Jun 24
After recent campaigning from animal rights groups and TDs, fur farming is set to be banned in Ireland. According to the Irish Examiner, Agriculture Minister Michael Creed is set to bring a proposal before the government on banning the cruel practice. This proposal will phase out fur farms across the country which has already happened …
Jun 16
A farming auctioneer credited with reshaping the northern cattle market after the BSE crisis has been trampled to death by cows on his farm. David Thomlinson, 73, who worked in the industry for 60 years, is thought to have been attacked as he worked in a pen at his pedigree farm, Park View in Scaleby, …
Jun 11
[ALF reported to be very concerned! HaHa!] By Liu Caiyu A cyber police force in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province listed fighting extremism as its foremost mission to purify cyberspace, which has sparked wide discussions online on Tuesday. Extreme organizations use so-called justice to influence the public and unite those with radical views when they are …
May 06
Paris (AFP) Two people were facing assault charges Monday after dousing a butcher and his stand with red liquid at a market in Paris over the weekend, prosecutors said. The butcher, who specialises in organically-raised meat, was at his stall in the covered Saint-Quentin market in the north of the capital when it was targeted …
Apr 24
Connor Parker Yahoo News UK Over 9,000 pheasants were freed by animal rights activists from a farm in Suffolk as part of their campaign to “dismantle the shooting industry, farm by farm, shoot by shoot”. Suffolk Police confirmed they were investigating the incident at Heath Hatcheries in Mildenhall that happened on the night of Friday, April 19. They …
Apr 17
By Karl Smallman AN animal liberation group has burst into an abattoir in the north of Spain and rescued seven pigs that were driven away in a van. Police were called to the Riudellots slaughterhouse in Girona when more than 100 protestors entered the premises and chained themselves to the facilities. Demonstrators carried banners asking for …
Apr 16
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Author: Piero Moraro, Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Charles Sturt University. Thirty-nine people were arrested in Melbourne over an animal rights protest that blocked a major intersection. The protest caused chaos for commuters during the morning peak hour, and politicians and the media were quick to condemn the act. The …
Apr 16
Whanganui Chronicle By: Lynley Tulloch The recent actions by Australian animal rights activists have caused a stir. Commemorating the first anniversary of the Dominion movie, the protesters blocked a major intersection in Melbourne. Some chained themselves to vans advertising the web address of the film, which depicts hidden footage of animal agriculture atrocities. They caused quite a jam. …
Apr 10
Two ‘antispecist’ militant vegans have been given jail sentences for attacking and burning a series of butchers, shops, and restaurants in northern France. The Criminal Court of Lille sentenced Cyrile, a 23-year-old social mediator, to 10 months’ imprisonment while 29-year-old nursery school worker Mathilde was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment on Monday, according to Le Figaro. The pair …
Apr 08
Bizarre moment three lambs are handed over to vegan protesters after they stormed an Australian abattoir as part of the ‘largest protest the world has ever seen’ Lambs handed to animal rights activists after protest at abattoir at Yangan, QLD More than 20 protesters chained themselves to the machinery on Monday After two hours and …
Mar 23
The Intercept by Alleen Brown Behind the scenes, corporate lobbying laid the groundwork for the Justice Department’s aggressive pursuit of so-called eco-terrorists. JOE DIBEE’S 12 YEARS on the lam came to an end last August, when Cuban authorities detained the 50-year-old environmental activist during a layover in Havana and turned him over to the United States. More …
Mar 21
The London Economic by Jack Peat This is the moment animal activists claim they released nearly 5,000 pheasants from a game farm. Members of Animal Liberation Front crept into the farm they claim was breeding birds to be shot, and herded the pheasants out into the open. A video shows countless birds flapping to freedom …
Mar 08
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A Miami man accused of killing a caged cat by setting it on fire, then feeding it to his dogs, received probation time Friday morning at his sentencing hearing. Mugshot for Roberto Hernandez. (Source: Miami-Dade County Corrections). Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Nushin Sayfie sentenced Roberto Hernandez, 19, to five years of probation, plus …
Mar 05
By Samuel Hill March 5, 2019 A Florida commercial and charter fisherman has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges and faces 10 days in jail over a video that shows him dragging a shark behind his boat at a high speed. The video went viral in the summer of 2017. Michael Wenzel. Michael Wenzel, 22, entered a …
Mar 01
Animal rights activist, 50, who freed a crying bear cub from a trap is JAILED for 15 days but plans to appeal because she made a ‘moral decision’ so ‘he could run back to his mother’ Catherine McCartney, 50, plans to appeal the sentence that was handed down to her on Tuesday by Municipal Court …
