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... that the BAFTA-winning documentary 73 Cows tells the story of Jay and Katja Wilde, beef farmers who gave most of their cows to the Hillside Animal Sanctuary and took up vegan organic farming? (2019-02-14)
... that Massachusetts's Question 3 was the first U.S. ballot measure to ban the sale of animal products such as eggs and pork from intensively confined animals? (2020-06-14)
... that Animal Justice Party, federally registered in May 2011, is the first Australian political party dedicated to animal rights issues? (2012-02-23)
... that in Animal Rights Without Liberation, Alasdair Cochrane argues that hunting animals is unacceptable, but controlling their numbers using contraception is permissible? (2015-06-24)
... that Nazi Germany's animal protection laws were the first in the world to place the wolf under protection? (2008-03-14)
... that in addition to human spaceflight, there have been many animals in space, including monkeys, apes, mice, dogs, guinea pigs, frogs, rats, cats, tortoises, fish, newts, insects, snails, spiders and nematodes? (2004-04-17)
... that there is a long history of animals in sport, ranging from common horse racing and fox hunting events to the more unusual rabbit show jumping and camel wrestling competitions? (2006-07-10)
... that the Anita Krajnc case could result in her spending ten years in prison for giving water to thirsty pigs on their way to slaughter? (2016-01-05)
... that earlier this month, members of the Anti-Vivisection Coalition gathered outside Senate House, Cambridge, to protest against primate testing at Cambridge University? (2014-02-19)
... that bovine tuberculosis costing £100 million per annum is leading to badger culling in the United Kingdom? (2012-07-25)
... that because of the Bambi effect, some people will not eat a whole fish? (2009-12-07)
... that at the age of seventeen, Tiger King subject Carole Baskin used llamas for a lawn-trimming business? (2020-04-29)
... that Tilly Bébé (pictured), a pioneer in the docile training of predators, starred with her lions in a silent film of a genre described as "exotic-erotic-escapist"? (2020-06-14)
... that the philosophy journal Between the Species took its name from a fictional periodical mentioned in a George Abbe novel? (2016-10-13)
... that a report by the philosopher Jonathan Birch and colleagues led to cephalopods and decapods being recognised as sentient under the UK's Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act? (2023-08-26)
... that organized horse fighting has been a traditional Miao Chinese New Year observance for 500 years? (2016-05-05)
... that research on pain in fish by Victoria Braithwaite resulted in new rules in the UK, Europe, and Canada to make fisheries more humane? (2019-12-01)
... that Reverend Arthur Broome was one of the founders of the RSPCA and, as guarantor for the society's debts, went to debtors' prison when it declared bankruptcy? (2017-05-29)
... that the Brown Dog affair, a Edwardian era vivisection controversy, led to massive riots? (2004-06-20)
... that research in which vertebrates or cephalopods are used in Canada must meet the ethical standards set by the Canadian Council on Animal Care? (2009-10-25)
... that the elephants Castor and Pollux were shot for food during the Siege of Paris in 1870 and their trunks sold as a delicacy? (2007-08-08)
... that a Chicken sexer is specially trained to visually determine the sex of chicken hatchlings? (2004-03-30)
... that nearly 8,000 birds per hour can be gathered up with the chicken harvester? (2013-06-28)
... that the execution of Chunee the elephant (pictured) on 1 March 1826 became a cause célèbre, leading to the founding of the Zoological Society of London? (2006-07-25)
... that Alasdair Cochrane was one of the first writers to consider the relationship between animal ethics and political theory? (2013-06-18)
... that cock throwing was a popular blood sport in England for centuries? (2007-01-24)
... that the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation has argued that octopuses should be considered sentient? (2022-03-13)
... that coon hunting dogs can bark as many as 150 times per minute? (2017-05-09)
... that the labour studies scholar Kendra Coulter calls for interspecies solidarity between human and animal workers? (2016-12-14)
... that the book You Don't Need Meat by Peter Cox (pictured), the first chief executive of the Vegetarian Society, is the best-selling vegetarian book of all time? (2007-10-25)
... that Brian Davies founded the International Fund for Animal Welfare in 1969 and Network for Animals in 2010? (2014-01-14)
... that in the Newar festival of Depukhu, young men compete for the carcass of a young female goat that is first sacrificed by drowning in the Deopokhari pond in Khokana, Nepal? (2019-12-12)
... that the destruction of ivory (pictured) has been called "indispensable in the fight against trafficking of threatened species"? (2016-03-05)
... that Lady Florence Dixie (pictured), feminist, big game hunter, war correspondent, and suffragette, was the aunt of Oscar Wilde's lover Lord Alfred Douglas? (2008-03-16)
... that according to the philosopher Julian Baggini, "Vegans are the only group who can oppose China's Yulin Dog Meat Festival (typical dish pictured) without any fear of hypocrisy"? (2015-07-20)
... that the Discovery Channel special Eaten Alive did not actually feature anyone being eaten alive? (2015-01-18)
... that suffragette Norah Elam campaigned in 1918 for the internment of enemy aliens but in 1940 was interned herself as an 18B detainee due to her membership in the British Union of Fascists? (2009-02-24)
