May 31
Alleen Brown The Intercept ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS published an interactive map on Sunday revealing the locations of more than 27,500 farms and animal agriculture facilities, including 5,812 identified using satellite imagery, many of which do not appear in public records. Users will be able to pin new locations to the map, known as Project Counterglow, and attach photos …
May 30
By Byron Mühlberg NL Times Police in Ermelo have arrested a man on Saturday in connection with an arson incident earlier this week, which left five trucks in flames behind a duck slaughterhouse on Fokko Kortlanglaan. The 34-year-old Noord-Brabant man is currently being investigated for his involvement in Wednesday’s incident. The abattoirs’ director, Gertjan Tomassen, publicly accused animal rights activists of setting the fire. According …
May 13
Michaela Myers, 52, found ‘dairy = death’ painted on her store window last week This is the second time Barney’s Delicatessen targeted since opening in 2018 Anonymous Brighton animal rights collective advocate has defended the act By FAITH RIDLER FOR MAILONLINE Suspected militant vegans have vandalised a cheese shop in Brighton by spraying ‘dairy = death’ …
May 07
The building was also tagged with the phrase “End Speciesism.” By Mathew Singer Willamette Week A North Portland barbecue spot appears to have been vandalized in the name of animal rights. Cliff Allen, owner of the People’s Pig on North Williams Avenue, says employees arrived Sunday to find three windows shattered and another spray-painted with the “veganarchy” symbol associated …
May 06
BY MATT CARTY Global News- Canada [Press Office note: No claim for this action has been received by the Press Office as of this posting.] Wellington County OPP say vandals broke into the University of Guelph’s swine research site in Puslinch, spraying paint onto walls and equipment with animal rights messages. Officers were called to the …
Feb 10
TWIN sisters from Denmark claim that hunting has brought them closer despite receiving death threats from online trolls and being called “killer sluts”. The Sun Niamh Cavanagh Rikke and Trine Jacobsen, 26, have been hunting with their father since they were 10-years-old. The vet nurse and physiotherapist have hunted various animals including foxes, boars, deer, …
Jan 22
“You all have blood on your hands,” says the note. MTL (Montreal) Blog An animal-rights activist allegedly left a menacing note at Montreal’s Manitoba Restaurant on Tuesday evening. The activist also allegedly glued the locks, preventing the staff from entering the establishment. The Mile-End foodie hangout is known for its focus on farm-fresh, local ingredients, sourced from …
Jan 21
By Alex Wigglesworth Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Before sunrise one day in December, thieves sneaked into Anshu Pathak’s exotic meat farm in Riverside County and pulled off a singular heist. Someone cut away a section of fence. The evidence, Pathak said, suggests that they backed a trailer into the gap and lured up …
Jan 18
by Grace Dickinson Philadelphia Enquirer On Aug. 8, 1978, MOVE member Delbert Africa climbed out of his basement and raised his arms to the sky in surrender. The image soon became one of the most iconic photographs in Philadelphia history, as seconds later, police officers were caught on film beating Africa with a helmet and …
Jan 03
By David Figura | dfigura@nyup.com New York Upstate.com HANCOCK, N.Y. — Intimidated by threats and harassment from animal rights advocates, an Upstate NY fire department has cancelled its annual coyote hunting tournament, a fundraiser for the department. The Hancock Fire Department in Delaware County cancelled the hunting tournament Monday after an online petition opposing the event …
Dec 31
7news.com.au About two dozen llamas were discovered missing from an exotic animal farm in Southern California after a burglary, authorities say. The break-in happened on Monday morning at the 14-acre farm in the Riverside County town of Perris, about 110km southeast of downtown Los Angeles. “We received the call about 6:36am regarding numerous llamas and …
Dec 12
Natasha Lennard The Intercept “YOU SEE THE train coming, but it hits you anyway,” said animal rights activist Josh Harper. “They just went down the list and it was ‘guilty as charged,’ ‘guilty as charged,’ ‘guilty as charged’ — every defendant, every count.” This is how, in the new documentary film “The Animal People,” Harper describes …
Dec 11
RJ Wolcott Livingston Ledger EAST LANSING – In the early morning hours of Feb. 28, 1992, Rodney Coronado crept onto Michigan State University‘s campus. He wiggled his way through a first-floor window of Anthony Hall before kicking down the door to the office of Richard Aulerich. The MSU researcher spent decades studying nutrition and the decline …
Nov 26
Jill Ettinger LiveKindly.co A longtime vegan, ‘Joker’ star Joaquin Phoenix is using his platform for animal rights. Arthur Fleck is different. This is evident in the first five seconds of “Joker,” as tears drip down the clown for hire’s painted face. Fleck, played by actor Joaquin Phoenix, is of course, on his way to becoming …
Nov 21
Emma Tucker Daily Beast An animal rights activist is facing attempted murder charges after police say she stabbed a woman wearing faux fur boots in a Cleveland Heights, Ohio, church. The suspect, identified as 34-year-old Meredith Lowell, followed the woman, a babysitter who was dropping off children for choir practice, into the church before stabbing …
