The idea of food that's not grown by conventional agricultural methods is actually not so far from reality as we'd all like to think. Check out these excerpts from recent stories in Wired magazine about meat grown in test-tube like conditions in vats.

Calvin Owensby's phone rang off the hook Tuesday night after The Gazette reported that he planned to sell his five-legged Chihuahua, Precious, to a freak show in Coney Island, N.Y.

Have you seen the conditions of horses bound for slaughter? Hooves caught in the trailer walls, thrown on their backs from weakness. and most shocking, the blood! Some horses are starved for weeks before their misery is put to rest.

Join the Animal Legal Defense Fund and an international coalition of attorneys, scientists, and animal advocates in opposing the proposed construction of a massive facility in Puerto Rico for the purpose of breeding primates for use in painful and

In Jefferson County, a New Alexandria man, Robert County, made a disturbing find in a local creek - a cat stuffed inside a microwave and tossed into the water. "I junk for a living so I thought whatever I found down there I could recycle,"

Florida woman opens her home and heart to save dogs on death row. She has great success getting homes for them through the internet..

Updates from Francois Hugo of Sael Alert-SA and petition to Namibian government to sign. Pledges still needed ASAP!!!

THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES CAN KILL STU ON JULY 23 AND THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP THEM-- EXCEPT YOU.

Animal activists in Shanghai have rescued 300 cats from a dealer who had bought the allegedly stolen pets for sale to restaurants in southern China, according to state media. The activists, acting on a tip from a cat lover, found 22 bamboo cages

...ask yourself whether animal organizations should be investing their time & ur resources in trying to design "better" slaughterhouses or whether we should all commit ourselves to veganism and to clear, unequivocal, non-violent Vegan education...