Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2008

California recently passed a law protecting animal researchers from animal activists. The communiqués read, in part: We were inspired by the recent passage of the 2296 bill and the raid of an anarchist infoshop in Oakland. These animals are denied movement and cut open for his insane, unscientific studies.

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Research Animal Liberation Oakland 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2014

Researchers studying the Fork-tailed Drongo (like the one above spotted by Redgannet) found that these birds essentially “cry wolf” to steal the food of others. Animal and bird rehabbers are awesome people, but even they suffer the occasional bad apple— in this case, really bad. Not a fan, however: some inmates on Death Row in Ohio.

New York Times 187

New York Times New York Oakland Geese 187

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2010

Jeremy Russell Director of Communications and Government Relations National Meat Association Oakland, Calif., 11, 2010 To the Editor: I’ve been involved in beef safety research since college, and I don’t recognize the industry you’ve depicted in recent articles. 11, 2010

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Industry Oakland 40