... that elephant racing held with 16 circus elephants became a major event (though it generated protests) in Germany in 2000, and was an organized International event held in Nepal in 1982? (2013-04-08)
... that several MPs have signed an Early Day Motion to stop hunters from killing wild animals in Britain after the supposed death of the Emperor of Exmoor, a red stag (Cervus elaphus)? (2010-11-05)
... that the book The Expanding Circle bridged sociobiology and ethics, discussing how humans have used reason to expand their moral considerations from family and tribe to the entire of society? (2019-06-14)
... that An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (pictured) depicts the recreation of an experiment first carried out by Robert Boyle over a hundred years earlier? (2007-01-16)
... that the author of Farmageddon travelled the world to investigate what happens when 300,000 laying hens are held or 10,000 cows are being milked on a single farm? (2014-02-20)
... that foam has been used to kill farm animals en masse in a process called foam depopulation? (2024-03-28)
... that the first plate of William Hogarth's The Four Stages of Cruelty features a boy supposed to be a young George III? (2007-01-16)
... that the philosopher Michael Fox became highly critical of animal testing following the publication of his The Case for Animal Experimentation, later writing a book in support of vegetarianism? (2017-01-03)
... that fox tossing was a popular blood sport in parts of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries? (2007-09-04)
... that the photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur (pictured) was the "main human subject" of the 2013 documentary film The Ghosts in Our Machine? (2016-01-14)
... that by paying attention to mundane decision-making among activists, the critical theorist Eva Haifa Giraud troubles the notion of staying with the trouble? (2021-01-25)
... that businessman and activist Matthew Glover's charity challenged Pope Francis to become a vegan for Lent? (2022-01-29)
... that goose pulling (pictured) was a popular blood sport practiced in Belgium, England, the Netherlands and the United States that involved a man on horseback galloping past a live goose and pulling its head off? (2010-05-07)
... that Gulf Hamstery established the commercial Syrian hamster industry in the United States? (2016-02-02)
... that the gun-powered mousetrap never gained wide popularity after being patented in 1882, but was hailed as the "best mousetrap ever" in 2012? (2022-11-22)
... that the philosopher John Hadley argues that the territory of wild animals should be considered their property? (2016-06-06)
... that hunter Steve Hindi stopped hunting and founded the animal rights group Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) after witnessing a pigeon shoot in Pennsylvania in 1989? (2014-09-04)
... that attorney Rachel Hirschfeld works in the field of pet rights, including the creation of pet trusts allowing pets to inherit property? (2008-12-09)
... that farmed birds often get marks known as hock burns from the ammonia of other birds' waste? (2024-06-27)
... that a show horse belonging to Rielle Hunter was killed as part of an insurance fraud scheme, and that the event was adapted as part of the novel Story of My Life? (2008-08-23)
... that in An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory, Alasdair Cochrane argues that animals are best offered justice through a theory combining utilitarianism and liberalism? (2013-10-18)
... that while medieval popes ordered Europeans to kill them, cats are so revered in Islam for their neatness and Muhammad's love for them that an Egyptian sultan set up a charitable trust for them? (2013-08-21)
... that Syrian hamsters are used in research to model various human medical conditions? (2016-05-14)
... that "bunchers" are criminals involved in kidnapping pets from residences, trapping stray animals illegally, and selling them to laboratories for animal testing purposes? (2007-12-18)
... that the philosopher Andy Lamey challenges "new omnivorism", according to which it is permissible to eat animals even if they have moral status? (2021-01-20)
... that Lizzy Lind af Hageby, a Swedish feminist and anti-vivisectionist, broke a record in England in 1913 when she spoke 210,000 words during a libel trial and asked 20,000 questions? (2012-05-04)
... that Astrid Lindgren can be read in 100 languages? (2023-07-13)
... that Paul McCartney's condition for guest starring in The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Vegetarian" was that Lisa, who becomes a vegetarian in the episode, remain one for the rest of the series? (2008-12-04)
... that viewers complained when the first episode of Living on the Veg, a vegan cookery programme, was broadcast with a sponsor's advertisements showing animal products? (2020-02-15)
... that John Quincy Adams II, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William Gordon Weld helped form the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals? (2008-08-08)
... that a monument at Mendeleyevskaya station in the Moscow Metro marks the location where stray dog Malchik was stabbed to death by a railway commuter? (2010-04-22)
... that Stella McCartney, the fashion designer daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney, studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design? (2004-07-27)
... that British animal-welfare activist Shirley McGreal founded the International Primate Protection League, after seeing trafficked monkeys in cages at an airport in Thailand? (2022-03-08)
... that the meat dress of Lady Gaga was to be preserved by being made into a type of jerky? (2011-05-20)
