October 27, 2014
[Translate] On October the 26th, AELLA and the STOPCRUSH.ORG initiative supported Karen Hamza’s Angel Hanz for the Homeless by funding a healthy vegan meal for the homeless at North Hollywood Park, prepared by Betty Barns’s Bikini Bites vegan catering. The turnout was incredible and the delicious food didn’t last very long. We would like to[…]
October 26, 2014
[Translate] Editorial By Marla Stormwolf Patty Comment by PRO-HUNTING man: “without hunters, there would be no wildlife left, they give millions of dollars to conservation”. Comment by CONSERVATIONIST: “Because of hunters there is very little wildlife left, they give millions of dollars to their lobbyist groups in Washington who allow[…]
January 15, 2014
[Translate] At Stopcrush.org, we very well understand and agree with everyone who wants animal crush “models” to be stopped. This a given, however, please remember that taking away the ability of animal crush video producers to sell or distribute the videos, enacting laws that identify and directly deal with the[…]
September 19, 2013
[Translate] Statement from Daphne Pattison Silverman, Silverman Law Group 501 North IH-35 Austin, Texas 78702 512-485-3003 Attorney representing Stopcrush.org Thank you to each and every one of you for your love of animals and your dedication to the eradication of their torture. Before this case, I knew nothing of this[…]
August 1, 2013
[Translate] Please note: The numbered list of answers to many excuses posed in favor of animal-based agriculture(as well as animal exploitation in general) within this article, will remain open for suggested revisions and/or additions proposed by activists in the animal rights community. We are certain that those who invent baseless[…]
July 29, 2013
[Translate] “Crushers” (a term coined by Stopcrush.org to describe those engaged in creating, distributing, purchasing and/or viewing animal crush video for purposes of garnering money or sexual gratification) apparently do not like Stopcrush.org very much (what a shock). They have been frequenting internet forums and even penning articles in an[…]
May 18, 2013
[Translate] The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas charged Ashley Nicole Richards and Brent Justice with creating and distributing animal crush videos in violation of the updated version of the animal crush video statute. Defense attorneys filed a motion to dismiss five counts of the indictment alleging that[…]
May 5, 2013
[Translate] UPDATE as of 5/27/13: Everyone, we can breath a bit easier. We have reached our goal of garnering the necessary funding to pay our attorney, Daphne Pattison Silverman of the Silverman Law Group in Austin, Texas, thanks to all of you. We will be closing the event on Facebook to[…]
November 25, 2012
[Translate] Sign the petition HERE, to the City of Bradenton, Florida, Department of Public Works, urging them to take proper responsibility for wildlife and stray domesticated animals. The members of AELLA would like to report on an issue that is very close to its home base in southwest Florida, pertaining[…]
November 5, 2012
[Translate] It would be foolish to label the current rate of planetary deforestation as merely “frightening”. A detailed study regarding this truly terrifying issue should, in fact, stop the heart of every cognizant human being living on the planet, at least for a moment. Oddly enough, although we lose one[…]
October 1, 2012
[Translate] CLICK HERE TO ASK NEW HAMPSHIRE TO BAN BEAR BAITING For a description of what State of New Hampshire Fish and Game labels as “bear-baiting” and what acts it will legally distribute permits for, please click HERE. Bear-Baiting Blood-Lust by Ella Logan(a true story) by Ella Logan Technically, I[…]
September 10, 2012
[Translate] My family is mostly gone. I watched the last hunter shoot my son as I tried to drag my daughter behind the trees to protect her. He fought the bullet inside him. He was so brave. I tried to reach him, but his last breath left him as his[…]
August 17, 2012
[Translate] Ukraine – Volodymyr Goncharenko, the 57 year old Chairman of the Social Movement of Ukraine For the Rights of Citizens & Environmental Security, was brutally beaten to death. The horrific news came just days after he conducted a press conference to warn citizens that 180 tons of dangerous chemical[…]
July 13, 2012
[Translate] In the morning, a man strapped a female to a table with the help of two other men and began to cut into the screaming female with indifference. He then decided to inject her eyes with bleach and stood back whilst her eyes scorched and burned. The men traded[…]
June 30, 2012
[Translate] Animal agriculture, in general (factory farmed or “free-range”) is responsible for the majority of all planetary deforestation. According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat, the overwhelming direct cause of deforestation is indeed, agriculture. Subsistence farming (meaning self-sufficient) is responsible for 48% of all planetary[…]
June 18, 2012
[Translate] Why should humans turn toward a vegetable-based diet for themselves, not only for the animals? Human beings over-stress the planet to produce inordinate amounts of grain to feed animals that we label as “livestock”. Feeding 70 billion land-based animals that we exploit, torture and slaughter each year, has a[…]
June 16, 2012
[Translate] Why are major media resources, television, radio and global newspapers, not covering the plight of the Kayapos in their struggle against the Belo Monte Dam project? On June 15th of 2012, the indigenous peoples who rely on the Xingu for life sustainability, began tearing down the beginnings of The[…]
May 26, 2012
[Translate] Please click on the photo above to join “The uprising of women in the Arab world” Facebook page. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – At a mall in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, a courageous woman defied official “religious police” who were attempting to expel her from the mall[…]
May 20, 2012
[Translate] The 2011 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report “The Future of Sharks: A Review of Action and Inaction”, which was generated to discuss any progress made in regard to shark conservation over the last decade, pointed to no viable positive changes or impacts. As a point of fact,[…]
May 17, 2012
[Translate] Please click on the photo above, to explore a virus in atomic detail. We were sent an alert from a friend and fellow activist, who had received an email alerting the public about a biological research facility under construction. The email was from a man named Robert Cohen at[…]
May 15, 2012
[Translate] We have received extremely disturbing news from our friends at Sea Shepherd regarding the current status of the charges against Sea Shepherd founder, Captain Paul Watson. Costa Rica is indeed, requesting extradition and they plan to charge Paul with crimes relating to the incidents which occurred during the filming[…]
May 12, 2012
[Translate] We do comprehend the public’s desire for a nice, cozy security-blanket, however, the difference between a corporate push, whether for or against “free-range” animal agriculture, makes no viable difference to life on this planet, including human life. Corporate lobbyists for the animal agriculture industry, who have been proponents of both[…]
May 11, 2012
[Translate] A very intelligent and caring 9 year old girl named Jamie D. Montalvo, has sent us a poem in regard to how she feels about the vast animal slaughter and environmental degradation currently plaguing our world. She agreed to allow us to share it with you. Mother Nature Crying:[…]