David Cortese
@dcortese.bsky.social
husband, father, minimalist, runner, plant-based, animal rights advocate, ally, gen X
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Some really big news dropped in animal rights world last week that was made possible only by extremely competent activism—a top breeder of dogs for lab experimentation will shut down. So I wrote about it and what it means and says about science, etc.
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The secretive dog experimentation industry is crumbling
The US experiments on tens of thousands of beagles. After a shocking case, will it come to an end?
www.vox.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Some really big news dropped in animal rights world last week that was made possible only by extremely competent activism—a top breeder of dogs for lab experimentation will shut down. So I wrote about it and what it means and says about science, etc.
gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
A zoo in Argentina shut down in 2020, the animals were left behind. A group of zookeepers who lost their jobs fed them for years. Five years later, the animals are finally being rescued and relocated. Over and over, zoos and aquariums abandon animals. #animalwelfare #boycottzoos
Years after Argentina shut a notorious zoo, the stranded animals are finally being rescued
The 62 big cats and two brown bears were being evaluated and treated before their eventual transfer to animal sanctuaries around the world.
www.wisn.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A zoo in Argentina shut down in 2020, the animals were left behind. A group of zookeepers who lost their jobs fed them for years. Five years later, the animals are finally being rescued and relocated. Over and over, zoos and aquariums abandon animals. #animalwelfare #boycottzoos
The cost of horse racing in Australia, a dead horse every other day for a year straight. Unreal. #animalwelfare
At least 174 racehorses died from racing or training injuries in past 12 months in Australia, report finds
That’s the highest number recorded by the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses since they began tracking deaths 10 years ago
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The cost of horse racing in Australia, a dead horse every other day for a year straight. Unreal. #animalwelfare
American Airlines: ‘sorry we couldn’t do a second beverage service due to turbulence on this flight.’
Also American Airlines five minutes later.
‘A flight attendant will be coming down the aisle with brochures asking you to sign-up for our credit card’
Also American Airlines five minutes later.
‘A flight attendant will be coming down the aisle with brochures asking you to sign-up for our credit card’
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
American Airlines: ‘sorry we couldn’t do a second beverage service due to turbulence on this flight.’
Also American Airlines five minutes later.
‘A flight attendant will be coming down the aisle with brochures asking you to sign-up for our credit card’
Also American Airlines five minutes later.
‘A flight attendant will be coming down the aisle with brochures asking you to sign-up for our credit card’
Some of the most important work that's ever been done for animal rights. Follow @nonhumanrights.bsky.social.
Animal rights group sues Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, demands release of elephants
The lawsuit alleges mistreatment of five elephants at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium.
www.cbsnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Some of the most important work that's ever been done for animal rights. Follow @nonhumanrights.bsky.social.
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Renault declared its intention to remove animal leather interiors from its entire global range by the end of the year. 🚗🌱
#cars #renault #leather #vegannews #vegan
#cars #renault #leather #vegannews #vegan
Renault Says it Intends to Eliminate Animal Leather from All Car Interiors by End of 2025
In July 2025, Renault, the major French car manufacturer, declared its intention to remove animal leather interiors from its entire global range by the end of this year. This decision…
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October 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Renault declared its intention to remove animal leather interiors from its entire global range by the end of the year. 🚗🌱
#cars #renault #leather #vegannews #vegan
#cars #renault #leather #vegannews #vegan
The ban of Central Park horse drawn carriages may finally happen. There are just 68 medallions that allow someone to operate a horse carriage and they sell for upwards of $300,000. I look forward to them all going to $0. #animalrights #animalwelfare
Facing a Ban, Central Park Horse-Drawn Carriage Drivers Defend Their Industry
Horse carriages stationed near the West 59th Street entrance to Central Park last spring. Photo Credit: Gus Saltonstall. By Lily
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October 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The ban of Central Park horse drawn carriages may finally happen. There are just 68 medallions that allow someone to operate a horse carriage and they sell for upwards of $300,000. I look forward to them all going to $0. #animalrights #animalwelfare
Close them all. #animalrights #animalwelfare
Miami Seaquarium closes after 70 years of being South Florida staple amid controversy over animal welfare
Animal advocates told CBS News Miami that they're glad it's gone and may be torn down.
www.cbsnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Close them all. #animalrights #animalwelfare
Guys! We’re winning!
