As an addendum to your quote about the estimable man, I would like to pick a bone about the word "virtually" as many grammarians do also with the promiscuous use of the word "literally." There are still thousands of products, including shampoos and cosmetics, that are tested on animals. Appalling, enraging, head shaking, but true. Still true. In Wisconsin, as we read, baby monkeys are torn from their mothers, to study the affects of social deprivation and isolation, the same experiment done for over 1/2 a century. http://host.madison.com/news/local/health_med_fit/university-of-wisconsin-renews-controversial-maternal-deprivation-research-on-monkeys/article_993e9566-172f-11e4-9063-001a4bcf887a.html Beagles are subjected to tobacco smoke, like we don't know that the effects are. What takes place in laboratories these days is nauseating. The arms of the Armed Services are the best though. Amputating goats without anesthesia, to see what happens, for purported field training during war, just the most perverted and heinous stuff imaginable. And all these are happening, still, despite outcries from legions of people worldwide. Oh, and never mind, it's been overwhelming affirmed that computer based modeling for testing is superior to testing on animals, whose physiognomy is not near enough ours to provide attestable conclusions. Geez, just for giggles, watch this, but get your kleenex out, because you'll be in a puddle at the end. You only need to suffer through the mandatory commercial. US gvt. lab chimps, tested on their whole lives, finally experiencing the outdoors, air, ground, sky, for the very first time, many at over 50 years of age. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9926530/Laboratory-chimpanzees-see-sky-for-first-time.html There is similar footage for beagles, the most popular animal for many animal testing, because they are so friendly and docile. It will make you cry like a baby.
I appreciate Farhad's inquiry, because I a librarian, and I am also a passionate lover of animals and am so acutely aware of how unprotected they have been, and still remain, despite global and local efforts to make changes. Most people are just ignorant, and don't know how abused animals are. Ignorant or vain, or hubric (I think I am neologizing a new word) people don't know where fur comes from, how it's gotten, the suffering animals go through, people don't know there are dog farms in China for fur (look up raccoon dog), or dog meat, bear bile farms, dog fighting, let alone the basic food chain and the mass agri-business industrial complex (as mass and dense as Christie), the list of animal exploitations, indignities and atrocities stretches around the planet, summarily countless times. Thank you for bringing awareness to this, not a subject, but a litany of related substrated subjects. If you'd like to shop ethically, please consult the Leaping Bunny site first. http://www.leapingbunny.org/indexcus.php They will send you happily a wallet-sized card that includes the names of companies that don't brutalize giddily, sadistically and purposelessly animals for profit or vanity, which makes it easy for when you're in the aisle. Best Regards, Elizabeth McMahon On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Elizabeth Stanley < elizab...@bullfrogfilms.com> wrote: > Hi, Elizabeth McMahon, > > Thanks for remembering "Henry: One Man's Way." All rights reverted to > Peter Singer. All orders to Sarah Whitman, at Animal Rights International ( > animalrightsi...@aol.com) as of 2008. > > "While he might not be a household name, Henry Spira took on companies > that are. Virtually every shampoo or cosmetic product sold today has the > words "Not Tested on Animals" on its packaging, largely due to Henry's > efforts. > Admired and respected not only by his supporters but also by many of his > opponents, Henry Spira chose to build bridges rather than hurl abuse. His > success, without any organization behind him, is proof that one person can > make a difference. He is an inspiring model of effective social activism." > > Here is a link to his obituary: > http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/15/business/henry-spira-71-animal-rights-crusader.html > > Kind regards, > Elizabeth Stanley > Bullfrog Films > > ------------------------------ > *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: > videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Elizabeth McMahon > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2015 2:52 PM > *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Suggestions for documentaries about cruelty > against animals > > Elizabeth, > You used to distribute "Henry: One Man's Way," a wonderfully affecting and > warm portrait of animal hero Henry Spiro, by Peter Singer. You don't > seem to carry it any longer. Do you know who does, or maybe it just > lapsed? > http://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=UW&docId=CP71102311330001451&fn=permalink > > Regards, > > Elizabeth > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Elizabeth Stanley < > elizab...@bullfrogfilms.com> wrote: > >> Hello, Farhad, >> >> Bullfrog Films offers the following titles you may want to consider: >> >> The Ghosts in Our Machine http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/giom.html >> >> In Defense of Animals: A Portrait of Peter Singer >> http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/indef.html >> >> Cull of the Wild: The Truth Behind Trapping >> http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/cull.html >> >> Tools for Research: Questions about Animal Rights >> http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/tfr.html >> >> Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! >> >> Elizabeth Stanley >> Bullfrog Films >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: >> videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Moshiri, Farhad >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2015 10:05 AM >> *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu >> *Subject:* [Videolib] Suggestions for documentaries about cruelty >> against animals >> >> Any recommendations? Thanks. >> >> >> >> Farhad Moshiri, MLS >> >> Post-Masters Advanced Study Certificate >> >> Audiovisual Librarian >> >> Subject areas: Music, Dance, Copyright issues, >> >> Middle Eastern Studies >> >> University of the Incarnate Word >> >> J.E. & L.E. 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