WAR ON ‘TERROR’: Why did the successful Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign fall apart?
WAR ON ‘TERROR’: Why did the successful Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign fall apart?
NOVARA MEDIA: For many people, the name ‘Huntingdon Life Sciences’ will live forever in infamy… In the ’00s, animal rights protestors nearly won their battle to ban vivisection in the UK, shutting down multiple breeding farms that were supplying laboratories with cats, dogs and guinea pigs. But at the last moment, the government made a dramatic U-turn, blocking the attempt to shut down Huntingdon Life Sciences and throwing activists in jail. How did this winning campaign fall apart? Why was the ‘war on terror’ a crucial turning point?… ‘Your Neighbour Kills Puppies‘ tells the complete inside story of this remarkable […]
‘Dog On Trial’: Film about animal-human relationships are put to the test at Cannes Festival
‘Dog On Trial’: Film about animal-human relationships are put to the test at Cannes Festival
SHANNON L. BOWEN: A dog is not the same as a table, right? Wrong, at least in the eyes of the law. Traditionally, judicial systems around the world have recognized two kinds of entities – persons and things – and regarded animals as things. Man’s best friend is no exception. That’s true nearly everywhere, including in Switzerland, which serves as the setting for Dog on Trial (Le Procès du Chien), the directorial debut from Swiss-French actress and writer Laetitia Dosch… Premiering in Un Certain Regard, Dog is a bittersweet comedy about a spirited young female attorney, Avril, and her client, […]
Vegans and ‘Green-Collared Criminals’: The Depoliticization of animal advocacy in public discourse
Vegans and ‘Green-Collared Criminals’: The Depoliticization of animal advocacy in public discourse
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: Despite the pervasive public interest in animal welfare, the framing of animal rights activism in the media has largely contributed to its depoliticization, argues a paper in Polity. “Vegans and “Green-Collared Criminals,'” by Serrin Rutledge-Prior, presents the reaction to a day of animal rights protests in cities and towns around Australia in 2019, and ultimately concludes that the public narratives about the activists delegitimized their endeavors. On the first anniversary of the release of the documentary film Dominion, which presented covertly obtained footage of Australian slaughterhouses, protesters engaged in a series of animal rights actions, including a […]
