Some Good News and Some Victories for Animals in 2013
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org

From All-Creatures.org
December 2013

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We know there are many more victories and many more good news items for animals in 2013. And we know there are LOTS of opinions of what "victory" or "good news" mean to different people.

This is a listing of what we posted as good news/victories posted in our All-Creatures.org 2013 weekly eNewsletters. Check out past issues here and/or subscribe here! 

• They Have Names Because of You
• Top Ten Things You Did for Primates in 2013 - IPPL
• Because of You...Jungle Friends 2013
• I’m a TED Fellow for 2014. Woo Hoo!
• PCRM 2013 Progress Report
• Eight in Ten People Believe Fox Hunting Belongs to the Past
• Some Big Cat Rescues in 2013
• Ten Key Moments of 2013 from Animal Defenders International
• Fowl Gestures: Cutting Edge Adventures in Animal Activism
• Help Save the Wild Baboons of Kenya from Vivisectors = VICTORY
• Carriage Driver Is Charged With Animal Cruelty
• Four more labs getting out of the "Monkey Business"
• Great Goose News
• Letter Annihilates Time Magazine's “America’s Pest Problem”
• Rescued Raymond
• Chain Free Means Pain Free
• A Victory for Snowy Owls
• Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger BAN Angora Products
• Willie Nelson: I Don’t Agree With SeaWorld
• USDA Inspector General to Audit Wildlife Services
• USDA fines Athens lab $26K for animal welfare violations
• League Relieved Gloucestershire Badger Cull is Called Off...For Now
• Plans for Yorkshire Beagle Breeding Farm Rejected
• First-Ever Lawsuit Filed for Chimpanzee Personhood
• Al Gore's Vegan Diet: The Power of the Individual
• An Update on Ben the Bear
• Save the Frogs! Ghana Making Huge Progress
• November News from the Nonhuman Rights Project
• Toka, Thika and Iringa In Their New Home
• Costa Rica Shuts Down Its Zoos
• Harp Seals Win at WTO
• Circus tigers are finally living in a natural habitat
• After Tampering Claim, Company Stops Selling Mink Oil
• Latest News from Michael Mountain/Earth in Transition
• Bill and Lou, One Year Later
• COK Undercover Calf Video Prompts Cruelty Charges
• Colorado Mink Farm Raided...Then Closes
• The end of illegal private keeping of brown bears in Poland
• Senior Stallion
• N.J. woman says deer carries arrow in its head as it wanders suburban New Jersey backyards
• Introducing Bleating Hearts: The Hidden World of Animal Suffering
• 2013 Britches Award for White Coat Waste Project
• 2013 Korea Animal Film Festival
• Kaiser Permanente Endorses Plant-Based Diets
• Fourth Annual Animals Film Festival, Brazil
• Thank Mayor of Concepcion, Junin, Peru for Demolishing the City's Bullfighting Ring
• Third Wing Pointe Pigeon Shoot Cancelled!
• Liberators or Terrorists?
• Los Angeles City Council Bans Bullhooks
• One of the World's Rarest Frogs Finally Found
• Red, his family of seven and the 15 other mustangs saved from Carson City prison
• From Canada To California, Toka, Thika and Iringa Have Arrived At ARK 2000
• Governor Brown Signs Bill Banning Some California Bobcat Trapping
• Fur farm liberation in NY Times 10/17/13
• California Makes History by Banning Lead Hunting Ammo
• Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed: The State of Animals
• Official opening of stray animal clinic in Sofia, Bulgaria
• Beautiful Hens Fly Home to United Poultry Concerns
• Minnesota Fur Farm Burns to the Ground
• Harp seal oil smugglers busted in L.A.
• Leaving Las Vegas
• El Al wins legal battle and confirm they will not transport ANY animals for vivisection!
• Sloth and Don King are Here!
• Young Advocate is Standing Up for Captive Orcas like Lolita
• NBC Cancels Big-game Hunting Show
• 28 lives saved as Staten Island Turkeys move Upstate
• 1st International Pan African Animal Welfare Alliance Conference, Nairobi, Kenya
• New Animal Clinic a First for Tibetans in Exile
• West Hollywood prohibits wild animal acts
• This Time It's For Real
• Freed from a Slaughterhouse, Ten Cows Remain Free Almost a Month Later
• Activists Hijack Brutal Bull-spearing Festival
• Overcoming Any Obstacle to Share the Message - Heather Mills
• Winning Compassion for Farmed Animals - Jenny Brown
• First Veggie Public School in the U.S.
• Logging Industry Loses Latest Attack on Threatened Seabird
• Rooster Sanctuary at Danzig's Roost
• Changing Tides
• USDA Closes Internet Sale Loophole for Pet Breeders
• CA Governor Signs Law to Protect Mountain Lions
