Some Good News and Some Victories for Animals in 2012
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org

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All-Creatures.org
December 2012

THANK YOU for every single thing you did to make a difference for animals in 2012!!

We know there are many more victories and many more good news items for animals in 2012. This is a listing of good news/victories, many posted in our all-creatures.org 2012 weekly eNewsletters

Use this list to honor animal activism, to congratulate yourself for your contribution, and to inspire you to do even MORE for animals in 2013. Please SHARE this link!

• Humane Research Council 2012 Accomplishments
• California 2012 Legislative Victories for Animals
• ADI'S Top Ten Dramatic Moments of 2012
• COK in 2012: The Power of Compassion
• League of Cruel Sports' 2012 Victories
• Kinship Circle's Updates/Victories for Animals in 2012
• 'Popular Science' Predicts Nonhuman Rights a Top Story for 2013
• 12 Animal Activism Stories That Made Headlines in 2012
• Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN) Campaigns generate 93 news stories across the US and beyond!
• CASH (Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting) Accidents and Violations for 2012
• Saving Manatees Around the World
• Mugaritz Fined, Foie Gras Farm Shut Down
• Cleo the Cat - Rescued From South Korea's Death Markets
• Food Not Bombs 2012 Victories
• My Teacher, My Guru, Nikita
• As a result of a Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! campaign 100 chimpanzees who had been scheduled for transfer to horrific Texas lab retired to Sanctuary!
• Big News! More than 100 Chimpanzees Going to Sanctuary
• Heythrop Hunt Found Guilty Of Illegal Fox Hunting In First Ever Corporate Conviction
• How a Healthy Vegan Diet Can Cure Cancer
• Help Animals India, 2012
• Sport Hunting to be Banned in Costa Rica
• Anti-Diabetes Foods
• Toronto Zoo Elephants Going to PAWS!
• Fetish Animal Torturers Indicted on Felony Charges
• Great Honor Bestowed on Dr. McDougall by the Hawaii Senate
• Humane Animal Traps
• Pigs Spared Torture and Death at SC Medical School
• Shooting SHARK's Remote-Controlled Camera Backfires on Pigeon Shooters
• Chimp owner denied permit by Clark County
• Greyhounds in the Library
• IDA Lawsuit Stalls Plan To Kill Deer
• Sea life wins...California Coastal Commission votes unanimously to deny seismic testing
• NMFS will reconsider exclusion of the captive orca Lolita from ESA listing
• Vegan for the Holidays (book review)
• ISAR's International Homeless Animals' Day® 2012
• Two Councils in Ireland Ban All Wild Animals in Circuses
• Vegan Day 2012 - England, Italy, Spain
• Best Friends leads effort in L.A. to ban sale of dogs, cats, rabbits
• Orangutans Fight Back
• Botswana to outlaw hunting...totally...in 2014
• Wild horse slaughter prompts sixth grader to start petition: Crosses 100,000 signature mark
• Victory for Bears and Buffalo: DOL Helicopter Grounded
• Greyhound Advocates Win Critical Victory, London Mayor Chooses Housing Instead of Dog Track
• Issaquah Salmon Days Festival halts frog sales
• Botswana to outlaw hunting...totally...in 2014
• Breaking News… 29 More Virginia Range Mustangs Rescued from Slaughter
• Cattle Industry Magazine Publishes Editorial Against Pigeon Shoot Cruelty
• California Court of Appeals Says Pets are More Than Inanimate Property
• Kim Sturla, Animal Place
• Schools eliminate cat dissection and use electronic means
• Animal Practice TV Show Abusing Capuchin, Crystal, Canceled
• Along Came a Spider Who Stopped a Highway Project
• Meet Angel, Rescued From The South Korean Meat Trade
• Healing with Plant-Based Nutrition: Interview with Dr. T. Colin Campbell
• Bears and Bobcats in California Protected from "Hound Hunting"
• Lisa's Reaction to Seeing Earthlings
• For Coyotes, It's Till Death Do Us Part
• Conservation Deal Protects Corridor Between Two Key Southern California Wildlife Areas
• Supreme Court Upholds Roadless Rule
• Emily the Cow and Tyke the Elephant: Resistance is Never Futile
• Two Important California Legislative Victories This Week
• Walking Horse ‘Trainer’ Sentenced
• On Picking Up Starfish
• The Amazing Mr. Chen
• Following multiple Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN) fficial complaints, USDA files 10-page complaint against Santa cruz Biotech for Animal Welfare Act violations
• Solo hunting by twelve-year-olds will NOT be allowed in NWS Australia
• Bear bile farming industry put on notice by World Conservation Congress
• My Winning Battle with Breast Cancer: Star McDougaller Jessica Bowen
• Great News in Oregon: Each Animal Counts!
• A Declaration Worth Celebrating
• Am I a Hypocrite for Keeping Adopted Hens and Advocating Animal Rights?
• A Declaration Worth Celebrating
• Ben the Bear: From Roadside Hellhole to Sanctuary
• 'Crush Video' Suspects Arrested
  
