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From All-Creatures.org
December 2016

THANK YOU for every single thing you did to make a difference for animals in 2016!

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We know there are many more victories and many more good news items for animals in 2016 and we know there are LOTS of opinions of what “victory” or “good news” mean. This is a listing of what was posted as good news/victories on our All-Creatures.org 2016 weekly eNewsletters. Please subscribe here.

Image above to celebrate Ringling Bros. LAST Elephant Show, May 2016!

THANK YOU…FOR ANIMALS EVERYWHERE!

• Loving Animals Is Good for Us
• SHARK/SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness 2016 Year in Review (PDF)
• Legal Advocacy Highlights from COK in 2016
• Lion Family Together at Sanctuary
• Tell Congress to DEFUND Taxpayer-Funded Dog Abuse in Government Labs
• Sea Turtles Get Second Chance to Swim Free of Shrimp Trawls
• A Holiday Happy Ending
• Elephant Aid International has closed on ERNA – Elephant Refuge North America!
• Huge Win for Our Oceans
• About Toronto Pig Save
• New Human-Animal Studies Program at University of Milan
• Rattle the Cage Productions’ 2016 Successes
• Born Free 2016 Successes
• From the Mouths of Babes
• Plant-based menus: trend to movement
• Big Cat Rescue’s 2016 Victories
• Unexpected Gifts
• Successes from Faunalytics for 2016
• More of SHARK’s Victories in 2016
• California Court Upholds Ban on State Ivory and Rhino Horn Trade
• The Chocolate Vegan
• Stems Cells and Robotics Speed Transition from Animal Testing
• Got Heart Disease or Diabetes? You May Want to Find a New Doctor!
• The Nativity’s Hope for All Creatures
• “Cows, chickens, pigs, turkeys…they were calling me”
• After 38 monkey deaths, Everett research lab fined $185,000
• Interview with the Director of Eating You Alive Paul Kennamer
• Conservatives, liberals team up against animal research
• SKB Cases Sponsors Cruel Cownose Ray Killing Contest – VICTORY UPDATE
• Great Work by Help Animals India in 2016
• Some Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) Victories in 2016
• Two of SHARK’s Victories in 2016
• Three More of SHARK’s Victories in 2016
• This is What Success Looks Like
• Morristown Medical Center (MMC) in New Jersey Stops Using Live Dogs in Emergency Medicine Residency Program
• People for Reason in Science and Medicine (PRISM) in 2016
• Sled Dogs Film
• Victory for New York’s Mute Swans
• Next Generation Hope
• Some Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) Victories in 2016
• Two of SHARK’s Victories in 2016
• EVEN Interview with Vegan Dessert Chef Fran Costigan
• Animal Defenders international (ADI) 2016 Successes
• Animals Rescued From New Sam Circus in Anantapur, India
• What A Fish Knows
• Six Flags (Vallejo CA) Ends Elephant Rides!
• What A Fish Knows
• Vegan Food Campaigns
• Diversity in Action at the People of Color – Animal Rights, Advocacy and Food Justice Conference
• Moral Progress Cannot Be Stopped
• Everything You Need to Know About A Vegan Diet in Less Than 500 Words
• Lezlie M.
• Big Win for Bearded Seals / Court rules future climate projections can be used to protect species now
• The Animal Museum – Grand Opening
• Incredible Photos of Brazilian Activists Liberating Beagles from Cruel Lab
• Ex-Kaporos Chickens Live Happily at And-Hof Sanctuary in Upstate New York
• Vegan Fairy Tale: A Rancher’s Wife & Her Voice for the Voiceless
• Interview with John Gluck, Author of Voracious Science & Vulnerable Animals: A Primate Scientist’s Ethical Journey
• Flock of Kaporos Victims Brought Home to Safety
• Go Vegan World launches in West Midlands, England
• Scholar-Activist Spotlight with Press Office Advisor Yesim Nurova
• Washington University in St. Louis Finally Ends Cruel Cat Lab Training
• The ‘I Am Not an Animal!’ Symposium
• 30 (more) Reasons to Try Veganism
• Wild Chimpanzee Moms Teach Youngsters to Use Tools: A First
• Animal Place Sanctuary’s Guest House
• The next big thing just got bigger, and better
• Four Effective Ways to Help Animals From Anywhere
• Evidence on Nut Consumption and Human Health
• Federal Judge Blocks Kaporos – Ritual Animal Sacrifice
• Federal Appeals Court Tosses State of Wyoming’s Anti-Mustang Lawsuit
• A New Season for Christianity and Animals
• Romania bans trophy hunting of brown bears, wolves, lynx and wild cats
• Get New Educational Edit of COWSPIRACY into Classrooms
• The GOOD and BAD News from 2016 CITES
• Highest possible penalty given to Spanish factory farm workers in Spain
• Pigeon Shooter’s Lawsuit Against SHARK is Dismissed
• Surprise, Arizona, says NO to abused elephants
• Pangolins Receive Much-needed International Protections
• Creature Conference: Is Christianity Good News for Animals?
