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(U.S. Rep.) Vern Buchanan Wants to End FDA Requirement to Test Drugs on Animals

Last week, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., showcased “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Modernization Act” which would “end a government requirement that animal testing be used to determine a drug’s effectiveness on humans.” Buchanan introduced the bill this month and highlighted it on Thursday, insisting it will “streamline drug development and spur innovation without resorting …

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Elliot Katz, North Bay animal activist, remembered as ‘trailblazer who liked being arrested’

San Francisco Chronicle A man may be dog’s best friend, but dogs would be hard-pressed to find a better friend than Dr. Elliot Katz. That goes for most other members of the animal kingdom. Monkeys, goats, chickens, chimpanzees, dolphins and elephants — all of them owe a debt to Katz, a veterinarian who founded the San Rafael-based In …

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‘America’s Most Wanted’ profiles Oregon arson fugitive tied to domestic-terrorist group

FoxNews.com Josephine Sunshine Overaker has been on the run from the FBI since 2004 A fugitive wanted for arson in Oregon due to her ties to a domestic terrorist organization was profiled on the new “America’s Most Wanted” this week after being on the run for more than 16 years. Josephine Sunshine Overaker is a …

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What OPB learned from accused eco-saboteur Joseph Dibee’s first interview

By Conrad Wilson (OPB) What a 20-year-old arson says about domestic terrorism today In the 1990s, some knew Joseph Mahmoud Dibee as “Seattle.” It was his codename, according to his FBI wanted poster. Today, the former international fugitive is stuck in Seattle, confined by a house-arrest order and awaiting trial on federal charges, including allegations he participated …

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Judge Issues Release in Oregon Eco-Terrorist Case

By Jeff Reynolds, An Oregon judge has released an alleged domestic ecoterrorist charged in the 1997 arson of a Redmond meatpacking plant after he tested positive for coronavirus. Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, who was allegedly a member of the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front, was free for decades until he was arrested in …

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Rooster kills Indian man during banned cockfight

By OMER FAROOQ ASSOCIATED PRESS HYDERABAD, India —  A man was killed by a rooster with a blade tied to its leg during an illegal cockfight in southern India, police said, bringing focus to a practice that continues in some Indian states despite a decades-old ban. The rooster, with a 3-inch knife tied to its leg, fluttered …

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Hunters Kill 178 Wolves in 72 Hours (Wisconsin, USA)

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunters and trappers blew past Wisconsin’s wolf kill target in less than 72 hours, forcing a premature end to a hunt that initially wasn’t supposed to happen for another nine months and raising the ire of animal rights activists. The Department of Natural Resources closed the …

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Slow Burn From Seattle to Syria, from Russia to an arrest in Cuba, an ecosaboteur and 12-year fugitive now awaits trial before a Eugene judge

BY ARDESHIR TABRIZIAN Eugene Weekly En route to Havana, Cuba, on May 21, 2018, a man identifying himself as “Yousef Deba” was stopped by El Salvadorian authorities after he showed his passport and travel documents. He was photographed, his eye was scanned, he was twice fingerprinted and his electronics were searched.  His biometric data matched information …

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New Mom Risks It All To ‘Liberate Animals’ From Inhumane Farms

She even claims that she’s ready to go to jail for her crimes, even though she has a 15-week-old newborn daughter. BY JAMES GUTTMAN Babygaga.com Tuesday Goti has devoted her life to the protection of animals, but there are those who feel that the vegan activist may have taken things too far. The mother from Ireland has …

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Oregon judge ends pre-trial custody of Joseph Dibee, who faces decades old eco-terrorism charges

Conrad Wilson OPB.org (Oregon) U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken said during a hearing Friday she would release Joseph Dibee from pre-trial custody. Dibee, who is currently housed in Multnomah County’s Inverness Jail, is a federal inmate charged as part of an eco-terrorism conspiracy to destroy government property by arson. Days before Christmas, Dibee tested …

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Animal Liberation Prisoner Joseph Dibee Contracts Covid-19 in Prison

Cluster of COVID-19 cases in Multnomah County jail appears to grow by Conrad Wilson OPB.org Multnomah County is currently dealing with its largest outbreak of COVID-19 inside its jails since the pandemic began. As of Wednesday, nine inmates across two facilities had tested positive. The sheriff’s office announced an initial case on Dec. 17, stating …

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Man fatally shoots son while deer hunting in Delaware County

Alissa Widman Neese The Columbus Dispatch An Elyria man unintentionally shot and killed his 28-year-old son while deer hunting in Delaware County last week. Bradley Smith, 63, apparently mistook his son, Andrew Smith of Columbus, for a deer while hunting at dusk, said Tracy Whited, spokeswoman for the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office. More:Hunters preparing for deer gun …

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“Eco-fascists” Charged with Arson on a Mink Farm (Sweden)

Henrik Lilja Rönnquist ProjektSanning The two accused have a connection to violent right-wing extremism and ecofascism Two young men have been charged with arson on a mink farm in Sölvesborg in Blekinge. In October last year, it started to burn heavily on a mink farm in Sölvesborg municipality in Blekinge. The building burned to the ground and …

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A hunter was fatally shot in Minnesota by another hunter when he was mistaken for a deer

And now for some Christmas cheer…. By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN (CNN)A man hunting in Minnesota last week was fatally shot when another hunter mistook him for a deer. The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that it received a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Red Lake Tribal Police on November 25 that they …

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Ireland signals likely end to fur farming with cull of 120,000 mink

Politico BY SHAWN POGATCHNIK Dublin’s efforts to suppress the spread of the coronavirus are spurring an early end to the trade. DUBLIN — Ireland is ordering the nation’s three mink farms to cull all of their 120,000 animals, signaling a likely end to Irish fur farming after years of debate and delay. Mink farming became an …

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