Questionnaire on Animal Research
The new Understanding Animal Research, recently formed from the merger of two UK organisations, Research Defence Society and Coalition for Medical Progress, has a new quiz.
Category Archives: Animal Rights
He Got Six Months for Assaulting Hunt Monitor
Remember the Devon huntsman, Christopher Marles, who was convicted of deliberately assaulting, Helen Weeks, an animal rights activist? He got six months. Exeter Crown Court Recorder Ros Collins told him he had acted like an “arrogant, cowardly, drunken lout” when … Continue reading
More on the Hunting Gyrocopter Tragedy
The man charged with the murder of Warwickshire hunt supporter Trevor Morse is 54-year-old anti-hunt campaigner Bryan Griffiths of Bedworth. He appeared before Nuneaton magistrates on Thursday accused of killing Mr Morse at Long Marston Airfield near Stratford on March … Continue reading
ASI Diary on Scientific Research or Propaganda
Check out my post, Objective Scientific Research or Subjective Scientific Propaganda?, at the Diary of the Animals and Society Institute. The study assessed 21 books, including Henry Salt’s Animal Rights, Ruth Harrison’s Animal Machines, Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation and Mary … Continue reading
EU Bans Animal Testing for Cosmetics
The Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC) and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE), the animal protection organizations who administer the Leaping Bunny Program in the United States (U.S.), Canada, and Europe, join together to celebrate the … Continue reading
Hunting Gyrocopter Update
Trevor Morse, 48, broke off from following the Warwickshire hunt on Monday morning to drive to an airfield where two alleged anti-hunt protesters who had been following and monitoring them were re-fuelling. It is believed he wanted to challenge them … Continue reading
