DawnWatch Mail » DawnWatch » Archives

929. DawnWatch2: Dolphin "enslavement" by navy condemned in Guardian (UK) op-ed by Peter Singer 1/19/12
     

     Sent January 22nd, 2012

     (Note -- An earlier version of this alert, received by about a quarter of my subscribers, did not include a link to the full article in the Guardian. My apologies.) I am late sending this out but I did not want to entirely miss the opportunity to share a...

928. DawnWatch: Dolphin "enslavement" by navy condemned in UK Guardian op-ed by Peter Singer 1/19/12
     

     Sent January 22nd, 2012

     I am late sending this out but I did not want to entirely miss the opportunity to share a wonderful opinion piece by Peter Singer published in the UK Guardian on Thursday, January 19 and headed, "Dolphins have no part in this dispute with Iran." The subhe...

927. awnWatch: Time Magazine on Animals in Entertainment -- 1/23/12
     

     Sent January 18th, 2012

     The current edition of Time Magazine has a good look at animals in movies. The story, by Bryan Walsh, begins on page 50 and is titled, "Beasts of Burden: Should Animal Actors Have a Future in Hollywood?" It lets us know that we have come a long way from ...

926. DawnWatch: NBC's "Harry's Law" explores personhood for great apes 1/11/12
     

     Sent January 12th, 2012

     Last night's (Wednesday January 11) episode of the NBC David Kelley drama, Harry's Law, was extraordinary. It argued against captivity of great apes for human entertainment, discussed the possibility of granting legal personhood for great apes, and introd...

925. DawnWatch: NY Times on livestock antibiotics and Bittman on less meat eating. 1/11/12
     

     Sent January 11th, 2012

     The Wednesday, January 11, New York Times has an editorial (the newspaper editorial board's official opinion) on the widespread use of antibiotics in the US food supply, titled "F.D.A. Creeps Forward." (p A22) It opens with: "Last week, the Food and Dru...

924. Dawnwatch: NY Times on vegan bodybuilding! 1/5/12
     

     Sent January 5th, 2012

     It's still the first week of the new year and already we have another positive vegan diet article in the New York Times, this time about vegan bodybuilders. The piece, by Mary Pilon, in the January 5 Sports Thursday section (p B10) is titled, "Sculptured b...

923. DawnWatch: New York Times on growing field of animal studies -- 1/3/12
     

     Sent January 3rd, 2012

     On New Years Day the New York Times gave us a heartening article about the health benefits and growing popularity of vegan diets. Today, Tuesday January 3, the paper includes an article, by James Gorman, on the burgeoning field of animal studies, now being...

922. DawnWatch: 2011 round-up and today's NY Times vegan article! 1/1/12
     

     Sent January 1st, 2012

     What a way to start the New Year: A New York Times Magazine story titled, "No Meat, No Dairy, No Problem." No sh*t! But before we get to that, and to the current US News & World Report story on "The Mainstreaming of the Vegan Diet," I am going to take u...

921. Dawnwatch: NY Times on "Leaving Animals Out of the Cosmetics Picture" 12/29/11
     

     Sent December 29th, 2011

     The Thursday, December 29, New York Times has story in the Fashion section, by Abby Ellin, titled "Leaving Animals Out of the Cosmetics Picture." (Page E3.) The article opens with: "The actress Kristin Bauer, of 'True Blood' fame, has an annual ritual wh...

920. DawnWatch: Perfect review of "We Bought a Zoo" plus "One Lucky Elephant" on TV! 12/1/11
     

     Sent November 30th, 2011

     This alert deals with two bits of media coverage of animals in entertainment -- both terrific. First: a few months ago I saw and raved about the documentary "One Lucky Elephant" -- I am pleased to tell you that it is on the OWN network tomorrow night! Tha...

An animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets.

Subscribe to DawnWatch:

Powered by Dada Mail 2.10.4
Copyright © 1999-2005, Simoni Creative.