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A Case for Change	Healthful Eating
Animal Rights Leaders	Horses
Animal Testing/Experiments	Hunting
Animals for Entertainment	Meat, Dairy, Eggs, Foie Gras
Commercial Brands	Miscellaneous...Touching/Inspiring Videos
Companion Animals	Religion & Animals
Fur, Wool, Leather, Down	Whaling
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A Case for Change
A Life Connected (11:43) Available in six languages, this video gently and powerfully presents the truths about how each of our choices in the past built the world we live in today.

"A Sacred Duty" (60:15) A powerful expose on the dangers of global warming that shows how religious responses can make a major difference, and why a shift toward plant-based diets is an essential part of efforts to reduce global climate change and other environmental threats.

Dog: Do Unto ALL Others (01:27) Thought provoking and touching, this video is about the importance of treating all life equally. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you...no matter the species.

Global Impact of Our Diet - PSA (01:00) From Let's Act Now, an impactful 60-second PSA (public service announcement) demonstrates how what we eat has direct consequences on so many problems on our planet. A call to be responsible for our personal actions and how to save so much life.

"Things Have Got To Change . . ." (04:12) Voluntary ignorance and apathy will never alleviate the atrocities committed to animals throughout the world.

Earthlings (01:35:28) EARTHLINGS is a feature length documentary narrated by Joaquin Phoenix. EARTHLINGS is by far the most comprehensive documentary ever produced on the correlation between nature, animals, and human economic interests. There are many worthy animal rights films available, but this one transcends the setting. EARTHLINGS cries to be seen. Highly recommended!

International Nonviolence Conference (26:25) Can conflicts ever be resolved if we have not grappled with the basic problem of finding empathy for others (including species) who are not exactly like us and whom we may view as inferior?

Pulverizing (11:43) A case for change, if ever there was one! Whatever profit that may result from this horrific business is unacceptable from any humane person's point of view. This is an industrial shredder, probably at a rendering plant.

Animal Rights Leaders
Tom Regan (8:38) Does the Animal Kingdom require a 'Bill of Rights'? Dr Tom Regan, author of "The Case for Animal Rights," opens the debate.

Erik Marcus (11:40) Erik Marcus speaking at the AR2007 National Conference about effective outreach.

Harold Brown (11:17) Harold Brown speaking at the AR2007 National Conference discussing various topics related to animal rights vs. animal welfare.

Howard Lyman (16:24) Howard Lyman Speaking at the AR2007 National Conference, reviewing his background and current initiatives.

Covance Cruelty (04:49) PETA undercover video at a Covance Laboratory in 2005 shows blatant cruelty, outright vicious treatment of animals and useless painful experiments and tests that do nothing to help human beings.

Interview with Protester at UW Primate Center (08:36) - Interview with Dr. Debra Durham a Primatologist with PETA in front of the University of Washington's Western Ave. Primate Research Center (WaNPRC).

Protesters Comments about UW Primate Center (10:24) Interviews with several protesters in front of the University of Washington Western Ave. Primate Research Center (WaNPRC).

Questioning the Medical Value of Vivisection (2:48) Dr Robert Mendelsohn, former professor and President of the National Health Federation, speaks about the problems with data derived from animal testing.

Test of a Civilization: We Fail (04:43) This video takes us through just a small observation of the surface of animal testing through facilities such as University of California - Riverside, Boys Town Research Center, University of North Carolina, and Iams Pet Food Laboratory. Narrated by James Cromwell.

The Truth Behind Cosmetic Animal Testing (02:58) - When shopping for cosmetics, choose to spend your money on products from companies that do not test on animals over those that do.

What Makes Humans and Animals Different? (44:24) Should a 20 year old Gorilla and a 4 year old human be equals by law? That’s the controversial proposition being put forth in this spirited debate from the National Geographic Channel.

