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Jan 27

Possible legislation against animal crush video in Greece!

An animal protection bill has been introduced into the Greek legislative process that may include law against animal crush video. We have worked with a number of animal rights organisations in Greece to press the need for such legislation against animal crush video. This was a collaborative effort and a very rewarding process. We will »

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Jan 08

U.K. Parliament – Outlaw animal crush video by enacting legislation with severe penalties

Please sign the petition to the United Kingdom’s Parliament - outlaw animal crush video by enacting legislation with severe penalties HERE. Why This Is Important? Animal crush videos generally feature, but do not limit themselves to, small live animals, such as kittens, puppies, mice and bunnies being slowly tortured in the most horrific ways imaginable. They are »

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Oct 21

In regard to the racist accusations against China

We would like to set the record straight for those who love to blame all animal abuse on the Chinese people with continued labeling of the animal crush epidemic as being the “product” of the nation of China. The truth of the matter is that most animal crush video actually does not originate in China »

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Jul 27

Buhay party-list Rep. Irwin Tieng pushes for legislation to ban animal crush video in the Philippines

Buhay party-list Rep. Irwin Tieng is proposing a bill that would criminalize the sale of animal crush videos and other filmed acts of animal cruelty in the Philippines. House Bill 4595, prohibits Filipinos from “knowingly selling, marketing, advertising, exchanging or distributing” the videos, which Rep. Tieng publicly denounces as “an extreme form of animal cruelty.” »

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Jul 10

Philippine authorities draft legislation against animal crush videos

NEWSBYTES.PH, a Philippines on-line news source has reported that Philippine lawmakers are pushing for a law in their nation which will ban animal crush video. The full article can be read here. Buhay party-list representatives Irwin Tieng and Mariano Michael Velarde are authors of House Bill 4595(Anti-Crush Video Act of 2011), which will further aid »

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Jun 08

Well done, Stopcrush.org South Africa!

A Shoe City advertisement in You and Huisgenoot magazine, SA was circulated on the 26th of May which alluded to animal crush video. Stopcrush.org SA & members of the page shredded them in letters to the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa. Replies below were received: YOU MAGAZINE MESSAGE FROM YOU’S EDITOR LINDA PIETERSEN: “As »

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Jun 02

“Drawn Together” desensitizing a new generation

The team at STOPCRUSH.ORG isn’t laughing. We realize that free-speech is a necessity for freedom to flourish and whilst we are proponents of free-speech, we would like to respond to the recent animated “Drawn Together” movie’s blatant disregard for a most serious, criminal act. A segment from their animated movie, “The Challenge” most severely undermines »

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May 25

What Does the Animal Crush Prohibition Act Mean To Animals?

The Animal Crush Prohibition Act of 2010 is a significant piece of legislature that, for only the second time in history(the first being when child pornography was banned in the early 1980′s), a form of “speech” was classified as a prurient obscenity on a federal level in the United States. Some overlook this fact and »

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May 09

Facebook policy is “prison” for champions of life?

In the late 1990s, a Humane Society investigation revealed the existence of a horrific prurient sub-culture connected to animal crush videos. An offshoot of the foot worship fetish, animal crush videos portrayed scantily clad women, wearing high heels or many times barefooted, slowly torturing and murdering small animals for the sexual gratification of their customers, »

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Apr 29

Facebook administration requests for Stopcrush.org branches

The team at Stopcrush.org needs more voices around the world, not only to aid with legal groundwork, but to help show global lawmakers what animal crush video is, why it should not be allowed any more than child pornography because it is socially degrading by the desensitizing of our youth. What we ask from administrators »

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Apr 29

The Animal Welfare Coalition reports on animal crush video in the Philippines

ABS-CBNNEWS.com reported yesterday that the The Animal Welfare Coalition made the statement after discovering that animal crush videos are made in the Philippines. We have always known that animal crush videos have been proliferating in many nations, including the Philippines. We have also known all too well for some time, the level to which these »

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Mar 19

A message from Janet Chernin: Administrator, STOPCRUSH.ORG Canada

As a new Administrator for the Stopcrush.org Canada I would like to introduce myself to the membership. When I first was made aware of the prurient practise of crush I was literally shocked and horrified. The cruelty and brutality of animal crush videos and pictures were seared in my brain and heart. I, like you »

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Mar 17

Aid, Help, Support & Pray for the Heroes of Japan

Among the many human tragedies, a man from Sendai-shi, Wakabayashi-ku (Tokyo Shinbun) tearfully hugs his dog after she had been rescued by a firefighter. World Vets is coordinating with a coalition of animal welfare groups near the epicenter of this terrible disaster. Donations are urgently needed, please click on the logo below to send assistance. »

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Feb 23

STOPCRUSH.ORG INTERNATIONAL BRANCHES

  The team has decided that “like” pages on facebook are the best choice to start STOPCRUSH.ORG branches. Utilizing the social network of facebook, we will be generating branch “like” pages during the next few months, as more volunteers send in applications from all over the world. We have already begun by forming the new »

