Some Good News and Some Victories for Animals in 2017!
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org

Photo of Tom Regan, Animal Rights Philosopher Extraordinaire (1938-2017). Learn more at TOM REGAN DIRECTORY.

 

THANK YOU for every single thing you did to make a difference for animals in 2017!

We know there are many more victories and many more good news items for animals in 2017 and we know there are LOTS of opinions of what "victory" or "good news" mean. If you have articles/stories to share, email us!

These are good news/victories on our All-Creatures.org 2017 weekly eNewsletters. [Subscribe here.]

FOR ANIMALS EVERYWHERE!

• White Coat Waste Project's 2017 Successes
• Animal Legal Defense Fund: 2017 Year in Review
• 12 Animal Activism Stories That Made Headlines in 2017
• Staying resilient as advocates in challenging times
• Oncology's dirty little open secret
• SHARK 2017 Year in Review
• Historic Wins Against Taxpayer-funded Animal Experiments
• Surviving Holiday Heart Attack Season: A Cardiologist's Advice
• Living Vegan: Benefits to Health and Spirituality
• China's Cruel Canidrome Greyhound Race Track To Close Its Doors!
• Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy 2017
• Scotland bans wild animals in traveling circuses
• How to Make the World Better for Nonhuman Animals? The state of the animals 2017
• Michael Kors Goes Fur-Free!
• Sweet Justice for Nosey!
• Shutterstock Bans Unnatural Images of Primates
• Positive Change for Dolphins 2017
• The Seeds of Animal Law
• Vegan Lunch Option Victory in Los Angeles Schools
• Judge Quadruples Number Of Protesters Allowed Outside Canada Goose
• We Are Compassion!
• Shepherding and Sanctuary
• Shutterstock Bans Unnatural Images of Primates
• Eating in Expectation of the Kingdom: The Christian Case for Veganism
• Six Suffering Bears are Now Safe from Bile Farm
• Major UK Supermarkets Ramp Up Vegan Offerings To Meet Growing Demand
• Barcelona Bans Carriage Horses
• I've Been Struggling Lately
• Top Five Tips on Navigating Christmas as a Vegan
• Wing Pointe Stops Holding Pigeon Shoots!
• California Wildlife Win Some Protections From Federal Trapping, Gunning
• Disrupting Social Norms: An Anecdote From a Lonely Vegan Teacher
• States That Have Provisions for Pets in Domestic Violence Protection Orders
• Disrupting Social Norms: An Anecdote From a Lonely Vegan Teacher
• University of Missouri ends shocking eye experiments on beagles
• Meat-Eaters Have Significantly Higher Blood Pressure Than Vegetarians, Vegans
• PA Pigeon Shooters Cancel Shoots, Go Into Hiding, After Back-To-Back SHARK Exposés
• Now That Colin Kaepernick Is GQ's Citizen of the Year, It's Time the World Knows He's Vegan
• States That Have Provisions for Pets in Domestic Violence Protection Orders
• When I was 12...
• PA Pigeon Shooters Cancel Shoots, Go Into Hiding, After Back-To-Back SHARK Exposés
• States That Have Provisions for Pets in Domestic Violence Protection Orders
• Christianity and Carnism
• Be Fair Be Vegan - Cleveland
• Long-Suffering Elephant Nosey is Finally in Caring Hands
• Ireland bans wild animals in circuses!
• Italy has just banned animals in circuses!
• Neglected Pig Saves 360 Lives
• Pennsylvania About to Deal Blow to Horse Racing
• Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Campaign Updates From Our 40th Year
• Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino Bans Exotic Cats from Dirk Arthur's Magic Show
• Cow Science: Cattle Are Intelligent, Emotional, and They Have Eureka Moments - So Should We Be Killing Them?
• 5 Reasons Why a Factory Farm Owner Became an Animal Rights Activist
• The Rise Of The Plant Based Doctor
• Toka and Thika: Four Years at ARK 2000
• Ebiye Jeremy Udo-Udoma
• Report of Hundreds of Iditarod Dogs Killed Prompts Complaint
• Horseracing Wrongs Reports Facts; Their Pathetic Attempts to Discredit Us Won't Work
• New York State to Ban Elephants in Circuses in Two Years
