Police illegally blocking animal rights activists from protesting restaurant serving foie gras
Police illegally blocking animal rights activists from protesting restaurant serving foie gras
In a letter to the city and restaurant owners, attorneys representing the protesters, say the city used “contrived, specious legal theories” to retaliate against Duck Alliance AZ’s “peaceful protests.” The letter outlines a cycle of officers claiming a problem, protesters responding with a remedy and then officers returning with a new problem. The attorneys also say the city coordinated with and favored the restaurant owners, selectively enforcing rules when the restaurant complained, but ignoring complaints filed by protesters when they said they faced harassment. AZ CENTRAL: A pair of animal rights activists say police officers are illegally blocking them from […]
‘Lab Dog’: A heart-warming tale of hope for lucky rescued lab dogs
‘Lab Dog’: A heart-warming tale of hope for lucky rescued lab dogs
The new book ‘Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research’, is journalist Melanie Kaplan’s heartfelt story of her tender relationship with one rescued ‘lab dog,’ Hammy. In it, Melanie Kaplan exposes the hidden world of beagle breeding and research. She also reaches out to those who have opened their homes and hearts to these dogs and offered them the justice and forever homes and lives they truly deserve. ‘Lab Dog’ is an eye-opening and deeply personal book, for anyone to read, whether or not you live with a former lab dog. PSYCHOLOGY TODAY: […]
Daniel Andreas San Diego: Will jailed FBI’s Most Wanted animal rights activist be returned to the US?
Daniel Andreas San Diego: Will jailed FBI’s Most Wanted animal rights activist be returned to the US?
Animal rights activist Daniel Andreas San Diego is fighting U.K. extradition to the United States on federal charges for three political bombings as a member of the Animal Liberation Brigade, which injured no one. The attacks were carried out twenty-two years ago in opposition to animal testing by Huntington Life Sciences. If extradited and convicted in the US, he could face 90 years behind bars, a potential life sentence. THE GUARDIAN: Twenty-two years ago, a dark-haired, bespectacled young man vanished off the streets of San Francisco. Daniel Andreas San Diego, a 25-year-old information technology specialist, die-hard vegan and animal rights […]
