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No Rights for Dogs/Cats at Animal Rights Conference 2017

By Nathan J. Winograd | July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 by Nathan J. Winograd

Instead they celebrate a killing of them. Next month, the Animal Rights Conference will take place in Alexandria, VA. It bills itself as, “The world’s largest & longest-running event dedicated to the liberation of animals from all forms of human exploitation and use.” It is not. It is sponsored by PETA, an organization which is the functional equivalent of a slaughterhouse, its featured speaker from PETA kills animals by the thousands, and it prohibits other…

Allowing PETA To Get Away With “Murder”

By Nathan J. Winograd | March 27, 2017December 6, 2018 by Nathan J. Winograd

Your Help Need to Stop VDACS Commissioner & Staff From Betraying Animals If there was any doubt that the bureaucrats in charge of protecting animals in “shelters” and from PETA at the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (VDACS) will always turn a blind eye to abuse and killing, that doubt is now gone. With the stroke of a pen, they are proposing to allow PETA to continue killing thousands of animals every year,…

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The End of the Slaughterhouse

By Nathan J. Winograd | March 17, 2017December 14, 2017 by Nathan J. Winograd

Rescued chickens are dressed up to protect them from the cold. Soon, dressing up a chicken will literally mean dressing them up. Memphis Meats has announced that they have successfully developed the world’s first chicken “grown from chicken cells without so much as ruffling a feather.” The chicken is made from a one time draw of stem cells which are then replicated and grown in an animal-free medium to produce real meat from animals without…

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Are Coconuts Vegan?

By Nathan J. Winograd | March 11, 2017August 3, 2018 by Nathan J. Winograd

It seems like a silly question, since a coconut is a fruit (technically, it’s a drupe), but it’s a question that has me more and more upset. Over the last several years, Jennifer and I have watched with increasing alarm the prevalence coconut products have begun to play in the promotion of the vegan diet: Daiya cheese, Miyoko’s butter, Beyond Meat’s burgers, and more. It is in almost all shampoos and conditioners. In shaving creams…

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Study: Shelter Dog Killing Drops Below 1 Million

By Nathan J. Winograd | February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 by Nathan J. Winograd

But the conclusions the funders of the study are drawing from it are not only wrong, they’re pernicious. A new study, by researchers at Mississippi State University, claims the number of dogs killed in U.S. shelters is down to 776,970 (with an upper range of 866,377). If true, this is incredibly good news. The latest data available from the No Kill Advocacy Center’s review had put the number at about 1.1 million, 22% of all…

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A Defense of No Kill in Both Word & Deed

By Nathan J. Winograd | September 29, 2016September 29, 2016 by Nathan J. Winograd

A social, friendly kitten rescued off the street by a rescuer (and her dog) after she was released to the streets, in a location she was not familiar with, by Brevard County Animal Shelter, a shelter that calls itself No Kill. And while many of us — myself included — support “Return to Field” and TNR enthusiastically, it is lazy and dishonest to take friendly kittens and release them in parking lots and claim they’ve…

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Expanding the Circle

By Nathan J. Winograd | December 30, 2015 by Nathan J. Winograd

2015 saw the movement both expand the army of compassion and the circle of compassion.

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Progress in Lifesaving 2015

By Nathan J. Winograd | December 29, 2015December 29, 2015 by Nathan J. Winograd

2015 was also a banner year for saving lives, with animal shelters in cities and towns across America rejecting killing like never before.

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Progress Against Abuse 2015

By Nathan J. Winograd | December 28, 2015December 29, 2015 by Nathan J. Winograd

We obviously have a long way to go, but in 2015 our movement made significant progress toward tackling the abuse of animals: in puppy mills, in homes, in shelters, and on farms.

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Throwing the Baby Out With the Bathwater

By Nathan J. Winograd | December 2, 2015December 22, 2018 by Nathan J. Winograd

Where criticism of PETA gets it right and wrong. This is Maya, playing with her human. PETA is being sued for stealing and killing her. PETA originally denied taking the dog, but surveillance video proved otherwise. PETA was forced to admit that they took the dog and killed her that very day. The only penalty PETA received was a $500 fine, a mere slap on the wrist for an organization which takes in over…