Some Good News and Some Victories for Animals in 2018!
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org

Coyote photo by Jim Robertson/Animals in the Wild, author of Exposing the Big Game: Living Targets of a Dying Sport. Coyote photo posted to honor the animals saved as more fashion designers have disavowed using 'fur.'

THANK YOU for every single thing you did to make a difference for animals in 2018!

We know there are many more victories and many more good news items for animals in 2018 and we know there are LOTS of opinions of what "victory" or "good news" mean.

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FOR ANIMALS EVERYWHERE!

2018:

• Diverse Vegan
• Sea Shepherd Welcomes the end of Whaling in the Southern Ocean
• BioLEAP—Dissection Alternatives
• 2018: A Look Back at an Epic Year
• Wolves Kept Their Endangered Species Act Protections in 2018
• Hawaii's Governor signs Law that Bans the import of Wild Animals for Circuses and Carnivals
• The Barret Family Story
• Measurable Progress for Dolphins in 2018
• Reclaiming Your Identity - Interview with Wotko (Gerardo Tristan)
• Help Animals India - 2018 Accomplishments
• Cruelty-Free Shopping and Other Vegan Resources
• Jay Wilde: A Story of Human and Animal Liberation
• Tell Congress to REMOVE the King Amendment from the Farm Bill - VICTORY UPDATE
• Help Animals India - 2018 Accomplishments
• Measurable Progress for Dolphins in 2018
• New Jersey becomes first US state to ban wild animal circus acts
• Safari Park Zoo in Albania is Shut Down
• Retired FDA research monkeys find new home in Florida
• Human-based Approaches to Alzheimer's Disease Research
• German Poultry Farm Destroyed in ALF Arson
• Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Failure to Protect Giraffes
• How Christ Saved Billions of Animals (and Counting) By Replacing Animal Sacrifice with Bread and Wine
• Ex Pig Farmer: "Veganism Is The Future Of Farming"
• New Zealand Bans Mulesing!
• The End Is Near—S. Korea Closes Largest Dog Meat Slaughterhouse!
• How I Stopped My Migraines and What I Wish I Had Known as a Doctor
• University experiment suspended for denying pain relief to animals
• Vegan Companies 'Struggling To Meet' Growing Demand
• Pig farm workers convicted of animal cruelty
• Vegan Cat and Dog Food
• 3,700 Gentle Greyhounds from Florida Need Homes
• Teaching Veterinarians Animal Welfare In Latin America
• In Heartwarming 'Act of Thanksgiving Mercy,' Farmer Turns Over 100 Turkeys to Animal Rights Group
• The Interfaith Vegan Coalition Shines a Light on Ahimsa and Veganism at the Parliament of World Religions Conference
• Simulated systems replace animals for medical device testing
• Animal Liberation March in Uruguay!
• 3,700 Gentle Greyhounds from Florida Need Homes
• Top Designer Jean Paul Gaultier Ditches Fur - Calls It 'Absolutely Deplorable
• Victory! Florida votes to close 11 dog tracks
• Doctors Said If He Wanted To Live, He'd Have To Eat Like a Cow
• Christianity and Veganism, United in Purpose
• Vegan Activist Forum
• Perverse Wild Horse Sterilization Experiments Dropped!
• Bishop John Arold Calls for urgent Action on Climate Change, including a Move to More Plant Based Diets
• 'Christians Should Be Animal Advocates', Says Vegan Founder Of Religious Organization
• Victory! Florida votes to close 11 dog tracks
• One Million Acres Saved for Sage Grouse
• Advocating for Turkeys This Holiday Season: The Plate is No Place for a Turkey
• Chef Charity Morgan’s Plant-Based Meals are a Hit with NFL Players
• Fixing it
• Veterinarians in Yulin, China are learning that dogs feel pain and fear
• Alternatives Research and Development Foundation (ARDF) Grant Advances
• Nine Baby Roosters Rescued from Kaporos Cruelty
• Federal Court Advances White Coat Waste Lawsuit over Blocked Dog Testing Ads
• Big names in China support Fur-Free Fashion in China
