Jul 09
By Steve Rice Stratford Beacon Herald Kirk Rankin acknowledges that he may have been targeted by animal rights activists or whoever released nearly 7,000 mink at his St. Marys area farm overnight Tuesday. But the president of the Canadian Mink Breeders Association responded with a firm “no” when asked if it would change anything about …
Jul 09
Cara McKenna, The Canadian Press Published Thursday, July 9, 2015 12:50PM EDT Last Updated Thursday, July 9, 2015 6:21PM EDT TORONTO — Fur farmers in southwestern Ontario are rattled after more than 8,000 mink were released during two recent break-ins. Police said about 6,800 mink were let out of four sheds at RBR Fur Farms …
Jun 27
By Stefano Esposito June 27, 2015 Chicago Sun Times One of two animal-rights protesters accused of freeing 2,000 minks from an Illinois fur farm two years ago pleaded guilty Friday in connection with the case. Kevin Johnson, who also goes by Kevin Olliff, pleaded guilty to “conspiring to travel in interstate commerce with the purpose …
Jun 08
Mississauga News ByLouie Rosella MISSISSAUGA – Peel Regional Police is investigating claims by a North American animal rights group that its members set fire to two trucks in west Mississauga over the weekend. Police received multiple calls about a loud bang, flash of light and heavy smoke just after 3 a.m. Sunday. Officers responded and …
Jun 08
Mississauga News By Jason Spencer MISSISSAUGA – Peel Regional Police are still on scene of a suspicious truck fire that took place on Laird Road early Sunday morning.Police received multiple calls about a loud bang, flash of light and heavy smoke just after 3 a.m. Officers responded and located a transport truck fully engulfed behind an …
Jun 05
Animals dying from exposure or getting hit by cars CBC News The Canada Mink Breeders Association is offering a reward of $75,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people who broke in to an Ontario fur farm and released nearly 1,600 mink from their cages Saturday night. “We thought …
Jun 04
Claudia Cudworth Toronto Sun STRATFORD, Ont. — Unnamed activists are taking responsibility for releasing 1,600 mink — many of which died — from a farm near St. Marys, Ont., on the weekend. The North American Animal Liberation Press Office in California issued a release saying a “communique” was sent to them from unidentified activists describing …
Jun 02
By Steve Rice Stratford Beacon Herald Animal rights activists are being blamed for the deaths of over 100 mink in a shocking weekend attack on a St. Marys area farm. Jeff Richardson was still catching a few loose mink at Glenwood Fur Farm on Monday morning after approximately 1,500 nursing females were released from their …
Jun 01
Eleanor Cummins The Daily of the University of Washington At 4:30 a.m. Monday, two activists climbed an excavator on the construction site of the UW’s new animal testing facility at 15th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Pacific Street. One activist chained themselves to the excavator. The other activist, unchained but also situated on the excavator, was …
May 24
Huffington Post Samita Sarkar “Feminism” has lately become less of a dirty word, as more people recognize it as being the belief in gender equality. Men, women, and transpeople can all be feminists. According to popular sex educator Laci Green, if you believe women are human, you’re a feminist. It’s that simple. Or is it? …
May 14
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 11
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 06
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
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 …
Apr 30
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 …
