The following is a press release submitted to YWN by an organization named Farm Sanctuary. They claim to be “the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization”. We found it entertaining. Perhaps you will too. (Below is the entire unedited text sent to YWN) Today, as millions of Jews observe Yom Kippur, Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading [...]

It happened a loooong time ago. Miguel was still young, and slim. He was always hanging out with some friends and the ladies. Good times. One night, things ran out of control and his mate had to leave the pub straight away as some bikers, very DISRESPECTFUL, started messing out with his girl friend. What a girl! She was stunning!!! Anyway, they left. But the bikers went after them. They were all gonna die if a scary cat did not appear and scream as if it was dying itself! The bikers, afraid of

When Foundation Beyond Belief (that’s the placeholder website) officially opens shop on January 1 st , 2010, we’ll be needing bloggers to help us out . If you know an atheist/humanist who blogs brilliantly about the environment, poverty, peace, child welfare, animal protection, human rights, education, health, and/or general issues in philanthropy, please nominate by adding a link to this thread. We’ll invite a few to kick us off in January, then gradually add more voices as we go. Self-n

Vegetarian/vegan cookbooks …We all need them and we all love them. What would a vegan/vegetarian site be without giving the proper attention to the art of cooking? But it turns out that these cookbooks are nothing more than vile propaganda. What? Yes, that’s right…propaganda! Some time ago dutch politician Henk Jan Ormel attracted a lot of media attention with his requests to ban a vegetarian cookbook. According to him it was nothing more then a piece of propaganda that attempts to promote a

The following article appeared on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, on the Humane Society Legislative Fund Blog, “Animals and Politics.” It was written by Michael Markarian, the president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization that lobbies for animal welfare legislation and works to elect humane-minded candidates to public office. In almost 15 years in the animal protection movement, Markarian has worked for the passage of countless state laws and federal statut