Over 40 concerned tri-state citizens gathered outside the US Bank Arena last night, to protest Ringling Bros. Circus’ methods of training and punishing animals. As costumed elephants were led into the building behind them, several of the demonstrators explained why they were there.
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High turnout of “elefriends” protest Big Top cruelty
Posted in News, tagged cincinnati, circus protest, cruelty to elephants, Helen Gaynor, PETA, Ringling Bros. Circus, US Bank Arena on March 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Midwest Culinary Inst. creates “Vegan Ooh La La!” Banquet
Posted in News, tagged Chef Robert Coltrane, Mercy for Animals, Midwest Culinary Institute, The Summit Restaurant, Vegan Ooh La La!, VeganEarth on February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Update, 3/24/11: Seats at the Summit Restaurant were packed with vegans and omnivores epicurious about this menu: ~Arugula-Spinach Salad w/ hummus, Castelvetrano olives, pickled peppers, radish and roasted lemon vinaigrette ~Turnip-butternut squash soup with pumpkin spice, chestnut, and cardamom ~Broccolini with button and shiitake mushrooms in maple-thyme jus ~Black bean-lentil cakes with cumin-spiced collard greens, tortillas, [...]
“Citizen Scientists” Needed for National Birdcount
Posted in News on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This Saturday, join a nation-wide project to help Audubon and Cornell University take an annual “snapshot” of bird populations across the continent. It will be day two of the 14th annual Great Backyard Birdcount, and the third year that citizens will pool their observational forces at the Clifford Bird-Banding Station in Delhi.
Protesters, neighbors deliver silent “no” to proposed egg mega-farm
Posted in News, tagged animal rights protest, Buckeye Egg Farms, Cecilia Petrak, Corey Roscoe, Diana Campbell, egg battery farms, Food Disparagement Law, Hi-Q Egg Products LLC, John Sproat, Katie Davis, Kevin Braig, Lee Williams, Mercy for Animals, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Fresh Eggs, Robert Boggs, Will Dudley on December 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks for your patience with the rough edges of this, Sentient Cincinnati’s first video news piece. We’ll work on shooting crisper audio for the next one. Transcript of video coverage: Today at the Ohio Department of Agriculture in Reynoldsburg, a three-day hearing concluded to determine whether two men from Iowa will be allowed to build [...]
Temple Grandin to speak at Columbus benefit for dog laws
Posted in News, tagged Cheryl Grossman, McKenzie's Law, Ohio House Bill 570, Ohio State University Buckeyes for Canines, puppy mill fundraiser, SK9 Scottish Terrier Rescue, Temple Grandin, The Fawcett Center, Zaron's dog forum on November 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Dr. Temple Grandin, the animal scientist both renowned and controversial for redesigning slaughterhouses using insights gained from her autism, will speak in Columbus next Tuesday. Hers will be the keynote speech in a fundraiser to benefit dog-protective measures in Ohio. Grandin has bewitched audiences–and inspired a film starring Clare Danes–with the blunt way in which [...]
Call for Conference Papers: “Thinking About Animals”
Posted in News, tagged Animal Studies, Brock University, Call for Papers, Department of Sociology, ICAS conference, Institute for Critical Animal Studies on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Brock University in Ontario, Canada: “The Department of Sociology at Brock University is issuing a Call for Papers for a conference on ‘Thinking About Animals’ to be held March 31 and April 1, 2011 at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. This two-day conference will explore a variety of issues concerning the current [...]
What lies beneath egg labels
Posted in News, tagged american humane certified, animal welfare approved, animal welfare labels, Arby's, Biggs, Bob Evans, cage-free eggs, certified humane, Coalition for Sustainable Egg Supply, egg carton labels, egg carton marketing claims, egg recall, eggs, Fab Ferments, Fishbach Farms, Five Star Foodies, free-range eggs, Grateful Grahams, John Clark, Kroger, Lucky John Slow Market, Pasture-raised hens, Slow Food, The Center for Food Integrity, United Egg Producers Certified, USDA organic, Wendy's, Whole Foods on August 18, 2010 | 6 Comments »
“All-Natural.” “Cage-Free.” “Ethical Eggs.” Can the approval stamps on egg cartons tell us anything about the lives of hens, or are they just empty marketing claims? A swelling river of documentary studies and social movements reflects a public focus on such questions, that this week’s multi-million egg recall has only sharpened. Last year a Cincinnati [...]
Governor Clinches Last-Minute Animal Welfare Deal; Humane Society Suspends Referendum
Posted in News, tagged Farm Bureau, Gene Baur, Governor Ted Strickland, Hayle, HSUS, Kevin O'Connor, Pam Hayley, Wayne Pacelle on July 2, 2010 | 7 Comments »
As of Wednesday, times are changing for animals on Ohio’s farms, kennels, and fighting rings—too quickly for industrial farmers and breeders, and too slowly for animal protection workers. Heralding an abrupt change of focus for both communities, Governor Ted Strickland brokered an eleventh-hour agreement between the Ohio Farm Bureau (OFB) and the Humane Society of [...]
Farmers and Advocates to Discuss Humane Farm Bill at Xavier
Posted in News, tagged anti-cruelty, chickens, factory farms, Farm Sanctuary, farming, Gene Baur, HSUS, humane farming bill, industrial farms, Ohio farms, panel discussion, pigs, prevention of cruelty to farm animals, sanctuary, small farms, The Loving Café, veal calves, Wayne Pacelle, Xavier University on May 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Farmers and animal advocates will give Cincinnatians plenty to chew on in the coming week, during two public discussions of Ohio’s proposed farm animal cruelty prevention bill. By requiring that pigs, chickens, and veal calves have enough space to stretch their limbs, the bill would require the state’s industrial mega-farms to operate more like the [...]
