Jul 25
By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Two California animal rights activists were arrested on Friday over accusations that since 2013 they had wandered the country vandalizing stores and homes and releasing minks and other animals as part of an anti-fur campaign. Joseph Buddenberg, 31, and Nicole Kissane, 28, are charged in a six-page indictment …
Jul 21
Sea Shepherd Global Contact: Michelle Mossfield – Media Director, Sea Shepherd GlobalE: michelle@seashepherdglobal.org WASHINGTON – Two volunteer crewmembers from the Sea Shepherd ship, Sam Simon, have been arrested in the Faroe Islands. Susan Larsen of the United States, driver of the small boat, Farley, and Tom Strerath of Germany, navigator of the same small boat, …
Jul 15
by Natasha Lennard Let’s do a thought experiment. You’re walking down the street on a sweltering summer’s day and you pass a car in which a dog is trapped. The animal is visibly suffering in the heat, panting, and collapsing; it seems close to death. You know you can easily free the dog by forcing …
Jul 14
By Steve Rice Stratford Beacon Herald Canadian mink producers have upped the reward money for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for breaking into two St. Marys area farms over the last six weeks. A reward of $75,000 was posted by the Canada Mink Breeders Association (CMBA) shortly after approximately 1,500 …
Jul 10
For Immediate Release July 9, 2015 Second Massive Mink Release in Two Months in Ontario (Canada) 6800 Animals Liberated in Addition to 1800 Last Month; Area Abusers Are “Rattled” Although no communique has been received yet by the Animal Liberation Press Office, animal liberationists in the Ontario, Canada region have almost surely struck a …
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 …
Jul 05
Support for New Political Prisoner Amber Canavan Amber was charged with burglary following the rescue of two ducks during an investigation at the Hudson Valley Foie Gras farm in Ferndale, New York. More info here. Support website: Facebook.com/SupportForAmber Animal-rights protester (Kevin Johnson) pleads guilty in mink release One of two animal-rights …
Jul 01
For Immediate Release July 1, 2015 According to news reports, late Saturday/early Sunday at the Sabana Seca Field Station of the Caribbean Primate Research Center, a cage was forced open and at least 21 monkeys were freed. The field station is located in Toa Baja, a town on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, where …
Jul 01
Amber Canavan Sullivan County Jail 4 Bushnell Avenue Monticello, NY 12701 USA Amber was charged with burglary following the rescue of two ducks during an investigation at the Hudson Valley Foie Gras farm in Ferndale, New York. She pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of criminal trespass and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. …
Jul 01
Attracting millions of people to the streets no longer guarantees the success of a protest, says Micah White, 33, the cocreator of Occupy Wall Street. “Occupy was a perfect example of a social movement that should have worked according to the dominant theories of protest and activism. And yet, it failed,” says Micah in an interview …
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 26
Join hosts Professor Tom O’Connell and Kel Heylfor for a show about Veganism. We’ll be discussing the moral, health and environmental reasons a person voluntarily foregoes eating meat, fish, fowl, dairy products and honey. Our first guest is Dr. Jerry Vlasak – a board certified surgeon who’s been a vegan for over twenty years. He …
Jun 13
received anonymously: June 2015 – In broad daylight, 3 crayfish were liberated from a live seafood market. Once they were in safe hands they were quickly released back into the waters in which they were originally captured. A small crayfish meat trade exists in the United States where live crayfish are captured in traps from …
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 …
