August 1, 2013
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 excuses[…]
June 18, 2012
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 vastly[…]
November 18, 2011
An increasing number of farmers or friends thereof, continue making the ecologically uneducated claim that animal agriculture, in specific, setting cows to pasture, is beneficial to the environment. I can only assume that their theory is based on the idea that cows, in free pasture, fertilize the land that they[…]
October 17, 2011
Message from the team: The main goal of AELLA is to do whatever we can to raise global awareness, altering the way that humanity sees itself and the world around it. There is an extremely pointed need to educate the public in regards to the devastation that animal agriculture/animal exploitation[…]
March 26, 2011
Activists be proud… It is more than obvious that our actions have got them running scared and this is proof. Legislators in four states are proposing bills (Idaho HB166, Minnesota Senate File 1118 & House File 1369, Iowa H.F. 589, and Florida S.B. 1246) that will ban undercover farm slaughter footage.[…]
March 13, 2011
Traversing Interstate 10 through the state of Louisiana, one will not be able to help coming across the “Tiger Truck Stop” at exit 139, where a travesty of justice and blatant animal abuse continues to occur. Tony the Tiger has spent every day, seven days a week, pacing and caged,[…]
March 12, 2011
Well, just when you didn’t think humanity could get any more sadistic through a totally apathetic viewpoint, along comes Mitch Head defending the notion of sadism by indifference in his defense of the the hatchery, which is owned by West Des Moines-based Hy-Line North America. It is one of many[…]
March 10, 2011
Those of you who question planetary, animal and vegan activists would do well to remember that the moral dilemma pressing many of us to keep meat off our plates, includes a concern for your children’s futures. When you speak as though our care is not for human beings, you misjudge[…]
March 8, 2011
ENDING WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN March 8th, 2011 marks the 100 anniversary of International Woman’s Day. On this day, every year, I post a blog asking people to please consider uniting together to end global violence against women. Please take a moment to see what you can do to help,[…]
March 2, 2011
The true life of a circus animal, which, under the “Big Top”, is hidden behind the illusion of colored popping corn, clowns and the bright lights of the show. A rational human being would realize that it is not possible, even for those with the best of intentions, to provide[…]
March 1, 2011
For those who do not know, The term “bush-meat” is used to describe the flesh of wild animals hunted in places like tropical forests in Africa, Asia and the Americas. The international trade in “bush-meat” has an estimated value of more than £2.5 billion. Generally, the use of “bush-meat” is[…]
February 22, 2011
At times, it becomes difficult to understand why humans continue to inflict some of the most barbaric atrocities imaginable upon other species that inhabit our world. There is no measure which says that one abuse is worse than any other form, however, one can not deny true horror when we[…]
January 16, 2011
I have noticed a “falling of spirit” within the movement for positive global change. Many of my friends and colleagues have shown a significant level of despair, as of late. More than just a few of my recent detailed conversations regarding the state of our planet with people I care[…]
January 13, 2011
SIGN THE PETITION TELLING CONGRESS TO PLACE A HEFTY ENVIRONMENTAL TAX ON EVERY PLASTIC BAG USED IN COMMERCE. We have many serious issues facing our society today, such as a severely struggling economy, elevated criminal activity, flawed health care, social security issues and lack of gainful employment, just to[…]
January 12, 2011
There is only one obvious reason that cows generate milk, and that is to feed calves, not humans. It is highly unlikely that nature intended us, as the human species, to suckle a bovine’s mammary gland for sustenance. In fact, a cow’s milk is specifically designed to turn an 80[…]
January 11, 2011
When people hear of medical experiments, they often think of such heightened and lofty goals as finding a cure for cancer, AIDS or Multiple Sclerosis without being aware or caring that with every physical victory comes years of agonizing spiritual defeat. To be truly honest, injecting a silver-back gorilla with[…]
January 6, 2011
The biggest problems we face regarding extinction relate directly to animal agriculture. For obvious reasons, it is a difficult subject to tackle because of the vast effect that the factory farming (which we at AELLA like to refer to as the “factory food” industry, because it encompasses fast food)[…]
January 5, 2011
“Screaming into a plastic bag” Muffled are the sounds that utter from lips when spoken in a plea for understanding. Drowned out by the rivers of apathy, do all cries for compassion fade off into oblivion. Bound from head to toe in Saran Wrap, unable to breathe or hear our[…]
January 4, 2011
The war that humans have generated against wolves has had several flames lit under it, such as stories pertaining to humans being attacked by them. News items, similar to the one regarding the Alaskan jogger who was found dead, supposedly killed by wolves, have only served to douse petroleum on[…]
December 22, 2010
Automated letters & online petitions are not as effective for passing legislation, but they do help. One “snail mail” is worth more that 1,000 signatures on a petition and a phone call is priceless! Please be respectful & polite in all contact with any representative or aide. Watch the Schoolhouse[…]
December 13, 2010
Doris’ Animal Rights Blog By Doris Lin About.com Guide Crush Videos Banned in U.S. Sunday December 12, 2010 On Thursday, December 9, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into a law a new bill that bans “crush” videos, after the Supreme Court struck down an earlier law banning depictions of animal cruelty[…]
August 22, 2010
Please sign the CARE2 petition to Save Florida’s Manatees From Development HERE! The Manatee is a large, gray to black aquatic mammal, often referred to as a sea cow. Adults can be massive, averaging ten feet in length and weighing in between 400 and over 1000 pounds. Manatees have a very[…]
August 21, 2010
The tiger is the largest cat species in the world and the largest subspecies is the Siberian tiger. The approximate weight of the male is five hundred pounds with a length of ten feet. Females grow up to three hundred pounds and eight feet long. Appearances of the tiger depend[…]
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