Some Good News and Some Victories for Animals in 2014
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org

From All-Creatures.org
December 2014

THANK YOU for every single thing you did to make a difference for animals in 2014!

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We know there are many more victories and many more good news items for animals in 2014. And we know there are LOTS of opinions of what "victory" or "good news" mean to different people.

This is a listing of what we posted as good news/victories on our All-Creatures.org 2014 weekly eNewsletters. Check out past issues here and/or subscribe here.

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THANK YOU...FOR ANIMALS EVERYWHERE!

• Baby orca born to endangered whales in Puget Sound
• No Live Opossums in This Year’s ‘Opossum Drop’
• Circles of Compassion
• 2014 Was Another Good Year For PAWS
• Art for Animals' Sake Created a Compassionate 2014
• Monkeys in NIH Lab Get Congressional Support
• National Museum of Animals and Society - 2014
• Court order puts Great Lakes wolves back on endangered species list
• Magic Moments 2014 - Animal Defenders International
• 2014 Highlights - League Against Cruel Sports
• Humane Research Council 2014 Accomplishments
• Sandra Orangutan Declared a Person With a Right to Freedom
• Boohoo Removing Angora Products
• The Physicians Committee’s Best of 2014
• Last Chance for Animals (LCA) 2014
• 14 States in Iran Ban Wild Animal Circus Acts
• Netherlands to ban wild animals in circuses
• Happy Christmas for Two Turkeys After Tasteless Radio Poll
• Christmas Came Early: Great Lakes Wolf Hunting Ends Now
• Diabetes...It's What's For Dinner - VICTORY UPDATE
• Where We Stand with Anogora Sales
• U.S. Military Will Stop Using Live Animals in Medical Training
• South Africa SPCA Charges Rodeo For “Animal Cruelty And Torture”
• Three Victories to Celebrate
• Grassroots Mobilizing for Animal Liberation
• Animals Have Souls: Guaranteed
• This Man Went Vegan And Something Amazing Happened
• Our Children and Other Animals
• Vegan Shift
• Wisconsin Wolf Hunt Will End
• Dietitian Perspectives on Protein, Calcium and Vegan Bone Health
• Lacoste Removing Angora Products
• Animal Rights, Films, and Food: Going for the Trifecta with the Animal Film Festival
• NYC Mayor To Introduce Bill to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages
• A Monkey's Thanks to YOU
• IFA Plans Two New Projects to Help Animals in Ethiopia
• With Lawsuit Pending, Feds Cancel Idaho Wolf-killing Derby
• New App: Cruelty-Cutter
• It's A Girl!
• 31 Wild Horses Rescued from Carson City Prison
• Chris Hedges: I've Gone Vegan to Help Try to Save the Planet
• Being Gay Just Might Save The Life of Benjy The Bull - VICTORY
• Animals Are Our Friends: Farm Animal Sponsorship and Adoption
• "Death for Food" Event Cancelled
• Victory for Greyhound Racing Dogs in the Lone Star State
• Animals Asia's Caring for Life Course Breaks Records
• Illinois Wildlife Find More Protection
• The 4 Keys to Strong Bones
• Harvest Double-Talk
• Locavorism is Great But Leave Out the Animal Products
• This Is Worse Than That
• Former Meat and Dairy Farmers Who Became Vegan Activists
• Patient Googles His Way Out of Bypass Surgery
• Report from the Field: Operation Pacuare
• We are the Problem and the Solution
• Deer Population Control (Non-Lethal)
• This Is Worse Than That
• Seventh Generation and The Physicians Committee Agree to Collaborate
• TV Host Jane Velez-Mitchell Launches Her Own Animal Rights Show
• LiveSafe: Mobile App to Report Animal Cruelty
• Plant-Based Foods Increase Breast Cancer Survival
• Victory for Oregon's First-Ever Dedicated Animal Cruelty Prosecutor
• Supreme Court leaves California foie gras ban intact
• Chimp Researcher of 30 Years Says, "Animal Activists Were Right."
• Meet Annie: Rescued as a tiny calf, she is a manatee success story
• ALDF Sues University of Wisconsin over “Maternal Deprivation” Experiments on Baby Monkeys