• Decades-Long Campaign Ends Animal Use at Military Medical School
• Chickens Flying High – Literally!
• Another Step forward for Human Animal Studies and Anthrozoology
• Victory for California Wildlife
• Two touchdowns for vegan options
• No Bull Run at Canterbury!
• Two Victories for Southwestern Wolves
• Dog Race Gambling Drops for Twenty Years in a Row
• Animal Advocates Declare Victory in Federal Foie Gras False Advertising Suit
• International Fund for Africa Works for New Animal Welfare Laws in Ethiopia
• THANK YOU For No Elephant Rides at Bristol Renaissance Faire This Year!
• Army Medical Center Ends Cruel Ferret Labs
• Three Strikes On Canned-Hunting
• Meet Cynthia Payne: Another former SeaWorld Staffer Comes Forward after Blackfish
• Lawsuit Reveals Pictures of Dead Animals from Luck and The Hobbit
• Young Orangutans Adjust Well to Life in Freedom
• Blackfish (The Importance of October 24th)
• El Salvador votes to ban wild animals in circuses
• Humane Goose-Control Solutions
• NOAA Denies Permit to Import 18 Beluga Whales for Display at Georgia
• Blackfish Documentary Exposes Negligence, Corruption in SeaWorld's Quest for Profit
• Italy Passes Sweeping Reforms for Animals in Laboratories
• Lawsuit Filed to Block Horse Slaughter
• North Carolina Ag Gag Bill Fails this Session
• Dr. McDougall’s Ten Favorite One-Liners
• North Carolina Ag Gag Bill Fails this Session
• Seven Lucky Ongole Bulls Saved from slaughter after Traffic Accident
• Animal Place spearheads the rescue of 3,000 hens
• Foie Gras is not Free-Speech
• Successful Beagle Adoptions in Bangalore
• Animal Dealer's Owner, Manager Arrested on Hundreds of Felony Charges
• SeaWorld Hits Back at Movie ‘Blackfish’
• Landmark “Ag Gag” Lawsuit Fights Threat to Freedom of Speech
• Manly Vegans and the Coming World
• How I baited the media into showing slaughterhouse footage to over 200,000 people
• With Bear Pit Closed, Animals Get Real Retirement
• Wisconsin Medical School Ends Its Last Animal Lab
• The Sale of Dogs, Cats, and Rabbits Banned in San Diego
• New GEICO Study: Workers Lose Weight, Improve Diabetes on Plant Based Diet
• 6 West Texas Snails and Crustaceans Protected Under Endangered Species Act
• The National Humane Education Society - 11 Lesson Plans
• Cruelty Won't Fly With Philippine Airlines
• A Winning Legislative Season for Greyhounds
• New children's book "Steven the Vegan" empowers vegan kids to speak up
• Nastia Rescued
• SB 380 Will Require Physicians to Learn about Human Nutrition
• India Bans Cosmetics Tests on Animals
• Nevada Governor Signs Bill to Facilitate Humane Management of
• Mustangs Under State Jurisdiction
• Yoga and Veganism Session Held in Addis Ababa
• Court Upholds Ban on Importing Dead Polar Bears to U.S.
• SHARK Shuts Down Cruel "Barnyard Scramble"
• Greyhound racing injury reporting bill is now law in Arizona
• Court Upholds Ban on Importing Dead Polar Bears to U.S.
• Happy 65th Birthday, Shirley
• Colombia passes wild animal circus ban
• SeaWorld slammed with federal fine over unsafe conditions
• Connecticut Legislature Passes Dissection-Choice Law
• Controversial primate dealer flees Miami
• Denis Burkitt, MD Opened McDougall's Eyes to Diet and Disease
• Gallup Poll Shows Growing U.S. Opposition to Animal Experiments
• Washington University in St. Louis Claims it Ends Cruel Cat Lab
• North Hempstead New York CANCELS Goose-Kill Plan
• Pigeon Shooter John C. Sigler Resigns from the Delaware GOP
• Washington University in St. Louis Ends Cruel Cat Lab
• Feds Yank Wolf Delisting Decision [for now]
• Catskill Animal Sanctuary's Camp Kindness
• Heart Healthy Pizza (book review)
• Hollywood Park Closes, Delaware Decreases Racing Days
• Message to the circus “industry” in India
• Heart Healthy Pizza (book review)
• Victory for Wild Florida, Endangered Manatees
• Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Reef Defense Campaign in Hawaii
• Spay/Neuter Assistance Passes West Virginia Legislature
• Hollywood Park Closes, Delaware Decreases Racing Days
• Message to the circus “industry” in India
• Heart Healthy Pizza (book review)
• Victory for Wild Florida, Endangered Manatees
• Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Reef Defense Campaign in Hawaii
• Spay/Neuter Assistance Passes West Virginia Legislature
• Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam vetoed the state's notorious ag-gag bill
• Bill Gates new website promotes plant-based options
• A Faith Embracing All Creatures
• Rescue of Vita the Dog Shines Light on Carnism
• New Ways Meat Causes Heart Disease Discovered