Animals for Entertainment
Angel's Story (04:58) Undercover PETA investigator documents the horrific lack of care for Angel, a baby Cockatoo at Rainbow World Exotics, a small-animal-breeding mill in Texas that supplies birds and small mammals to pet stores.

Carriage Horses: Driving Into Nightmares (02:34) A powerful film about the horse drawn carriage business and many important reasons to boycott this hideous industry.

Cruel Camera - Uncomfortable, even shocking, reality about moviemaking: animals, intentionally put in harm's way, abused, often killed to create the kind of cinematic excitement that draws a crowd. As well, the Fifth Estate (Canadian Broadcasting Company) found that in wildlife documentaries, the casualties are often the truth. Nature films, including award-winning documentaries made by esteemed studio such as Disney, sometimes used fakery in their shots.

Death at Kentucky Derby: 2008 (2:05) "The gamblers in their seersucker suits, wide-brimmed hats, with a mint julep in one hand and still waving their betting slips in the other, and then realized something had gone wrong..."
- ABC News reports the details leading to Eight Belles's death on the track of the Kentucky Derby.

Primates in Entertainment: An Exposé (9:30) The industrialized exploitation of non-human primates in the areas of entertainment, bush meat, pet trade and scientific research.

Ringling Bros. Abuse to Elephants (7:56) - This video exposes several ways in which Ringling Bros. elephant trainers have been hurting the elephants in their care for decades. The use of bullhooks is covered in depth.

Rodeo Cruelty (02:37) - After a life of this torture, the animals will be dragged away to a slaughter house to face a horrific death. Please, boycott this cruel form of "entertainment".

Rodeo People Love Animals??? - (02:22) Rodeo people claim they love and respect their animal victims. SHARK's video of a "steer wrestling" events shows the lack of "love and respect."

Rodeos Abuse Animals (11:00) - Clearly shows the cruelty animals endure for "entertainment".

Rodeos In Europe (09:05) - A horrible American tradition has been growing in popularity all over Europe.

Ringling Brothers Elephant Abuse (05:45) In sharp contrast from what Ringling proclaims is good treatment of animals, undercover investigations reveal a strikingly different story of animal treatment practiced by Ringling.

Spanish Bull Tries to Escape the Bullring - Already having been stabbed several times by the "matador's assistants," and before the matador kills the bull after tormenting him for the crowd, this bull leaps over the barrier and into the midst of the spectators.

Companion Animals
AKC vs. KKK (0:55) They're devoted to pure bloodlines, labeling "mixed breeds" as inferior, and creating a dominant "master race." The only thing the American Kennel Club is missing are the pointy white hats.

Dogs Deserve Better (04:38) Our entire history as humans has been shared with dogs. They deserve to be treated as our best friends! To see pictures of chained dogs juxtaposed with them in their new happy lives is just wonderful.

Do Unto ALL Others (01:27) Thought provoking and touching, this video is about the importance of treating all life equally. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you...no matter the species.

Feline Declawing (28:28) Dr. Jennifer Conrad of The Paw Project discusses the crippling effects of feline declawing.

The Myth of Pet Overpopulation (27:36) Nathan Winograd talks about his book "Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No-Kill Revolution in America."

What Are Puppy Mills? (06:35) An informative video narrated by Charlize Theron, documenting standard industry practices of "puppy mills" or "puppy farms" which provide a continuous supply of puppies to be sold through local and national pet stores.

Fur, Wool, Leather, Down
Bear Hunting for Fashion (02:16) Bears killed for their hides are often shot during hunts, as many as one bear in seven is not killed immediately after being shot, and some escape wounded and die later from blood loss or starvation. This video shows the callousness behind hunting bears, whose very skins are sold for profit.

Canada's Seal Slaughter (02:44) The standard practices authorized by the Canadian government to kill hundreds of thousands of seals each year.

Change is Needed (03:02) This video highlights the need for Egyptian authorities to pass animal protection laws, and includes footage of Australian and non-Australian animals in Egypt.

