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Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Geary Street and Stockton Street...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 26, 2015 11:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 2, 2015 2:54pm PDT
SAN FRANCISCO – The national nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in support of regulatory changes necessary for preventing suffering and ensuring the psychological wellbeing of primates used for research. The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) exists in part to “insure…humane care and treatment” of animals used by dealers, exhibitors and research facilities. 7 U.S.C. § 2131. Unfortunately, the AWA regulations pertaining to the psych...
Posted: Tue, Sep 1, 2015 1:46pm PDT
If animal liberation is to succeed, the movement must address the concerns of oppressed humans as well as non-humans. Human oppression cannot be co-opted or ignored, and it certainly cannot be pushed aside within a movement that is supposed to be based on compassion and care for all animals....
Posted: Thu, Aug 20, 2015 4:50pm PDT
Washington, DC—The US Department of Agriculture’s case against Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (SCBT), one of the world’s largest research antibody suppliers, is scheduled to be heard by an administrative law judge beginning Tuesday, August 18. The USDA case against SCBT is unprecedented: it is the first time that three separate complaints for willful violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) have been filed and are pending against a research laboratory....
Posted: Thu, Aug 20, 2015 1:19am PDT
International Animal Protection Group Convinces Harris Teeter Chain
to Stop Carrying Rabbit Meat from Slaughterhouse
Caught Brutalizing Rabbits in Undercover Video
http://rabbitcruelty.com/ (2:51)...
Posted: Tue, Aug 18, 2015 1:04pm PDT
On Tuesday August 11th 2015 People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA struck again in downtown San Francisco at a store called Hermès....
Posted: Wed, Aug 12, 2015 5:52pm PDT
The Long Haul Infoshop
3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, California 94705...
Event Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2015 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Aug 10, 2015 10:59pm PDT
Minneapolis, MN. — On August 5, the national nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a complaint with the Minnesota Board of Dentistry seeking investigation of Walter James Palmer, the dentist who admitted to torturing and killing Cecil the lion. By killing Cecil Palmer may have violated Minnesota’s standards of professional conduct, which prohibits “gross immorality” and other unprofessional conduct....
Posted: Mon, Aug 10, 2015 5:27pm PDT
Hermès, 125 Grant Ave., San Francisco...
Event Date: Tue, Aug 11, 2015 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Aug 10, 2015 5:11pm PDT
Oakland Federal Courthouse
1301 Clay Street
Floor 3, Court room 3
Judge Ryu...
Event Date: Thu, Aug 13, 2015 9:30am PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 7, 2015 9:36pm PDT
Support fund for Nicole and Joseph, arrested last month in Oakland and charged with Animal Enterprise Terrorism...
Posted: Tue, Aug 4, 2015 11:57pm PDT
Washington, DC —In light of the tragic illegal killing of Cecil the lion by an American dentist, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the swift response by Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), and Edward Markey (D-MA) to tighten up the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by extending protection to additional imperiled species....
Posted: Tue, Aug 4, 2015 3:58pm PDT
BOISE — Idaho’s Ag-Gag law is unconstitutional, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho ruled on August 3. In a landmark victory for a broad-based public interest coalition of national nonprofits, including the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Idaho, and Center for Food Safety (CFS), the court held that the Ag-Gag law, Idaho Code sec. 18-7042, violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment...
Posted: Tue, Aug 4, 2015 10:48am PDT
SAN FRANCISCO— Evidence of a wolf in Siskiyou County was reported on August 3 by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Following up on citizen sightings of a lone, dark-colored canid, agency staff obtained photographic images from a trail camera and spotted fresh tracks, indications that California is now home to its second wolf in nearly a century. The wolf, which may be roaming in Siskiyou County, is not wearing a radio-collar, so its movements will be detectable only by trail cam...
Posted: Tue, Aug 4, 2015 10:42am PDT
A U.S. District Court has struck down Idaho’s “ag-gag” law as an unconstitutional attempt by the agriculture industry to silence journalists, animal advocates, and whistleblowers who expose cruel farming practices....
Posted: Mon, Aug 3, 2015 5:25pm PDT
Politicians more than ever before are taking into account the mass numbers of animal issues voters...
Posted: Mon, Aug 3, 2015 4:46pm PDT
Bluelight Cinemas 21275 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino...
Event Date: Sun, Aug 23, 2015 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Aug 3, 2015 9:26am PDT
300 More Animals Liberated in Addition to Previous 8600...
Posted: Mon, Aug 3, 2015 7:57am PDT
It's time for Africa and the world to ban trophy hunting....
Posted: Thu, Jul 30, 2015 3:07pm PDT
Two animal rights activists from Oakland are now facing up to 10 years in federal prison for vandalizing fur businesses and releasing captive mink. Their charge? “Conspiracy to Violate the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act”. We host a debate on that law, and how it’s being used....
Posted: Wed, Jul 29, 2015 10:50pm PDT