• A Tribute to Eldon Wesley Kienholz (1928-1993)
• CITES – Victory of Good Over Evil
• Amy Meyer’s Ag-Gag Charges Have Been Dropped!
• Nineteen sored horses seized; trainer charged with felony animal cruelty
• Four Roosters Rescued from Bloodsport
• U.K. to Ban Wild Animals in Traveling Circuses
• Prison time for evil Grimsby animal cruelty gang
• Harvard Announces Closure of Primate Research Center
• California Ag-Gag Bill is Dead
• Oregon’s District Attorneys Receive Grant to Help Prosecute Animal Cruelty Cases
• This Dish is Veg will not be censored
• 750 Hens from Battery Cage Egg Farm Safe
• New York Supreme Court: No legal basis to find dogs dangerous based on breed
• Judge Upholds PCRM's Request for Experimental Information
• Is the End Near for Animal Testing?
• Rare, Tree-dwelling Seabirds Survive Timber Industry Attacks
• Victory! 739 Miles of U.S. Coastline Protected for Loggerhead Sea Turtles
• Beavers Save Wildlife Refuge from Oil Spill
• Father Frank Mann's Awakening to Compassion for Animals
• Justice Without Borders / Justicia Sin Barreras
• Father Frank Mann's Awakening to Compassion for Animals video
• Justice Without Borders / Justicia Sin Barreras
• Dane County WI Takes a Stand Against Trapping
• University of Virginia Stops Harming Cats in Pediatric Residency Training
• Plants rule! New study shows bodybuilders can go whey-free
• Slovenia Bans the Use of Wild Animals in Circuses
• Agreement Reached with State of Nevada to Protect State's Mustangs
• Chinese Activists Stop Truck Carrying 900 Dogs to Slaughter
• New Report Reveals Cruelty at Gulf Greyhound Park
• EU's Sales Ban on Animal-tested Cosmetics in Effect as of Today!
  Tell NOAA to Rescind U.S. Navy Permission to Blast Sea Life with Sonar
• Tell the USDA to Seize Abused Bears from Concrete Pit
• China Eastern Airlines Will NOT Transport Primates to Labs
• Polar Bear Victory: Court Upholds Protection, Confirms Global Warming Threat
• Chinese Activists Stop Truck Carrying 900 Dogs to Slaughter
• ProFauna Saves Monkeys Becoming Victims of Wildlife Poaching
• Seal Hunt Cancelled For Hay Island In Nova Scotia
• Shell Calls off Arctic Drilling for 2013
• Horsemeat Scandal Prompts UK Consumers to Eat Less Meat
• Big Bald Mike
• CR Fashion Book features young chimpanzee, Bently - VICTORY
• 10 Lab Beagles' Lives Saved
• Live export set to be an Australian election issue
• California Egg Farmers Face Felony Cruelty Charges for Leaving 50,000 Hens to Starve to Death
• Mice Prove Useless in Testing Killer Diseases
• California Egg Farmers Face Felony Cruelty Charges for Leaving 50,000
• Hens to Starve to Death
• Mice Prove Useless in Testing Killer Diseases
• SeaWorld Discloses ‘Risk Factors’ in IPO
• Europe Marks the End of Cosmetic Tests on Animals
• The Road Home - A Transporter's Story
• Bill and Lou: Two Oxen Who Compel Us to Question What We Eat and Why
• Europe Marks the End of Cosmetic Tests on Animals
• Feds Fine Notorious Bear Pit, Suspend Its License
• Support Legislation: Animal Abuser Directories Take Hold
• 2013 is here, and we are ready!
• One Person Spoke Up and BJ's Wholesale Club No Longer Sells
• The Beginning of the End of Chimp Research?
• Upland Lemon Festival Cancels Elephant Rides
• Justice for Big Boy
• Israel Says "No" to Personal Home Care Imports Tested on Animals
• Vietnam bear sanctuary saved from eviction
• Five of 14 Baby Elephants will be returned to the wild in Zimbabwe
• First-Ever Lawsuit Under California Cruelty Law Filed Against Animal Research Lab in Santa Cruz
• 41 Wild Horses Saved from Capture and Possible Slaughter
• Horse Rescued in Honor of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim
• Packing Their Trunks?
• Dog Racing Declines for Nineteen Years in a Row
• Some Good News and Some Victories for Animals in 2012
• Bison Gain Ground in Court Ruling
• J Brand Dumps Fur
• United Airlines will No Longer Ship Primates to Labs
• Congress Holding Military Accountable for Killing Animals!
• League of Cruel Sports' 2012 Victories
• ADI'S Top Ten Dramatic Moments of 2012
• COK in 2012: The Power of Compassion
• California 2012 Legislative Victories for Animals
• Humane Research Council 2012 Accomplishments
• Some Good News and Some Victories for Animals in 2012
• 12 Animal Activism Stories That Made Headlines in 2012
• Kinship Circle's Updates/Victories for Animals in 2012
• 'Popular Science' Predicts Nonhuman Rights a Top Story for 2013
• Mugaritz Fined, Foie Gras Farm Shut Down

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