Issues

Bi-yearly newsletter. From Compassion Over Killing (COK). Washington DC, US.

Promoting the use of alternatives to animals in biomedical research product safety testing, and education. Mission, history, achievements, staff, sponsors, programs, publications, issues and links. Maryland, US.

A forum for discussion on issues in farming, research, and especially in veterinary medicine. Moderated by a pro-animal-rights DVM.

A place for pet owners and animal lovers of all kinds. May login as guest. Delphi.

A forum dedicated to the discussion and debate of animal issues, animal related issues, ecology and the environment.

Lists of invalid arguments for the factory farming industry and the (abstaining of) eating of meat.

A unique presentation of primary and secondary resources found in the collections of Canada's National History Society, HBCA - Archives of Manitoba, The Manitoba Museum, Parks Canada and several First Nations communities.

International charity and alliance of animal welfare organisations. Includes education and awareness campaigns to raise the standards of animal welfare throughout the world.

Includes useful links and resources about great apes as well as monkeys.

Online weblog about animal advocacy, action alerts, petitions, newsletters, and recipes.

Provides news animal rights and the environment including links and blogs to other sites that wish to make a difference in the world.

Discusses animal rights issues in Australian society and how they can be addressed through politics and legislation.

Frank R. Ascione, Ph.D. Research of the relation between cruelty to animals and violence to humans. He specifically excludes legal hunting and certain agricultural and veterinary practices as having any connection.

Online resource center dedicated to the campaign of banning the use of animals in circuses. USA.

Legislation as to the requirements of battery cages for laying hens. Hansard.

Photographs of slaughterhouse processes and slaughterhouse workers, by Gail Eisnitz. [WARNING - Disturbing imagery.]

Details of a case involving an eight year old Chow Chow who has been detained on Death Row in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The Charity looks after up to 120 retired horses, ponies and donkeys from all walks of life including the police, army and Riding for the Disabled. Also provides equine welfare grants. Chilterns, Buckinghamshire.

NAERIC represents ranchers involved in the collection of pregnant mares' urine (PMU). Presents a positive slant to the Premarin debate, including that the horses are managed according to strict welfare guidelines.

Read real-life experiences and solutions, as well as information about the professional organizations to call on for help in cases of equine abuse and neglect.

Working to save dolphin and whale species and offers the latest up-to-date news on whales, and dolphins.

Provides information on research and general information about humpback whales, gray whales, killer whales, northern right whales, bowhead whales, and minke whales.

Examines how advertising exaggerates the competitive instinct in men.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News.

"The U.S. government charged Andersen with a single count of obstruction of justice, saying the firm destroyed 'tons of paper' and deleted huge numbers of computer files on its audits of Enron." By Dan Ackman. [Forbes]

"The courtroom - not lawyers - steal the show during the first day of the Arthur Andersen trial, thanks to construction and other distractions." [BBC News]

Explores how Carlyle has become the thread which indirectly links American military policy in Afghanistan to the personal financial fortunes of celebrity, political employees, including George H.W. Bush.

"Former Enron suitor is the latest energy trader to undergo management shake-up." [CNN/Money]

"Agency investigating growing disclosure of false sales reports across many industries." [CNN/Money]

"The energy firm once set to buy Enron is shunned by traders and investors as they contemplate the worrying parallels with its infamous rival." [BBC News]

Current and background articles as well as related links.

Provides script to disable Top Text and Surf+. Documents source code alterations made by these programs.

Provides history of the company and its founders, and lists several irate complaints and business practices.

A Pentagon audit says the oil services group charged inflated prices for petrol to US troops in Iraq, officials say. [BBC]

Feedback and ratings from perspective buyers and homeowners.

Provides links to SEC and court documents regarding the WorldCom case.

The former chief executive of Worldcom is charged with fraud, conspiracy and making false statements regarding the company's finances.[BBC]

"J Sainsbury may sue Merrill Lynch for mismanaging its pension fund after the US bank settles a similar case with Unilever out of court." [BBC News]

"A deal being weighed by New York's attorney general could also mean the brokerage will not reimburse investors for its 'tainted' advice." By David Schepp. [BBC News]

Volunteer effort on Yahoo Club site by people concerned about the "new" Monsanto's power and motives.

In a statement Monsanto acknowledged that there was not a sufficient market to make the introduction of its GM wheat worthwhile. [Guardian]

The world's leading luxury goods retailer sues the investment bank over alleged unfair research to favor its rival Gucci. [BBC]

Paper by Richard Clayton, providing technical details of the proposed system following a meeting with Phorm engineers.

SEC found that Putnam committed securities fraud by failing to disclose potentially self-dealing excessive short-term and market timing trading.

The search page at VeriSign, which appears for all mistyped .com and .net sites, passes information to a marketing firm. A computer security researcher said that this could include personal information. [The Sydney Morning Herald]

Longtime Internet litigator Ira Rothken has filed a class action suit against VeriSign over the registrar's redirection of mistyped .com and .net names to a search page it controls. [CNET News.com]

Professor Anthony J. Sebok examines the issue of whether the discrimination suit against the retailer should proceed as a class action.

Complaint site.

UC Berkeley study finds that use of safety net programs by Wal-Mart workers in California is higher than average for the retail industry.

"Xerox admits overstating its profits by $1.4bn from 1997 to 2001, casting a fresh shadow over US corporate and auditing practices." [BBC News]