• First Ever Fox Cub Hunting Conviction in the UK
• Ben the Bear: From Roadside Hellhole to Sanctuary
• 'Crush Video' Suspects Arrested
• SHARK Milestone: 30,000,000 YouTube Views
• First Ever Fox Cub Hunting Conviction in the UK
• Lucky Coyote Survives being Wedged Behind a Car Bumper
• The Whole Love
• Goat rancher has a change of heart
• Britain’s biggest wild animal circus sells its animals
• East Carolina University (ECU) has ended its use of live ferrets
• Vision Express Ends Use of Wild and Exotic Animals in Their Advertising
• Goat rancher has a change of heart
• Oregon Health Sciences University fined $12,000 for Animal Welfare Act violations following Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN) Official Complaints
• Good News For Indiana’s Turtles: State Says No More Snapperfest
• Activists win legal victory just as the circus comes to town
• Court Finds Sierra Nevada Off-road Vehicle Plan Illegal, Closes 89 Miles
• Cruelty Won't Fly With Air China
• Victory for Kittens at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• Six South American birds declared endangered
• Idaho Power Withdraws Rodeo Sponsorship
• Word Up?
• Demolished dog tracks become sites for new schools, businesses, housing and more
• Judge Agrees With IDA, Says Los Angeles Zoo Elephants Are Not Healthy, Happy, Or Thriving
• Ringling attendee's amazing testimony
• Better Late Than Never for Minnesota Dolphins
• China’s Shark Fin Feast Over At Official Banquets...in 3 years
• Board game aims to teach children to be kind to animals
• Italy's Green Hill, beagle breeding compound, seized
• South Korea backs down on plans to start whaling
• Richmond CA Becomes 19th Guardian City by Unanimous Vote
• CA Police Develop New Policies After Cougar Killing
• Marketing Versus Reality: The Myth of the Organic Happy Cow
• Penn State Medical School Ends Primate Research
• 4,000 monkeys saved as Colombian vivisector loses wild capture permit
• Era Of Chimp Research Ends At Maryland Lab
• More than a third of health poll respondents eating less meat
• Down with animal testing: Study reveals more people oppose thecontroversial practice
• Oregon Suspends 10 State Forest Timber Sales in Marbled Murrelet Habitat
• Editorials on enforcing SOME regulations at rodeos
• One Farmer's Story: From Pig Farm to Pig Sanctuary
• Mounting Opposition to Vivisection
• The Rise of Vegan Culture in Israel
• Circus Shut Down in California City of Corona
• Exxon Mobile STOPPED from destroying pristine area
• Mayor of Bogota prohibits bullfights in the Plaza de Santamaria
• Tell Geico to End Rodeo Sponsorships... Ride 'em, Gecko VICTORY update
• Settlement in Palm Springs lawsuit will mean improvements in conditions for homeless animals
• Backyard butcher turns himself in
• One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Donkeykind
• 47 Pit Bulls rescued from Bronx fight ring
• El Al Airlines will NOT Transport Monkeys to Laboratories
• Santa Cruz Hatchery Shutdown after Unprecedented Settlement Reached in Cruelty Case
• EVEN Interview with Dan Piraro
• Protections for MANY species of wildlife
• Links to Cruelty-Free Shopping
• Rewilding Animals: Going Home At Last
• Paraguay and Bogota ban animals in circuses
• Kansas dog tracks blocked from re-opening
• Where the Earth Has Legal Rights
• Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN) coordinates release of five monkeys from California lab to Oklahoma sanctuary
• Following Official Complaint by Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN) Penn State University announces end of primate research program
• Bob Barker Donates to Mindy’s Memory; primate sanctuary to give new homes to five California monkeys
• Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Virginia end the use of animals in medical student training
• Ohio, haunted by slaughter, restricts exotic animals
• No More Waterwork with Killer Whales at SeaWorld!
• Trainer filmed abusing horses banned from show for life
• Ted Nugent Admits to Illegal Alaska Bear Kill
• Activist Groups Sue USDA for Allowing Sale of Diseased Poultry Product...Foie Gras
• Ohio, haunted by slaughter, restricts exotic animals
• Second Vegan Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Ireland Banned Puppy Mills
• Feds Again Deny Permit for Flaming Gorge Pipeline Threatening Colorado's Green River
• Rio Rancho New Mexico Cancels Ringling's Scheduled Shows
• Poachers are now Fair Game in Indian State
• Conference “The Emotional Lives of Animals: What are the Implications? A Comparison Between Researchers and Disciplines”
• Study of 2,068 Vegans Helps Debunk Six of the Most Common Myths
• Vegan Mother and Animal Activist, Doh Driver
• Vegetarianism and Concern for Animals Can Be Found in Protestant Christianity
