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 […]
‘Cow Trip’: New documentary of a baby cow saved from slaughter
‘Cow Trip’: New documentary of a baby cow saved from slaughter
Mickey the baby cow was given weeks to live – until this farmer’s girlfriend decided to save him. Nothing went as planned when a freshly-retired doctor and his filmmaker daughter set out to drive Mickey 600 miles to his new home. “Cow Trip” is a funny, heartfelt story about the people who will do anything to give one calf a real home. JOANNA ZELMAN: A calf in Vermont hits the lottery when a farmer decides to save him. But someone has to drive the baby cow 600 miles to his new home. A freshly retired doctor and his filmmaker daughter […]
