Animal Rights
Animal Rights Activists Say Baby Polar Bear Should Be Killed
An adorable three-month-old bundle of white fur is the focus of a heated battle of words between zookeepers who are raising him and animal rights activists, who say little Knut should be euthanized instead of being raised by humans.
Animal Rights
Why do you want genetically manipulated transgenic animals anyway, when you can't behave well enough with the existing genetically unmanipulated, non-transgenic creatures of both the four-legged and two-legged variety?
Animal Rights: The Fur Industry Debate
The issue of animal rights is one which elicits strong emotions and lies at the heart of the debate over the ethical treatment of animals and the morality of using animal furs for fashion purposes.
Attacks By Animal Rights Extremists Down By 50%
The number of attacks by extremists on researchers using animals has decreased, according to figures released by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) yesterday.
Animal Rights Protest Puts £375m Aquatic Centre at Risk
Groups object to role of drug companies · Backers say Eden-style site will preserve species
30 Arrested As Raids Target Animal Rights Extremists
Addresses in Greater London, Merseyside, Belgium and the Netherlands among those raided.
Raids Target Animal Rights Extremists
Ongoing operation at 30 addresses across the UK and Europe.
Animal Lovers Win Extra Life for 400 Chinese Cats
China's nascent animal rights movement claimed a rare and bloody victory today after rescuing more than 400 cats that were about to be slaughtered for their fur and meat.
Chinese Animal Rights Victory Takes Cats Off the Menu
China's nascent animal rights movement claimed a rare victory today after rescuing more than 400 cats that were about to be slaughtered for their fur and meat.
Humane Slaughter?
Foie gras (goose liver pate) is produced by force feeding geese for a few weeks before they are killed. Animal rights activists and bleeding hearts are vociferous in taking up the sword of behalf of dumb animals.
My Adventure Presenting Animal Rights Philosophy to the FBI
I was asked by the FBI to lecture law enforcement executives and managers from around the world about animal philosophy, keeping in mind "the mindset and methodologies of terrorists and the government’s response."
The Dogs Left to Die After They 'humiliated' Their Masters
Animal rights campaigners claim Spanish hunters hang, drown and poison 50,000 greyhounds every year.
The Politics of Diet
Arguments on behalf of the Vegetarian ethic, claiming that it is a political question, that all animals deserve rights, and that diet is the primary reform.
UK Activists a Terror Threat, Fbi Says
Environmental extremists and animal rights activists, including the British-based Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, pose one of the most serious terrorism threats to the US, according to the FBI.
The Unknown Danger
The emotional passion of the animal rights movement runs deep, but no animal lover would want two stallions to tear themselves apart and open wide every stall door in the place to make sure we'd know it was on purpose.
Austria Outlaws Battery Chickens
Austria banned battery chicken farming yesterday in an animals rights act which also bars wild animals from circuses, forbids the chaining of dogs, and guarantees cattle at least 90 days unfettered movement a year. All four parties in parliament approved the law unanimously - a highly...
The Rights of Animals
"Animal rights" is a catchphrase akin to "human rights". It involves, however, a few pitfalls. First, animals exist only as a concept.
Taiwan Bans The Selling Of Dog Meat
In mid-December the Taiwan Legislative Yuan passed new rules under Taiwan's Animal Protection Law to ban the selling of dogs and other companion animals as food.
Animal Rights Campaign Cuts Premarin Horse Cruelty By Half
Following the summer release of Last Chance for Animals’ (LCA) investigation that exposed how the hormone replacement drug Premarin is made, the drug’s manufacturer Wyeth Ayerst announced a 50% cut back in production of the drug on October 14.
Our Fellow Creatures
A passionate defense of the rights of animals. It is the notion of our time that non-human animals exist for the advancement of the human species. In whatever field -- cookery, fashion, blood-sports -- it is held that we can only be concerned with animals as far as human interests exist.
German animals given legal rights
Life may be about to change for the average German farmyard creature, zoo animal and household pet after the go-ahead was given yesterday to award animals rights in the constitution alongside those given to human beings.
