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Animal Welfare Activism: News Articles

Eating Less Meat Is World's Best Chance For Timely Climate Change, Say Experts
http://www.forbes.com/sites/michellemaisto/2012/04/28/eating-less-meat-is-worlds-best-chance-for-timely-climate-change-say-experts/

Knesset recognizes Animal Rights Day with a show of support for a slew of pet protection bills
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/knesset-recognizes-animal-rights-day-with-a-show-of-support-for-a-slew-of-pet-protection-bills-1.415444

Wonder Dog
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/magazine/wonder-dog.html?pagewanted=all

Could vegetarians eat a 'test tube' burger?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17113214

Kosher Meat Still Slaughtered Inhumanely, Even After Scandal, 'Shackle and Drag' Method Still Used Overseas:
http://forward.com/articles/144037/

Recommended Ritual Slaughter Practices:
http://www.grandin.com/ritual/rec.ritual.slaughter.html

Despite rabbinate's promises, meat from inhumane slaughterhouses still being marked as kosher:
http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/anglo-file/despite-rabbinate-s-promises-meat-from-inhumane-slaughterhouses-still-being-marked-as-kosher-1.366882


The Evidence for a Vegan Diet:
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/01/the-evidence-for-a-vegan-diet/251498

Videotapes Show Grisly Scenes at Kosher Slaughterhouse:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/30/national/30cnd-kosh.html

Israel's chief rabbi to mark imported beef unkosher if slaughtering process not changed:
http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/anglo-file/israel-s-chief-rabbi-to-mark-imported-beef-unkosher-if-slaughtering-process-not-changed-1.296912

Bears, Dolphins and the Animal Stories We Tell:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/books/review/bears-dolphins-and-the-animal-stories-we-tell.html?ref=crueltytoanimals

Raid on Kosher Slaughterhouse Sparks Fears of Meat Shortage:
http://www.forward.com/articles/13394/

Knesset approves stiffer fines for animal abuse:
http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=212333

Law Extends Its Reach in Bid to Halt Cockfighting:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/us/texas-law-extends-its-reach-to-halt-cockfighting.html?ref=crueltytoanimals

Do you agree with the Supreme Court's ruling that a ban on depictions of animal cruelty violates free speech?
http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/politics-government-334/topics/do-you-agree-supreme-courts

A Cool Reception to a Ban on Fur:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/fashion/retailers-cool-to-ban-on-fur-sales-in-west-hollywood.html?ref=crueltytoanimals

U.S. Will Not Finance New Research on Chimps:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/science/chimps-in-medical-research.html?ref=crueltytoanimals

Parties find common ground on animal-rights legislation:
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20110217-parties-find-common-ground-on-animal-rights-legislation.ece

Push to Ban New York Carriage Horses Gains Steam:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/nyregion/ny-horse-drawn-carriage-industry-fights-for-survival.html?pagewanted=all

Noted NY animal hospice hit with cruelty charges:
http://online.wsj.com/article/APe37f011c0b71455089481882e980f37f.html

Leaving Animals Out of the Cosmetics Picture:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/fashion/expanding-efforts-to-keep-cosmetics-testing-from-animals.html?_r=1&ref=crueltytoanimals

A Tighter Leash on Exotic Pets:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/us/exotic-animals-business-faces-restrictions.html?ref=crueltytoanimals

How PETA's Lawsuit Against Sea World Could End Factory Farming:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/how-petas-lawsuit-against-sea-world-could-end-factory-farming/248127/

All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Animal Rights Agenda 25 Years Later:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-dogs-go-heaven/201202/the-animal-rights-agenda-25-years-later

He Has Clout in Washington and Klout in Social Media — And He's Vegan:
http://thebeeteatingheeb.com/2012/04/17/he-has-clout-in-washington-and-klout-in-social-media-and-hes-vegan/


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The Shamayim V'Aretz Institute, a community of Jewish vegans, is working to create a paradigm shift in how the Jewish community views veganism.
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