• Immunology Expert Calls for More Human, Less Animal Research
• West Virginia University animal experimenter ordered to stop regarding goat deaths
• Balloon Ban: Small Rhode Island Town Takes a Big Step to Help the Planet
• Diane von Furstenberg Bans Fur, Angora and Exotic Skins!
• European Commercial Fishing Vessel Busted in Africa for Shark Finning
• Colin and Woody in Times Square!
• Going to an NFL Game? Tasty Plant-Based Menu Options Await
• California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act has become law!
• Going to an NFL Game? Tasty Plant-Based Menu Options Await
• Pheasant Shooting to end on public land in Wales
• Court Shuts Down Offshore Aquaculture in Gulf of Mexico
• Setting the Record Straight: Age and Elephants in Captivity
• “Animals Are For Loving, Not Chewing”
• Palestinian Animal League 2018 Conference Report
• Historic Win for Yellowstone Grizzlies
• Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers' Brief - Book Review
• Humane Brain-on-Chip is In - Animal Experiments Out
• Protest Kitchen - Book Review
• New Life for Kristina, Ukraine's Last Dancing Bear
• Los Angeles City Council Votes to BAN Manufacture and Sale of New Fur Products
• Fur Farm in Italy Destroyed in Arson Despite Best Efforts by Owner
• Swedish Fur Farm Closes After 5,000 Mink Released
• The City of Berkeley just became the first in the nation to pass a Green Monday resolution!
• The Cloud Foundation Wins Reprieve for Pryor Wild Horses
• Machine Learning Could Make Animal Tests Obsolete
• Shark Documentarian Calls For A Vegan Future
• Can Christians Break the Silence on Animal Suffering?
• Texas Bans Commercial Wild Turtle Trapping
• Opposition Against Animal Testing Grows—A Little
• Elementary School Ends Egg-Hatching Project
• My Battle With Crohn’s – How Going Plant-Based Gave Me My Life Back
• A Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Wants to End the EPA’s Cruel Animal Testing
• GEAR Gender Equality in Animal Rights Conference
• Emanuel Exports, Live Animal Exporting Company, Loses License to Operate
• From Horse Racing Fan to Horse Racing Protester
• 5,000 Mink Released From Swedish Fur Farm
• Be Fair Be Vegan - Seattle
• Campus Dining: Nourishment, Stress-Relief, and Performance
• Vegan Option Always from JewishVeg.org
• Cruelty-Free Shopping and Other Vegan Resources
• I am living proof that change is possible!
• Friends of Animals sues BLM over Zinke’s wild horse slaughter policy
• After Months of Protests, NYC Health Commissioner Mary Bassett Resigns with Over Three Years Left in Her Term
• Vegan Friendly Churches - Vegan Churches - Vegan Pastors
• Animal Legal Defense Fund Files Lawsuit to Shut Down Black Market Backyard Slaughter Operations
• Pastor Frank addresses if God wanted us to eat animals
• Bears and People: A Novel Program For Peaceful Coexistence
• Pastor Frank talks about animal sacrifices
• Meat Industry Facing Future Problems As Most Vegans Are Young
• Connecticut State's Bear Hunt Bill Shot Down
• Today We Welcomed 50 Hens from a Cockfighting Bust in Virginia Beach!
• Dean Foods Closing more of its Dairy Processing Plants
• Artificial intelligence outsmarts animal tests
• This Silent Protest was Heard Around the World
• Sanctuary
• My Pilgrimage: Dance Lightly With the Living Earth
• Dominion Chinese Premiere Sells Out As Vegan Movement Grows
• The Adventures of Veggie Vero
• American Hunt Saboteurs Association
• Rancher Advocacy Program RAP
• The Adventures of Veggie Vero
• Vegan Sidekick
• An Exciting Future for Food for Life Global
• Fishing Line Recycling Program Successes
• Plant-Powered Athletes: Ambassadors for Change
• Interfaith Vegan Coalition
• The Plant-Based Foods Trend and Generation Z
• No more fireworks over grizzlies in Banff National Park
• At Least 3 Rhino Poachers Killed by Lions at South Africa Nature Preserve
