Day: June 26, 2022

Environmental, General News, Uncategorized

USA: Rocky the Coyote Paces in a Tiny Cage—Act Now!

Rocky the Coyote Paces in a Tiny Cage—Act Now!

After humans mistook Rocky the baby coyote for an abandoned puppy, they captured him in nature and sent him to an animal shelter in Tennessee before he’d even opened his eyes. 

From there, he was sent to the Forest Preserves of Cook County and relegated—all alone—to a small, bleak corncrib cage at the River Trail Nature Center in Northbrook, Illinois. With a constant view of the forest around him, Rocky now presses his snout against the bars that imprison him.

In nature, coyotes live in packs. Studies done in Cook County show that coyote packs roam territories averaging more than 4 square miles. But at the River Trail Nature Center, Rocky languishes alone and has been observed pacing in apparent distress. This blatant disregard for his needs threatens his health, but sadly, it’s business as usual for the self-proclaimed “nature center.”

Eagles, owls, and hawks are also confined to small, barren cages there, including a kestrel and a screech owl who are kept in 4-foot-by-4-foot boxes with no room to fly and no access to sunlight, fresh air, or foliage.

But there’s hope for Rocky! The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado—which is accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries—has offered to relocate him to an expansive naturalistic habitat where he could roam with other coyotes.

Keeping Rocky confined as an “educational” prop for human entertainment, when he could and should be roaming as a member of a pack, is an egregious form of speciesism—discrimination based solely on species.

Please urge Cook County officials and the River Trail Nature Center to give Rocky a chance to live at an accredited sanctuary!

Rocky the Coyote Paces in a Tiny Cage—Act Now! | PETA

Regards Mark

General News, Vegan Recipes

USA: 11 Best Vegan ‘Bits’ In Los Angeles Right Now.

THE 11 BEST VEGAN POP-UPS, FOOD TRUCKS, AND DELIVERY KITCHENS IN LOS ANGELES RIGHT NOW

From veganized fast food to indigenous Mexican to flaky, butter-free French pastries—LA’s vegan street food scene is hotter than ever.

There’s a reason why Los Angeles has been named VegNews’ Best Vegan City three years in a row by VN readers. Dining institutions like Plant Food + Wine, Shojin, and Monty’s Good Burger are revered nationwide and have helped cement the City of Angels’ status as the best vegan dining destination in the country. But there’s another plant-based trick up LA’s sleeve: a world-class street food scene of underground pop-ups, ghost kitchens, and food trucks. And it’s proving once and for all that brick and mortars aren’t the only recipe for success.

The 11 Best Vegan Pop-Ups, Food Trucks, and Delivery Kitchens in Los Angeles Right Now | VegNews

Regards Mark

General News

Elephants Shouldn’t Be Taught to Perform Unhealthy Tricks – Petition – Pleae Sign and Pass on.

Elephants Shouldn’t Be Taught to Perform Unhealthy Tricks

Elephants are smart, social, soulful creatures. But there are some things they just should not do. For example: unnatural, unhealthy tricks like headstands.

In a recent video posted to Twitter that’s since gone viral, someone is filming as a handler washes a captive elephant. The animal leans forward onto its trunk and head, moving into a headstand while a man sprays the creature down with water.

The people who posted the Twitter video may have been impressed with the stunt. But luckily most animal lovers on the internet know better — and they’re rightly outraged.   While an elephant standing on its head might seem amusing at first glance, it’s an unnatural behaviour that these majestic beings do not display in the wild.

That means they’ve been forcibly taught to perform these unusual tasks. And the way handlers train elephants is anything but humane. Instead, they employ vicious, horrific tactics like stabbing the animals with bull hooks, or shocking them with cattle prods.

The video has since been removed from Twitter, but it was online long enough for it to amass more than 300,000 views. And when a video like this goes viral, it means more and more people could be lulled into believing such cruel exploitation is normal.

Twitter must implement a stronger system to catch these videos before they go viral! Sign the petition if you agree!

P.S. Elephants should never be coerced or abused into performing for humans in this way — not in circuses, not in zoos, and not anywhere else.

Sign the petition.

Regards Mark