you for taking the time to tell Gucci to stop selling seal fur. After hearing from thousands of PETA activists like you, Gucci has assured PETA that it will not sell any more seal fur—a product of the vicious Canadian seal hunt. This is a great step in the right direction! However, Gucci continues [...]