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Animal Rights Activists Jailed in Europe

Critter News

They are members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC). The group had targeted about 40 firms as part of an international conspiracy to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal research laboratory based near Cambridge. Tags: europe activism huntingdon animal rights. From Reuters.

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Greece: Oliver the Husky

Reddit Animals

If you care about animals's rights please share this everywhere! __ ! March 16, 2024: Martha Poultidou, the president of the Panhellenic Group Against Animal Cruelty, is still working on the case and the suspect has been finally got charged for his actions! Only human hands are possible to do such things!

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

10,000 Birds

He didn’t maim or touch the animals, period,” said his lawyer, Myles Breiner, during his not guilty plea. In March, Gutierrez changed his story and agreed to “cooperate with prosecutors,” so his 15 counts of animal cruelty were dropped to one. His sentencing date is July 6. Please write: [link] .

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Are We Much Better than Michael Vick?

Critter News

Is what he did consciously to his pitbulls that much worse than what we do unconsciously to animals every day? Americans systematically exploit and kill animals - sometimes for scientific progress; sometimes for leather jackets, ham sandwiches, or horse-racing. Many (though not all) animal lovers kind of suck too, including myself.

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Study Claims Islamic Slaughtering More Humane

Critter News

I came across this strange article about German research on which slaughter method creates more pain for the animal: the Western method of stunning or the Islamic method of a cut to the neck. According to the researchers, the Islamic method wins. You can read all about the results in the article.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy.

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