• 14-year-old Works to Bring Vegan Meals to Los Angeles School Cafeterias
• Islamic Outreach by Factory Farming Awareness Coalition
• LCA Launches ‘FBI Tracks Animal Cruelty’ Campaign Urging Participation in National Animal Cruelty Database
• LCA Launches ‘FBI Tracks Animal Cruelty’ Campaign Urging Participation in National Animal Cruelty Database
• We planted over 200 trees in Ghana and saved frogs!
• BLM Says It Won’t Kill Wild Horses…For Now
• University of South Carolina opts for medical simulation in response to recent criticism of its live animal lab
• A Vegan Ethic: Embracing a Life of Compassion Toward All
• Pushing For Animal Replacement In The Antibody Industry
• Science is Wrong to Rely Upon Rodent Research
• I Love Pigs – I Think
• BLM Says It Won’t Kill Wild Horses…For Now
• Legal Victory Overturns Federal Plan to Open 1 Million Acres of California Public Land to Drilling, Fracking
• Jersey City Bans Wild Animal Circuses
• Dr. Richard Greggory Johnson III
• I only eat free-range, cage-free, and locally-raised animal products. Isn’t that good enough?
• Norways says no to wild animal cicus acts
• Governor Brown Signs Law to Phase Out Orca Captivity in California
• Animal Protection Group Shuts Down US Senator Inhofe’s Pigeon Shoot
• Class Action Settlement: US Dairy Industry to Pay $52 Million in Price-Fixing Conspiracy that Killed Cows and Cheated Consumers
• Dingoes Armed with Suicide Time Bombs – VICTORY UPDATE
• Hey, What if Factory Farming Were THE ONLY THING Anyone Worked to End?
• A Good Day for Elephants’: Ban on Domestic Ivory Trade Passes International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress
• Study Debunks Theory That Killing Predators Reduces Livestock Losses
• Summer of Freedom
• Ephrata (PA) Fair Cancels Pig and Rooster Chases
• Meet Mack, an Orphaned Yearling Black Bear
• One thousand people in the streets in Geneva for the end of speciesism
• Four Paws officially closes World’s Worst Zoo!
• California bans the bullhook!
• Animaland Zoo is closed and will soon be torn down for good
• The Campaign for Smoke Free Pets
• Joaquin Phoenix on Huge New Animal Justice Campaign: ‘Now More Than Ever, the World Needs to Hear This Message’
• Endangered Species Act Success Story: Channel Island Foxes
• New South Whales Bans Dog Racing
• The Save Movement continues to inspire vigils!
• Ordinances Offer Powerful Way to Fight Animal Cruelty
• Diversion Program for Animal Abuse Offenders
• Two Imperiled African Lions—Jonwah And Njjarra—Receive Critical Veterinary Care After Rescue From Iowa Zoo
• Jasmin Singer: Always Too Much and Often the Exact Right Amount
• Thinking Pluralistically: A Case for Direct Action
• Avoiding Burnout – How Does One Survive Dealing Day After Day with a Cruel Industry?
• The Importance of Veganism in Economically Deprived Communities
• Friends of Animals wins victory for Montana’s beloved Pryor Mountain herd
• Animal Protein Linked to Death
• Friends of Animals wins victory for Montana’s beloved Pryor Mountain herd
• Animal Protein Linked to Death
• Trap-Free Law to be on Montana State Ballot in November
• Vegan Integrity – By 12-Year-Old Vegan Journalist
• Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
• Kaavan Going to a Sanctuary!
• Use of animals in circuses banned by Dublin City Council
• Kaavan Going to a Sanctuary!
• Injustice and Empathy: My Path to Veganism
• 8th grader creates Premarin mare advocacy website
• Federal Judge Orders Immediate Trial to Protect Endangered Lions at Iowa Zoo
• Making A Legal Difference: Oregon v. Newcomb
• First National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo in Over Two Decades: Protects Critical Rainforest Species
• Buenos Aires Zoo is Closing
• The Pig in Thin Air
• The Next Generation of Wild Orangutans is Born!
