61 International Animal Rights Stories
Transmitter | 11.01.2012 19:35 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Health | South Coast | World
call to end Irish horseracing, 7 Israeli universities want El Al to transfer primates
for research, rabbits, horses, cows burned alive, donkeys of Afghanistan, hunting in Australia, rhinos of S Africa, etc
for research, rabbits, horses, cows burned alive, donkeys of Afghanistan, hunting in Australia, rhinos of S Africa, etc
Afghanistan: Whether it is freedom fighters or NATO black ops,
donkeys blown apart by brutal would be Bonapartes
http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/19/bomb-strapped-to-donkey-kills-afghan-boy/ *
Australia: Controversy over Victoria duck hunting season
http://groups.google.com/group/ar-news/browse_thread/thread/b07320c723f2a11a# *
Australia, Japan:[/b]
Australian antiwhaling activists being held on Japanese ship
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2012/01/07/australian-activists-being-held-on-japanese-whaling-ship/ *
Canada: Deforesting Toronto Star softpedals Air Canada's brutal transportation
of primates to labs.
http://www.thestar.com/article/1113659--air-canada-hopes-to-ban-transportation-of-monkeys-for-laboratory-use *
Canada: Windsor Star headline trivializes opposition to store sale of
frogs encased in spheres
http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Animal+rights+activists+hopping+over+kits/5961010/story.html China: Opposition to bear farm torture for bile grows
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/09/china-bear-bile-farming-animal-rights *
China: police think poisoned cat meat killed tycoon
http://news.yahoo.com/police-think-poisoned-cat-meat-killed-china-tycoon-040529940.html;_ylc=X3oDMTNsZDYyODFwBF9TAzg0ODk2NDMyBGFjdANtYWlsX2NiBGN0A2EEaW50bAN1cwRsYW5nA2VuLVVTBHBrZwNkYjNmNGE3My02Y2YyLTNmZTgtOWE1Yy03NjNlODNjNThlMzkEc2VjA21pdF9zaGFyZQRzbGsDbWFpbAR0ZXN0Aw--;_ylv=3 *
Finland: Green presidential candidate criticized re factory farm and slaughterhouse
videotaping
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Animal+rights+activists+demand+apology+from+Green+presidential+candidate/1135270160814 *
India: Tiger killer sentenced to 7 years
http://indianwildlifenews.blogspot.com/2011/07/poacher-gets-hunted-at-last-sariska.html *
Indonesia: Wildlife crimes unit
http://www.wcs.org/conservation-challenges/natural-resource-use/hunting-and-wildlife-trade/indonesias-wildlife-crimes-unit.aspx *
Ireland: call for horse racing ban
http://bikyamasr.com/53280/animal-rights-activists-call-for-irish-horse-racing-ban/ 5 more racehorses have died recently.
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Ireland: Irish Times has misleading headline as farmers destroy battery hens
who have waiting good homes
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1230/1224309632394.html *
Israel: 7 universities sue El Al in an attempt to facilitate their primate torture.The universities are the Bar Ilan University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University, the University of Haifa, and the Weizmann Institute of Science.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000712653 *
Italy: Rabbits liberated from nativity scene
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9000904/Rabbits-liberated-from-Italian-nativity-scene.html *
Japan and US: Japanese owned animal torture lab protested in Everett Washington
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Animal-rights-activists-protest-Everett-biomedical-company-136981868.html Japan: petition re Japanese factory farms (In Japanese)
http://www.all-creatures.org/ha/helpcow/index.html Kenya: Military threaten to bomb donkeys.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/05/article-2057879-0EAC436000000578-915_468x286.jpg 
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/05/article-2057879-0EAC436000000578-915_468x286.jpg[/img] 
For millenia donkeys and horses have been enslaved, beaten, and bombed as
human inhumanity to other humans has fallout to animals and the earth.
Malaysia: students organize to stop animal abuse
http://www.nst.com.my/streets/northern/students-campaign-against-animal-abuse-1.28905 *
Mexico: animal rights workers protest pet stores
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=458991&CategoryId=14091 *
[b]Norway: Tens of thousands of dead herring wash ashore
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/03/dead-herring-in-norway_n_1181005.html [img]
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/453713/thumbs/r-DEAD-HERRING-NORWAY-large570.jpg[/img] 
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Senegal: Shark fin fishermen decimating population.
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Fisherman+gold+Shark+hunt+empties+west+African+seas/5969228/story.html *
South Africa: anger over Natal official selling rhino slaughter permit
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=161950 *
Sri Lanka: Activists oppose those who suggest mass murder of stray dogs
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/Jan07_1325956439CH.php US: Denver, Pennsylvania: Covance Corporation boils rabbit alive
http://www.all-creatures.org/saen/press-20111128.html http://www.all-creatures.org/saen US: "Prolife" candidate Santorum hunts, promotes wars and executions
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http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/111226-santorum-hmed-5p.photoblog500.jpg[/img] 
US: A fraction of Romney's animal torture infractions
http://www.dailypaul.com/166187/canines-against-romney-and-romneys-other-animal-abuse-issues Not mentioned in the article are Romney's work to keep brutal rodeos in Salt Lake City
Olympics, his purchase of vivisection companies by Bain Capital which is also
heavily invested in other ways in animal torture.
