The world is becoming kinder faster than the speed of light
The world is changing faster than the speed of light
Costa Rica becomes first Latin American country to ban sport hunting
http://inhabitat.com/costa-rica-becomes-first-latin-american-country-to-ban-hunting-for-sport Costa Rica bans all zoos
http://higherperspectives.com/costa-rica-shut-down-zoos/ Germany becomes the first country to ban the shredding of live chickens.
http://www.ferocesmente.com/society/germany-becomes-first-country-to-ban-egg-industrys-shredding-of-live-chickens/ Dutch fur industry comes to an end
http://www.furfreealliance.com/dutch-fur-industry-comes-to-an-end/ Norway's Military Are Going Vegetarian For Reasons Of Climate Change
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/11 /20/norway_s_military_imposes_vegetarian_diet_to_help_fight_climate_change.html
Germany Turning 62 Military Bases Into Wildlife Sanctuaries
http://www.independent.co.uk/…/eu…/germany-is-turning-62-mil
Russia bans driftnet fishing
http://www.undercurrentnews.com/2015/07/02/russian-president-passes-new-law-banning-drift-net-fishing/ Canada's Vegetarian Food Bank
http://tvfb.ca/ India with several hundred million vegetarians and 70% of the population not eating cow flesh has vegetarian only apartment complexes
http://www.nytimes.com/…/wo…/asia/21iht-india.1.7594173.html?
China has 50 million vegans
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=6392&catId=8 Brazil: Sao Paolo bans pate de foie gras
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33296884 Denmark: Because of the worldwide power of the animal rights movement, Denmark has been shamed into banning zoophilia or sex with animals.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2791515/sex-animals-banned-denmark-outcry-legal-loophole-minister-acts-country-magnet-sex-tourists.html Growing number of vegetarians and vegans in Islamic world
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/02/08/18731666.php Israel: first country to ban horse drawn carts
http://chai-online.org/en/campaigns/horses/campaigns_horses_i.htm Mexico bans elephants, tigers, lions and some other animals in zoos
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31937828 Canada moves to ban oil tankers off of BC coast
http://calgaryherald.com/business/energy/northern-gateway-hopes-crushed-as-canada-moves-to-ban-oil-tankers-off-b-c-coast?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_term=British%20Columbia,oil%20tankers,Canada,justin%20trudeau&utm_campaign=Polar&__surl__=IgSls&__ots__=1448037649429&__step__=1
Netherlands bans wild animals in circuses
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/the-netherlands-bans-use-of-wild-animals-in-circuses/ In the Netherlands, Norway, Britain, Australia, Germany, Canada, the states of Washington and Montana etc. wildlife protection bridges are being built for mammals, turtles, salmon, crabs, bees etc.
http://matadornetwork.com/change/6-of-the-worlds-most-ingenious-wildlife-overpasses-pics/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/britains-building-a-transportation-network-just-for-bees-and-other-pollinators-32752/?no-ist Around the world 10 animal rights victories in 2014
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/10-animal-rights-victories-of-2014-9914881.html A federal judge ruled that the Idaho Ag/Gag law was unconstitutional. The legislature had passed it in response to a Mercy For Animals video of horrific cruelty.
https://www.facebook.com/mercyforanimals/videos/10153269790794475/?pnref=story http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/10-animal-rights-victories-of-2014-9914881.html Retailers around the world pull angora wool products
PETA Asia's exposé of angora farms in China – where rabbits have the fur violently ripped out of their skin – has caused retailers to pull angora wool products
the Moscow International Circus has pledged not to use any animals in its upcoming performances. Also this year, Mexico City joined Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru in banning circuses that use wild animals.
The Indian government announced a ban on the importation of cosmetics tested on animals elsewhere.
The World Trade Organisation upholds the ban on seal-fur
China Southern Airlines stops shipping monkeys to labs
The US military agreed to replace the use of animals in six different areas of medical training with modern human-patient simulators that better prepare medical personnel to treat injured soldiers
Seaworld attendance is down
10 animal rights victories around the world in 2014
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/10-animal-rights-victories-of-2014-9914881.html http://www.samitrinchetto.com/…/3/7/313705…/3264053_orig.jpg
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/18_Veganism.jpg https://veganismisnonviolence.files.wordpress.com/…/when-we…
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/11 http://www.samitrinchetto.com/…/3/7/313705…/3264053_orig.jpg
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/18_Veganism.jpg https://veganismisnonviolence.files.wordpress.com/…/when-we…
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/11 lorileighwilson.com
http://veganstreet.com/images/seedsofveganawareness-lg.jpg Building bridges for the red crabs' journey to Christmas Island
https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish/videos/657771677697676/?pnref=story CARING PEOPLE
Free haircuts for homeless
http://www.buzzfeed.com/candacelowry/this-badass-barber-uses-his-days-off-to-give-free-haircuts-t?bffbvid&utm_term=4ldqpj5#.jfME0QGve Stanford will now be free to children of parents earning less than $125,000 a year
http://secondnexus.com/social-commentary-and-trends/stanford-tuiton-will-now-free-students-families-earn-less-125000-per-year/ "Pipe Dream" points the way to potentially the fastest and most beautiful music in the world
https://www.facebook.com/KraftyKutsOfficial/videos/10152812514114429/?pnref=story 100th Spanish town banns bullfights
http://www.peta.org.uk/blog/hundredth-spanish-town-ban-bullfighting/ 20 3
History
The Dukhobor vegetarian sect was founded in Russia by followers of Leo Tolstoy. Some emigrated to Canada. Before 1917, the majority of Russians (Russian Orthodox Christians) ate no meat on certain holy days A vegetarian organization was founded in St Petersburg in 1901. Nine others followed. There were many vegetarian restaurants in many cities. There were vegetarian hospitals, vegetarian newspapers and magazines. Mahatma Gandhi said his ahimsa (nonviolence) was rekindled by Leo Tolstoy. http:/www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/people/gandhi/bhana.html. When a group of Russian followers of Sathya Sai Baba came to his ashram, one asked if fish could be eaten. Baba told them that (besides the ethics of nonkilling) the fish in the world were accumulating increasing radiation from illegal nuclear waste dumping.
