Kansas State Students to Stop Throwing Chickens During Basketball Games (Seriously)
Apparently it is common for students at Kansas State to sneak live chickens into the auditorium when their team plays rival Kansas, whose mascot is the Jayhawk. The student(s) then throw the chicken out onto the floor as a way of mocking the Jayhaw mascot. Yeah, it didn’t make any sense to me either. People [...]
Three SHAC UK Animal Rights Extremists Jailed
Three UK animal rights extremists received jail sentences ranging from 15 months to four years their part in an illegal campaign against companies that had business relationships with Huntingdon Life Sciences. Mark Taylor, 39; wife Suzanne, 35; and Teresa Portwine, 48, were the first to be charged under new UK laws designed to make it [...]
The American College of Surgeon's View of Animal Research
In a letter to the editor of the Tribune & Georgian, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine’s Aysha Akhtar responds to a previous letter published in that newspaper attacking PCRM. Akhtar discusses the current state of animal use in medical schools and writes, The America [sic] College of Surgeons no longer uses live animals in its [...]
More Animal Dissections in Schools than Ever?
Washington Post writer Valerie Strauss has an interesting look at the current state of animal dissection in American schools. Among other things, the article suggests that animal dissections are more common now than ever, in part due to the popularity of animal dissection at lower grade levels. The article claims that, Across the country, more [...]
Berosini Loses Final Appeal In Long-running Fight Against PETA
The Associated Press reported today that Bobby Berosini lost his final appeal in this long-running battle with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. According to the Associated Press, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling requiring Berosini to pay $250,000 in legal fees that PETA incurred in lawsuits related [...]
HSUS Activists Reportedly Not Happy at Being Caught on Film
Pro-seal hunt filmmaker Raoul Jomphe claims that representatives with the Humane Society of the United States were displeased that the caught them on film ignoring the suffering of a seal that the animal rights activists were using as a prop for a fund raising video. According to the Ottawa Citizen, In the documentary . . [...]
Another PETA Staffer With a Name Change Gimmick
Nineteen-year old People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals staffer Chris Garnett garnered a bit of press at the end of 2005 by legally changing his name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.Com. This is, of course, simply a copy of an earlier stunt when Karin Robinson supposedly changed her name to GoVegan.Com. Of course, she only used it [...]
Newkirk: We Oppose All Violence Against Civilians, But Fashion Designers Are Fair Game
Ingrid Newkirk, of all people, gave a speech at a conference addressing violent conflict in the Middle East at which she said, . . . we call all attacks on civilians, whether against Palestinians in Jenin or Israelis in Tel Aviv, what they are: War crimes. If we want an end to violence, it means [...]
Friends of Animals vs. The New York Theosophical Society
Friends of Animals sent out a press release on January 3 complaining about an a couple of events to be held at the New York Theosophical Society in January. According to the press release, the first event on Jan. 5 would feature the New York Companion Bird Club and a raffle of prizes from Grey [...]
Karen Davis Reviews Book on Chicken Slaughter Houses
United Poultry Concerns’ Karen Davis recently posted her review of Steve Striffler’s, Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America’s Favorite Food to AR-NEWS. Striffler’s book is published by Yale University Press and is an account of time he spent working at a slaughterhouse to research his book. Davis is unhappy that Striffler focuses so much on [...]
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