• Florida Bear Hunt Cancelled: A Win for Conservation Psychology
• Armani commits to fur-free policy
• Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme (EWCP) Protects Wolves
• Cinema Ads Before Finding Dory Confront Wayne State Over Experiments on Dog Named Dorrie
• Going Vegan is the New Way Of Life: Find out why!
• The END of Harming Animals to Get an M.D. or D.O. Degree in the U.S. and Canada
• Go Vegan World Campaign Launches in the North East of England
• 85 Percent of Continental U.S. Birds Protected by Endangered Species Act Have Increased or Stabilized Since Being Protected
• Jenny’s Aha Moment
• Europe’s first fur-free shopping street
• Europe’s first fur-free shopping street
• No apologies: Why ARA writers should not fear accusations of “Anthropomorphism!” “Sentimentality!”
• Florida Wildlife Commission Postpones Bear Hunting for 2016
• Go Vegan World Campaign
• USDA: ATI fined for animal welfare violation
• Bowmanville Ontario Zoo to Close its Doors
• Physicians Committee Health and Nutrition Literature
• Extinction-free BBQ
• Obama Signs Chemical Safety Act, Dramatically Reducing Animal Testing
• Fishes Have Feelings, Too
• Prevent cownose ray bowfishing contests – VICTORY UPDATE
• Stop Yulin Dog Meat Festival through Education
• St. Patrick Parish Pig Wrestling Event Cancelled
• World Day for the End of Speciesism (WoDES)
• Food for Thought: Animal Shelters Adopting Animal-Friendly Menu Policy
• Sparing animals from radiation poisoning experiments
• New Jersey Rodeo Cancelled
• Considering ‘Vegan Privilege’
• Three More Elephants Saved from Life of Slavery to Life of Peace
• Sea Shepherd Announces Operation Jairo II
• The First International Conference on Greyhound Advocacy
• 6th International Film Festival for the Animals [6th Mostra Animal]
• Reward Offer Leads to Conviction in Malicious Animal Cruelty Case
• New kidney-on-a-chip enhances drug safety
• Peace at Last: 19 Chimpanzees Reach Sanctuary
• Ag-Gag Fail: Idaho Ordered to Pay $250,000 in Legal Fees
• International Fund for Africa (IFA) Welcomes Dawn Moncrief and Jo-Anne McArthur to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Cost of Animal Cruelty Skyrockets: Animal Research Facility to Pay Unprecedented $3.5 Million Penalty Over Animal Welfare Violations
• Cost of Animal Cruelty Skyrockets: Animal Research Facility to Pay Unprecedented $3.5 Million Penalty Over Animal Welfare Violations
• “Crush video” maker Brent Justice convicted at second federal trial
• How to Avoid Burning Out as an Animal Rights Activist – Articles
• International Fund for Africa (IFA) Welcomes Dawn Moncrief and Jo-Anne McArthur to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• How Grazing in the Grass Benefits Captive Elephants
• Stop Monkey Bullies – VICTORY UPDATE
• Santa Cruz Biotech to close research lab, pay $3.5M fine
• Physicians Committee Praises Johns Hopkins University’s Decision to End Animal Use in Medical Education
• Vegan Calculator
• How To Achieve Excellence In Your Environmental Pursuits
• Former Meat Lover Turns Ranch Into Animal Sanctuary
• Ten Wild Places Saved by Endangered Species Protections
• Lag B’Omer and Vegetarianism/Veganism: Making Every Day Count
• Finding Purpose and Passion in the Fight for Nonhuman Rights
• United Poultry Concern’s 2016 Conscious Eating Conference Videos
• Molly the Emu’s Killer Found Guilty of Felony Animal Cruelty
• Arizona Governor Signs Legislation to Ban Dog Racing in Arizona
• Peering into the Living Brain of Alzheimer’s Disease
• Maybelle and Miles, Rescues 221 and 222 for The Gentle Barn
• Celebrate Three New California Desert National Monuments
• New Whale Sanctuary Project
• Nonhuman Rights Project Chimpanzee Clients Hercules and Leo to Be Sent to Sanctuary‘
• Worshipping Together: How to Include “Animal People” in the Life of the Church
• Inspiration from a Vegan Nurse
• Center for Effective Vegan Advocacy
• Vegan Inspirations from Dubai and South Africa (Part Two)
• I Love the Smell of Freshly Cut Grass Pollen
• Conrad Burns: Wild Horse Enemy, Dead at 81
• UCLA Loses Lawsuit; Records Now Made Public Reveal Horrific Deaths & Federal Violations
• Mendocino County to Perform Environmental Study on Lethal Animal Program (Wildlife Services)
• 50 of ISAR’s Spay/Neuter Billboards Reach the Public
• Mendocino County to Perform Environmental Study on Lethal Animal Program (Wildlife Services)
• Vegan Food Now at TX Rangers Ballpark!
