Great news. Please consider contacting the company (contact info is at bottom of the article) and thanking for making this progressive move.

Banfield Will No Longer Perform Tail Docking and Ear Cropping Procedures on Dogs

Banfield, The Pet Hospital, has announced that it will no longer perform the "unnecessary cosmetic procedures" of tail docking and ear cropping on dogs. Quoted in USA Today, Banfield, the nation’s largest network of veterinary hospitals, stated:

Mark your calendars for the Vegetarian Festival coming up on June 20th!

We are going to be having a table with leaflets, vegan dog treats (there will be tons of dogs!!), posters, etc. Our group will be there to encourage those interested to become active in RAR and to recruit new members for RAR! We also want to be available to talk to people about becoming Vegetarian/Vegan and the benefits it brings (many who come may not be vegetarian but may be interested in the diet).

By A.G. SULZBERGER
Published: March 18, 2009

Russia announced on Wednesday that it would ban the hunting of baby seals, effectively shutting one of the world’s largest hunting grounds in the controversial trade in seal fur.

The decision is yet another blow to an age-old industry that has been losing a public relations battle in recent years to animal-rights groups, who have gained public support by using stark photographs of harp seal pups less than a month old being clubbed to death on blood-stained ice flows.

A new twist on the sweet potato.

Hi Everyone,
Thank you so much for coming out to all the Ringling demos this past weekend! We had lots of members out with signs, distributed hundreds of leaflets, talked to people about the treatment of circus animals, and even got two new group members! Everyone did a wonderful job and since we are on such a role...

We are back to Alan Furs this coming weekend! Let's come out stronger than ever! They probably thought that since we weren't there last weekend, that we have disappeared, but far from it! Please join us Saturday, Noon - 1:30 pm, at Alan Furs, 1515 N Parham Rd, Richmond. We will have some new signs and if anyone has a bunny costume that you would be willing to wear or to lend to someone in the group to wear, please let me know ASAP!

Hello folks,
We are going to try and do this again! The potluck is on for Sunday, March 8th at 3 pm. The location is at Jackie and Nat's house in Colonial Heights (Please email animal.rights.richmond@gmail.com for address and directions, or send a Facebook message to Laura Lee Wilson).