Dog and Cat Fur Trade in China (02:50) This is yet another video which clearly shows what is really going on in the Chinese fur trade. Products exported to the U.S. and other countries are often labeled as imitation products. But in reality, a lot of these items are real.

Facts: What Everyone Needs to Know About Fur (08:50) Go undercover with fashion designer Todd Oldham and top model Magali as they catch pelt-pushers, desperate to unload unwanted merchandise, lying to customers about how animals are killed for their fur.

Fashion Victims - Narrated by Designer Tim Gunn (03:59) From PETA: Fashion designer Tim Gunn describes what happens to animals bred and killed for their fur. And he exposes design school students to the realities of the truth about where fur, leather, wool and other skins come from. NOTE: All-Creatures does not condone the use of fake or faux fur, leather, wool, skins, etc., for the simple reason that it encourages people that a particular "look" is fashionable. Whether or not people know what they admire is "fake" or "real," they may be tempted to continue to buy products that brutalize animals.

Fur: A Simple Fashion Statement (12:32) This film is considered by many as "The Meet Your Meat" of fur production. See why people go to such great extents to show why they appose fur, why animal rights groups stage protests and rallies outside of fur stores and fashion shows that glamorize fur products.

Fur Farms (05:50) The industry standard of how animals are typically raised and killed for their fur.

Live Animal Exports - Indefensible (03:56) This moving documentary shows the routine handling of Australian sheep exported to Egypt. People in the Middle East believe Australians approve of this treatment of animals because of the willingness to supply animals to the region.

Message from Project Runway Winner (04:29) Project Runway season 1 winner Jay McCarroll and the Humane Society of the United States produced this film about what goes into fur and fur trim. Make a real statement: make compassion your fashion.

Plucking the Down from Geese (08:50) In countries where this cruel practice continues, up to five ounces of feathers and down are pulled from each bird every six weeks from the time that they are ten weeks old until they are up to four years of age when they're sent to slaughter.

Raccoon Dogs (16:05) Major department stores purchase and sell fur & fur trim DIRECTLY from these specific places! Many of these same stores have also falsely labeled these products as "fake" when in reality, the unknowing consumer still supports the wealth and sustainability of these industries! Boycott ALL fur & fur trim whether it is considered Fake or Real. Please see this footage to fully understand the why real and faux fur reflects a hideous message.

Transporting Cats and Dogs for Fur and Food Whether dogs or cats are brought to be slaughter to become food or fur products, the methods are uncaring, brutal and blatantly cruel. Like people who transport cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, turkeys to slaughter, people transporting cats and dogs exhibit the same disregard for each individual living creature.

What Kind of A Person Steals Another Guy's Coat? (:30) PETA animation of a "skinned" rabbit and crocodile demonstrating how wearing fur and skin is "stealing someone’s coat." Sometimes subtlety is a great way to educate people about the horrors the fur industry causes animals.

Wool Industry Exposed: In this shocking video, Pink exposes the cruelty in the Australian wool industry and calls for a boycott until the Australian government bans the cruel practices of mulesing and the exportation of tens of thousands of sheep each year.

Would You Wear It if You Knew It Was REAL? (03:00) This video depicts what is really going on in the Chinese fur trade. Products exported to the U.S and other countries are often labeled as imitation products. But in reality, a lot of these items are real.

Eating Animal Fat (Meat) Linked to Cancer (1:07) Study reveals a direct link between eating animal fat and developing breast cancer, especially when women eat it in their younger years. Animal fat includes meat, cheese, dairy products and ice cream.

Vegan Break: Bite-Sized Vegan Videos Some people worry that becoming vegan would break the bank. It doesn’t have to be that way, and in fact a well-planned vegan diet can cost considerably less than an omnivorous diet.

Horse Racing: Behind The Glamour (06:41) Learn the facts about race horses and their likely fate in this "business" and see behind the scenes footage of the horse racing industry.