• Art for Animals: Its Historical Significance for Advocacy
• All Surveyed Pediatric Residency Programs in U.S. and Canada No Longer Use Animals for Training
• Trader Joe’s Cage-Free Egg Lawsuit Reaches Settlement in a Win for Truth in Advertising
• Palestine Animal League Conference a Success
• Taking down the mohair trade
• Center for Biological Diversity and Animal Place Sanctuary Partner to ask Environmental Agencies to Adopt Plant-Based Menus
• Five Jewish Synagogues in the U.S. Will Go Vegan for a Year
• Update on Global Campaigns to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages
• Fur Aficionado Takes to the Streets – and to Her Closet – to Make Amends
• Interview with Marc Pierschel, author and director of The End of Meat
• Fur Aficionado Takes to the Streets – and to Her Closet – to Make Amends
• Montreal Bans Cruel Carriage-Horse Rides
• Whistleblowers in the Entertainment Industry Help Expose Animal Abuse on Film Sets
• Update on Global Campaigns to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages
• Cathoic Action for Animals
• Shaun Flores
• Whistleblowers in the Entertainment Industry Help Expose Animal Abuse on Film Sets
• Misleading Mediterranean Diets: Another Look at the Evidence
• Western Michigan University Ends Use of Animals to Train Emergency Medicine Doctors
• Let's Create a New Normal of Nonviolence
• The FBI Animal Cruelty Database
• Elephants: Mothers, babies, teenagers, matriarch and bulls – about to be SAVED!
• The FBI Animal Cruelty Database
• Interview with Director and Producer of "HOPE What You Eat Matters"
• Largest 'Fish Factory' Vessel in the World Arrested and Seized
• The Vegan Muslim Initiative: Opening Minds And Changing The World
• Largest CUBE OF TRUTH in the World
• USDA Cancels Plan to Give Third Parties Oversight of Animal Research Facilities
• Maryland Bans Pigeon Shoots!
• Six Flags Mexico City’s Dolphin Tanks Forced to Shut Down
• Blood vessel-chip predicts side effect undetected by animal tests
• Operation Jairo: Protecting Endangered Sea Turtles along the Shores of Florida, Honduras and Costa Rica
• University of Tennessee College of Medicine ends the use of pigs for ER doctor training
• Cruelty-Free Shopping and Other Vegan Resources
• New LCA Investigtion Leads to Charges for Fur Farm
• Amur Leopard Population Triples to 103
• 19 Delicious Recipes Using Vegan Honey Alternatives
• Heartless Vet Who Killed Cat with Bow & Arrow Loses Her Appeal
• Changing For Good (2018 Handout)
• I am Vegan Cards in 106 Languages
• The UK is changing fast
• I am Vegan Cards in 106 Languages
• Fit Over 70 and Still Going Strong
• I Know Just How Incredible Chickens Are: I've Spent More Than Thirty Years Getting to Know Them
• Humane Farming Association forms ballot committee to defeat egg industry initiative
• Plaintiffs Awarded $50 Million in Landmark Smithfield Hog Nuisance Case
• Alternatives, Not Animal Testing, Finds Recent Survey
• Some Cruelty-Free Shopping and Other Vegan Resources
• National Vegetarian Museum
• Dropping Turkeys from Airplanes May Cease in Yellville, Arkansas
• New Research Raises Hopes of an End to Animal Experiments
• Vegan Hockey
• Happy 48th Birthday Dolphin Project!
• America's Largest Dairy Company Ends Contracts With Dairy Farmers, Cites Decline in Consumption
• Last Chance for Animals and Protesters Win Important Lawsuit Against Protest Limits
• America's Largest Dairy Company Ends Contracts With Dairy Farmers, Cites Decline in Consumption
• Daphne Sheldrick, 83, showed Kenya that wildlife is worth most when alive
• Do You Really Want to Go Back to 1995?
• A Change of heart: From sheep farmer to animal rescuer
• New Animal Law Journal
• BMW Dealership Pulls Name from Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club Website
• Major and Minor League Baseball Vegan Options Making News
• Lawmakers Pull Tax Dollars for Painful Research on Dogs