... that French naturalist and explorer Théodore Monod had the same great-grandfather as biologist Jacques Monod and director Jean-Luc Godard? (2005-12-20)
... that after 1832, John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company dominated the fur trade in Montana on the upper Missouri River by using the paddle steamer to transport goods? (2014-11-23)
... that the National Film Board of Canada documentary My Ancestors Were Rogues and Murderers defends the controversial Canadian seal hunt? (2012-07-11)
... that philanthropist Harriet Nevins left an animal shelter, a fountain, and a John LaFarge stained glass window to the people of Massachusetts? (2008-08-12)
... that one of Bodley's Librarians at Oxford University had been in the King's African Rifles, another wrote about French anarchy, another had sixteen siblings, another used boys for routine library tasks, and another later died of a "surfeit of cherries"? (2010-01-16)
... that the political scientist Siobhan O'Sullivan argues that animal activists should focus on the inconsistent treatment of animals relative to other animals, not relative to humans? (2016-04-05)
... that Porphyry describes a moral obligation to extend justice to animals in his 3rd-century treatise on vegetarianism? (2024-01-29)
... that PETA's browser games regularly satirize popular franchises like Mario and Pokémon? (2014-05-16)
... that the British RSPCA now formally prosecutes individuals who are cruel to fish? (2009-09-15)
... that the philosopher Clare Palmer argues that humans are usually permitted to aid wild animals in need, and are sometimes required to? (2016-09-17)
... that the New Jersey black bear Pedals walked on his hind legs due to injuries to his front paws? (2016-11-18)
... that Anna L. Peterson argues that the usual separation of animal and environmental ethics is based on mistaken conceptions of nature, humans, animals, and the relationships among them? (2016-10-20)
... that philosopher Jessica Pierce argues that some animals may have a sense of morality? (2016-09-20)
... that Political Animals and Animal Politics was the first edited collection focused on the political turn in animal ethics? (2016-06-29)
... that Natalie Portman was a co-author on a scientific paper about frontal lobe activation? (2022-10-12)
... that research into the psychology of eating meat suggests a correlation between meat-eating and support for hierarchy and inequality? (2016-02-19)
... that the purple remembrance poppy was created to commemorate animals that served during wartime, but is not endorsed by The Royal British Legion which sells the official red remembrance poppy (pictured)? (2018-11-11)
... that at least 70 members of the cast and crew were injured while working alongside 130 or more untrained big cats, mostly lions and tigers, for the film Roar? (2019-10-26)
... that in 1906, ties between England and Spain were sufficiently strong that King Edward VII and King Alfonso XIII became joint patrons of the Royal Calpe Hunt? (2012-12-30)
... that the directors of Chipotle Mexican Grill's short film The Scarecrow took inspiration from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Metropolis? (2013-10-02)
... that Alasdair Cochrane's Sentientist Politics was the first book dedicated to extending cosmopolitan political theory to include animal rights? (2020-03-04)
... that the cover of the 1890s feminist periodical Shafts depicted a woman shooting an arrow labelled "Wisdom", "Justice", and "Truth"? (2014-09-26)
... that in 2015, Anushka Sharma (pictured) appeared on The Huffington Post's list of "100 most influential women on Twitter"? (2015-10-08)
... that men who practice snake charming often also use their skills as a form of pest control? (2005-08-23)
... that a half-naked fakir has taken up residence near Winston Churchill? (2015-04-01)
... that deadly attacks from stray cows in India have become an electoral issue? (2022-04-02)
... that The Most Dangerous Animal in the World (pictured) was an exhibit at the Bronx Zoo in 1963? (2022-05-31)
... that about one million animals are used every year in Europe in toxicology testing? (2007-12-20)
... that Henry Ford considered Ralph Waldo Trine an old friend and had several conversations with him concerning success in life? (2017-01-08)
... that in medieval Tutbury, Staffordshire, minstrels chased a bull that, if caught, could be eaten or exchanged for forty pennies? (2020-06-12)
... that sociologist Richard Twine has developed the concept of the "vegan killjoy" who challenges anthropocentrism by their mere presence? (2024-02-01)
... that, in 19th and 20th century Romania, Roma people known as Ursari trained brown bears to step on people's backs, as a folk remedy for back pain? (2007-06-27)
... that the philosopher Gary Varner has argued that all beings, including plants, have morally considerable interests? (2016-12-06)
... that Veganz, Europe's first vegan supermarket chain, opened in Berlin in 2011 and plans to open in London in 2014? (2014-01-11)
... that the philosopher Tatjana Višak argues that utilitarians should oppose the killing of animals in agriculture, even if they have lived happy lives? (2016-03-22)
... that the social and political theorist Dinesh Wadiwel argues that humans are waging a war on animals? (2018-09-07)
... that the practice of whaling in the Faroe Islands dates back to the early days of Norse settlement during the Viking Era? (2021-11-26)
... that the 2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter is the latest of a four decade long series of massacres that has eliminated 97 percent of the Chadian elephant population of 300,000? (2006-09-04)
... that after being kept indoors at an Illinois zoo for about three decades, a citizens' campaign secured Ziggy the elephant a new home? (2008-08-10)