Hidden Secret Behind Horseracing (07:53) Few casual horse racing fans are aware that many former racing horses are slaughtered for profit. When a thoroughbred race horse reaches the end of its career or is simply no longer profitable on the track, it is often taken directly to auction and sold for meat. (2 parts)

Premarin (02:04) Mary Tyler Moore narrates this documentary showing us how the hormone replacement drug Premarin (pregnant mare urine) is produced.

Race Horses Slaughtered in Japan PETA captured video footage of a thoroughbred's last minutes. The horse is sprayed with water before slaughter—frightened and uncertain about what is happening. He panics, and at one point, just before being killed, he slips out of his halter and escapes inside the slaughterhouse, only to be caught—and killed—minutes later.

Hunting
"30 Days" Hunter/Animal Rights Episode (42:34) An avid hunter from the South spends 30 days with a PETA activist and her vegan family in Southern California to gain insight into the animal rights cause. (Season 3, Episode 3 of the show "30 Days")

Aerial Hunting of Alaska’s Wolves (02:24) Each year, Alaska permits private citizens to chase down and kill dozens of wolves using low-flying aircraft and high-powered rifles.

Japanese Dolphin Hunting Draws 'Heroes' Protester and International Scrutiny (03:00) ach year over 22,000 dolphins are hunted and slaughtered by Japanese fisherman during the six month hunting season (and typically begins around November of each year). Japanese fishermen find the protests insulting to their cultural traditions.

Leg Hold Traps (05:46) See what leg hold traps really are and how they work. This video also discusses the governments' role in the continuation and promotion of cruel traps.

4,000 Cows Are Slaughtered Per Hour (1:44) Animated visual demonstrating the reality of over 4000 cows who are slaughtered every day just in the U.S. alone. And the way to end these atrocities? Go vegan!

13,200 Pigs Are Slaughtered Per Hour (1:44) Animated visual demonstrating the reality of over 13,200 pigs who are slaughtered every day just in the U.S. alone. And the way to end these atrocities? Go vegan!

Bird Flu (04:00) Many experts believe that the bird flu virus that triggers the next human pandemic may come from filthy, crowded factory farms.

Blessed Are the Merciful (00:53) Biblical scriptures relating to how we can be merciful to all creatures by going vegan.

Branding & Tagging Dairy Cows Many dairy cows are branded and tagged, without anesthetic, with no regard for their pain, no concern for the effects these practices have on their milk production.

Calf Slaughter Cruelty (04:10) Calves only a few days old—many with their umbilical cords still hanging from their bodies—unable to stand or walk on their own were repeatedly kicked, slapped and shocked with electric prods. All to be slaughtered to be processed into "veal."

Chicken and Turkey Slaughterhouses Revealing the horrors of slicing the necks of living chicken after chicken after chicken (thousands an hour) in a "modern" slaughterhouse.

Chicks Ground Up Alive (3:44) Thrown, dropped, mutilated, and ground-up alive. This is the shocking reality faced by 150,000 male of chicks every day at the world's largest egg-laying breed hatchery – Hy-Line International in Spencer, Iowa. Mercy for Animals undercover footage.

Cows Slaughtered One by One by One (4:00) The cows in this video are forced down a chute and then turned upside down in specially designed machinery, have their throats slit, their tracheas pulled out.

Dangerous Milk (11:28) Journalists are fired by their TV station after refusing to change an investigative report documenting potential health problems from drinking milk treated with synthetic hormones.

Deer Slaughter (3:45) Slaughterhouse worker kneels on deer's backs to restrain the animals and expose their throats — which were then slit while the deer were conscious.

Dog Meat Factory (4:45) According to some people around the world, it is commonly believed that the more an animal suffers before death, the better the taste and potency of the meat.

Dolphin Slaughter (2:58) short film documenting how dolphins are captured and killed for human consumption and greed.

