INVESTIGATION: Tiny kittens tortured in NIH-funded University of Florida lab
INVESTIGATION: Tiny kittens tortured in NIH-funded University of Florida lab
RFK Jr. and the NIH can’t pretend to be ‘working tirelessly’ to phase out pet testing while doling out nearly $150 million in new funding for barbaric cat and dog experiments worldwide since taking office last year. White Coat Waste Project uncovered a University of Florida (UF) lab approved to abuse up to 119 cats and kittens in a breeding operation where the animals are intentionally bred with a fatal neurodegenerative disease. These disturbing tests are bankrolled by $2,639,706 in active NIH funding that is supposed to run through November 2026. This project inflicts suffering on cats intentionally bred with Niemann-Pick […]
Bearing Witness: On animal suffering, institutional violence, and moral blindness
Bearing Witness: On animal suffering, institutional violence, and moral blindness
A complex set of psychological factors prevents us from recognising our complicity in the sheer brutality embedded in the everyday treatment of animals. Those who seek to deny animal suffering literally avoid looking, resisting the demand – both emotional and moral – imposed by the reality of animals’ lives. The living subject, as well as her killing, blood, and suffering, is starkly absent from most people’s view, from their consciousness and consequently, their moral considerations. To see what happens to animals, and to engage emotionally with their plight, would potentially lead to widespread opposition to practices that render animals disposable. REBEKAH. HUMPHREYS: […]
‘GOAL 2040’: Animal liberation in one generation, revisited
‘GOAL 2040’: Animal liberation in one generation, revisited
Ten years ago, organizers at the grassroots animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) challenged our movement to think bigger: to achieve our greatest dream, animal liberation, in a single generation. We predicted that it would happen by 2055. The victory at Ridglan Farms this week shows we’re making progress that’s even faster and achieve animal liberation by 2040. WAYNE HSIUNG: Ten years ago, I and other organizers at the grassroots animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) challenged our movement to think bigger: to achieve our greatest dream, animal liberation, in a single generation. We predicted that it would happen […]