Signed, a loon.
Signed, a loon.
Animal-rights loons are quietly WINNING their wacko war on pet stores
Eight states now ban retail sales of dogs, cats and rabbits, and animal activists want the bans extended to all states. Yet pet-store bans do more harm than good.
nypost.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Guys! We’re winning!
Signed, a loon.
Signed, a loon.
California signs AB 519 banning online marketplaces where dogs are sold by brokers (defined as person that sells or transports a dog bred by someone else for profit). Law applies to dogs, cats and rabbits under a year old, provides an exemption for shelters and rescues. #animalwelfare #animalrights
Newsom signs bills to end puppy mill pipeline, protect cats
California Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed new animal welfare legislation targeting puppy mills, fraudulent pet breeding and selling practices, and banning the practice of declawing cats when not medically necessary. “Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and it’s time to shine a light on puppy mills,” Newsom said in a statement. “Greater transparency in pet purchases will bring to light abusive…
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October 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
California signs AB 519 banning online marketplaces where dogs are sold by brokers (defined as person that sells or transports a dog bred by someone else for profit). Law applies to dogs, cats and rabbits under a year old, provides an exemption for shelters and rescues. #animalwelfare #animalrights
California makes it official with Assembly Bill 867, outlawing the declawing of cats. #animalrights #animalwelfare 🐈
California bans declawing cats under new state law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom
California has officially outlawed the practice of declawing cats after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 867 into law, a measure animal welfare advocates are calling a historic win for animal…
ktla.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
California makes it official with Assembly Bill 867, outlawing the declawing of cats. #animalrights #animalwelfare 🐈
Close them all. #animalrights #animalwelfare
Axe Valley Wildlife Park in Devon to close gates after 17 years
A statement from the zoo says all its animals will be rehomed "safely and responsibly".
www.bbc.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Close them all. #animalrights #animalwelfare
I can’t get my head around 160,000 people anywhere wanting to kill a bear let alone in one state, JFC. #animalwelfare
More than 160,000 apply for Florida's first bear hunt in a decade, wildlife officials say | Focusing on Wildlife
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Florida's first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number of permits, including from
focusingonwildlife.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I can’t get my head around 160,000 people anywhere wanting to kill a bear let alone in one state, JFC. #animalwelfare
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Two years ago, I helped develop and pass the first U.S. law recognizing a right for a nonhuman animal—elephants’ right to liberty. 🐘 It remains one of the proudest moments of my career and a major victory in the Nonhuman Rights Project’s work to secure fundamental rights for nonhuman animals.
How Ojai made animal rights history
Reflections on the anniversary of the passage of the first legislation in the US to recognize a legal right for a nonhuman animal
www.nonhumanrights.org
September 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Two years ago, I helped develop and pass the first U.S. law recognizing a right for a nonhuman animal—elephants’ right to liberty. 🐘 It remains one of the proudest moments of my career and a major victory in the Nonhuman Rights Project’s work to secure fundamental rights for nonhuman animals.
Roadside zoos are a horror for the imprisoned animals that reside there. Never patronize these facilities. #animalrights #animalwelfare
Inside the Dark and Unregulated World of Roadside Zoos
Inspectors cite starvation, disease, and death—but animals stay in cages, while operators stay licensed.
www.currentaffairs.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Roadside zoos are a horror for the imprisoned animals that reside there. Never patronize these facilities. #animalrights #animalwelfare
@profgalloway.com THANK YOU for your comments on today's show about rescue dogs. I've never been prouder to be a fan of Pivot.
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
@profgalloway.com THANK YOU for your comments on today's show about rescue dogs. I've never been prouder to be a fan of Pivot.