• Plant-Based Veggie Grill is Set to Sprout Up Nationwide
• New Report from the CASJ Explores How Promoting Democracy Can Help Animal Advocates Protect Animals
• Farm-To-Table – Chef Zu
• Didn’t God Give Us Animals to Use?
• The Great Octopus Escape – and Others!
• As Smart Emotional Apes We’re Not Alone So Let’s Get Over It
• Fur Free Life Campaign 2015-2016
• Four poachers get life for killing Costa Rican sea turtle defender
• Rattie Uprising – Traveling Art Exhibit
• Cancer microchip breaks new ground
• Physicians Committee Applauds EPA Decision to Reduce Animal Use in Pesticides Testing
• Can Tox21 robot take the gamble on animals out of toxicity testing?
• 3rd International Fur Free Fashion Show Held in Shanghai
• First time flapping wings, pecking in dirt, and dust-bathing
• Victory for Desert Tortoises: Marine Corps Postpones Relocation
• Citigroup Donates $50,000 to Support Chimps Abandoned by New York Blood Center
• Iran says no to wild animal circuses
• Police charge Jed Forest hunt staff with illegal fox hunting
• Dirk Arthur’s Vegas exotic cat act has been canceled
• Designing football helmets based on science, not animal tests
• Luxury brand Armani goes fur free
• Persimmon Takes On Humanity
• The Fruit Contest: An Alphabet Of Fruits
• Will Tuttle Visits Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary
• The International Foundation for Ethical Research
• Ringling Bros. Last Elephant Show, Wilkes-Barre, PA, May 1, 2016
• More Major League Baseball Vegan Firsts
• EVEN Interview with lauren Ornelas
• Cownose Rays Exonerated
• Puppy Davey’s Torturer Deported to China
• Rebel With a Cause
• Vegan: Everyday Stories
• Mongo…Abandoned Toothless Monkey Finds New Home at Jungle Friends!
• In Honor of My Dear Friend Sam Simon, On the Anniversary of His Passing
• ALDF Scores First Victory in an Endangered Species Act Lawsuit on Behalf of Endangered Animals in Captivity
• Veganizing Your Favorite Baked Goods
• Compassionate Actions Project Brochure
• Operation Henkaku: The Killing Cove is Closed for Business – Let’s Keep It That Way!
• Wimbledon to Hold Last London Dog Race in June!
• Hip Hop Green Dinners National Tour
• Common Ground: What the World’s Top Nutrition Experts Agree On
• New mini-brains have maxi-capabilities to replace animals
• Dairy Farm becomes Sanctuary AND Makes Vegan ‘Ice Cream’ Cakes
• Personal Chef for Tom Brady Talks Food and Education
• Beyond meat: The end of food as we know it?
• Living With Wildlife: Beavers campaign
• Vegan Inspirations from Dubai and South Africa (Part One)
• EPA enters partnership to reduce animal tests
• Slaughter Plant Owner Gets Jail Time for Selling Tainted Meat
• Famous NY Restaurateur Plans Vegan for at Least 15 of His Restaurants and Bars
• Adverse Outcome Pathways: Path to Improved Chemical Tests without Animals
• Alternatives to Animal Testing – Overview
• This New Travel App Will Help You Speak Vegan in Every Language
• Public Loves New Vegan Butcher; Big Pork Calls it Unethical
• What breathes and bleeds, but doesn’t suffer or feel pain?
• Then and Now: A Tale of Two Letters [to Whole Foods]
• Sissy’s 16th Anniversary at The Elephant Sanctuary
• Ontario Legally Recognizes Ethical Veganism
• Top 10 Plant-Based Research and News Stories of 2015
• Univ. of Oklahoma pledges changes after lab fined for animal mistreatment
• New Law Bans Class B Dealers!
• OU fined thousands after federal violations, abuse of animals
• Re-Frogging America: Building Wetlands for Wildlife
• VICTORY! New Law Bans Class B Dealers!
• Can ‘Unlocking the Cage’ Be the Next ‘Blackfish’?
• 2015 Has Been an Incredible Year for Cowspiracy
• Cattle Ranch Goes Vegan: Rowdy Girl Sanctuary
• 2015 Has Been an Incredible Year for Cowspiracy
• 2016 Declared Vegan Awareness Year by Eugene, Oregon, Mayor
• The Science of Sentience: An Interview about Animal Feelings
• New animal cruelty complaint filed against University of Texas Medical Branch