If you like to watch cats

If you like to watch cats, this is for you: kitten rescue cam (Kitten Rescue Cam - Live Cams). They are up for adoption as well.

The in vitro burger is here and is good

The first in vitro burger is here. This new technology will save billions of dollars, will save billions of animals and save the planet by reducing the waste from meat industry (one of the biggest polluters nowadays). That's one of the most important discoveries, because from a cell of few you can feed a whole family and in terms that there is still hunger in the world, I hope that many non profit organizations will invest in the spreading of the technology and helping the poor nations. In vitro meat is useful for science experiments and that's quite important too, because will cut the cost ineffective  and cruel animal experiments.

A documentary that everyone must see

The way we use our home - the planet Earth and her other inhabitants now, is not leading to anything good. The documentary Earthlings shows one of the reasons why. It's not easy to watch, but the truth often is bitter.

Animal abuse is abuse of humanity

"Brutalized societies, an indifferent majority of population, corrupt or egocentric politicians.Is this the Europe we want to live in?Are you part of those who want change? Or are you part of the indifferent majority?Are you David - or Goliath?The 'Making the Link' study demands the European Union to act on behalf of European animals, European children and European people."

http://www.occupyforanimals.org/

This is not only for the people living in Europe, this is for all of us that don't want to live in  a violent world. The following link is for a video which is not easy to watch, but that's the horrible ugly reality:

http://vimeo.com/57272564

Gut reaction: Morality in food choice

"It's more than just 'should I eat meat or not?' It's a question of the way we produce meat. Right now it is incredibly inhumane, but it's also incredibly unsustainable," McGregor says. The major byproducts of meat production are waste and toxins that can be hazardous to human health and to the health of the environment."

Gut reaction: Morality in food choice

Good to know: Why Vegan?

Good to know!

Plant-based diet - a key to a long life?!

The plant-based diet might be a key to a long life according the recent scientific discoveries. 

Lennox was murdered today, the humane in humans too

I think that something is really wrong with us  - The Humans... killers, rapists and other scum stay few years at the prison and are free to do the same....and the dogs are killed, because are...defenseless innocent creatures that can only love us?!

"In spite of all the fact that Lennox’s registered DNA type is not on the list of banned dogs, and in spite of all the evidence to the contrary, the wardens proceeded to seize Lennox from his family’s home, citing him as “of type” as a dangerous dog. The DDA, at the time, stipulated that Lennox be put to death, based solely on his appearance. The family hired a lawyer, and began a two-year battle to save their beloved pet’s life; a battle which has exhausted them emotionally, and financially."

http://www.examiner.com/article/world-makes-last-desperate-plea-to-the-city-of-belfast-save-lennox

"Why do you spend so much of your time and money talking about kindness to animals ...?"

The best answer to the question I have been asked many many times:

*The photo collage was made by me using a photo from Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003.

UNITED NATIONS SAYS: BE VEGAN!

Is Your “Cruelty-Free” Beauty Product Really Cruelty-Free? Maybe Not!: glamour.com

Is Your “Cruelty-Free” Beauty Product Really Cruelty-Free? Maybe Not!: glamour.com

Can animals think?!

Many of us accept the animals as a part of our world that despite can fell pain and have some emotions can't actually think. 

But what the scientists say about that!? 
After years  of  debate,   ingenious  new  studies  of dolphins, apes and other brainy beasts are convincing many scientists that the answer is yes - animals can think.

Our dodge — a not unreasonable one — has always been that animals are ours to do with as we please simply because they don't suffer the way we do. They don't think, not in any meaningful way. They don't worry. They have no sense of the future or their own mortality. They may pair-bond, but they don't love. For all we know, they may not even be conscious. "The reason animals do not speak as we do is not that they lack the organs," René Descartes once said, "but that they have no thoughts." 

But one by one, the berms we've built between ourselves and the beasts are being washed away. Humans are the only animals that use tools, we used to say. But what about the birds and apes that we now know do as well? Humans are the only ones who are empathic and generous, then. But what about the monkeys that practice charity and the elephants that mourn their dead? Humans are the only ones who experience joy and a knowledge of the future. But what about the U.K. study just last month showing that pigs raised in comfortable environments exhibit optimism, moving expectantly toward a new sound instead of retreating warily from it? 

If animals can reason — even if it's in a way we'd consider crude — the unavoidable question becomes, Can they feel? Do they experience empathy or compassion? Can they love or care or hope or grieve? And what does it say about how we treat them? For science, it would be safest simply to walk away from a question so booby-trapped with imponderables. But science can't help itself, and at least some investigators are exploring these ideas too.

