Culturally Rationalized Forms of Chicken Sacrifice: The Kaporos Ritual & the Chicken Project

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2010:

by Karen Davis, Ph.D., president & founder, United Poultry Concerns

The idea that some groups were put on the
earth to suffer and die sacrificially for a
superior group or ideal goes far back in time.
This idea is deeply embedded in human cultures,
including the culture of the West, which is
rooted in ancient Greek and Hebrew modes of
thought, incorporated into Christianity, where
these roots combine.

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Tamira Thayne Protest

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2010:
Dogs Deserve Better founder Tamira Thayne from August 2 until
October 14, 2010 spent 10 hours each working day, 52 days in all,
chained to the steps of the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg
to promote an anti-chaining bill, which died when the legislative
session ended.
California, Connecticut, Nevada, and Texas already limit
the length of time that dogs can be left chained, along with
hundreds of municipalities. Prolonged chaining is believed to make
dogs more territorial and therefore more dangerous.
About a third of fatal dog attacks on children are by chained
dogs. Brianna Nicole Shanor, 8, whose photo is on Thayne’s
doghouse, was killed by a chained Rottweiler in Hanover,
Pennsylvania, on January 19, 2009.

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Indiana to allow chase pens

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2010:

INDIANAPOLIS–The Indiana Natural Resources Commission on
November 16, 2010 voted 9-2 to issue an operating permit to the only
coyote and fox chase pen currently in the state, and to prohibit
others from starting after January 1, 2012–which leaves other
would-be Indiana chase pen proprietors a year to begin.
The ruling “was technically a preliminary approval that sets
in motion an extensive public comment period,” explained Dan McFeely
of the Indianapolis Star. “The final decision is expected within the
next year. State Representative Linda Lawson (D-Hammond) has already
heard from opponents and is planning to co-author a bill with
Representative David Cheatham (D-North Vernon) to outlaw the
enclosures.”

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