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
Activists claim responsibility for fatal mink liberation
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
Animal rights activists being blamed for releasing 1,500 nursing females into cold night
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 02
1600 Captive Mink in St. Marys, Ontario (Canada) Liberated by Animal Activists
For Immediate Release June 2, 2015 1600 Captive Mink in St. Marys, Ontario (Canada) Liberated by Animal Activists In a communique received by the Animal Liberation Press Office, anonymous activists have taken credit for the liberation of approximately 1600 captive mink from an Ontario, Canada fur farm, mink destined to be killed so that their …
Jun 02
1600 Captive Mink in St. Marys, Ontario (Canada) Liberated by Animal Activists
Received anonymously As many as 1,600 mink were released from cages at the Glenwood Fur Farm (4216 Perth Line 9) in St. Marys, Ontario late on May 30. According to media reports, fencing that surrounds the farm was cut and a gate opened. Animals in two sheds were released, and breeding cards removed.
Jun 02
June 2015 E-Newsletter
Direct Action of the Month RABBITS RESCUED FROM LAB BREEDER May 25, 2015 – Brazil According to an anonymous report received by Eco-Resistência, the ALF rescued rabbits from one of the largest suppliers of animals for laboratories in Brazil. Video from the action may be released soon Featured Articles, Essays and News Embattled …
Jun 01
Activists halt work at animal testing construction site
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
3 Reasons All Feminists Should Support Animal Rights
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 17
Prisoner Support: More Materials for June 11th Available!
The call for this year’s June 11th–The International Day of Solidarity With Marius Mason, Eric McDavid, & All Longterm Anarchist Political Prisoners–is titled Transition. We encourage everyone to check it out and hope that it will inspire people to hold local events in solidarity with Marius, Eric, and others. June 11th organizers have also been …
May 14
The Role Of Science In A Push For Animal Liberation
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 12
Captive Wolves Need Help
1119 Randolf Road, Lillie Louisiana is the actual physical address of the animals in terrible distress! Below are photos and documentation of a rapid breeder that has upward of 20 wolf and wolf dogs aging from under a month to 13 years old. Every animal is short chained, outdoors, with frozen water in water bowls,very …
May 11
Hog barn fire claims lives of two Jasper women
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 11
Lobsters liberated from Dublin restaurant by animal rights activists
by Linda McGrory Nine lobsters have been liberated from a Dublin restaurant in a daring weekend sting by animal rights activists. Members of the National Animal Rights Association (NARA), Direct Action For Animals, and Alliance For Animal Rights swooped on the Ka Shing Chinese restaurant as busy Friday trade got under way about 7.30pm. A …
May 06
Reward set for info in Reno KFC firebombing
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
Embattled Max Planck neuroscientist quits primate research
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 …