It's well established that elephants appear to mourn their dead, lingering over a herd mate's body with what looks like sorrow. They show similar interest — even what appears to be respect — when they encounter elephant bones, gently examining them, paying special attention to the skull and tusks. Apes also remain close to a dead troop mate for days.

Empathy for living members of the same species is not unheard of either. "When rats are in pain and wriggling, other rats that are watching will wriggle in parallel," says Marc Hauser, professor of psychology and anthropological biology at Harvard. "You don't need neurobiology to tell you that suggests awareness." A 2008 study by primatologist Frans de Waal and others at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta showed that when capuchin monkeys were offered a choice between two tokens — one that would buy two slices of apple and one that would buy one slice each for them and a partner monkey — they chose the generous option, provided the partner was a relative or at least familiar. The Yerkes team believes that part of the capuchins' behavior was due to a simple sense of pleasure they experience in giving, an idea consistent with studies of the human brain that reveal activity in the reward centers after subjects give to charity.

Animal-liberationist Singer believes that such evidence of noble impulses among animals is a perfectly fine argument in defense of their right to live dignified lives, but it's not a necessary one. Indeed, one of his central premises is that to the extent that humans and animals can experience their worlds, they are equals. "Similar amounts of pain are equally bad," he says, "whether felt by a human or a mouse."
Source:  * http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2008867-1,00.html

               http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2008629_2172456,00.html

So the animals can think and feel like us, but we lead them in one point - the very high ego.

Cindy - strength could look sweet.

Cindy is a kitten with a strength that many of us would be happy to have. 

"Tenth Life for NYC Cats first learned about Cindy (A917157) after seeing her posted on NYC Urgent Cats on Facebook.

Cindy is a darling 6 week old calico kitten that was turned in as a stray to Brooklyn Animal Care and Control. She is paralyzed in her hind limbs as a result of what we suspect is trauma, but we believed in Cindy enough to try and give her a chance. She is currently in a medical foster home receiving TLC around the clock. She needs her bladder emptied daily and needs help using her litterbox. In addition, her foster parent is providing physical therapy sessions to keep her muscles strong despite the paralysis. "

The following video shows her improvement after only 6 weeks of therapy.

If we stop the animal cruelty we will stop the cruelty between ourselves

"I am sometimes asked: "Why do you spend so much of your time and money talking about kindness to animals when there is so much cruelty to men?

"I answer: "I am working at the roots"

~ George Thorndike Angell (1823 - 1909)

*The photo collages were made by me using clip arts and  photos from Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003.

Save A Life: Adopt A Shelter Animal by EVOLVE! Campaigns

"TO THE WORLD YOU MAY BE JUST SOMEONE, BUT TO SOMEONE YOU COULD BE THE WHOLE WORLD!!!"

'Please don't breed or buy while shelter animals die!"

The world is where we live

Could humans have a meatless lifestyle?

I couldn't imagine my life without a meat. I don’t like the taste of the rice and the lentils, so my choices for a vegetarian food are narrowest, but after I saw some videos about the way the animals are killed in slaughterhouses, I just couldn't eat meat anymore. 

My cat must eat meat, but as well my cat and all other carnivores need probably 0.01 % of the meat produced in the world. A lot of that meat actually is not even used, because is difficult and costly to store it appropriately.These pigs, cows and etc...are killed for nothing at the end.

Why the humans are so obsessed with the meat?!

There is not any scientific evidence that eating of a meat is necessary for us to be healthy. Some studies have shown that the reduce of the meat intake could be healthier actually.

Yes we are omnivores i.e. animals eating plants and animals, but we don't need to eat meat in case we have many other sources of nutrition.

Many people think that the meat is important, because it's the only source of proteins. This is not true. The plants as every other living organism on the earth have proteins. Some plants have more some less, so eating different plants could give us the healthy amount of proteins. 
Maybe you've wondered how much protein you need each day?! That depends on many factors, but in general 10–35% of your daily calories should come from protein (www.cdc.gov). 

They are plenty ways to cook delicious vegetarian meals. The mushrooms for example, give a "meaty" taste and are quite rich in proteins :).

So the facts are share here are known more or less by everybody, but I hope that I will make more people re-think.

Why we don’t use the energy involved in the animal killing to do something more creative and good?!

If you want to find more information, here are some interesting sources:

http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5443

http://michaelbluejay.com/veg/natural.html 

http://www.ehow.com/info_8121795_highprotein-vegetable-foods.html. 

http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/nutritional-value-of-mushrooms.html

http://www.vegalicious.org/
http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recipes/