Mackensy Lunsford , mlunsford@citizen-times.com ASHEVILLE – An argument over the value of human and animal life has grown contentious in Western North Carolina as members of a sustainability school say animal rights activists have threatened their lives. Wild Abundance, a small, woman-led school for sustainable living skills in Barnardsville, has fallen under scrutiny of animal rights …
Category: News Articles
Nov 04
The animal rights revolution is coming
The Spectator Charlotte Gill Some will scoff when I say that we are in the first wave of an animal rights movement which will see our furry friends elevated to a new status in our society. But it’s true. In the last few years, concern for animal welfare has grown. Even the last week has demonstrated …
Nov 02
Dozens of lab monkeys were killed due to failed experiments and shipping mistakes, USDA claims
Macaque monkeys in Bali, Indonesia. (For the Los Angeles Times) Rick Anderson Repeated laboratory mistakes and mistreatment of animals resulted in the deaths of 38 primates bred for use in medical experiments by research facilities near Seattle and Houston, the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleged in a newly filed complaint. The deaths included 25 long-tailed …
Oct 31
Urban farming nonprofit vandalized by animal-rights activists over slaughtering of 3 pigs
DAVID ERICKSON david.erickson@missoulian.com Sometime over the weekend, someone spray-painted the word “MURDERER” in bright-red letters on the front of Garden City Harvest’s headquarters on Hickory Street in Missoula, and employees have been inundated with vulgar, threatening and expletive-laden emails and calls. The vandalism was signed with the word “ALF”, with the A in the form …
Oct 15
Hitting the Brakes on Animal Research: Why Targeting Transport Companies Is Key
from South Florida Smash HLS Animal research is big business. Those who poison and mutilate nonhumans to death under the guise of science usually wear lab coats, but researchers are only part of the picture: They’re propped up by an elaborate, profit-driven network of breeders, universities, feed suppliers, restraint manufacturers, veterinarians, pharmaceutical moguls, private security …
Sep 21
“Terrorism” Law Targeting Animal Rights Activists is Unconstitutional, Attorneys Argue in Court
Center for Constitutional Rights Contact: press@ccrjustice.org September 21, 2016, Chicago – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the court to strike down the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA). In United States v. Johnson, two animal rights activists were convicted of “terrorism” …
Sep 20
Scholar-Activist Spotlight with Press Office Advisor Yesim Nurova
The Institute for Critical Animal Studies Yesim Nurova is a journalist affiliated with R9 Media. She is an animal rights activist known throughout Turkey and Europe. She has organized and led some of the largest animal liberation and animal rights demonstrations and protests, many with a Direct Action component, in Asia. Also, she is the Founder of …
Sep 20
Black Power Icon Goes Vegan to Save Animals
By Cliff Kincaid —— Canada Free Press Former top communist, college professor and “Black Power” advocate Angela Davis has picked a new cause on the road to liberation—animal rights. In a major speech in black-ruled South Africa, at the 17th Steve Biko Memorial Lecture, she said animals were “sentient beings who endure pain and torture as …
Aug 22
Animal Abuser Meets Justice by Animal Rights Activists
The Sun VIGILANTE JUSTICE Disturbing moment man who livestreamed himself having sex with DOGS is stripped naked and savagely beaten by animal rights activists Filmed in China, the angry mob reportedly lured the alleged canine abuser to a sham ‘meet-up’ where they unleashed the attack A MAN who allegedly livestreamed himself raping dogs was stripped and …
Aug 08
When Does Animal Rights Activism Become Extremism?
San Francisco Weekly By Jeremy LybargerWednesday, Aug 5 2015 On July 28, the FBI arrested Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane, two Oakland-based animal rights activists accused of releasing thousands of mink from fur farms during multiple cross-country sprees in 2013. The couple were also charged with vandalizing property owned by the meat and fur industries, …
Jul 20
Police: Michigan Dog Breeder Beat Close To Death, Ear Cut Off For Abusing Pit Bulls
A Michigan dog breeder was reportedly tied, beaten and had his ear cut off, possibly in retaliation for his involvement in dog fighting, police say. The 52-year-old dog breeder from Detroit had at least 16 pit bulls chained up in the backyard of one of his homes, as well as another dozen dogs living in …
Jun 10
Animal Rights Extremists: Pair Took Law into Their Own Hands
06/10/16 FBI Bulletin On an August night in 2013, a family-owned mink farm in Morris, Illinois came under attack. Approximately 2,000 minks were released from their cages, an acidic substance was poured over two trucks parked on the property, and a sign spray-painted on the barn declared, “Liberation is Love.” Some 24 hours later, when …
Jun 10
Animal rights group claims responsibility for bus arson
A Finnish animal rights group has reportedly claimed responsibility for setting fire to several long distance buses parked at a bus depot in Vantaa, which caused more than one million euros in damage Friday morning. The activist group said the action was a protest against the bus company Pohjolan Matka, saying the firm cooperates with …
Jun 09
USDA publishes 2015 Animal Research Statistics
From “Speaking of Research”, a pro-vivisection, anti-activists website. by Editor Congratulations to the USDA/APHIS for getting ahead of the curve for a second time and making the US the first country to publish its 2015 animal research statistics. Overall, the number of animals (covered by the Animal Welfare Act) used in research fell 8% from …
May 03
Two Heroes Off to Prison
Chad Nelson | @cnels43 | Support this author on Patreon | May 3rd, 2016 Center for a Stateless Society What a sick world we live in where Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane, two individuals so passionate about the lives of the earth’s most vulnerable, must fight for their own lives for having the courage to …