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 […]
‘Bodies of Research’: This haunting short film reimagines animal testing
‘Bodies of Research’: This haunting short film reimagines animal testing
In the new bone-chilling short film, ‘Bodies of Research’, disorienting flashes of suffering unfold behind plastic curtains and sterile walls as haunting music underscores every moment of fear and confusion. Prisoners thrash against the cage doors. They’re strapped to metal tables, injected with chemicals, and forced through terrifying ‘experiments’ beneath harsh fluorescent lights. PETA: Created by French filmmakers Favio Vinson and Andres Gomez Orellana, Bodies of Research flips the script on animal experimentation by forcing viewers to confront a question: What if humans were the ones trapped inside laboratories? If the footage makes your stomach turn, consider that this horror […]
