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Hours Before Beginning 4-Year Jail Sentence, Animal Rights Activist Jonathan Paul in First Interview Since Arrest Wednesday, October 31, 2007 :
One of the best-known animal rights activists in the Pacific Northwest is heading to prison today to begin a 51-month sentence. Jonathan Paul was arrested almost two years ago as part of the so-called Green Scare when federal agents detained 10 activists connected to the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front. His sister Catherine Paul recently summarized his activism like this: “He crept into animal laboratories to free dogs. He dismantled co...
Posted: Wed, Oct 31, 2007 8:06am PDT
Sled dogs living on 18-inch chains are killed by wolves in Alaska In Alaska, sled dogs living on 18-inch chains are killed by wolves. The Alaska State Trooper said the dogs were " easy treats for them."...
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2007 1:26pm PDT
Anti-vivisection demonstrations arrested! TELL UCPD TO DROP CHARGES! 18 anti-vivisection demonstrators arrested on bogus charges...
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 1:28pm PDT
Body Shop Founder & Environmental Campaigner Anita Roddick 1942-2007 Monday, October 22, 2007 :
A memorial will be held in London on Tuesday to remember the life of Dame Anita Roddick, the environmental campaigner and pioneer in cruelty-free beauty projects. We air a 2001 interview she did with Canadian filmmaker Mark Achbar during production of the documentary "The Corporation." Also, imprisoned Black Panther activist Herman Wallace remembers Anita Roddick work to help free the Angola 3....
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 7:58am PDT
PETA demo in clothing-optional town ... Brattleboro, Vermont .......
Posted: Mon, Oct 15, 2007 7:45pm PDT
British livestock hit by bluetongue disease Friday, October 12, 2007 :British government veterinary officers declared September 28 an outbreak of the animal disease bluetongue. This was the first occurrence of the viral disease in Britain. Carried by midges, the virus affects sheep, cattle, goats and other ruminants. Symptoms of the disease include fever, high temperature and swelling of the head and neck....
Posted: Fri, Oct 12, 2007 8:00am PDT
Beagle Puppies need homes ASAP 40 Beagle puppies are about to be put to sleep by an animal testing facility if homes are not found for them. Please help....
Posted: Fri, Oct 5, 2007 6:58pm PDT
Activists want to ban cages, crates Animal rights group gathering signatures for ballot initiative...
Posted: Fri, Oct 5, 2007 3:12pm PDT
Democracy never tasted so sweet in the Golden State Last night, the Ballot Initiative Campaign Rally kicked off in San
Francisco with a strong show of support from Bay Area residents. Over
140 local animal advocates packed the halls of the SF/SPCA to learn more
about the benchmark drive to protect millions of animals in California
agriculture....
Posted: Wed, Oct 3, 2007 10:32am PDT
10/16; Global Day of Action Against McDonalds! This upcoming 10/16/07 will be an International Day of Action against the McDonalds corporation, an entity responsible for factory farming cruelty and pollution, rainforest clearcutting, worker abuse and increasing heart disease by serving cholesterol saturated burgers to the consumers and calling it nutritious food! Show your resistance to this fast food megacorporation at a McDonalds store near you!...
Posted: Tue, Oct 2, 2007 2:22pm PDT
Bush's cowboybootmaker uses endangered sea turtles GUANAJUATO, Mexico (AP) -- A bootmaker to world leaders, including President Bush and Vicente Fox, is in a Colorado jail, charged with money laundering and conspiring to illegally smuggle the skins of protected animals into the United States to provide exotic footwear for high-end clients....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 2:22pm PDT
Consumers demand animal welfare, experts say Washington D.C. — "I get all the hate mail," Dennis Treacy, VP of environmental and corporate affairs for Smithfield Foods, said after introducing himself Thursday at USDA's Food Animal Agriculture in 2020 Symposium....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 10:46am PDT
Protesters Decry Animal Testing Tuesday, September 18, 2007 : Approximately 20 protesters picketed outside a UC Berkeley neuroscience conference held in Downtown Berkeley yesterday, claiming that campus scientists are using inhumane practices when testing on animals in their research....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:40am PDT
Closing Arguments in Coronado Free Speech Trial on 9/17/07 Attorney Tony Serra for the defense and the government’s attorney will present closing arguments in activist Rod Coronado’s First Amendment trial at 9 a.m. Monday morning in room 16, 5th floor of the Federal District Court, 940 Front St., San Diego, California....
Posted: Mon, Sep 17, 2007 1:22pm PDT
Anti-Vivisection Protest Monday in Berkeley! Come out and protest the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute's 10th Anniversary at Berkeley Club Ballroom at 2315 Durant Ave. in Downtown Berkeley....
Posted: Sun, Sep 16, 2007 1:02pm PDT
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