• This Little Bird...
• Liz Dee Unwraps Story Behind Vegan Smarties
• Calf Rescued After Inspiring Run for His Life Goes Viral
• Pet Rescue and Adoption Act is Now Law in California
• On Wounding and Healing Among Activists
• Richard Branson Explains the Reasons Why He Invested in 'Clean Meat'
• World's Largest Meatpacking Company CEO Arrested Amid Corruption and Bribery Scandals
• Evolution Of A Veg*n Advocate: Vegans and Animal Suffering
• Nicotine Addiction Experiments on Baby Monkeys Suspended
• The Seed Never Sees The Flower
• Stewart Mitchell
• Expert SLAMS Reports That Vegan Diet Can Make Men Bald
• Animal advocacy through religions – ISKCON and the dilemma of commercial dairy use
• A Carnivore-Turned-Vegan Author Reveals Cruelty-Free Fast Food Secrets and the Government's Nutritional Lies
• Navigating the Vegan Aisles
• Rabbinic Statement on Animal-Free, Plant-Based Diets
• 50 Million Acres of Forest Finally Win Protection After 16-Year-Long Legal Battle
• Victory: Nevada Bans Commercial Reptile Collection
• Vegans for Health and Vegans for Ethics Are In It For the Long Haul
• JAMA Commentary Exposes Food Industry's Skewed Science
• An ethical revolution for animals
• Progress: Closed Horse Racetracks Since 2000
• Nicole Wiliams
• Plant Based Docs To Take On Europe's 'Meat And Dairy' Heartlands
• Matthew McKeefry: Animal Rights Activist Profile
• The Need For Humane Education in China
• Appeals Court Upholds California Foie Gras Ban
• Little Chance for Ag Gag Revival in Wisconsin
• Good and Bad News in September from ADI
• How Prediabetes Helped Me Find the Right Diet, Once and for All
• The Guardian Takes Editorial Position: And It's Pro-Vegan
• Pioneers of Peace
• Guadalajara replaces Horse-drawn Carriages
• Animals Saved Thanks to Activist Judy Carman
• Hosting an animal-friendly event
• Hope after the march!
• Cleveland Clinic Ends Involvement in Live Dog Training Lab
• Closing Night of 'The Story of Chickens'
• Labor Day Pigeon Shoot Cancelled Due to Lack of Shooters!
• Vegan Meals Increase School Attendance in Nepal
• Progress: Gillespie Horse and Greyhound Racetracks Closing in Texas
• The Whale Wars Continue
• Tom Regan "In His Own Words" (PowerPoint)
• How Avoiding Statins Led to a Show Called The Big Fat Truth
• In Largest Track Protest Ever, Horseracing Wrongs Brings 105 Activists to Travers Day
• Cargill Invests in Memphis Meats
• GAL Global Animal Law Project
• Beagle Freedom Law Enacted in Illinois
• Scientists continue to discover that mice and humans are different
• No, butter is NOT back
• Plant-Based Dr. Neal Barnard Defends 'What The Health' Among Accusations Of 'Cherry-Picking' Science
• Illinois Is First State To Ban Elephants in Entertainment!
• 10 Recommended Podcasts for Animal Activists
• Reunions at AR 2017
• Opposition Confirms My Purpose
• Mink Liberation - Minnesota
• New UK 'Outdoor' TV show decides NOT to broadcast trophy hunting
• North Carolina Golf Club Ditches Steel-Jaw Traps
• Balearic Islands ban bullfighting, in a very clever way
• Standing your ground, defending your rights
• The Reconciliation Of Creation: Especially Cows
• Caracas circus ban went into effect on July 26
• ALY Animal Liberation Youth
• Watch What Happens When Pedestrians are Offered $1 to Watch Video
• From Suffering With Lupus to Food Promoting Doctor
• Rescue Mission from Magic World Zoo near Aleppo
• Bill Dyer - Animal Rights Activist EXTRAORDINAIRE
• Vietnam agrees to close all bear bile farms
• Louisiana University to Pay USDA $100,000 Over Primate Lab
• Absolute connection between milk consumption and heart disease
• New Vegan Breakthrough Aims To Appeal to Meat Eaters
• Maneka Gandhi's article on Philip Wollen
• 100 VEGAN Shop Signs Worldwide - 'What the World Needs Now'
• Is it Actually Possible to Go Vegan Overnight?
• Forbes Reports That Plant-Based Diet Is 'One Of The Healthiest Out There'
• Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters
• 10 Questions: Vegan Rockstar with Anna Ferguson
• A Mark Hawthorne Ethic
• The Skeptical Vegan
• An Ounce of Kale is Worth a Pound of Angioplasty
• Utah Ag-Gag Law Declared Unconstitutional
• ANDA Interview with lauren Ornelas, Food Empowerment Project
• Major Fashion Retailer Goes Fur Free!
• Proposed cull of Pigeons has been cancelled
• A Rebuttal to Matt Ball's Vegan Bash
• From 'Number 9' to Cloud 9
• Spiritually Thinking
• Dr. Joanne Kong - The Power of a Plant-Sourced Lifestyle
• Trumping Animals and Their Homes: Seeing Light in Dark Times
• A Passion for Animal Justice: Q&A with Camille Labchuk
• Doing Time With Activist Jan Smitowicz
• Finding Paradise: Leilani Farm Sanctuary of Maui
• Doing Time With Activist Jan Smitowicz
• 7th Anniversary of Bobby II Freedom's Rescue From Horse-Drawn Carriage Industry
• One, two, THREE wild animal circus bans passed
• AMA Comes Out Against Serving Processed Meats in Hositals!
• Introducing the Whale Sanctuary Project
• After 50 Years of Chains and Neglect, Gajraj is Safe
• My late night radicalism
• Major Settlement Helps Save Toads, Fight Climate Change
• Los Angeles V.A. Cancels Taxpayer-Funded Dog Experiments
• National Animal Rights Day Brings Hope and Pizza to Albany, New York
• Non-animal breakthrough studies deadly blood clots
• Shot in the Face by Poachers, but Now Margot Laughs
• Rally For the Rays!
• Pastor Frank L. Hoffman Speaking at Albany NARD, 2017
• My Journey from 'Humane' Dairy Farmer to Vegan Cheese Maker
• Rabbits Liberated from French Laboratory
• Pastor Frank L. Hoffman Speaking at Albany NARD, 2017
• The last animal rights prisoner in the UK has been released from prison!
• Pigeon Shooter's Lawsuit against SHARK is Thrown Out!
• 6th Commandment Vegan T-shirts
• New York Blood Center Caves in to Global Pressure, Giving $6 Million for Care Of Chimps
• House Food Group Inc. Ends Animal Experiments
• Vegan Chalking Activism
• Sayonara Circus! The Demise of Ringling Bros. Circus and What It Means for Farmed Animals
• (Almost) Eight Examples of How Today’s Vegans Are Spoiled Rotten (and Why that’s a Good Thing)
• The Demise of Ringling Bros. is a Victory for the Animal Rights Movement
• The Curtain Comes Down on Ringling
• Bear bile products and alternatives
• Conversations with Pastor Frank: The Golden Rule
• Honoring God's Creation Booklet Translations
• With a victory for Rocky Hill wild horse herd, FoA stops BLM, HSUS from turning Nevada’s public lands into zoo-like settings
• This "Game" Teaches Children the True Costs of Companion Animal Care
• Black Vegans Rock's Interview with Chef Babette
• New Suit to Stop Wildlife Slaughter
• Creating life-like human tissues in the lab
• 'O' so exciting news
• Coast Guard Suspends Animal Use
• Saved From the Brink of Starvation
• Power Foods for the Brain by Neal D. Barnard, MD
• Maryland Pigeon Shoot SHUT DOWN!
• Even Vegans Die: A Book for Animal Advocates
• Ten Life Lessons from Longtime Vegans
• How to Get Calcium Without Dairy
• Angela Davis
• Los Angeles bans the use of wild animals for entertainment
• Open Rescue is Spreading - And You Won't Believe What We are Digging Up
• Dairy Milk Sales Are Dropping and Will Keep Dropping
• Animal Legal and Historical Center Web Site
• Big Bang Theory’s Mayim Bialik Encourages Busy Families to Thrive, Plant-Based
• Vegan Sporting Prowess
• Announcing the 2017 Conscious Eating Conference Videos!
• Two moon bears have been rescued, and one more bile farm SHUT DOWN
• Doctors, Parents, Teacher Sue California Schools for Serving Students Carcinogenic Processed Meats
• 70 Hatchling Turtles Rescued from Chinatown's Live Animal Market
• Berkeley Becomes Second US City to Ban Fur!
• 70 Hatchling Turtles Rescued from Chinatown's Live Animal Market
• Berkeley Becomes Second US City to Ban Fur!
• Reversing Crimes Against Nature - Saving Oryxes
