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USDA Cites Primate Center for Marmoset Injury BOSTON/SOUTHBOROUGH, MA – A USDA report obtained on April 2 by SAEN (Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!) reveals that the USDA has cited Harvard's Primate Research Center for the fracture of a marmoset's leg and the incorrect dosing of a primate following a SAEN complaint....
Posted: Fri, Apr 4, 2014 6:36pm PDT
International Climate Report: Cutting Meat Consumption Key to Reducing Emissions TUCSON, Ariz.— The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report today highlights the increasing threat from rising global meat and dairy consumption to limiting global warming, especially as the world population continues to grow....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 6:37pm PDT
Top UN Court Orders Japan to End Antarctic Whaling Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States issued the following statement on the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Japan’s whaling program is a breach of the global whaling moratorium and lacks scientific legitimacy in regard to the quotas set and the numbers taken....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 4:55pm PDT
Primate Products Negligence Leads to Monkey Strangulation MIAMI, FL – Sensitive federal records have revealed a preventable monkey death at Primate Products – a Miami area monkey dealer – according to a national research watchdog organization, which made the fatality public today....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 4:25pm PDT
USDA Probe Cites UW for Multiple Animal Deaths & 10 Month Denial of Pain Relief to 30 SEATTLE, WA – A USDA investigation of the University of Washington which resulted from an Official Complaint filed by Research Watchdog Group SAEN (Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!) has led to multiple citations against the UW for animal deaths and failure to provide pain relief to 30 animals for an extended period, as well as additional animal deaths and infractions discovered during the inspection....
Posted: Sat, Mar 29, 2014 3:51pm PDT
USDA Cites U of Houston for Infant Primate Strangulation Death HOUSTON, TX – The USDA has issued a federal citation against the University of Houston (UH) for the negligent death of an infant primate following a complaint filed by National Research Watchdog Group, SAEN (Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!)....
Posted: Sat, Mar 29, 2014 3:48pm PDT
Government Reports Document UNLV Guilty of Negligence in Pig Deaths LAS VEGAS, NV – Multiple acts of negligence which led to death and torture by staff at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas is being reported by a national research watchdog organization on March 19....
Posted: Sat, Mar 29, 2014 3:46pm PDT
Court Asked to Uphold California Ban on Cruelly Produced Eggs An attempt by six states to overturn a California law that requires more humane treatment of egg-laying hens and higher food safety standards will face legal opposition from The Humane Society of the United States. In papers filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, The HSUS is seeking to file a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that would overturn AB 1437, a law that stops the sale of eggs from hens confined in inhumane battery cages by the start of next year. The ...
Posted: Thu, Mar 27, 2014 12:45pm PDT
Idaho Lawmakers Pass Bill to Kill Hundreds of Wolves BOISE, Idaho— The Idaho Legislature on March 20 passed House Bill 470, a bill to create a new lethal “Wolf Depredation Control Board” to administer a fund for widespread killing of wolves in the state. The bill, expected to be signed into law by Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, sets aside $400,000 in state funds to kill roughly 500 wolves, leaving just 150 in the entire state....
Posted: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 6:53pm PDT
Groups Head to Court over Controversial Idaho “Ag Gag” Law BOISE — Today, a coalition of organizations dedicated to civil liberties, animal protection, food safety, labor rights, and the environment, along with journalists, filed a federal lawsuit to overturn Idaho’s newly passed “ag gag” statute, signed into law by Idaho governor C.L. “Butch” Otter on February 28. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Idaho’s ag gag law (Idaho Code sec. 18-7042), and was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho by national nonprofits Anim...
Posted: Tue, Mar 18, 2014 8:14pm PDT
New Federal Law Strengthens Crackdown on Animal Fighting George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, and the Humane Society of the United States are raising public awareness of the newly enacted federal animal fighting law that makes it a felony to knowingly bring a child under the age of 16 to an animal fight and a misdemeanor to knowingly attend an animal fight....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2014 1:33pm PDT
Negligence at Colorado lab kills rabbits and denies care to dogs & cats FORT COLLINS, CO – National Research Watchdog Organization SAEN (Stop Animal Exploitation NOW), has filed an Official Complaint against Red Beast Enterprises of Fort Collins for multiple violations of the Animal Welfare Act....
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 5:59pm PDT
Three animals, including a primate, killed at University of Michigan because of negligence ANN ARBOR, MI – Three animals – including a baboon – were killed and other animals were abused at the University of Michigan through negligence, according to reports made by the university to the government in 2013, according to a national watchdog group....
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 5:52pm PDT
Animal Rights 101: Liberating, Not Eliminating, the Nonhuman World The eradication of the nonhuman world hardly registers on the animal rights radar, and it should. The short movie the Meatrix plays upon the idea of going back to the basics, a sort of “Animal Rights 101.” The film shows Leo the pig learning that the bucolic family farm he believed existed was hiding the sickening reality of the factory farm where Leo really lived. When Leo backs out of the illusion the lesson becomes clear: people who care about animals should treat them well, both directly ...
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2014 12:52pm PDT
Virginia Senate Passes Pet Protection Bill A bill to prevent domestic violence survivors from further endangering themselves and their children for the sake of their pets, passed the Virginia Senate on Thursday after five years of ongoing debate....
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2014 12:17pm PST
Negligence at Emory University Leads to Animal Deaths, Violation of Federal Law ATLANTA, GA – Emory University should be fined tens of thousands of dollars because of a series of incidents over the past few years that have killed research subjects through negligence – including the deaths of an infant monkey and other animals, according to documents released on February 27 by a national research watchdog organization....
Posted: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 4:09pm PST
2 Rabbits bleed to death and 2 Monkeys die as Duke botches experiments RALEIGH/DURHAM,NC – Sensitive federal records that reveal two preventable monkey deaths and two preventable rabbit deaths, as well as other injuries to primates at Duke University are being made public by a national research watchdog organization on February 27....
Posted: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 4:06pm PST
More Whales Slaughtered in Whale Sanctuary - Bob Barker under attack for the third time Today, Sunday March 2, at approximately 10:05 AEDT, Sea Shepherd located the factory vessel of the Japanese whaling fleet, the Nisshin Maru, at 74°23’ S, 178°55’ W inside the Ross Sea Dependency, with a dead, protected Minke Whale onboard, and blood running from the side of the ship. Slabs of whale meat were also photographed on the deck, along with the severed head of a recently butchered whale....
Posted: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 1:24am PST
Patterns of Oppression Whenever we the human race set about oppressing another group from within or from outside our own species the justifications we use are not only similar in design but often times exact verbatim. There is a fairly intricate pathology to how we determine the otherness of different groups. Unfortunately, it is far to complex for the scope of this slim essay. However, I would like to highlight a couple prime examples that I have come across in my years as an activist for the liberation of Animals...
Posted: Fri, Feb 28, 2014 11:38am PST
Wake Forest Negligence kills 2 Monkeys; Watchdog Group files Complaint & Calls for Fine WINSTON SALEM, NC – Sensitive federal records that reveal two preventable monkey deaths at Wake Forest University are being made public by a national research watchdog organization on February 26....
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 3:57pm PST
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