Author: BEHAVIOR MATTERS FOR CATS AND DOGS, Animal Behaviorist, MA, Licensed Pet Care Technician Teacher, Doggone Safe, PPG, ISAE and MS in Urban Planning too!
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Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
Worried about how Big Ag harms animals on farms, and deceives the public into thinking everything is fine? Then these two short docs we produced are for you. Premiere coming online and in a city near you!
Join Animal Justice for the premiere of 2 original short films that investigate how Big Ag lobbyists & front groups manipulate public opinion & control animal welfare standards on farms.
1️⃣ How Big Ag Is Keeping Canada 30 Years Behind (20 min)
2️⃣ When the Truth Becomes a PR Problem: The Rise of Agricultural Front Groups (33 min)
📍 Find a Canadian screening near you & RSVP today! 👉 bit.ly/4sNhJwP
ALT Poster for "Film Premiere: Big Ag’s Hidden Influence on Canada’s Food Systems," running November 10-21. Image features cows and documentaries titled "Canada is Failing Farmed Animals" and "The Rise of Agricultural Front Groups." Participating cities across Canada include Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, London, Moncton, Ottawa, St. John's, Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg. Find more at animaljustice.ca/events.
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
The roof of this Upper West Side water tank was removed earlier today, destroying an active nest of the well-known Barn Owl family that lived there, despite federal and state laws protecting such nests. The DEC is on site to investigate.
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
Brian May resigned from the RSPCA, the organisation created specifically to protect animals from cruelty, because he no longer believed it was doing enough to prevent that cruelty. His decision, announced on Instagram, quickly turned into something much bigger. Ricky Gervais and Joanna Lumley joined other celebrities in calling for change, more than 60 animal protection organisations signed a petition, the RSPCA opened an internal investigation, and its own Chief Executive eventually announced that he would step down.
May had served as a Vice President of the RSPCA since 2012. For twelve years he had raised money and campaigned for animal welfare. But in September 2024 he learned what had been happening on some farms carrying the RSPCA Assured label. Investigations had uncovered overcrowding, poor hygiene, and cases of physical abuse on more than 40 certified farms. Major supermarkets were signed up to the scheme, so customers could see the RSPCA label and believe they were paying extra for higher standards.
May gave the organisation time to respond. In the end he felt the response was completely inadequate. On September 26, 2024, he posted his resignation letter on Instagram. “It is with profound sadness and not without massive soul-searching that today I have to offer my resignation as a vice-president of the RSPCA. Good folks out there are still paying extra for animal produce with the RSPCA sticker on it — thinking they are protecting farm animals from cruelty. In the end there was no other option for me.”
The following day Bryan Adams, Moby, Ricky Gervais, Joanna Lumley and others signed an open letter urging the RSPCA to abandon the scheme. More than 60 animal protection organisations signed it. The RSPCA launched an internal review and its Chief Executive announced he would step down by the end of the year.
Brian May walked away from the animal protection organisation he had supported for twelve years because he believed it was not providing enough protection to animals. And somehow there may be no decision more perfectly Brian May than that.
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
These penguins urgently need us to listen to this.
Chinstrap penguin numbers on Zavodovski Island have plummeted by two-thirds since 2011 as warming waters have driven away their krill.
“It is an enormous population crash, equivalent to half a million breeding individuals being lost from that island,” said research lead Professor Norman Ratcliffe, a penguin ecologist at the British Antarctic Survey.
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
Why would it be a waste of resources to try to stop the torture of hundreds of thousands of animals a year, which the author herself here seems to acknowledge is unconscionable?
I’m reminded of @astradisastra, @AaronRegunberg, + @FightFascismPod’s discussion of the feeling 1/
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
They have nowhere to go
Orangutan memasuki kampung warga utk mencari makan krn hutannya terbakar, bahkan ada orangutan betina bersama anaknya makan bekal milik warga.
📍Kecamatan Dusun Selatan, Kab. Barito Selatan, Kalteng
📍Hanau Seruyan, dekat Tanjung Puting
@kemenhut_ri ini kan yg kalian mau‼️
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
No matter what prayer tune you put in the background, no matter how much you paint a little terrified baby, you can't romanticise this cruelty! This baby is going to spend the next minimum 50 years in isolated captivity!