The most depressing retail experience there is - seeing these poor betas in a cup of water in pet stores. #animalwelfare #animalrights
September 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The most depressing retail experience there is - seeing these poor betas in a cup of water in pet stores. #animalwelfare #animalrights
Boycott zoos. Roadside zoos, big zoos, little zoos, all zoos. #animalwelfare #animalrights
Zoo under fire for tourist attraction featuring kickboxing orangutans: 'Profound violations of dignity and respect'
"This work challenges the industry to reassess its ethical foundations."
www.yahoo.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Boycott zoos. Roadside zoos, big zoos, little zoos, all zoos. #animalwelfare #animalrights
“Eliminating carriage horses also goes against famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision for the park..” - NYC Carriage Driver
Ah yes, let’s cite the opinion of a person who barely lived to see the advent of automobiles. 😂
End this cruel outdated nonsense. #endcarriagehorses
Ah yes, let’s cite the opinion of a person who barely lived to see the advent of automobiles. 😂
End this cruel outdated nonsense. #endcarriagehorses
As bikes and strollers fill Central Park, its managers want to push horse carriages out
The nonprofit that manages Central Park has thrown its support behind a proposal to end the horse-drawn carriages that have been fixtures in the greenspace for more than 150 years
abcnews.go.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Eliminating carriage horses also goes against famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision for the park..” - NYC Carriage Driver
Ah yes, let’s cite the opinion of a person who barely lived to see the advent of automobiles. 😂
End this cruel outdated nonsense. #endcarriagehorses
Ah yes, let’s cite the opinion of a person who barely lived to see the advent of automobiles. 😂
End this cruel outdated nonsense. #endcarriagehorses
Few cities anywhere in the world have led like West Hollywood, CA in animal welfare - this week they voted to extend their retail ban on dog and cat sales to include nearly all live animals. 👏 #animalwelfare #animalrights
West Hollywood elects to ban retail sales of nearly all live animals
In a unanimous decision on Monday, the City of West Hollywood voted to ban the sale of nearly all live animals by pet stores. The vote expands the city’s existing ban on the retail sale of do…
ktla.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Few cities anywhere in the world have led like West Hollywood, CA in animal welfare - this week they voted to extend their retail ban on dog and cat sales to include nearly all live animals. 👏 #animalwelfare #animalrights
Let’s say the quiet part out loud, the cruelty and torture that pigs suffer happens at every farm raising them for food, not just this one. #animalrights #animalwelfare
Two supermarket chains suspend supplies after pig cruelty reports
Covert footage appeared to show workers at Northmoor Farm in Lincolnshire abusing piglets
www.independent.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Let’s say the quiet part out loud, the cruelty and torture that pigs suffer happens at every farm raising them for food, not just this one. #animalrights #animalwelfare
Animal welfare advocates are calling for the release of an elephant named Joyce from Six Flags Great Adventure and Wild Safari in Jackson Township, N.J. She was born in 1983 in the wild, captured in 1984 and sold into a life of cruelty the same year. #freeJoyce #animalrights #animalwelfare
Six Flags Urged to Permanently Shut Down Exhibit After Captive Animal Suffered 'Traumatic' Conditions
The month-long campaign features billboards, a sand sculpture, and the delivery of more than 60,000 petition signatures.
www.yahoo.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Animal welfare advocates are calling for the release of an elephant named Joyce from Six Flags Great Adventure and Wild Safari in Jackson Township, N.J. She was born in 1983 in the wild, captured in 1984 and sold into a life of cruelty the same year. #freeJoyce #animalrights #animalwelfare
Could this finally be the momentum we've been waiting for?! The Central Park Conservancy, the non-profit that manages Central Park, is supporting Ryder’s Law, a pending bill that would prohibit horse carriages from operating in NYC and urging other leaders to support the ban. #animalwelfare
Central Park Leaders Ask N.Y.C. Officials to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Could this finally be the momentum we've been waiting for?! The Central Park Conservancy, the non-profit that manages Central Park, is supporting Ryder’s Law, a pending bill that would prohibit horse carriages from operating in NYC and urging other leaders to support the ban. #animalwelfare
@profgalloway.com PLEASE come back, we’re already spending 20 mins a show talking about the junior editor from 1987 at the Washington Post and other people NO ONE knows!
August 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
@profgalloway.com PLEASE come back, we’re already spending 20 mins a show talking about the junior editor from 1987 at the Washington Post and other people NO ONE knows!