Category: News Articles

Boulder police seek felony charges against activists accused of ruining meat at Ideal Market

Direct Action Everywhere posted YouTube video animal-rights activist, 15, ruining meat at Whole Foods’ Ideal Market By JOHN BEAR | bearj@dailycamera.com | Boulder Daily Camera Boulder police have obtained arrest warrants for two animal rights activists accused of ruining $1,000 worth of meat at Ideal Market on Sunday. “They have until tomorrow (Friday) to turn …

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Animal rights group claims responsibility for flower protest that tainted meat at Boulder’s Ideal Market

By Mitchell Byars Boulder News An animal rights group has claimed responsibility for ruining about $1,000 worth of meat products at Ideal Market in Boulder on Sunday after a teen protester placed flowers on top of raw lamb, pork and beef. An unidentified man and a girl walked into Ideal Market, 1275 Alpine Ave., shortly …

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Man admits to Animal Liberation Front attacks at Michigan State, WSU decades later

Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. – A man who denied firebombing an animal researcher’s laboratory at Michigan State University in 1992 even as he pleaded guilty now admits he carried out the attack and participated in others across the country, including one at Washington State University. Rodney Coronado told the Lansing State Journal he was …

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Polls Show America is Ready for Aggressive Animal Advocacy

When is it time to break out the bullhorns, storm the streets, and raise hell for animals? This is one of the most hotly debated questions among animal advocates today. Even the most committed activists argue that confrontational activism hurts the movement by promoting the negative stereotype that we are nasty people who will probably …

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Tom Regan, Moral Philosopher And Animal Rights Pioneer, Dies At 78

Press Office Note: Tom Regan was a close friend to us at the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, and we mourn his loss. His writings were influential in forming the ideology and actions of many us early on in our activism. We will miss Tom; the world is worse off for his passing. His …

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UTMB researcher disciplined for violating animal care rules

By Harvey Rice, Houston Chronicle GALVESTON – The disciplining of a researcher announced this week by the University of Texas Medical Branch is another setback for an institution plagued by repeated findings and accusations of failure to follow animal welfare guidelines. A UTMB spokesman declined to release the name of the researcher, whose animal use …

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Gather Made Great, Pro-Animal Music

Jon Hochschartner Exploring the vegan straight edge lifestyle.  I’m not a huge fan of vegan straight edge, a sub-genre of hardcore-punk music. I came to it, originally, as a sort of sociologist. Many of the animal activists I looked up to, who got their start in the 1990s, were inspired by this cacophony. I wanted …

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Okotoks pet store closes after attacks from animal rights activists

The Animal House windows were vandalized Friday, the latest in a string of attacks at the store CBC News A pet store owner in Okotoks, Alta. said he’s been forced to shut down his business after multiple attacks by animal rights activists. When employees at the Animal House pet store showed up to work Friday morning, they were greeted by …

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Animal rights activists went on a cross-country anti-fur rampage. Final stop: Federal prison.

By Lindsey Bever Their cross-country road trips had a singular purpose: To terrorize the fur industry, federal prosecutors said. Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane set out in the summer of 2013 to leave their mark and record their exploits on websites associated with animal rights extremists. The couple vandalized furriers from California to Pennsylvania — gluing locks, slashing …

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Were undercover cops involved in the firebombing of Dingles?

The Herald (UK) Reports of an investigation into claims that a police spy set fire to a Debenhams store in the 1980s has raised the spectre of who was truly responsible for Plymouth’s Dingles department store blaze. For nearly 20 years it has been supposed that animal rights extremists turned the building into a charred …

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Activist who freed minks pleads guilty to federal charge

By The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — An animal rights activist who vandalized a fur store and journeyed around the country freeing thousands of minks from farms has pleaded guilty to a federal charge in San Diego. The San Diego Union-Tribune says (http://bit.ly/2hOZani ) Nicole Kissane pleaded Tuesday to a charge of conspiracy to …

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Serial cat killer allowed to roam free in Spokane, WA

Officials say ‘not a top priority’ December 9, 2016 A serial cat killer is suspected to be roaming the streets of Spokane, Washington. Since August, when local resident Wesley O’Dell found the first tortured kitten tied, taped, strangled and killed, the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection (SCRAPS) and local police have seemingly taken little interest. …

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Hero for Animals or Eco-Terrorist? One Man’s Lifelong Mission to Be a Voice for the Wild

From sinking whaling ships to rescuing minks from fur farms, Rod Coronado has devoted his life to protecting wildlife. By Brian Whitney / AlterNet Depending on who you talk to, Rod Coronado is either a true American revolutionary or one of the world’s most infamous eco-terrorists. Coronado, a member of the Pascua Yaqui tribe, has dedicated his …

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Nugget Market vandalized by animal rights activist (Davis, CA)

By Felicia Alvarez November 20, 2016 The Davis Enterprise Davis police responded to a felony vandalism incident at the Nugget Market, 1414 E. Covell Blvd., at 3 p.m. Friday, after an animal rights activist was caught allegedly spray-painting the back of the store. Stephanie Manzano, 24, reportedly was spraying the phrases “Go Vegan” and “Animals Are Not …

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Buck breaks into Minnesota fur company drying deer hides, wreaks havoc

  By TOM CHERVENY / FORUM NEWS SERVICE PUBLISHED: November 18, 2016 at 8:56 am | UPDATED: November 18, 2016 at 3:51 pm WILLMAR, Minn. – A deer head-butted the owner of a rural Willmar fur company, jumped over counters and tipped over boxes before fleeing out the door where it had entered earlier this …

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