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Jan 18

A Lack of Integrity in Advertising: New Zealand’s Next Top Model

  The team at STOPCRUSH.ORG would like to respond to CLEO News in regard to their article, “Anger over New Zealand’s Next Top Model trailer”. We are well aware that the station in question is based in Australia, however, we encourage everyone to mail both Australia and New Zealand’s Advertising Standards Authority in the event »

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Jan 17

A Bill Becomes A Law

Automated letters & online petitions are not as effective for passing legislation, but they do help. One “snail mail” is worth more that 1,000 signatures on a petition and a phone call is priceless! Please be respectful & polite in all contact with any representative or aide. Watch the Schoolhouse Rock video below!     »

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Jan 08

Our letter to channel 11 & the Advertising Standards Board NZ regarding the The Next Top Model commercial

Please use the letter below and send to the executives at channel 11 & the Advertising Standards Board Although the advert is not being shown in New Zealand, at present, according to the New Zealand Advertising Boards response to our inquiry, that doesn’t mean it wont be. At present, the advert is being streamed into »

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Dec 30

A message from the team

A Message From the Team at STOPCRUSH.ORG For many of us, proper sleep has not be on the agenda. There has been little more important to us than this fight against the vile, horrific presence of crush video in our society. If it were not for the animals suffering and the profound support given to »

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Dec 29

About Animal Crush Video

Animal crush videos feature small live animals, such as kittens, puppies, mice and bunnies being slowly tortured in the most horrific ways imaginable. They are burned alive, cut with pruning sheers, nailed to the floor, skinned alive, beaten, stabbed and/or have their limbs broken. All of these videos share a common theme, the animals are »

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Dec 28

2011: The global campaign

The members of A.E.L.L.A./STOPCRUSH.ORG would like to personally thank each individual and group around the world who gave their support in the effort to ban animal crush video as obscenity in the United States. In turn, we wish to honor our promise to support those in countries where this prurient horror is still legal, or »

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Dec 13

Crush Videos Banned in U.S. by Doris Lin

Doris’ Animal Rights Blog    By Doris Lin, About.com Guide Crush Videos Banned in U.S. Sunday December 12, 2010 On Thursday, December 9, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into a law a new bill that bans “crush” videos, after the Supreme Court struck down an earlier law banning depictions of animal cruelty because it was overly broad. In »

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Dec 09

A victory for the animals! President Obama signs Gallegly animal crush bill

WASHINGTON, DC—At President Obama’s invitation, Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) stood with him as the President signed Gallegly’s bill to outlaw animal crush videos at a White House ceremony today. Crush videos graphically depict the abuse and killing of animals. In 1999, President Clinton signed into law a Gallegly bill to outlaw the videos and for »

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Dec 01

H.R.5566 Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010

H.R.5566 — Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010 ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS `(a) Definition- In this section the term `animal crush video’ means any photograph, motion-picture film, video or digital recording, or electronic image that– `(1) depicts actual conduct in which 1 or more living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians is intentionally crushed, burned, »

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Nov 20

H.R. 5566 has passed the Senate…a victory for the animals!

On Friday, November 19th, 2010, H.R. 5566, a bill which will ban animal crush videos in the United States, passed the Senate. It is now on its way to President Obama’s desk for his signature. Please take a moment to email the President and politely urge him to sign H.R. 5566 into law, without delay! »

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Nov 17

Contact Senators Harry Reid & Tom Coburn pressuring them to bring HR 5566 to a vote!

What Congressman Elton Gallegly is saying in this blog is that he believes the Senate is not going to vote on this. We can not give up. We have to fight to press the Senate to vote on the bill. We must stand behind Congressman Gallegly now and scream from the hilltops at the Senate! »

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Nov 16

House votes to outlaw sales of ‘crush videos’ documenting animal cruelty: Now it is back up to the Senate

H.R. 5566 was passed with revision again. It appears that special interest groups have gotten some of the wording altered as per their concerns. The Senate will now have to vote on this bill once again. Below is an article written by Jim Abrams, Associated Press L.A. Unleashed All things animal in Southern California and »

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Nov 15

H.R. 5566 a priority on the agenda in Congress!

We have received word that YOU HAVE MADE MADE A DIFFERENCE! Congress has evidently decided to address the issue concerning Animal Crush Video by making it a high priority and it is with thanks to all of you! It would appear as though discussions to call HR 5566 to a vote will begin TODAY! Now »

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Nov 15

Animal Crush Video Awareness Week November 15th – November 22nd

We have reached a critical time in getting HR 5566 passed into law. As many of you know, this bill was altered and approved by the Senate, then sent back to the House in what should have been a “no brainer” vote. Thus far, the House Speaker, Miss Pelosi, has yet to call H.R. 5566 »

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Nov 09

HR 5566 and where we stand…a cry for help from the animals!

The bill, HR 5566 was originally geared only toward making the sale of animal crush video illegal. It was passed by Congress, sent to the Senate, then altered by the Senate and returned to Congress for revision approval. That vote has not yet taken place no matter what  certain Congressional offices are telling everyone whilst »

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Oct 17

A message from the team in regard to recent replies from your Congressperson

A message from the team in regard to recent replies from your Congressperson When a Congress person does not want to address a specific issue before an election for obvious reasons, they will drag on conversation with a constituent based on an issue of relevance to the election. This is most certainly to keep our »

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