Downed Cows and School Lunches (2:44) One investigation revealed abuses of "downed" dairy cows -- those who are too sick or injured to walk -- at a Southern California slaughter plant. The investigation also discovered that the meat from these tortured animals gets fed to children through the National School Lunch Program!

Eggs Within minutes of being hatched in incubators, male baby chicks are discarded, disregarded, trashed; females are sent to a lifetime of horror including debeaking and then being crammed into wire cages, laying eggs, having no room to even spread their wings, for over a year until they are worn out and then slaughtered to become chicken broth.

Environmental Impacts of Factory Farming (24:15) A Sierra Club documentary about the impacts of industrial farming on ecosystems, our air, soil, water, human health, and Animal Wellbeing.

Faces of "Free-Range" Farming (4:36) The truth about "free-range," "cage-free," and "humane" eggs, dairy, and meat.

Fish Slaughtered by the Billions At least 40 billion individual sea animals are captured and slaughtered each year around the world...billion!

Foie Gras Assembly Line (08:58) Farm Sanctuary and Global Action Network undercover footage depicts the moment-by-moment cruelty endured by ducks, from the moment they hatch until they are slaughtered.

Foie Gras: Delicacy in Despair (05:14) PETA Undercover footage detailing standard, daily practices utilized in foie gras production.

Foie Gras Cruelty Geese are grabbed one by one, hundreds a day, a funnel is shoved down their throats and their stomachs are filled pounds of corn meal; this is repeated a few times a day for weeks until their livers are up to ten times "normal" size and then they are slaughtered so their livers can be sold as foie gras.

Free Me (02:27) John Feldman of Goldfinger wrote the lyrics behind this video after seeing a truck full of chickens on their way to slaughter. His commitment was to educate people about how animals make it from the slaughter house to the dinner plate and the brutal conditions they are kept in until they are killed to be food. "Go vegan" is his message.

Go Vegan for Animal Liberation (04:00) If you currently live on a diet consisting of meat & dairy, we kindly urge you to view all 4 minutes of this film.

Humans Just Aren't Cut Out to Eat Meat (5:44) Dan Piraro of Bizarro fame made this animation where a talking pig explains the many reasons why eating meat is unnatural for humans.

I Only Saw Her For an Instant (01:25) Lovely video with a poem honoring the dignity of a cow who will soon be slaughtered...a lovely queen.

I Want to Live (3:21) Poignant video of one cow on the way to slaughter
and the hopeless attempt to escape.

Inside the Pork Industry (6:26) A new Mercy For Animals (MFA) undercover investigation reveals unconscionable cruelty to mother pigs and their young piglets at a Hatfield Quality Meat supplier, Country View Family Farms, in Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania.

Kosher Slaughter in Uruguay (3:45) Video footage from a kosher slaughterhouse reveals the use of the cruel "shackling and hoisting" method.

Meet Your Meat (12:46) Undercover footage that shows industry standards of how animals are raised and killed food for food on today's large factory farms.

Ohio Fresh Eggs Investigation (08:58) An undercover investigation of Ohio's largest "animal care certified" egg factory farms.

Sad Fate of Male Chicks in Egg Hatcheries (02:14) The lives of male chicks are considered worthless by the egg industry. The unwanted, males are either thrown out into garbage dumpsters, gassed, or ground up in wood chippers - while alive.

Shark Finning (00:46) A brief definition of the cruelty involved with 'shark finning' and its impact on marine life and the rest of the environment.

Sheep Murder After being transported for days or even weeks crammed into trucks or on cargo ships, at the slaughterhouse sheep's throats are slit and they are left to bleed out, as they thrash and struggle for life on top of other dying sheep.

Slaughterhouse Cruelty at House of Raeford Farms Exposed (07:48) In January and February of 2007 an MFA (Mercy for Animals) investigator worked undercover inside one of the country's largest poultry slaughterhouses within the "live-hang" area of the plant (where live birds are snapped into shackles on the slaughter line), secretly filming egregious acts of animal cruelty with a hidden camera.