• Michael Clarke Duncan credits veg lifestyle for improved health and clearer conscience
• Should Animals Be Off the Menu?
• Covance to shutter $150M Chandler testing facility this year
• Foie Gras Ban Upheld in California
• Arizona Victory for the Greyhounds
• Bunnies Rescued from "Urban Farmer"
• Saving the San Diego 10...Laboratory Beagles
• Rescue of 500 Dogs in China by Chinese Animal Activists
• Cole Brothers Circus Pays $15,000 to Settle Abuse Lawsuit
• Holland America cruise line adds all vegetarian menu
• IDA India Installs 1,200 Water Bowls To Help Animals Survive Summer Heat
• New Study: Animal Protection Viewed Most Favorable of Social Justice Causes
• Los Angeles County Fair ends elephant rides
• 1000+ Italian Activists Liberate Beagle Puppies in Daylight Raid
• Growing Catnip
• Wisdom beyond knowledge
• B.C. sled-dog executioner charged
• No more buggy coloring: Starbucks to stop using cochineal extract
• Parental Appeal to Stop Daycare Chick Hatching Project Succeeds
• Fourth Save the Frogs Day schedules over 200 events in 30 countries
• Indian government bans use of live animals for education, research
• Colorful Florida Butterfly Receives Protections at Last
• "71" returns to the wild
• Environmentally Destructive Zoo Bill Vetoed
• Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Ends Ferret Abuse
• Vegan Cooking (book review)
• Deaths at Harvard primate research facility prompts ALDF to demand investigation
• Coal Mine Expansion Halted
• Shine, Imprisoned in the Cellar of a Harlem Bodega for 6 years – Rescued!
• Help for Stray Dogs Arrives in Ukraine
• China’s State FDA has proposed a draft for non-animal testing alternatives on their cosmetics
• Lamb of God: From livestock trailer to rescue
• 300 pit bulls saved from dog fighting ring
• Victory for Ferrets at the University of Washington
• Top Israeli scientist criticizes El Al's refusal to export research animals
• Puppy mill dogs will no longer be sold via Marketplace on Facebook
• Victory: Orange County Fair Board Voted to End Elephant Rides!
• Rare Southwest Frog Wins 10,000 Protected Acres
• Three Elephants Take Flight to PAWS Courtesy of Bob Barker
• Settlement in Clay County Lawsuit Will Mean Dramatic Improvements in Conditions for Kentucky's Homeless Animals
• First Time in Greece: A Prosecutor for Animal Protection
• Panama bans bullfights AND dogfights
• Out of ‘Luck’ on HBO
• Tony the Tiger's Lawyers
• Head of troubled Harvard primate center steps down
• New research halted after another monkey death at primate center in Southboro
• Another Law Enacted To Protect Frogs
• The Torah/Bible Verse That Turned Two Meat Eaters into Beet Eaters
• 3rd Graders Want to See Lolita Retired!
• NCSU Libraries Receives Grant to Shed Light on Primary Documents of Animal Advocacy Movements
• After multiple Official Complaints by Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN) the head of Harvard Primate Research Director Resigns
• NIH Prohibits Use of Cats from B Dealers
• Using Dogs to Hunt Deer is Abolished in Kisatchie National Forest
• Workers rescue over 4,000 hens from factory farm
• A Hen Learns to Eat Again
• Big Step Forward for Rights of Dolphins and Whales
• 700 River Miles Protected for Endangered Southwest Fish
• Slaughtering Chickens For "Art" Cancelled in Lawrence, Kansas!
• Stop the return of the diving horse act at Atlantic City's Steel Pier VICTORY update
• Mecosta County Animal Shelter will no longer practice pound seizure after July 1, 2012
• UK Beagle Factory Farm Proposal Turned Down
• Lamb chopped as bishops turn veggie
• Chinese Laundry Removes ALL Fur
• Extraordinary Vegan Lecture
• USDA Fines Elephant Handler Who Was Target Of IDA Complaint
• Greece Bans Animal Circuses
• Georgia Finally Steps Up to Protect Native Turtles
• VICTORY! Tell Air France to Stop Transporting Monkeys
• Virginia Senate Bill 610 is DEAD!
• Tucson Zoo Elephants Won’t Be Split Up...For Now
• 42,000 acres saved from grazing in Arizona
• Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Nixes Monkey Farm
• USDA Acts For Nosey The Elephant
• Illinois pig farm fined for spilling over 200,000 gallons of manure into creek
• The Killing Of Animals In Shelters and Pounds Is An Animal Rights Issue
• Industry News: Egg Consumption Is Declining
• South Vietnam Bear Rescue
• Rabbits Spared From Deadly University Classroom Lab
• Florida's Endangered Wood Stork Recovering
• 2011: A Surprisingly Good Year for Animals
• Grand Canyon's Million-acre Uranium Mining Ban Finalized
• Some Good News and Some Victories for Animals in 2011
• North Little Rock to use dogs against geese rather than hunters

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