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Animal Rights

  • Ojai Becomes First US City to Recognize Bodily Rights of an Animal—Elephants
    Ojai Becomes First US City to Recognize Bodily Rights of an Animal—Elephants
    With a “groundbreaking” ordinance, the Ojai City Council—in a 4–1 vote—recognized the legal rights of elephants within the city during a council meeting on Sept. 26. The California city is ...
    September 30, 2023BY Julianne Foster
  • Tory MP’s Bill Proposes Greater Penalties for Animal Rights Protests on Farms
    Tory MP’s Bill Proposes Greater Penalties for Animal Rights Protests on Farms
    A Conservative MP is calling for sterner legislation to discourage overzealous animal rights activists from disrupting vital farm ...
    September 29, 2023BY Doug Lett
  • Animal Rights Protester Charged After Running Onto Epsom Racecourse
    Animal Rights Protester Charged After Running Onto Epsom Racecourse
    An animal rights activist who ran onto the track at the Derby at Epsom on Saturday will appear ...
    June 5, 2023BY Chris Summers
  • Feral Cat Hunting Competition Cancelled After Animal Rights Activists Raise Concerns
    Feral Cat Hunting Competition Cancelled After Animal Rights Activists Raise Concerns
    The addition of a new feral cat category in an annual hunting competition in rural New Zealand has ...
    April 20, 2023BY Rebecca Zhu
  • Canada’s Seal Exports Dip Below $300,000
    Canada’s Seal Exports Dip Below $300,000
    Canada's seal industry, once worth millions annually, brought in only thousands in 2021. "In 2021, we are recording ...
    November 28, 2022BY Tara MacIsaac
  • UK Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Enshrining Animal Feelings in Law
    UK Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Enshrining Animal Feelings in Law
    A UK bill that recognises animal feelings passed its second reading unopposed in Parliament on Tuesday, but not ...
    January 19, 2022BY Lily Zhou
  • NO to ‘Elephant Rights’ and ‘Water Rights’
    NO to ‘Elephant Rights’ and ‘Water Rights’
    The anti-humanists are on the march! Today, I want to discuss subversive advocacy campaigns to expand rights from ...
    August 6, 2021BY Wesley J. Smith
  • Activists Cited for Break-In, Attempted Pig Rescue at Farmer John Plant
    Activists Cited for Break-In, Attempted Pig Rescue at Farmer John Plant
    VERNON, Calif. (CNS)—Seven animal rights activists were cited for trespassing while trying to rescue a pig from the ...
    September 27, 2020BY City News Service
  • Renewed Scrutiny of Race Horse Welfare Centers on Los Alamitos Track
    Renewed Scrutiny of Race Horse Welfare Centers on Los Alamitos Track
    ORANGE, Calif.—Twenty-nine horses have died this year at Los Alamitos Race Course in Orange County, California, triggering a ...
    July 27, 2020BY Chris Karr
  • 90-Pound Puma Rescued From a Zoo Lives the Life of Luxury in a Russian Apartment
    90-Pound Puma Rescued From a Zoo Lives the Life of Luxury in a Russian Apartment
    He's not your usual pet. But Messi, a two-and-a-half-year-old puma, lives like a coddled house cat with married ...
    September 17, 2019BY Louise Chambers
  • ‘World’s Most Important Dog Show’ To Be Held in China Before Annual Dog Eating Festival
    ‘World’s Most Important Dog Show’ To Be Held in China Before Annual Dog Eating Festival
    This year, the World Dog Show, described as "the world's most important dog show", is scheduled to be held in ...
    February 19, 2019BY Elizabeth Li
  • What I Learned About Human Rights, Heart Disease, and the FARC While Making a Film About Palm Oil
    What I Learned About Human Rights, Heart Disease, and the FARC While Making a Film About Palm Oil
    I set out to make a documentary about palm oil, knowing only that forests were being cleared in Indonesia, ...
    October 3, 2016BY Michael Dorgan
  • Saving the Great Being of the Elephant
    Saving the Great Being of the Elephant
    If, as Gandhi said, the mark of a civilization can be measured by how it treats animals, then ...
    September 13, 2016BY Cyril Christo
  • Animal Lawyers Dog the Legal System
    Animal Lawyers Dog the Legal System
    If you've ever tried to put your pet on a diet, you know what's in store: A lot ...
    July 30, 2016BY Will Coggin
  • The Health of Our Food
    The Health of Our Food
    Michael Greger is the director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture for the Humane Society of the United ...
    October 7, 2015BY Shelley B. Blank
  • Mercy for Animals?
    Mercy for Animals?
    Part One: An interview with Matt Rice Director of Investigations Mercy For Animals Animal (noun) an·i·mal ˈa-nə-məl: a ...
    September 22, 2015BY Shelley B. Blank
  • Why Are Some Medical Schools Still Killing Pigs to Train Students?
    Why Are Some Medical Schools Still Killing Pigs to Train Students?
    Do medical students need to kill animals to ensure that they become good doctors?
    August 16, 2015BY Amelia Pang
  • Zimbabwean Government Exports Elephants Despite Protest
    Zimbabwean Government Exports Elephants Despite Protest
    The Zimbabwean government has exported about 20 elephants to China, ignoring a protest by animal rights groups
    July 6, 2015BY The Associated Press
  • New York Judge Backtracks on Decision to Recognize Chimps as Legal Persons
    New York Judge Backtracks on Decision to Recognize Chimps as Legal Persons
    Animal rights activists rejoiced after a New York judge implicitly granted two lab chimps legal personhood, then the ...
    April 22, 2015BY Jonathan Zhou
  • Two Chimps Were Just Granted ‘Human Rights’ by a New York Court
    Two Chimps Were Just Granted ‘Human Rights’ by a New York Court
    Chimps possess a wide-range of human-like qualities that makes them a suitable candidate for personhood—not to mention ideal ...
    April 21, 2015BY Jonathan Zhou
  • What Happens When Ringling Circus Elephants Retire?
    What Happens When Ringling Circus Elephants Retire?
    Do elephants get a 401K and retirement package?
    March 5, 2015BY Jack Phillips
  • Animal Rights Activists Protest Whole Foods for Inhumane Egg Supplier
    Animal Rights Activists Protest Whole Foods for Inhumane Egg Supplier
    “Humane meat is a lie, these animals did not want to die,” a group of animal rights activists ...
    January 18, 2015BY Annie Wu
  • Will US Be Able to Follow Europe in Animal Testing Ban?
    Will US Be Able to Follow Europe in Animal Testing Ban?
    Hoping to build off recent bans in Europe and India, opponents of animal testing for cosmetics plan to ...
    November 15, 2014BY Frederic J. Frommer
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