• Good Laws for Animals in Kansas!
• Hunting is exposed as a crime against nature...and the public is listening
• Birds of a Feather
• Type 2 Diabetes Research Held Back by Animal Models; Human-Based Research Provides a Path Forward
• Tell Alabama Forestry Association to Stop Promoting Pigeon Shoots - VICTORY UPDATE!
• Animal Law — New Perspectives on Teaching Traditional Law
• Vegan Pastor Rev. Frank Hoffman Interview on Vegan Nation Radio
• Washington Statewide Efforts to Save Wildlife, Pets from Fishing Lines
• The Danger of Being Wrong About Animal Rights: A Social Justice Attorney’s View
• Researchers Develop Computer Model to Replace Animal Testing
• Muslim Scholars Should Declare Factory Farming Haram
• Luxury fashion brands set the bar for Fur Free future
• The Real Father of the Animal Liberation Movement
• 'War on Wolves' Rider Dropped from Omnibus Bill
• South Korea Bans Importation of Taiji's Dolphins
• Vegans Against All Violence – Humans And Animals!
• A Wild Love
• The Dandelion-hearted Activist
• Die Garten Eden Veggie Church
• Veganism Is Being Redefined in Black Communities
• How I Sparked...Travel – Vegan Style
• Activists Shut Down NYC Health Commissioner Mary Bassett’s Presentation
• The Missing Peace: The Hidden Power of Our Kinship with Animals
• La Raza for Liberation
• About The Invisible Vegan
• Vegans, Communities and the Puerto Rican Hurricane Aftermath
• Dispelling the myth that eating vegan is expensive
• Eat for the Planet: Saving the World One Bite at a Time
• Black VegFest To Debut In New York This Summer
• Donna Zeigfinger, Founder of Green Earth Travel
• From Cheese Addict to Vegan Educator
• Directory of Veggie Pastors and Churches
• From Cheese Addict to Vegan Educator
• Ironman with Declining Cardiac Health Found That Food Matters
• Philosophers offer support for chimpanzee rights cases
• Sea Shepherd Saves Endangered Totoaba Following Second Drone Shooting
• EVEN Interview with Dr. Neal Barnard
• Corbyn's Labour Party Unveils Plan to Make UK 'World Leader on Animal Welfare'
• Help Provided For the Forgotten Dogs of Chernobyl
• Protection Upheld for Arctic's Ringed Seals
• Citing Deaths of Lab Monkeys, F.D.A. Ends an Addiction Study
• Paul Turner's Journey with Food For Life Global
• Citing Deaths of Lab Monkeys, F.D.A. Ends an Addiction Study
• Great Science: 2017's Top 10
• Chimp Rescuer Sets Up Sting Operation to Seize Baby from Exotic Pet Trafficker
• Bid to Increase Chicken Slaughter Line Speeds Denied!
• No More Shipping Pigs Overseas to Hawaii for Slaughter
• Court Overturns Political Decision To Deny Endangered Species Protection To Bison
• No More On-Campus Petting Zoo For 'Stress Less Week'
• 2018 VEGFESTS!
• My Vegan Memes - Feel Free to Share
• Nosey the Elephant Will Remain Out of Reach of Abusive Former Handler, Hugo Liebel
• Hip Vegan: Simply the Best for Recovery
• Peanut Milk: Good News in a Nutshell
• Vicars and Veganuary
• A Biblical Case for Veganism Part 1: The First Menu: Herbs & Grains, Fruits & Vegetables
• Don't Be Fooled by These 5 Misleading Dairy Ads Peddling the Preposterous Myth of the 'Happy Cow'
• Jamar
• Vegan Movie Review of 'Ferdinand'
• New Jersey almost led the way as the first US state to ban exotic animal circus acts...
• No fox hunting vote in this Parliament!
• New Protections for Rare Salamander, 420 Miles of Habitat
• White Coat Waste Project's 2017 Successes
• New Year Message from Jane Goodall
• A Meatless Dominion
• Nutrition and Coronary Heart Disease
• 12 Animal Activism Stories That Made Headlines in 2017
• SHARK 2017 Year in Review
• Animal Legal Defense Fund: 2017 Year in Review
• A Letter To The Newly Vegan Muslim
• Appeal To Allow Sterilization Of Wild Horses In Idaho Dismissed
• Some Good News and Some Victories for Animals in 2017!

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