Animal welfare

Response from US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand about Captive Primate Safety Act

This is a response from US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to Pramoda Chitrabhanu concerning the Captive Primate Safety Act... August 27, 2014 Dear Ms. Chitrabhanu, Thank you for contacting me regarding the Captive Primate Safety Act.  This legislation would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates to the definition of "prohibited wildlife species" for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of such species in interstate or foreign commerce.  I share your [Read more...]

Cows Forced to Sleep, Eat in their Own Waste at…from PETA

    Dear Pramoda, After a disturbing tip about cruel and grotesque conditions on a North Carolina dairy farm that supplies milk to supermarket chain Harris Teeter, we took a look ourselves. What we found was shocking. Emaciated, lame cows whose bones protrude sharply are forced to eat, sleep, and trudge through a deep pool of their own corrosive, bacteria-laden waste while flies swarm about them. The constant contact of the feces and urine with their sensitive skin and feet has resulted [Read more...]

Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO)

Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) is a collective of animal protection organisations in India. We represent and advocate for NGOs and activists in the Indian animal protection sector; and also independently conduct research about and advocate for the rights of animals. Letter from the Farm, July 19, 2014 Complete Commentary Hundreds of crores of animals are now raised on factory farms in India, including over 90% of chickens raised for meat and 80% of hens raised for [Read more...]

No More Testing Cigarettes on Helpless Animals

Pramoda Chitrabhanu

From Pramoda Chitrabhanu... This is from SierraRise part of SierraClub.org Big Tobacco is forcing animals to smoke -- intentionally giving them cancer for irrelevant studies. Sign the petition to RJ Reynolds and Philip Morris: No more cruelty! Stop animal testing! Cruel and inhumane: In just one recent "study," Philip Morris -- maker of Marlboro cigarettes -- pumped cigarette smoke directly into rats' noses for six straight hours per day, 90 days in a row. [1] It's 2014, [Read more...]