• Cull: Killing animals because they have unacceptable characteristics to be used as test subjects
• Editing the human genome to cure disease
• Court Restores Utah Prairie Dog Protections
• This Former Dairy Farm Has Gone All In on Plant-Based Milks!
• Paradise Bound
• Berkeley Unites to Keep Animal Rights Center Open
• What The Health Documentary - FACTS
• Sydney Seafood Store Convicted of Animal Cruelty for Inhumane Treatment of Lobsters
• Dairy Lobby Group Dumps Support for Dairy PRIDE Act
• To Dream, the Impossible Food
• Humans and animals, both victims of violence
• No Longer Alone, Zumba Is Home
• Roseville, Minnesota Bans Sale of Non-Rescue Dogs and Cats in Pet Stores
• Friends of Animals’ court battle saves more than 2,000 of Wyoming’s wild horses
• EVEN Interview with Janice Stanger, PhD
• Finding Sanctuary
• Canada Goose Customers Are Unzipping and Donating The Fur Trim
• Animal-Knowing
• Finally: A Study Will Examine Whether Animal Testing Even Works
• Healing and Transformation - Clergywoman Reflects on a Plant-Based Diet Transition
• Interview with Olympic Medalist Dotsie Bausch
• Save the Frogs' History In Brazil
• It's the Year of the Rooster in More Ways than One!
• Mississippi Hospital Ditches Hot Dogs
• My Pilgrimage - Jim Weiland
• Ethics, Animals and Academia
• Tom Regan - Directory
• The Question That Changed My Perspective
• Dr. Clare Anyiam-Osigwe, founder of Premae Skincare
• 1st Congressional Investigation of Government Spending on Animal Experiments
• 1st Congressional Investigation of Government Spending on Animal Experiments
• Animal Legal Defense Fund Honors America's 'Top Ten Animal Defenders'
• Do It For Love!
• Now En Español: ISAR's Spay/Neuter and Microchipping Statutes
• Now En Español: ISAR's Spay/Neuter and Microchipping Statutes
• 7 Tips for Sticking With Your New Vegan Diet
• Bliss: Dominga Is Home
• Why I Sued the USDA
• California Agencies Sued For Animal Cruelty at State Fair
• Monique, the sailing hen
• Leaping into vegan lifestyle
• Vegan Diets for Domesticated Animals
• Four Proposals to Replace Animal-Based Research
• Closing the Book on Another Animal Lab
• Inspirations from China and Asia
• Millions of Viewers Heard Dr. Oz Call the Vegan Diet the 'Single Biggest Movement of 2017'
• Starting a Vegan Church Where You Live
• Millions of Viewers Heard Dr. Oz Call the Vegan Diet the 'Single Biggest Movement of 2017'
• Starting a Vegan Church Where You Live
• Vegan Connection – Farm and Earthlings
• Six Serious Reasons to Just Ditch Dairy
• Helping Foodservice Managers Have More Vegan Goodies at MLB and NFL Stadiums
• Helping Foodservice Managers Have More Vegan Goodies at MLB and NFL Stadiums
• African American Vegan Starter Guide (FREE PDF)
• 2017… and here we are
• Animal Envy
• New Year Brings ISAR's Spanish Language Spay and Neuter Billboards
• Liver-in-a-droplet. No kidding!
• A Revolution to Restore America’s Health Crisis: The Scientific View
• Jesus Christ - The First Animal Rights Activist
• Franklin Graham Chooses Compassion by Going Vegan
• Social Science and the Future of Food
• Vegan New Year Google Searches SKYROCKET
• US, China ban ivory trade to protect Africa’s elephants
• NYS Mute Swan Bill Signed Into Law
• The Suffering of Animals Today: A Challenge to Religious Leaders
• The World According to Intelligent and Emotional Chickens
• India Prohibits Importation of Reptile Animal Skins, Certain Furs
• Some Good News and Some Victories for Animals in 2016!
• Deceptive Advertising by Animal Products Industry Fools Consumers; Advocates Fight Back
• Lional and Tiffany Dalton
• Beagle Freedom Project 2016
• Good Things Happening for Fish!
• SAEN's 2016 End of Year Report (PDF)
• Marc Bekoff, PhD
• Top 10 Plant-Based Research and News Stories of 2016
• The Birds Who Got Out of the 'Game'

---

Return to Animal Rights Articles
See past issues of All-Creatures.org weekly Newsletters
Go here to subscribe!