• Re-Frogging America: Building Wetlands
• ALDF Sues University of Wisconsin over “Maternal Deprivation” Experiments on Baby Monkeys
• Long awaited victory for companion animals
• After Much Debate, Denmark to Ban Bestiality
• Denver Conference Addresses Violence Link
• Inside the Courtroom at Tommy’s Appeal
• Virunga Exposes Heroes and Villains in Fight to Protect Last Mountain Gorillas
• Coming Out as Gay, Coming Out as Vegan
• An Exclusive Interview With Cowspiracy Filmmakers Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn
• Livestock Messaging at the NYC People's Climate March
• Gap Brand Drops Fur After Customers Threaten Boycott
• PAWS Sanctuaries: A Commitment to Animal Welfare and Caretaker Safety
• Federal Judge Denies Wyoming’s Request To Regain Control of Wolf Management
• Makers of ‘Crush Porn’ Videos in Philippines Sentenced to Life In Prison
• Ebola Curbs Dancing Monkey Business in Nigeria
• More Feline Freedom!
• SOY Beans – Misunderstood Beans
• Vegan Visibility Is A Success at Climate March
• World Animal Net (WAN) Participates in the People's Climate March
• Ashir Bhalla-Levine's Bar Mitzvah Speech
• Task Force on Animals - Diocese of Olympia
• From Candy to Broccoli
• Victory: Federal Judge Reinstates Federal Protections Statewide for Wyoming Wolves
• Pessimism Versus Negativity in Animal Activism
• Veganism As a Side Dish to Your Activism
• Great News in the Lawsuit Against Idaho’s #AgGag Law
• Salt Lake City Carriage Company Shuts Its Doors One Year after Jerry's Death
• EU court upholds seal fur ban!
• Interview: Paula Sandin and Jennifer Sandin Adams
• Colombian Activist Juliana Castaneda Fights and Wins for Animals
• Activists Play Slaughterhouse Sounds in Chipotle
• The Vigil Will Continue
• Southwest Dumps SeaWorld: How Many Clicks Did It Take?
• Moscow International Circus Suspends Animal Acts
• New Study Reveals Fish Can Multitask. Yes, Multitask.
• Sam Simon and PETA Rescue 420 Chinchillas... Closing California fur farm
• Little Moments, Lifetime Memories at Camp Kindness
• Class Action Lawsuit in Canada: Premarin and Premplus Caused Breast Cancer
• James and Suzy Cameron Want To Save The Planet
• Gila National Forest Accepted the First Voluntary Waiver of a Livestock Grazing Permit
• Los Angeles City Council Bans Animal Traps that Grip or Snare
• Constitutional Inclusion of Animal Rights in Germany and Switzerland: How Did Animal Protection Become an Issue of National Importance?
• Rejecting Fatalism: Social Justice Movements Change The World
• Quo Vadis? The Bible's Real Message About Animals
• Massachusetts Outlaws Shark Fin Soup
• Big Victories for Elephants and Big Cats in New York State
• South Africa will NOT legalize dog racing
• Why LOVE one but EAT the other?
• BLM Delays Wyoming Wild Horse Roundup as Preliminary Injunction Motion Filed
• Doctors Persuade OHSU to Modernize Medical Training
• UPC Helps Rescue 52 Geese and 4 Ducks in Woodland, California
• Victory for Elephants and Rhinos in New Jersey
• Southwest Airlines Severs SeaWorld Partnership
• Idaho Suspends Wilderness Wolf-killing Plan in Face of Court Challenge
• 2014 North Carolina Ag-Gag Bill Is Dead
• The wild horses of Letea: First success for the FOUR PAWS birth control project
• Taiwan Opens First [almost all] Vegan Supermarket
• Animal Protection Groups Stop Coyote Killing Contest
• Ikea's clever way to help shelter animals find homes
• Baltimore's National Aquarium Questions Captivity of Dolphins
• Fish Found Only In Arizona, New Mexico Gains Endangered Species Act Protection
• Launch of 'concern for life' media forums in China
• We Will No Longer Hide
• Short Respite from Hazing for Bison
• I Overcame a Life of Meat, Junk Food and Sickness by Adopting a Plant-Based Diet
• What Is the Blessing over Meat?
• Dawn of a New Ape Era?
• The Tide Turns Against Pastured Cows
• Raju the Elephant Freed After 50 Years of Abuse
