In the Blogs: Eggs, Vegangelicals, Toxicity, Tuna, and "Sanctuary" Slaughter

Published September 28, 2009 @ 12:14AM PT

Egg industry spin, the not-so-pretty side of "dolphin-safe" tuna-killing practices (which are obviously anything but "safe" and humane for tuna, but which are deadly for other animals too), a campaign from an animal welfare organization causing frustration among both its usual supporters and its usual critics, "vegangelicals" in the Huffington Post, an influx of babies at Poplar Spring, continued demonization of animal rights and environmental activists by the U.S. government, a "sanctuary" that kills (i.e., not remotely a sanctuary), the continued push to end toxicity testing on animals, and a look at recent reports on the feeding of chicken waste to cows -- all this and more appears in the following roundup. So read on!

An Extra-Ordinary Fall Day at Poplar Spring from Invisible Voices

Who You Callin' Vegangelical? from Ari Solomon at Huffington Post

Military Training Drill: Environmentalists Take Hostages, Murder Marines from Green Is the New Red

The following three posts are on the same topic, and these advocates did an excellent job of exploring the problem from various perspectives:

Marie Claire Gets It, HSUS Doesn't from Animal Rights at About.com

HSUS Scrambles Campaign's Message from Digging Through the Dirt

IHOP and HSUS -- Partners in Crime from The Vegan Solution

Alternatives to Eggs from Animal Place Sanctuary

Continuing Down the Long Road to End Toxicity Testing on Animals from the ALDF Blog

Florida's Python Predicament from Animal Blawg

Sexism and Misogyny in the Movement from the Abolitionist Approach

"Dolphin-Safe" Tuna Is Just as Bad! If Not Worse from Vegansaurus

The World's Worst Sanctuary from Veg Blog (welcome back to the blogosphere, Ryan!)

Smokey and the One-Arm Bandit BBQ Team from Suicide Food (most disturbing supposed-to-be-appetizing image I've see in a while; and my apologies that Suicide Food posts haven't been making it into recent roundups -- something went screwy with my Google Reader, and I was missing them myself)

Finding Vegan Friends from Vegan Soapbox

Cows Fed Chicken Waste from Animal Place Sanctuary

Yolk on Its Face, Egg Industry Tries to Buy Good PR from Digging Through the Dirt

The Besmirching of Someone Who Dares to Talk Animal Rights from Elisa Camahort

Note: Because I realized, after a couple hours of gathering these links, that I had nearly three dozen to share with you as a result of accidentally skipping last week, I'm splitting the roundup into two separate lists, this one today and another tomorrow or Wednesday.

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I love your blog round ups! You always find the best stuff out there. Thank you, I'm off to read.

Posted by The Voracious Vegan . on 09/28/2009 @ 06:46AM PT
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Love this. I posted Ari Solomon's vegangelical piece to my Facebook yesterday and was promptly on the receiving end of a semi-rant. My friend said she was a healthy omni, tired of being preached at by vegans, she'd read The Jungle and seen Fast Food Nation and knew all about slaughter, but didn't want to hear about it while enjoying her teriyaki burger. I told her that if someone (I tried to be neutral) persists in bankrolling cruelty just because "it tastes good," he/she shouldn't be surprised when someone calls him/her out on that cruelty.

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Wow! Article awesomeness. I've been a little out of the vegan article loop for the past few weeks while focusing on spirituality - what a great way to get back in. ;)

Posted by Luella - on 09/28/2009 @ 09:38PM PT
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