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May 14
The Role Of Science In A Push For Animal Liberation
NPR News Barbara King Last Friday in the Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer asked which contemporary practices will be deemed “abominable” in the future, in the way that we today think of human enslavement. He then offered his own opinion: “I’ve long thought it will be our treatment of animals. I’m convinced that our great-grandchildren will …
May 12
Captive Wolves Need Help
1119 Randolf Road, Lillie Louisiana is the actual physical address of the animals in terrible distress! Below are photos and documentation of a rapid breeder that has upward of 20 wolf and wolf dogs aging from under a month to 13 years old. Every animal is short chained, outdoors, with frozen water in water bowls,very …
May 11
Hog barn fire claims lives of two Jasper women
Fire marshal investigates blaze east of Jasper Rock County Star Herald Mavis Fodness Two people died Monday morning, May 11, in a hog barn fire four miles east of Jasper in Rock County. According to Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge, Sharla Drew, 50, and Kristy (VanSurksum) Giesler, 32, both of Jasper, died in the blaze. …
May 11
Lobsters liberated from Dublin restaurant by animal rights activists
by Linda McGrory Nine lobsters have been liberated from a Dublin restaurant in a daring weekend sting by animal rights activists. Members of the National Animal Rights Association (NARA), Direct Action For Animals, and Alliance For Animal Rights swooped on the Ka Shing Chinese restaurant as busy Friday trade got under way about 7.30pm. A …
May 06
Reward set for info in Reno KFC firebombing
Reno Gazette-Journal The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a March firebombing/arson at a Reno KFC restaurant. No injuries were reported in the March 9 incident at the Silverada Boulevard restaurant. Law enforcement officers called to the scene said there …
May 04
Embattled Max Planck neuroscientist quits primate research
By Gretchen Vogel, AAAS BERLIN—A neuroscientist who has been the target of animal rights activists says he is giving up on primate research. Nikos Logothetis, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, says he will conclude his current experiments on macaques “as quickly as possible” and then shift his …
May 04
SOLIDARITY FEST- June 28 in Los Angeles
Featuring: SPEAKERS, POETS, ANARCHO PUNK / RIOT GRRRL BANDS & REVOUTIONARY HIP HOP Date: Sunday, June 28th, 2015 Time: 4pm-9pm Admission: Free (no door charge) Location: CIELO galleries/studios, 3201 Maple Ave, Los Angeles California 90011 SPEAKERS : B. Kwaku Duren Kizzy Brown Michael D McCarty The first Solidarity Festival was in the middle of the …
Apr 30
Policing the Police: Your Right to Record Law Enforcement
By Lauren Regan, CLDC Executive Directory and attorney As most of you know, the CLDC has defended the rights of activists, people of color, those experiencing emotional distress, and many other marginalized and targeted communities both on the streets and in the courtroom. We work extremely hard to hold police accountable for their abuse of …
Apr 29
Arson at Veracruz (Mexico) Veterinary Facility (delayed report)
Received anonymously (translation): We take responsibility for the arson on May 10, 2013 on the premises of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, in the town of Xalapa, Veracruz. This institution like so many others through the cynical welfarist discourse, supports a hypocritical regulation of the exploitation suffered by nonhuman animals in the area of scientific …
Apr 23
June 11th: International Day of Solidarity With Marius Mason, Eric McDavid & All Longterm Anarchist Prisoners
June 11, 2015 : TRANSITION : The struggle’s not over… The last year has been full of changes and transitions for our imprisoned comrades and for those of us engaged in struggle on the other side of the walls. Now, solidly in the throes of spring, we feel compelled to celebrate these transitions and victories …
Apr 18
FBI admits flaws in hair analysis over decades
Washington Post By Spencer S. Hsu The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal defendants over more than a two-decade period before 2000. Of 28 examiners with the FBI Laboratory’s microscopic …
Apr 08
Deer Traps Sabotaged in Cranbook, BC, Ending Killing
Four provincially-owned clover traps used in culling deer had their netting slashed, making them unusable, in Cranbook, British Columbia during the night of March 5. This forced the city to halt the cull.
Apr 02
FBI, CCSO investigate ‘eco-terrorists’ at Beavercreek farm
Portland Tribune Written by Raymond Rendleman Bird breeders in Beavercreek lost approximately 50 pheasants valued at $1,000 when an unknown number of suspects cut a lock to open up an aviary housing the animals last month. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office took the initial report at about 1:07 p.m. on March 18 at Estacada Game …
Mar 24
Charities Conducting or Funding Animal Experiments in the US on Forbes’ List of Top 50 (2014).
Charities conducting or funding animal experiments in the US who are on Forbes’ list of top 50 charities (2014). There were nine charities that fit the bill: American Cancer Society Jude Children’s Research Hospital American Heart Association Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Mayo Clinic Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Alzheimer’s Association National Multiple …
Mar 24
Why You Can’t Bomb Your Way To Peace – Poem by Marius Mason
Why You Can’t Bomb Your Way To Peace Imagine A steel-walled room, enclosed and full Of children playing, grandmothers and the wash and angry young men with an ax to grind. Oh yes, and a single shooter. The loaded pistol raised, What moral authority will pull the trigger? And if it does, if judgment issues …