Originally posted on The Extinction Chronicles:
An aerial image of the Amazon burning in the Jamanxim Environmental Protection Area in the city of Novo Progresso in Pará state, Brazil.VICTOR MORIYAMA / GREENPEACE BY Marjorie Cohn, Truthout PUBLISHED August 29, 2019 What Happens to Carbon Offsets When the Amazon Is on Fire? The Amazon is burning.…

  When we were in the streets, most of our generation was apathetic or hostile toward anti-war protesters. Nothing’s changed. Reagan? Clinton? Bushes? Obama? Boomers are responsible!       Before the Armory came into being, I was publishing Notes on my Facebook profile which I called political grenades, weapons to be wielded in the…

Horseracing Wrongs Our “Travers Day” protest at Saratoga Race Course August 24, as told by the wonderful photography of Lodiza LePore… View original post

Originally posted on Exposing the Big Game:
BEN MARWICK & ERLE C. ELLIS, THE CONVERSATION 30 AUG 2019 Examples of how human societies are changing the planet abound – from building roads and houses, clearing forests for agriculture and digging train tunnels, to shrinking the ozone layer, driving species extinct, changing the climate and acidifying…

  If the Democrats nominate a corporate supremecist I will vote against them.     Before the Armory came into being, I was publishing Notes on my Facebook profile which I called political grenades, weapons to be wielded in the war for animal rights. Those modest apothegms and observations have grown to over twenty five…

Originally posted on Exposing the Big Game:
Posted by Meghan McIntire on 08/27/2019 in ? The end of the elephant-to-zoo trade marked by today’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species decision in Geneva is a victory for Friends of Animals efforts to make sure that no other pachyderms would suffer the cruelty of being ripped from the wild…

Originally posted on Exposing the Big Game:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 27, 2019 ? Wildlife Groups Seek Environmental Review of Program That Kills Thousands of Animals in California  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity, Animal Legal Defense Fund and Project Coyote today sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program over its outdated wildlife-killing…

Originally posted on Exposing the Big Game:
Although one never saw the light of day again (former bakery-shop owner Hansen died in an Alaskan prison in 2014) and one may never see the inside of a courtroom, there are numerous similarities between serial killer/trophy hunter Robert Hansen and dentist/trophy hunter Walter Palmer: Both were family…

  Which means I do not vote for war criminals, or their apologists. So I get to choose between Bernie and Tulsi.     Before the Armory came into being, I was publishing Notes on my Facebook profile which I called political grenades, weapons to be wielded in the war for animal rights. Those modest…

Horseracing Wrongs Take Charge Jamie, four, was killed training at Finger Lakes Saturday – “sustained injury to leg necessitating euthanasia,” according to the Gaming Commission. He is the 4th horse killed at Finger Lakes in August, 8th since July 10, and 11th on the year. Bonafide Bandit, Mar 26, stall – “cast in stall” Owen’s…