#WhyTheChains #NoElephantsInTemples #StopElephantCaptivity
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
Dogs aren't lab equipment. They're family.
Right now, breeders are mating dogs to supply taxpayer-funded labs with puppies, some as young as three months old.
We introduced the PUPPS Act to end it. No more breeding dogs for research. No more supply to the labs. And every dog already in the system gets a shot at adoption, not euthanasia.
Man's best friend belongs in a loving home, not a lab. 🐶
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
How do you advocate for animals? Understanding behavior differences of #cats + #dogs are pathways to empathy+p/o #humaneeducation. It's how we deepen harmonious relationships w/pets in our homes, keep them there, and how we prevent #animalcruelty instagram.com/reel/DdWk6jURa…
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
Remember what happened last time Trump delisted wolves?
It unleashed what the former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—who'd previously been in favor of delisting wolves—described as the “epidemic of cruelty” and "ecocide."
As a result, he forcefully called for:
1. Immediately restore federal ESA protection for wolves, using the emergency-listing provision.
2. Appoint a qualified permanent FWS director capable of providing science-based leadership.
Their ESA protection was restored under Biden after a federal court overturned Trump's delisting—but Trump casually trashes it again:
Trump has ordered the Interior Department to remove ESA protections for gray wolves and Mexican wolves, while also directing agencies to make it easier to kill wolves.
Source in 🧵
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
Fighting back:
21 attorneys general representing TWENTY US states and Washington DC have filed federal lawsuits challenging Trump's changes to the Endangered Species Act.
They need protection—we're not going to let him get away with this.
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
Hay que cerrar los acuarios, los delfinarios, los orcarios... Animales cautivos para el negocio de empresas turbias.
¿La última? El posible traslado de 2 orcas a Loro Parque, un pseudozoo.
FIRMA --> ffw.movements.mov/pet/libert…
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
Been recommending #Valerian for ages. Great study! "For valerian essential oil, CSS was not signif reduced immediately after admin but was signif lower at one and two hours post-exposure. For dried valerian root, CSS was significantly reduced immediately" sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
‼️ Alley Cat Allies supports the prosecution of Chaim Gubitz, who was arrested and charged with animal cruelty for fatally poisoning two cats in Biscayne Park, Florida. ‼️
We reached out to the prosecutor in his case to urge the maximum sentence and offer the support of our team of animal cruelty experts.
Gubitz was allegedly caught on surveillance camera leaving poisoned trays of food along the fence, where his neighbor's two pet cats were able to access them. The cats, Little and Stella, did not survive.
Poisoning is an especially disturbing cause of death that causes its victims extreme suffering. To leave out poison for any animal IS cruelty.
Learn how to take action if you suspect a cat has been poisoned and recognize the symptoms of poisoning at alleycat.org/Poison.
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
The insects are gone. Three billion birds lost since 1970. No food. No prey. No sound.
I still circle the fields, but the ecosystem beneath me has collapsed. When you spray your lawn, you're not just killing weeds or bugs. You're breaking the entire food chain from the ground up.
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
Wild Flourishing: Should Animals Have Territorial Rights?
Pablo Castello says losing their homes disrupts animals' emotional lives because these sentient beings inherit knowledge across generations that is vital for thriving.
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
"Overall, our results provide evidence for limited negative effects of the #CatBib™ on cat activity, though further investigation into high-energy hunting-specific behaviours would better clarify the total effect" #cats #animalwelfare sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is suing to stop the Trump administration’s rollback of Endangered Species Act protections.
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
This is gutwrenching 😰 😭. She's starving. She's eating bread.....we've destroyed her home. We are not mankind. We are destroyers.
Más del 60% del hábitat del orangután de Borneo (Indonesia) fue destruido solo en los últimos 3 MESES en incendios provocados para que los capitalistas sigan instalando más plantaciones de aceite de palma.
Nadie habla de este ecocidio provocado por intereses del capitalismo, los orangutanes están siendo captados vagando hambrientos buscando algo de comida fuera de su hábitat, han destruido todo su entorno solo para hacer negocio.
Es una situación crítica la que se vive en Borneo y es el perfecto reflejo de este sistema depredador que arrasa con todo solo por aumentar los beneficios económicos de las multinacionales, que meten el aceote de palma en el 50% de los productos del supermercado.