Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

This is a long article from the Gainesville Sun. She's accusing him of being a "monkey mutilator" and plans protests with other animal-rights activists at the UF football game today and at the researcher's neighborhood in the coming weeks. Tags: university of florida animal research activism primates.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Next time, though, I might want to hook up with an animal rights group to protest. Anyway, here is an article that describes the practice and provides some background on the Portuguese-Americans in California. Tags: portuguese-americans california bullfighting. They are just stupid and really have nothing to do with religion.

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Critter News

AUGUST 24, 2009

The article continues. Tags: ethics animal rights medical research. [Maria's] strong opinions have made her somewhat of an outcast, even among old friends: "Some of them think that I'm totally insane, and then there is people at work, some of them understand to a degree, but some of them think that I'm the craziest thing they ever met."

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Critter News

APRIL 4, 2009

This is an excellent article that appeared in the Boston Globe last week. Plus, animals are messy, require feeding and constant care, draw protests, and, yes, can be a bit smelly. Tags: animal experimentation medical research. They're not necessarily questioning the ethics, but the efficacy. This is an important issue.

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Animal Person

MARCH 31, 2009

The inaugural winner would be John Carbonaro, who found an article called " Slaughterhouse in Buffalo Wins Zoning Approval." Felicia Horton inquires/protests: "If they're cutting up [animals], are you going to want to come up front an eat some meat?" Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Animal Person

MAY 11, 2009

Both, of course, were seen as victories, but the article's author, Richard Foot, asks: Do such successes mean the animal rights movement is winning its long, controversial campaigns to gain the same legal protections for animals as those ascribed to humans? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

If you can get through the article's pernicious nonsense, there are some salient points, albeit the result of confusion on the part of the author. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Why do you suppose that is? Like I said, the entire animal rights "ethic" is both cynical and dishonest. Happy Mother's Day!

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