Animal rights activists denounced San Bernardino County's central animal shelter in Devore at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, pleading with the board to allow volunteers to assist at the shelter to improve conditions there. They complained of high euthanasia rates, cramped and uncomfortable quarters and a lack of capacity at the shelter, which opened in the 1980s with about 50 kennels and has since expanded to about 90.
The "blood" on the "mouse" in the cage outside 300 George St. on Tuesday was actually red face paint, and her ears and nose were part of the costume worn in protest against animal testing. Chelsea Rhodes, a member of the Yale Affiliated Animal Rights Network and the senior administrative assistant for the Sociology Department at Yale University, said the protest was planned for World Week for Animals in Laboratories, which began April 20.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Citing its policy on the use of animals in research, testing and education, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) today condemned the recent actions of animal rights activists who have targeted a University of California research neuroscientist. The scientist's work includes the use of nonhuman primates to research biochemical factors that contribute to methamphetamine and tobacco addiction in adolescents, as well as to better understand cognitive problems that contribute to behavioral, speech and reasoning disabilities in schizophrenics. That policy reads, in part, "The AVMA recognizes that animals play a central and essential role in research, testing and education for continued improvement in the health and welfar...
Chanting "Stop the killing," and "Save the cats," a group of animal rights supporters rallied in Monessen yesterday to get the city to stop trapping stray felines. About 35 people participated in the rally organized by the Coalition for a Humane Monessen to get council to consider alternatives to combat the city's feral cat problem.
By Deirdre Fernandes The Virginian-Pilot
The need to eradicate the pigs has been clear for a long period of time," says Kate Faulkner, chief of natural resources at the national park. Ranchers first brought pigs to the island in the mid-1800s. Ever since, their rooting has eroded the soil, destroyed endemic plants, and damaged archaeological sites. Feral piglets have also indirectly reduced the endangered Santa Cruz Island fox population, Faulkner says, by attracting golden eagles, which prey on both species.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - An organization associated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison is considering spending $1 million to purchase buildings next to the school's primate research center that animal rights activists want for a museum to protest the work going on next door. The animal rights groups had an agreement to buy the land - assessed at $150,000 - for $675,000.
TRENTON Three animal-rights activists convicted of using their Web site to incite threats and harassment against a company that tests products on animals received prison sentences ranging from four to six years Tuesday. They were also ordered to pay a total of $1 million in restitution to the company and people they terrorized. All three said they planned to appeal their convictions and requested they receive vegan meals while in prison.
By Eliza Hallabeck Special to the Register The "blood" on the "mouse" in the cage outside 300 George St. on Tuesday was actually red face paint, and her ears and nose were part of the costume worn in protest against animal testing.
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