Animal rights News
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Berkeley -
It was a busy year at Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), the Berkeley-based animal rights group working to save animals from suffering and slaughter around the world and to raise awareness among our own species of the inherent cruelty of animal agriculture.
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London -
Singer-songwriter Morrissey is toying with the idea of running for Mayor of London for the forthcoming elections, due to be held in May 2016.
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London -
A plan for a U.K. based puppy breeding farm at Grimston near Hull has been criticized by animal rights groups. The dogs will be bred for pharmaceutical drug testing.
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Sydney -
Australia’s plan to cull two million feral cats has been criticized by the singer-songwriter Morrissey. Morrissey has compared feral cats to Cecil the lion.
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A U.S.-owned firm has been given permission by the UK government to proceed with building a literal "puppy farm" that will breed animals for use in experimentation.
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As of July 1, 2015 Tennessee has become the first state in the nation to specifically allow good Samaritans to legally break a window in a hot car in order to save a pet.
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The animal rights group, PETA, made a formal complaint in September 2014 against a sheep shearer in the far west of New South Wales after they had received a tip about the abuse of sheep.
Warning: The video has disturbing scenes.
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San Francisco -
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! But not if you live in or visit San Francisco, where lawmakers voted unanimously Tuesday to ban wild and exotic animal performances in circuses and shows.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cited the University of Oklahoma for abusing baboons. This issue of animal welfare came about through a routine inspection.
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New York -
A U.S court has ruled that a chimpanzee is not entitled to the same rights as people and does not have be freed from captivity.
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Paris -
Former film star turned animal rights activist, France’s Brigitte Bardot, issued a call this week for the President of Nepal to ban what she termed was “the greatest collective sacrifice of animals in the world”.
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Albuquerque -
A 46 year-old New Mexico man has been arrested for what authorities can only describe as a bizarre and heinous case of animal cruelty.
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"Someday," a new video created by PETA and animated by Anna Saunders, is scheduled to be featured on rock icon Morrissey's nationwide tour.
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Lab rats have been instrumental in many scientific discoveries. However new evidence suggests that lab rats are sentient.
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Actress Alexandra Paul, best known for playing Lt. Stephanie Holden on "Baywatch," took some time from her schedule to chat about her recent endeavors, animal rights and upcoming plans.
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Brasstown -
It has been said that a person can tell where they would have stood on the issue of slavery had they been alive at the time, by looking at their stance on animal rights. North Carolina has shown the world that tradition outweighs human decency.
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Sanford -
A story about a puppy and his human companion who was willing to spend his entire disability check on vet care is still circulating like wildfire on the web. The heartwarming story reached a happy ending when Dolly’s Foundation stepped in.
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Yonkers -
PETA, ASPCA and several other animal rights organizations are offering a reward of more than $23,000 to find the person who killed 25 cats and hung their bodies from a tree in a Yonkers Neighborhood.
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Edmonton -
Hundreds of animal lovers gathered at the Alberta Legislature on April 27 to call for changes to Canada's anti-cruelty laws.
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In the wake of Michael Vick's appointment to the New York Jets, the support for Vick — and those deemed worse than Vick — places the NFL outside the perimeter of societal decency and common respect.
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The decision by the New York Jets to sign Michael Vick is being met with resistance, as Vick's animal cruelty past is coming back to the surface.
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New York -
With the announcement over the weekend that Michael Vick has been signed to the New York Jets, a social media advocacy campaign was launched in an effort to remove Vick from the Jets roster.
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New York -
An open letter addressed to Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets, on having signed Michael Vick to the quarterback position.
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There has been a dramatic shift in the tactics used by animal-rights activists over the past decade, with individual researchers and the businesses supplying them being targeted instead of their universities.
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Edmonton -
March 15 was designated a global day of action against the canned hunting of lions in South Africa. Marches took place in several cities around the world.
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Copenhagen -
The nation that recently banned ritual preparation of meat is facing an international campaign to end the legality of sexual contact with animals inside its borders.
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Santa Cruz Biotechnology, one of the biggest suppliers of antibodies for laboratory research, is accused of repeatedly violating the Animal Welfare Act according to the USDA.
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The cover of this month’s issue of TIME depicts a young female deer below the headline “America’s Pest Problem.” The wildlife activist community is in an uproar over the article many see as factually inaccurate and something more fit for an op-ed
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Animal cruelty happens every minute, all around the world. Animals do not have legal rights like humans do, so it is up to concerned individuals to raise awareness about it.
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Niagara Falls -
Recently Digital Journal published an article about two visitors to Marineland who had vowed never to return over the treatment of its animals. Marineland's rebuttal was not only strange, it was downright wacky.
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Animal rights Image
A mistreated elephant. Photo by Gary Cycles
Some of the people and dogs at Charlee's Angels for the Animals rally on April 27, 2014.
Some of the people and dogs at Charlee's Angels for the Animals rally on April 27, 2014. Some of Shania's puppies.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday 15 April 2012.
Some of the people and dogs at Charlee's Angels for the Animals rally on April 27, 2014.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday 15 April 2012.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday 15 April 2012.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday, 15 April 2012.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday 15 April 2012.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday 15 April 2012.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday 15 April 2012.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday 15 April 2012.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday 15 April 2012.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday 15 April 2012.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday 15 April 2012.
Some of the people and dogs at Charlee's Angels for the Animals rally on April 27, 2014.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday, 15 April 2012.
On the decision to cease supporting the NFL over Michael Vick's appointment to the New York Jets
Some of the people and dogs at Charlee's Angels for the Animals rally on April 27, 2014.
Ban Live Exports - Sydney Rally. Sunday, 15 April 2012.
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