JOIN US: ‘If the government won’t rescue the Ridglan Dogs, we will’, says Wayne Hsiung
JOIN US: ‘If the government won’t rescue the Ridglan Dogs, we will’, says Wayne Hsiung
In 2017, six people made a choice. They walked into Ridglan Farms, even as alarms went off and security trucks came roaring up the driveway, and took Julie out of her cage. Right now, there is a dog trapped in a cage and days from a horrific death. The question that remains is what the people will do. The only way for us to save the dogs is for citizens to head to Wisconsin and just start rescuing them ourselves. If enough ordinary people step-up to join the rescue effort, we can get every dog out of Ridglan into a […]
‘Banned in Britain’: U.K. Parliament bans peaceful protest at animal-testing centers
‘Banned in Britain’: U.K. Parliament bans peaceful protest at animal-testing centers
In a change to the law, the U.K. Parliament has amended the ‘Public Order Act’ to categorize animal-testing facilities, including universities and laboratories, as ‘key infrastructure’, alongside airports, power stations and motorways. Police will have stronger powers to stop protests. Anyone breaching the new ban may now face prison or an unlimited fine. This means ‘Camp Beagle’ demonstrators holding up placards outside a center near Huntingdon that breeds dogs for laboratory testing could be prosecuted. THE INDEPENDENT: Campaigners are accusing the British government of a draconian crackdown by taking away the fundamental right to protest peacefully after it made non-violent […]
Puppy Justice: Not-guilty verdict for rescuers in landmark legal case
Puppy Justice: Not-guilty verdict for rescuers in landmark legal case
The acquittal is being hailed as a major victory for animal rights, not only because it frees the defendants, but because it sends a powerful signal: juries are increasingly willing to scrutinize the moral and ethical dimensions of laws that criminalize compassion while protecting institutional cruelty. UNCHAINED-TV: In a stunning and historic development for the global animal rights movement, the defendants in the second Animal Rising beagle rescue trial in Cambridgeshire, England, have been found NOT GUILTY. The verdict marks a dramatic reversal from the first trial connected to the same campaign, where a separate group of activists were convicted […]
