‘Rescued’: A short film of the April 18 rescue mission at Ridglan Farms
‘Rescued’: A short film of the April 18 rescue mission at Ridglan Farms
Documentary filmmaker Leighton Woodhouse, was with one group of animal rights activists as they planned and trained for their April 18 rescue operation, and then finally arrived at Ridglan to carry it out. He filmed it all and has produced an exclusive short film that offers an inside look at this very risky yet ultimately wildly successful mission. GLENN GREENWALD: On April 18, hundreds of activists descended upon Ridglan Farms in Wisconsin. Ridglan has long been notorious among animal rights groups for the horrific conditions in which it keeps thousands of beagles, which Ridglan breeds into the world to sell to […]
Sacred Slaughter: When does religious freedom become a licence for cruelty?
Sacred Slaughter: When does religious freedom become a licence for cruelty?
Is animal cruelty still animal cruelty when it is performed in the name of religion? British law, in its current form, answers: not quite. The same act, cutting the throat of a conscious animal, is prohibited when performed without religious sanction and permitted when performed within it. The pain experienced by the animal is, as far as we can tell from available science, identical in both cases. The legal treatment is not. Why? Because a specific statutory arrangement uses religious freedom as a reason to exempt a category of violence. LAWYERS FOR ANIMALS: Joey Carbstrong published a film on YouTube which […]
FREE THEM ALL: Animal rights lawyers file court order to protect remaining Ridglan Farms beagles
FREE THEM ALL: Animal rights lawyers file court order to protect remaining Ridglan Farms beagles
Attorneys from the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) and the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project (AALDP) appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to protect the remaining dogs at infamous beagle experimentation breeder Ridglan Farms. They also moved for an injunction prohibiting Ridglan from killing dogs for medically unnecessary reasons pending resolution of the appeal. Ridglan has killed dogs in the past for non-medically necessary reasons. The company did not respond to requests that it confirm it will not kill dogs that remain at its breeding facility. The lawsuit argues that these violate those dogs’ right to be protected from cruelty […]