• Drone on the Farm is fully funded
• The latest power grab bill fails
• 300 dogs sterilized in Sarnath, India and the community changes
• Social Media and the Rise of Veganism
• One Small Victory for Pamplona's Bulls
• There's a New Kid on the Block...A Vegan Mentor
• Tell Antiques Roadshow: Stop Giving Ivory Air Time - VICTORY UPDATE
• Since I Became Vegan...
• Indian government bans foie gras
• California Red-Legged Frog (Rana draytonii) Declared California's Official State Amphibia
• Safety of Vegan Diets for Babies
• Ten Years Ago This Month, The Colton Tiger Rescue Story
• Landowners Halt Bison Hazing
• Pennsylvania State Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Bill to Ban Pigeon Shoots
• Court Overturns Arch Coal’s Backcountry Mining Plans
• Beyond Meat: Protein That's Animal and Earth Friendly
• For Vegans, Field of Dreams = Field of Jeans!
• Pristine Waters In Roadless National Forests Protected
• Five Sturgeon Species Gain Endangered Species Act Protection
• OHSU ends the use of live animals in medical student training
• How Are Researchers Studying Alzheimer’s Without Hurting Animals?
• Federal Judges Overturn Sim Lake Ruling in Landmark Animal Crush Video Case
• From Meds to Marathons: How Eating Whole Plants Reversed My Asthma and Eczema
• Jumping Mouse Receives Endangered Species Act Protections
• 30 elephants are now chain-free...forever
• UA Fairbanks to Pay $127,100 Fine Over Musk Oxen Deaths
• Great News for Elk: Hunting Nixed in Oregon's Ecola Creek reserve
• Mexico City Bans Circus Animals in Shows
• Quality Egg Fined Millions, DeCosters Plead Guilty
• Wolves Protected by California State Wildlife Commission
• SeaWorld Becomes a Laughing Stock
• Sunder the Elephant Finally Rescued
• Groupon Bans All Shark Products from their Sites Worldwide
• Animal Planet Cancels Man-Eating Super Wolves Show
• People Are Not Mice: The Failing Animal Research Paradigm for Human Disease
• Not a Single One Will Be Killed
• Powerful Vegan Messages
• One Impact of ISAR's International Homeless Animals' Day
• Ketchum Idaho Bans Wild Animals in Circuses
• Canada Loses Appeal of the WTO Ruling, Allowing the EU Seal Product Import Ban to Stand
• Pets and Domestic Violence
• Fish friends mean comfort for family in domestic violence shelter
• Light in Dark Places: Anti-Vivisection from the Victorian Era to Modern Day
• I’d Love to Change the World
• Five Non-Nutritional Reasons to Go Meatless
• Big Loop Rodeo: Horse Tripping Ban Enforced
• Free Virtual Dissection for Your School
• 25+ Vegan Sources of Calcium
• The Supreme Court of India rules against animal abuse: Bans Jallikattu and Bullock cart racing
• A Cure for Doctors’ Lack of Nutrition Education
• Thank You Farley Mowat For Changing The Way The World Sees Wolves
• Circles of Compassion: Connecting Issues of Justice
• Factory Farm Awareness Coalition Presentations
• Crafty Cod Use Tool to Get Food: Nothing Fishy About It
• Judge Orders NYPD to Provide Records on Carriage Horses to ALDF
• Sierra Nevada Frogs and Toads Protected Under Endangered Species Act
• For Omega 3, Eat Walnuts, Not Fish Guts
• Life After Labs
• Anniversary of the Backyard Butcher Rescue
• Alternatives Overview
• Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) is New York Times Magazine Cover Story
• Let a Plant-Based Diet Cool You Down
• Never Too Late To Go Vegan: The Over-50 Guide to Adopting and Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet
• Earthlings for Children: Roger Olmos discusses his book Senzaparole
• Exotic Pet “Ownership” Banned in West Virginia
• Dog Severely Burned - Justice for Zeus!
• Fourth National Animal Cruelty Prosecution Conference
• My Thank You Letter to Renee, Alice, Oscar and the 281 Other Animals I Helped Rescue from Abuse
• Veganism: Inventing the NEW NORMAL
• Maryland Bans Devocalization
• Washington Mazama Pocket Gophers and 1,607 Acres of Habitat Protected
