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2025-10-24

Urge the AVMA to Reject Horrific Ventilation Shutdown & the Mass Killings

Ventilation Shutdown kills animals via slow, torturous heatstroke. Urge the AVMA to reject it as cruel and the USDA to end taxpayer support for it.
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AVMA, bird flu, chickens, cruelty, Farmed Animals, pigs, slaughter, Vegan, ventilation shutdown, veterinarian
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2025-09-15

New York City, New York Residents: Ban Rodeo Abuse of Animals

End cruel rodeo practices in NYC. Urge the City Council to pass the Rodeo Animal Protection Bill to ban calf roping, electric prods & flank straps.
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bulls, calves, cows, cruelty, Farmed Animals, horses, New York City, rodeo, Vegan
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2025-09-12

State Fairs Are a Nightmare for Animals

State fairs are cruel to animals, exploiting them for birthing shows, rides, contests, exhibits, all marketed as family fun. Live vegan and defend them.
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animal cruelty, animal exploitation, Farmed Animals, state fair, Vegan
 

2025-09-05

Halt Mega-Dairy Expansion in North Dakota to Defend Animals & Ecosystems

Stop two mega-dairies in North Dakota. They exploit and kill mothers, pollute the environment, and fuel bird flu. Speak out now.
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bird flu, cows, dairy, Farmed Animals, North Dakota, slaughter, Vegan
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2025-09-02

MEDIA RELEASE: Activists Demand End To Miracle of Birth Center at Minnesota State Fair

Animal advocates are sounding the alarm over widespread cruelty and disturbing public health risks at the Minnesota State Fair’s Miracle of Birth Center.
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Farmed Animals, Minnesota, Minnesota State Fair
 

2025-08-29

WATCH: Respect for Fish Day Urges An Ethical and Environmental Reckoning

Respect for Fish Day 2025 advocates for compassion and against the consumption of marine animals every day.
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California, Farmed Animals, fish, marine mammals, respect for fish, Vegan
 

2025-08-15

Developer Revives Slaughterhouse Plan in Florida After Public Outcry Last Year

Stop the Jacksonville, Florida, slaughterhouse proposal! It brings cruelty, pollution & health risks. Rejected once; let’s shut it down again.
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2025-08-08

Switzerland Adopts a Historic Law to Label Cruelty in Animal Products

Switzerland’s new law requires labels for animal mutilations without pain relief, exposing cruelty, but the underlying cause remains unchallenged.
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animal law, Farmed Animals, foie gras, mutilations, Switzerland
 

2025-08-01

Reject Cruel & Dangerous School Dairy Bill

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act harms children, animals, and the planet. Congress must reject it and promote a plant-based food system instead.
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children, dairy, Farmed Animals, plant based, Vegan, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act
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2025-07-25

End Horrific Birthing Shows at the Minnesota State Fair

Animals are forced to give birth in public and separated from their babies at the Minnesota State Fair. Stop birthing shows and all animal exploitation.
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birthing shows, cows, Farmed Animals, lambs, Minnesota State Fair, Miracle of Birth Center, pigs, sheep, Vegan
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2025-07-04

Fish, Seals, Crabs, & Billions More Killed in Deadly Bottom Trawling Nets in Alaska’s Waters

Bottom trawling in Alaska is killing countless marine animals and destroying fragile habitats. Urge decision makers to end this cruelty.
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Alaska, bottom trawling, fishing, marine mammals, Vegan
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2025-06-27

WATCH: National Animal Rights Day Unites Global Movement for Liberation

Activists marked National Animal Rights Day in 150+ cities, honoring animals and demanding justice, and an end to speciesism and animal exploitation.
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animal liberation, animal rights, Farmed Animals, speciesism, Vegan
 

2025-06-06

WATCH: Is Vegan a Diet?

Vegan is not a diet—it’s a rejection of animal exploitation. Animals aren't ours to use. They're someones, not somethings. Choose justice and compassion.
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animal exploitation, animal rights, Farmed Animals, plant based, Vegan
 

2025-05-30

Save Prop 12 — But Reject the Humane Myth

Congress must reject the bill attacking Prop 12. Animals deserve real protection. It's time to shift subsidies to a plant-based food system.
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calves, chickens, congress, eggs, Farmed Animals, pigs, prop 12, subsidies, USDA, Vegan
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2025-05-28

MEDIA RELEASE: June Dairy Month: 1000s Demand Congress Cut Animal Ag Subsidies

In anticipation of National Dairy Month this June, In Defense of Animals' supporters have inundated Congress and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture with over 10,000 emails…
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animal agriculture, Farmed Animals
 

2025-05-09

WATCH: No Mercy Shown for Mothers in Animal Farming

No animal farming is “humane.” It destroys the mother-child bond, exploits their bodies, and kills them for products we don’t need. Live vegan for Mother’s Day and…
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animal rights, Farmed Animals, humanewashing, Mother's Day, Vegan
 

2025-05-02

Tell Congress to End the Killing of Mothers & Their Babies in Animal Farming

Demand that Congress and the USDA stop funding the killing of mothers and their babies in animal farming.
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babies, chickens, congress, cows, Farmed Animals, goats, pigs, USDA, Vegan
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2025-04-18

PRESIDENT’S VIEW: Meat Consumption Hastens the Climate Crisis

In Defense of Animals President Dr. Marilyn Kroplick tells environmentalists that animal agriculture is driving the climate crisis.
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cows, Dr. Marilyn Kroplick, Farmed Animals, Los Angeles
 

2025-04-11

WATCH: Fixating on Factory Farms Limits True Reform for Animals & the Environment

Factory farms are not the real problem with using animals for food. All animal farms, small or large, are cruel exploitation and killing. There is no humane way…
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animal rights, factory farms, Farmed Animals, humanewashing, Vegan, welfare
 

2025-03-28

Tell Future Farmers of America to Stop Encouraging Violence Against Animals

The killing of a baby goat by a teen in Future Farmers of America highlights the cruelty of teaching kids to raise animals for slaughter. Urge FFA to stop.
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chickens, cows, Farmed Animals, goats, pigs, Texas, Vegan
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2025-03-14

Urge Musk & DOGE to Cut Subsidies for Destructive & Cruel Animal Agriculture

Demand that government officials end subsidies to animal farming that torments animals, fuels bird flu and pandemic risk, and worsens the climate crisis.
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animal exploitation, animal farms, bird flu, climate crisis, Farmed Animals, pandemic, U.S. Government, Washington D.C.
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2025-02-28

WATCH: Amplifying Animal Advocacy Through the Lens of Censored Landscapes

In Defense of Animals welcomed Isabella La Rocca González in Berkeley, CA for a presentation of her powerful photographic work, Censored Landscapes: The Hidden…
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animal rights, Berkeley, California, Farmed Animals, humane scam, veganism
 

2025-01-25

Berkeley: Author Event for Censored Landscapes: The Hidden Reality of Farming Animals

Join Isabella La Rocca González in Berkeley for a presentation, Q&A, and book signing of “Censored Landscapes: The Hidden Reality of Animal Farming.”
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Berkeley, book, chickens, cows, Farmed Animals, goats, pigs
 

2025-01-23

PRESIDENT’S VIEW: Animal Agriculture & California’s Inferno

Animal agriculture fuels wildfires, deforestation and climate change. Learn how factory farming drives disasters and why a plant-based future is essential.
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California, climate, cows, crisis, disaster, environment, Farmed Animals, Freedom Farms, President
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