‘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 […]
Strategy vs. Principle: Has the Vegan Society changed the principle of ‘veganism’?
Strategy vs. Principle: Has the Vegan Society changed the principle of ‘veganism’?
Academic and cultural commentators have long noted that as movements enter the mainstream, their expression often shifts from abstract principle toward clearer articulation of associated practices, even where the underlying ethical foundation remains unchanged. The modern definition of ‘veganism’ reflects this common pattern: principled positions articulated alongside their practical and societal consequences. We can be flexible in how we each communicate it — but never in what ‘veganism’ is at core. The principle endures, expressed through evolving strategies in a changing world. HELEN LOYD: The terms ‘veganism’ and ‘vegan’ are often discussed today more in reference to the downstream impacts […]