German Parliament Votes to Give Animals Constitutional Rights
Germany yesterday became the first country in the European Union to grant constitutional rights to its animals. The move was welcomed by vets and animal rights groups, but the scientific research lobby called yesterday "Black Friday". With a vote to insert just three words - "und die...
Suspect is animal rights radical
The man arrested over the murder of Pim Fortuyn is a hardcore animal rights activist who appears to have acted alone, it emerged yesterday.
The number of attacks by extremists on researchers using animals has decreased, according to figures released by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) yesterday.
Animal Rights Protest Puts £375m Aquatic Centre at Risk
Groups object to role of drug companies · Backers say Eden-style site will preserve species
30 Arrested As Raids Target Animal Rights Extremists
Addresses in Greater London, Merseyside, Belgium and the Netherlands among those raided.
Raids Target Animal Rights Extremists
Ongoing operation at 30 addresses across the UK and Europe.
Animal Lovers Win Extra Life for 400 Chinese Cats
China's nascent animal rights movement claimed a rare and bloody victory today after rescuing more than 400 cats that were about to be slaughtered for their fur and meat.
Chinese Animal Rights Victory Takes Cats Off the Menu
China's nascent animal rights movement claimed a rare victory today after rescuing more than 400 cats that were about to be slaughtered for their fur and meat.
Humane Slaughter?
Foie gras (goose liver pate) is produced by force feeding geese for a few weeks before they are killed. Animal rights activists and bleeding hearts are vociferous in taking up the sword of behalf of dumb animals.
My Adventure Presenting Animal Rights Philosophy to the FBI
I was asked by the FBI to lecture law enforcement executives and managers from around the world about animal philosophy, keeping in mind "the mindset and methodologies of terrorists and the government’s response."
The Dogs Left to Die After They 'humiliated' Their Masters
Animal rights campaigners claim Spanish hunters hang, drown and poison 50,000 greyhounds every year.
The Politics of Diet
Arguments on behalf of the Vegetarian ethic, claiming that it is a political question, that all animals deserve rights, and that diet is the primary reform.
UK Activists a Terror Threat, Fbi Says
Environmental extremists and animal rights activists, including the British-based Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, pose one of the most serious terrorism threats to the US, according to the FBI.
The Unknown Danger
The emotional passion of the animal rights movement runs deep, but no animal lover would want two stallions to tear themselves apart and open wide every stall door in the place to make sure we'd know it was on purpose.
Austria Outlaws Battery Chickens
Austria banned battery chicken farming yesterday in an animals rights act which also bars wild animals from circuses, forbids the chaining of dogs, and guarantees cattle at least 90 days unfettered movement a year. All four parties in parliament approved the law unanimously - a highly...
The Rights of Animals
"Animal rights" is a catchphrase akin to "human rights". It involves, however, a few pitfalls. First, animals exist only as a concept.
Taiwan Bans The Selling Of Dog Meat
In mid-December the Taiwan Legislative Yuan passed new rules under Taiwan's Animal Protection Law to ban the selling of dogs and other companion animals as food.
Animal Rights Campaign Cuts Premarin Horse Cruelty By Half
Following the summer release of Last Chance for Animals’ (LCA) investigation that exposed how the hormone replacement drug Premarin is made, the drug’s manufacturer Wyeth Ayerst announced a 50% cut back in production of the drug on October 14.
Our Fellow Creatures
A passionate defense of the rights of animals. It is the notion of our time that non-human animals exist for the advancement of the human species. In whatever field -- cookery, fashion, blood-sports -- it is held that we can only be concerned with animals as far as human interests exist.
German animals given legal rights
Life may be about to change for the average German farmyard creature, zoo animal and household pet after the go-ahead was given yesterday to award animals rights in the constitution alongside those given to human beings.
German Parliament Votes to Give Animals Constitutional Rights
Germany yesterday became the first country in the European Union to grant constitutional rights to its animals. The move was welcomed by vets and animal rights groups, but the scientific research lobby called yesterday "Black Friday". With a vote to insert just three words - "und die...
Suspect is animal rights radical
The man arrested over the murder of Pim Fortuyn is a hardcore animal rights activist who appears to have acted alone, it emerged yesterday.