Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine is actively causing moral injury in its students. The sad part is, none of the students know it yet, and neither did the soldiers in Vietnam.
#onehealth #vetmed #humaneeducation #veterinarian
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Despite hundreds of the biggest food companies pledging to go cage-free by 2025, the share of cage-free egg stands at 48%. Why? Blame grocery stores.
1. A #measles & #flu update.
We're only 9 weeks into the year & the total confirmed measles cases so far puts makes 2026 the second worst year for measles in the past 34 years.
The worst year was last year. But in merely 9 weeks, 2026 has recorded 56% of the entire 2025 total.
Gonna be a bad year.
What a great interview! I loved it. I hope you do too.
🍔 “Burger” & “sausage” can still be used for #plantbased foods in the EU – but not 31 other terms including “chicken,” “beef,” “steak,” “pork,” “breast,” or “drumstick.”
❓Will this hinder the accessibility of sustainable food, & empower industrial animal farming to continue to prevail?
This is brilliant. I just wrote something on an idea for a campaign on this issue, but without even close to this depth of information. Not to be a pollyanna (though if I weren't, why would I still be doing this?) but I think the industry is vulnerable on this. substack.com/home/post/p-...
I tried to do what we call, if I may be so bold, a "conceptual scoop"!!
Pls read my story on the most overlooked form of extreme confinement of farmed animals—the routine caging of millions of dairy calves in tiny crates less than 1/10 the size of a parking spot.
It's not about veal! (🧵)
We're jumping for joy because a commission has voted to halt the sales of fur from #Colorado wildlife 🦊🦫
In response to our petition, the CO Parks and Wildlife Commission voted 6-4 to begin a rulemaking process to prohibit the commercial sale of furs taken from the state’s wildlife.
bit.ly/4aQSwtU
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A sobering fact: We’ve lost around 3 billion #birds in North America since 1970 — a loss of nearly one in four birds.
And yet, this week a congressional panel is meeting to consider weakening the #MigratoryBirdTreatyAct.
We'll continue to fight for them.
Join us ➡️ bit.ly/4cu2DpR
The study’s authors hope the findings will motivate consumers to be more mindful about their food choices, but Liz Goldman from @worldresources.bsky.social warns that giving people more information about the environmental harms of meat production tends to have little impact on their consumption.
Graph titled "Beef caused at least 4 times more deforestation than any other food in the last two decades" with a bar chart showing that beef has destroyed 119.86M acres of forest between 2001-2022.
A new large-scale analysis published in @natfood.nature.com reinforces that of all the foods we produce on the planet, beef is by far the biggest driver of deforestation. Soybeans are the 3rd biggest contributor—with much of those crops going to feed chickens + pigs rather than humans 🧵
“Every senator who voted for this #PublicLands hater showed they’re willing to let our country’s wildest places be torn up and sold for parts to make billionaires richer,” said Ryan Beam, public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, in response to the vote.
Get the rest ⬇️
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushes increased nutrition education for doctors
The EU definitely has their legislative priorities straight. 🤦♂️
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
There is an epidemic of moral disengagement in the veterinary profession. Every veterinarian should be outraged by the treatment of animals our profession has legitimized.
#onehealth #Vetmed #vetstudent #vetschool #gotmilk
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Today, a landmark legal hearing for the #EndtheCageAge case officially began at the Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg. For the first time ever, the European Commission is being held legally accountable for failing to act on a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI).
Oil price spikes don’t affect my family because we drive electric cars. Natural gas price spikes don’t affect my family because we have solar panels. Your family can be like my family!
A new Faunalytics survey revealed that a clear majority of adults in the US consider many routine factory farm practices to be unacceptable.🙅
https://veganfta.com/articles/2026/01/28/over-70-of-us-adults-reject-routine-factory-farm-practices/
#factoryfarming #farming #animalwelfare
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New Episode Coming Friday: Captain Paul Watson and Sarah Levy are on the show to discuss their book, "The Only Flag Worth Flying," and share how direct action is saving our oceans. Don't miss this inspiring conversation! #MarineConservation #DirectAction
Sandhill cranes mate for life, and renew their bond each spring with courtship rituals that include dancing, singing together, and even 'kissing'. The two in this photo appear to be "kissing".
A new study found that billions fewer #birds are flying through North America compared to a decade ago, and populations are shrinking faster than ever.
Even so, a Republican-led House committee is holding a hearing today as part of a plan to undermine the #MigratoryBirdTreatyAct.
bit.ly/4rlxx7G
My second interview with Jamie Woodhouse on Sentientism has dropped today. We had a lively if sobering conversation about the violence of the animal economy and possible solutions to it.
@jamiewoodhouse.bsky.social
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Check out the latest alternatives to animal research:
—3D-printed bone models;
—An organ-on-a-chip initiative at UConn;
—A human-based lung model;
—And more: riseforanimals.org/news/sci-new...
#endanimallabs #stopanimaltesting #betterscience #animalrights #animalprotection
Congress has to stop attacking our #PublicLands.
The latest: Senator Mike Lee is weaponizing the Congressional Review Act resolution in an attempt to wipe out protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
We have to stop this plan! Please submit a public comment ➡️ bit.ly/3N6OOmP
New documentary out on AI and animals! This is a great introduction to the wide range of ways that AI will affect all animals and how we can help steer it in a positive direction. Please share with anyone who might be interested, which of course is everyone. (Also I’m in it) www.aiandanimals.org
The international boycott of ChatGPT has absolutely exploded.
2.5M people have already joined, and this is just the beginning.
Go to quitgpt.org.
Cancel your subscription, delete your account.
And tell at least one person why.
My op-ed: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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