Oct 05
Glenn Greenwald October 5 2017, 2:05 p.m The Intercept FBI agents are devoting substantial resources to a multistate hunt for two baby piglets that the bureau believes are named Lucy and Ethel. The two piglets were removed over the summer from the Circle Four Farm in Utah by animal rights activists who had entered the Smithfield Foods-owned factory farm to …
Sep 15
Science It started in May with a web post by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). “Tell Yale University to Stop Tormenting Birds!” the headline read, followed by text accusing postdoc Christine Lattin of abusing wild house sparrows. Emails from PETA supporters began flooding Lattin’s inbox. “You should kill yourself, you sick bitch!” …
Sep 11
An Erie animal sanctuary got a jolt on Thursday, August 31, when agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigations arrived to allegedly inquire about the status of two pigs — Lucy and Ethel — who were “rescued” by animal-rights activists from a Utah factory farm in early July. Luvin Arms, a self-described “farm animal sanctuary,” …
Sep 07
One AR organization believes the agency is targeting vegan activism Maria Chiorando An animal rights group has accused the FBI of ‘intimidating vegan activists’. According to global animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere [DxE], FBI agents in bulletproof vests descended on two shelters for abandoned farm animals last week – Ching Farm Rescue in Herriman, Utah and Luvin …
Sep 01
Foreign Policy Militant environmentalism is coming. And we aren’t ready for it. If military strategists are always fighting the last war, the same is true of those who work on countering radicalization. In 2001, Western intelligence services, mostly focused on localized terrorist groups like the Irish Republican Army and ETA, were stunned by al Qaeda. …
Aug 24
How Jake Ferguson’s betrayal resulted in the largest roundup of eco-defenders in US history.
Aug 23
Farmer sends gift of sausages to thank Wiltshire firefighters who rescued piglets and two sows from fire in barn The Guardian A farmer whose piglets were saved from a barn fire has served the animals up as sausages to thank the firefighters who rescued them. The baby pigs and two sows were freed by firefighters …
Aug 23
http://kwtv.videodownload.worldnow.com/KWTV_20170823081420733AA.mp4 By Grant Hermes, News 9 WASHINGTON – Senator Jim Inhofe announced the end of his annual wild pigeon, a cause for celebration for an animal rights group. The outdoor fundraiser had been the target of a multi-year campaign by Showing Animals Respect and Kindness, or SHARK, which alleged the event was cruel. In a series of emails obtained by the group, a staffer from Sen. …
Jul 23
Fur Commission USA (541) 595-8568 is offering $10,000 and Tri-County Crime Stoppers is offer $1,000 for information about how more than $750,000 worth of mink were released from Lang Farms near Eden Valley Gulf News AP Eden Valley, Minnesota: A fur trade organisation is among two groups offering a total of $11,000 reward for information …
Jul 21
Melania Capitan, 27, posted photos of her hunting activities on social media The online star reportedly killed herself and left a suicide note to friends This comes after it was reported that the internet star was threatened online Even after her death, her Facebook profile was inundated with messages praising the tragic news. One person …
Jul 20
(CNN) – Cecil the lion’s 6-year-old son was shot and killed by a big-game trophy hunter in western Zimbabwe earlier this month, according to a source familiar with the hunt. Xanda had been tracked with a fitted GPS satellite collar since 2015, the same year his father was killed. His death on July 7 was first …
Jul 17
The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the animals were released by someone (or a group of people) who broke into Lang Farms near Eden Valley. The suspect(s) dismantled the exterior fence surrounding the mink barns and let all the animals free from their cages. The sheriff’s office says between 30,000 and 40,000 animals …
Jul 17
A Florida family was accosted by a group of animal welfare activists while fishing at a park in St. Petersburg on July 11. Bob Hope was fishing with his parents at Crescent Lake Park when the incident began, reports The Huffington Post. Two videos of the incident, including one filmed by Hope’s mother and one …
Jul 17
Police Kill Nearly 25 Dogs Each Day Law enforcement’s treatment of dogs is just a symptom of the militarized policing so many of our neighborhoods are subjected to. By: Andrea B. Scott Article Originally Appeared in: The Nation In December 2006, 12-year-old K. Harris was in the backyard of her Hartford, Connecticut, home. She …
Jul 01
Multi-millionaire dairy farmer Derek Mead crushed to death by his own tractor in tragic accident at farm Investigation will concentrate on the possibility that his pet dog may have accidentally knocked the tractor’s gear stick Multi-millionaire dairy farmer and entrepreneur Derek Mead has died after being crushed by his own tractor at his farm near …
