AND JUSTICE FOR NONE: U.K. court finds five Beagle rescuers guilty in animal experimentation case
AND JUSTICE FOR NONE: U.K. court finds five Beagle rescuers guilty in animal experimentation case
The judicial outcome has amplified concerns among animal rights campaigners that the legal system is increasingly hostile to protest-related cases, particularly those challenging powerful industries tied to scientific research and pharmaceuticals. At the same time, the trial has brought unprecedented attention to the continued use of beagles in toxicology testing, a practice many members of the public remain unaware of. Supporters argue that, regardless of the guilty verdicts, the case has already succeeded in exposing hidden practices to scrutiny. UNCHAINED TV: The first vivisection open rescue trial in England has ended with guilty verdicts for five animal rights activists who […]
US AND THEM: Why be surprised when we treat humans like animals?
US AND THEM: Why be surprised when we treat humans like animals?
Many animal rights groups have long pressed companies and agencies to adopt alternatives to animal testing. The agencies say they’re phasing out primate experiments, reducing animal experiments, maybe both. Still, today, monkeys are fastened into restraint chairs. It should be noted that the movement to stop this practice has been active since the nineteenth century, which demonstrates the limits of crafting law and policy. Unless human beings experience a deep-down moral shift — one that understands all living, feeling beings as worthy of respect — this dastardly practice will go on until the last monkey is caught and there are […]
NEVERMORE: No more live animals will be shot in U.S. military ‘trauma training’ drills
NEVERMORE: No more live animals will be shot in U.S. military ‘trauma training’ drills
The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, the annual bill that sets military policy, includes a ban on the use of live animals in live-fire trauma training drills across all military branches. For years, the U.S. military conducted so-called “wound labs,” during which conscious or semiconscious dogs and other animals were suspended from slings and shot with high-powered weapons to inflict injuries for crude medical training drills. The military also cut-off the limbs of live goats with tree trimmers, stabbed live pigs, and pulled out their internal organs. The bill’s passage gives all U.S. military branches their marching orders: No animal […]
