Author Archives: Animal Connection

About Animal Connection

At the heart of animal rights, and animal welfare is the knowledge that animals are sentient beings, capable of suffering and feeling pain. Animal Connection aims to bring awareness to the injustices animals endure on a daily basis.

Save the Wolves: Support the Rights of All Animals

Reblogged from Exposing the Big Game: Make no mistake, I love wolves as much as just about anyone; yet some people practically worship them, putting them above any other species except perhaps whales and dolphins. To be sure, wolves are … Continue reading

Posted in Lab Animals | 1 Comment

Anti-Wolf Fanatics Scramble to Counter Pro-Wolf Message

Reblogged from Exposing the Big Game: First, here’s a message from PredatorDefense.org: Introducing Our Wolf Billboards This is an image of one of the five billboards we’re having installed on highways approaching the entrances to Yellowstone National Park, starting in June. … Continue reading

Posted in Lab Animals | 1 Comment

Oklahoma City animals taken to Chicago no-kill shelter

CHICAGO – After seeing the staggering devastation in Oklahoma City area from a mile-wide tornado, one Chicago animal shelter decided to try and help the region by helping out the smallest and furriest residents. More than 300 volunteers from the … Continue reading

Posted in Animal News, Pets | 4 Comments

More than 100 charges filed in case of 170 dead animals found on farm

MADISON COUNTY, Ind. – A Madison County couple faces 113 criminal charges after more than 170 dead animals were found on their farm in April. Daniel and Carrie Ault have been charged with multiple counts of failing to properly dispose … Continue reading

Posted in Animal News, Farm Animals | 4 Comments

Bob Barker Targets Pennsylvania Pigeon Shoots

Legendary former game show host Bob Barker has joined forces with Showing Animals Respect And Kindness (SHARK) urging Pennsylvania state legislators to pass a bill that would ban live pigeon shoots. During this cruel practice, pigeons are launched into the air and participants … Continue reading

Posted in Animal News, WildLife | 7 Comments

Iceland poised to kill whales

Fin whales have been endangered ever since whaling decimated their numbers in the 20th century. Today they face even more human-made threats — from pollution to climate change, fishing gear entanglement, and ship strikes, among others. Now, these amazing animals … Continue reading

Posted in Action Alerts/Petitions, Animal News, WildLife | 3 Comments

Stand Up for Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bears

Thanks to Endangered Species Act protections, Yellowstone’s mighty grizzly bears still survive today — but they’re far from recovered. In the lower 48 states, grizzlies occupy less than 2 percent of their original range. Excessive killing and human development still … Continue reading

Posted in Action Alerts/Petitions, Animal News, WildLife | 5 Comments

Scientists to Obama: Don’t End Wolf Protections

WASHINGTON— In two sharply worded letters sent to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today, prominent scientists argued for continued protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states and criticized a draft federal proposal to remove those protections for being premature … Continue reading

Posted in Action Alerts/Petitions, Animal News, WildLife | 18 Comments

Help Ban Coyote and Fox Penning in Virginia

Penning, the practice of confining coyotes and foxes in fenced-off enclosures and allowing packs of dogs to chase and often maul them for “sport” and “entertainment”—with no opportunity for protection or escape—is a cruel and vicious practice that is unfortunately … Continue reading

Posted in Action Alerts/Petitions, Animal News, WildLife | 9 Comments

Great white shark’s interesting diet

At False Bay, South Africa, great white sharks are infamous for their dramatic attacks on fur seals. They propel from the ocean depths towards their prey at such great speed that they breach the ocean surface, often with a seal … Continue reading

Posted in Animal News, WildLife | 3 Comments