Lisa Blanck, Author at Lady Freethinker https://ladyfreethinker.org/author/lisab/ Ending Cruelty for All Beings Thu, 14 Jan 2021 22:51:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://ladyfreethinker.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-LFT-Logo-Favicon-for-Website-32x32.jpg Lisa Blanck, Author at Lady Freethinker https://ladyfreethinker.org/author/lisab/ 32 32 49888317 36 Beagles Held Captive After Cruel Pesticide Experiment https://ladyfreethinker.org/36-beagles-held-captive-after-cruel-pesticide-experiment/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 21:51:56 +0000 https://ladyfreethinker.org/?p=545816 36 beagles at a laboratory in Michigan were held captive in cages and force-fed pesticides for the past 12 months. The dogs were forced to ingest Adavelt: a fungicide used by farmers to grow crops. At the end of the year, the dogs would be slaughtered and their organs harvested and examined for damage. This cruel […]

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]]> 545816 10-Year-Old Hero Requests Shelter Donations Instead Of Birthday Gifts https://ladyfreethinker.org/10-year-old-hero-requests-shelter-donations-instead-of-birthday-gifts/ Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:03:47 +0000 https://ladyfreethinker.org/?p=545698

When young Ryder Kuhlman thought about what he wanted for his tenth birthday this year, he looked around his room in Volusia County, Florida and ‘decided he had enough stuff’.  Ryder tells Lady Freethinker, “I didn’t need any toys for my birthday, so I decided to help out some animals.” Ryder approached his mom, Rhonda Kuhlman, […]

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]]> 545698 New Mexico Creates Wildlife Corridors Act to Save Animals’ Lives https://ladyfreethinker.org/new-mexico-creates-wildlife-corridors-act/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:33:31 +0000 https://ladyfreethinker.org/?p=544519 The New Mexico Senate approved a bill to determine the best locations to construct a series of underpasses and overpasses — or “wildlife corridors”.  The aim is to decrease the number of animal and human fatalities from car crashes and provide safe passage for animals throughout the state. Sponsored by Senate Majority Whip Mimi Stewart, the $500,000 […]

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]]> 544519 Wildlife Emergency Assistance Now Available With Easy Downloadable App https://ladyfreethinker.org/wildlife-emergency-assistance-now-available-with-easy-downloadable-app/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:58:42 +0000 https://ladyfreethinker.org/?p=544428 You may have found a baby bird who looks injured, or perhaps a turtle hit by a car.  You can’t just walk away, but you don’t know where to turn.  Well, there’s a downloadable iPhone and Android app and a website who provide the resources to contact in wildlife emergencies like these. It’s called Animal […]

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]]> 544428 Butterfly Center to Lose 70% Of Sanctuary To Border Wall https://ladyfreethinker.org/butterfly-center-to-lose-70-of-sanctuary-to-border-wall/ Sun, 10 Feb 2019 02:44:24 +0000 https://ladyfreethinker.org/?p=544311 The bulldozers have roared onto what is usually a peaceful oasis of beauty.  The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, stands to lose over 70% of their 100 acres of private conservation land to construction of a wall separating Mexico from the United States. The Center, located in Texas’ Lower Rio Grande Valley, is the […]

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]]> 544311 Key West Looks To Slow Coral Reef Damage With New Sunscreen Ban https://ladyfreethinker.org/key-west-looks-slow-coral-reef-damage-new-sunscreen-ban/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 17:57:21 +0000 https://ladyfreethinker.org/?p=543874 A popular South Florida vacation spot is stepping up their environmental stewardship.  City commissioners in Key West just approved the first step toward a city-wide ban on the use of sunscreens containing two substances — oxybenzone and octinoxate — proven harmful to coral reefs. In addition to being a beautiful home for sea creatures, coral is a living organism.  Among other environmental hazards, […]

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]]> 543874 Britain Bans Sale Of Puppies And Kittens In Pet Stores https://ladyfreethinker.org/britain-bans-sale-puppies-kittens-pet-stores/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 23:43:56 +0000 https://ladyfreethinker.org/?p=543476 After a whopping 95 percent of public comments voiced support for ending the sale of puppies and kittens in pet stores, the British government confirmed that it will roll out the legislation in 2019.  Anyone looking to purchase a kitten or puppy under six months old must either get one from a rescue shelter or […]

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]]> 543476 Baby Bobcat Trapped For Days Behind Car Grille Pulled to Safety https://ladyfreethinker.org/baby-bobcat-trapped-days-behind-car-grille-pulled-safety/ Sun, 30 Dec 2018 05:16:51 +0000 https://ladyfreethinker.org/?p=542841 A passenger was removed from their hiding place at Orlando’s Sanford International Airport this week — but they weren’t there to sneak onboard a plane.  It was a young male bobcat who had unwittingly hijacked a ride after being trapped behind the grill and inside the engine compartment of a white Lexus automobile. While making […]

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]]> 542841 JUDGE ORDERS HUNTER TO WATCH ‘BAMBI’ AS PART OF POACHING SENTENCE https://ladyfreethinker.org/judge-orders-hunter-watch-bambi-poaching-punishment/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 05:36:10 +0000 https://ladyfreethinker.org/?p=543200 A Missouri family of deer poachers so disgusted a Judge in Lawrence County that, in addition to months in jail and tens of thousands in fines for each of the four hunters, one of them received a special penalty.  Because he and his family have illegally poached and killed hundreds of deer since 2015, David […]

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]]> 543200 RIVERDALE’S KJ APA LAUNCHES ASPCA HEARTTHROB CONTEST ON BUMBLE https://ladyfreethinker.org/riverdales-kj-apa-launches-aspca-heartthrob-contest-bumble/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 05:30:12 +0000 https://ladyfreethinker.org/?p=543248 Building on October’s #FindYourFido partnership with the ASPCA, dating app Bumble just tossed a hot, eligible male celebrity heartthrob into their online dating pool.  And if you swipe right and tell Bumble why you should be declared his ‘match’, you’ll have a chance win a date with ‘Riverdale‘ star KJ Apa and spend the day alongside […]

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]]> 543248 26 Squirrel Monkeys Taste First Freedom After Years In Nicotine Research Isolation https://ladyfreethinker.org/26-squirrel-monkeys-taste-first-freedom-years-nicotine-research-isolation/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:20:30 +0000 https://ladyfreethinker.org/?p=543005 For over three years, more than two dozen squirrel monkeys were held hostage as subjects in an FDA study on nicotine addiction.  After decades of research, with definitive answers each time that yes, nicotine has been proven to be addictive, experiments such as these still take place in U.S. government labs and universities, both public and […]

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