• Lamb’s Blood Aside, Passover is the Perfect Time to Go Vegan
• Animal traps that grip or snare are banned in L.A. as ‘inhumane’
• Help Animals India's 2013 Grants
• Let a Plant-Based Diet Cool You Down
• Bird-Friendly Solar Glass
• Philadelphia Gun Club Pigeon Shoots Attendance Plunges
• Food Chain Newsletter
• Illegal Wildlife Dealer Arrested by the Police of Jembe
• Macy's No Longer Sponsoring Salinas Rodeo
• China Southern Airlines Stops Shipping Monkeys to Labs
• No Elephants Rides at This Year's San Diego County Fair
• Universal Studios Ends Use of Orangutans in Live-Animal Shows
• Almost Gave Up Veganism for "Happy" Organic Pastures
• Deadly Driftnets Will Not Be Expanded Into Sea Turtle, Whale Habitat Off California Coast
• The Whales Have Won! — ICJ Rules Japan’s Southern Ocean Whaling 'Not For Scientific Research'
• Take Extinction Off Your Plate
• Shrine Circus In Los Angeles Stops Use Of Animal Circus After 88 Years
• How Never Cry Wolf Made Me a Wolf Advocate
• ProFauna Encourages Days Off for Jakarta's Zoo Animals
• IDA Reward Offer Leads to Conviction in Kitten Torture Case
• Philadelphia Gun Club (Live Pigeon Shoots) Attendance Plunges
• Justice Served Against Boulder Raccoon Killer
• Anti-hunters Outnumber Hunters by Three to One
• Ducks Unlimited CANCELS "Phigeon" Shoot
• Happy News, the State of Colorado Just Banned Greyhound Racing
• Nation’s 3rd largest tobacco company bans animal testing
• Patrik Baboumian, World Record Strongman: My Strength Is My Compassion
• Updates on Legal Rights for Nonhuman Animals
• Nosey the Elephant Needs Your Help in Florida - good news udpate
• Chicken Behavior: An Overview of Recent Science
• Ukraine President Viktor Janukowitsch leaves five bears behind
• 6,000 Stores Ditch Fur
• First ever cruelty-free fashion show in China
• Compassionate Neighbors Save Junior the Calf from Slaughter
• Asia's Richest Man Backs Vegan Start-Up Venture
• The Transition Team is Forming
• A Special Feature on Animal Sanctuaries with Vegan Education
• A Vegan Diet (Hugely) Helpful Against Cancer
• Man Who Starved Pit Bull Gets Jail Time
• A Federal Reprieve for Wolves
• Merck & Co Announcement
• My Gentle Barn: Creating a Sanctuary Where Animals Heal and Children Learn to Hope
• Agreement Cancels 28 Timber Sales, Protects Rare Seabirds in Oregon
• Rhino Horn Poacher Case: Update
• Deer in Long Island - Safe for Now
• The Rotten Egg Bill (S. 820) Omitted from the Farm Bill
• The Year of The Horse Begins With Victory
• Las Vegas' First Animal Sanctuary Will Be Here Soon
• Chaco Canyon Saved From Fracking
• Happy Cows: A Heart-Warming Video Offers an Important Lesson
• Federal Agency’s New Action May Mean Release for Lola, Sequarium's Orca
• Farm Bill Update: Dangerous King Amendment is Dead
• Victory For Idaho Wolves!
• North Face's Innovative ThermoBall is Superior to Down
• Blackfish Backlash: The Beach Boys, Pat Benatar join large list of Seaworld's cancelled artists
• A Victory for Wild Bison: Yellowstone Decides Against Remote Vaccination Plan
• Second Set of Bear Pits Closed: New Life for 17 Bears
• Nine Countries End Cruel Animal Labs, Thanks to TraumaMan
• Feds Raid Slaughterhouse and Three-time ALF Target
• Charge against COK Investigator Dropped, Criminal Cruelty Cases against 3 Employees at Quanah Continues
• A Vegan Animal Shelter in Colombia
• Man Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Killing his Dog
• We Saved Lake Erie’s Fowler Toads
• Man Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Killing his Dog
• I’m a TED Fellow for 2014. Woo Hoo!
• Because of You...Jungle Friends 2013
• They Have Names Because of You
• Top 10 Things You Did for Primates in 2013 - IPPL
• PCRM 2013 Progress Report
• Ten Key Moments of 2013 from Animal Defenders International
• We Are Animals and Therein Lies Hope for a Better Future
• Eight in Ten People Believe Fox Hunting Belongs to the Past

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