Turkey "Factory Farming" (04:56) PETA undercover investigation September through November 2008. Blatant, unimaginable cruelty is condoned by supervisors. If you eat turkeys, you support the abuses in this video.

Turkey Hatchery Babies (05:09) Over 350 million turkeys are slaughtered in the U.S. every year (about a million every day). This video depicts the unimaginable cruelty inflicted on those millions of baby turkeys in just the first two days of their doomed lives.

Turtle Slaughter (08:27) This turtle was wild caught, dragged ashore and was brutally slaughtered, all the while writhing in agony. All for its flesh.

Religion & Animals
A Sacred Duty (60:15) As powerful expose on the dangers of global warming that shows how religious responses can make a major difference, and why a shift toward plant-based diets is an essential part of efforts to reduce global climate change and other environmental threats.

Christian Concern For All God's Creatures (36:22) Based on Scripture and the hidden reality in our world's system. It is an excellent educational tool for Universities, Seminaries and Churches. Based on God's Creatures Ministry's 2006 conference. It includes footage from Compassion Over Killing, Farm Sanctuary, and Fur-Bearer Defenders. Speakers include Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman, Deborah Jones, Stephen Kaufman, MD, Judy Carman and Jan Fredericks among others.

Honoring God's Creation (26:00) Powerful video, excellent for inspiring people to take care of all of God's creatures. It would be a powerful addition to Christian Education classes. Many people of faith answer questions and speak about their commitments to animals, to veganism and to taking care of the earth.

Kapparot/Chicken-Swinging Ritual (10:00) Orthodox Jews swing chickens around their heads while reciting a chant about transferring the punishment God would otherwise confer on them onto the birds.

Religious/Ritual Animal Sacrifice (00:53) Considered a religious/ritual tradition for some Africans, the cow’s legs are tethered together and she is flipped on her side...

Whaling
Whales: It's Time to Say Goodbye (08:38) Japan uses a loophole to kill whales with explosive harpoons under the guise of "scientific research" while selling the whale meat.

Sea Shepherd Captain Explains Its Mission (20:43) This conservation vessel is on a mission to intercept Japanese whalers in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary and put an end to the slaughter of these endangered species.

Whaling in Iceland - Parts 1 through 5 After 17 years of the ban against whaling in Iceland, the whaling ship "Hvalur" (Whale 9) caught its first catch of the season (October 2006). This video documents the Fin whale slowly being dragged from sea to land and humans "processing" it's flesh to be sold in markets as meat. The video has a running time of about 33 minutes but is split into 5 segments, Parts 1 to 5.

A Lion's Memory (2:28) "Christian," a lion reintroduced into the wild more than a year prior, recognizes his former 'keepers' and shows them great affection.

Brave Rabbit In normal circumstances, this rabbit would have been a meal for a snake this size. For reasons we don’t know, the rabbit was determined to do more than survive, but rather to be victorious.

Dolphins Living Free - Beautiful video of hundreds of dolphins, free and wild.

Gracie's Joy (00:38) For anyone who ever doubted that dogs feel joy and love and remember devotion!

Loving Sea Life The sheer beauty and exquisiteness of animals is sometimes so moving, it leaves us speechless with wonder. As activists for animals, our job is to help people appreciate each and every unique, marvelous, incredible being.

Never Give Up Use this video to inspire you and your friends and family to never give up in your work for animals everywhere.

Other-Than-Human Moms...Just Being Great Moms How wonderful to see all moms just doing what moms do best...loving, nurturing and caring for babies. Other-than-human animals are shown in this video doing what they do best...just being great moms.

Think Different This Apple advertisement is another way we encourage you to keep working for animals. Even though we're in the minority (now), animal activists are amazing... YOU are amazing. Thank you for being willing to "think different" to make a difference for animals.

Squirrel Obstacle Course Squirrels make it through an involved and fun obstacle course to get some treats!