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 5,000 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/

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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.