]US: DC: Antihealth department rodentophobes with help of deforesting warmongering
Washington Post use innocent mammals as excuse
to crack down on Occupy movement[/b] Rats and mice: the world's most tortured mammals
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-buzz/post/the-push-for-statehood-rats-occupy-dc--dmvreads/2012/01/10/gIQA0A8QoP_blog.html This is the same antihealth department which is ignoring ecoli (colon bacteria),
salmonella, brucellosis, ptomaine, anaphylactic shock and thousands of other
restaurant food poisoning incidents related to animal and fish flesh and products.
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[b]US: USDA admits poisoning millions of blackbirds for cattle ranchers and others[/b]
http://www.earth-issues.com/2011/12/mystery-bye-bye-blackbird-solved-usda-has-admitted-to-poisoning-millions-of-animals/ [b]US: Atlas Fiber Co. of Skokie Illinois fined for exporting ivory and other
illegal products obtained through animal deaths.[/b]
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/01/11/Company-admits-to-illegal-ivory-shipments/UPI-91911326303251/?spt=hs∨=tn *
[b]US: US funded Oregon primate research center creates genetically modified monkeys[/b]
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/worlds-first-genetically-modified-monkeys-created-20120106-1pncx.html UK: Moneymarket using tiger in commercial
http://www.cbydata.org/moneysupermarket.html UK: anger over donkey starved to death and kept in muck and mud
http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/local/anger_at_animal_cruelty_incident_1_3381716 *
UK, US etc
McDonald's, Taco Bell, Burger King stop using product called 'pink slime'
in their animal flesh
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20111225/NEWS/312250011/Questions-perception-prompt-burger-chains-ditch-product [b]Clostridium dificile in animal flesh[/b]
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27774614/ns/health-health_care/t/tainted-meats-point-superbug-c-diff-food/#.Tw3LEVawV7c *
[b]Cattle dying from disease[/b]
http://beefmagazine.com/cowcalfweekly/1230-non-predator-loss/ **
Objectification of animals subdivided in charts
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http://static.sandiego.com/articlefiles/d92f901c-b166-488c-92cc-00246ab3c237/cow-325.jpg[/img] 
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[b]100 cows burned in intentionally set Bangore Maine barn fire[/b]
http://northcountrynow.com/news/bangor-barn-fire-where-100-cattle-lost-was-intentionally-set-bci-says-046190 *
[b]20 horses burn to death in fire[/b]
http://groups.google.com/group/ar-news/browse_thread/thread/291d9edabbaffee7# [b]Bear murder planned in Lieberman's and Pfizer's Connecticut
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/0e017e56c2a0439fb8ad8e24a73f0841/CT--Bear-Hunt-Lottery/ *
Harvard which steals more tax money for animal torture annually than any other
university... is once again cited for animal cruelty in primate death
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x579522955/Southborough-primate-facility-cited-again-for-animal-s-death#ixzz1j7qETlzD *
Binghamton University deer murder stopped
http://www.stargazette.com/article/20120106/NEWS01/120106020/Binghamton-Univ-deer-kill-canceled-Janauary?odyssey=tab|t ]Injunction stops or delays Ithaca NY deer murder[/b]
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120106/NEWS01/201060345/Injunction UC Davis research
http://www.cfmgt.ucdavis.edu/projects.htm *
Stop Canadian deer slaughter
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/12/stop-the-government-from-murdering-deer-even-babies/ [b]
Nature magazine promotes thousands of animal research pain inflicters: including[/b]
1Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2Rosalind Franklin Comprehensive Diabetes Center, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, USA
3Present address: Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Gyunggyi-Do, South Korea
Correspondence: Hee-Sook Jun, Rosalind Franklin Comprehensive Diabetes Center, Chicago Medical School, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA. E-mail: hee-sook.jeon [at] rosalindfranklin.edu
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[b]NBC and Skecher's promote greyhound racing abuse[/b]
http://groups.google.com/group/ar-news/browse_thread/thread/0498d701498c6ae5# *
[b]St Jude hospital in Tennessee abusing mice....link below
is propaganda by puppets of pharmaceutical companies[/b]
http://speakingofresearch.com/tag/rhesus-macaque/ [b]NJ: Protests re Princeton primates[/b]
http://www.all-creatures.org/saen/media-20111210.html [b]NY: Manhattan: East side bar owner bans those wearing fur from premises[/b]
http://www.dnainfo.com/20120108/lower-east-side-east-village/no-fur-bar-owner-recieves-international-support-for-stance [b]Writer Margaret Maron promotes fur in mystery[/b]
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[b]PETA sues North Carolina man over his annual torture of possum on New Year's Eve[/b]
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpps/news/offbeat/peta-demands-end-to-new-years-opossum-drop-dpgonc-20111217-gc_16437941 [b]University of Florida ordered to release records on primate abuse[/b]
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120109/ARTICLES/120109541/-1/entertainment?Title=Judge-orders-UF-to-give-animal-rights-activist-records-on-primates *
[b]NY barn fire kills 114 cows[/b]
http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/No-arrests-yet-in-barn-fire-that-killed-114-cows--136605768.html Creating sore feett in cows by not feeding them properly...one of many effects of
animal slavery industries
http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/Skinny-cows-A-source-of-sore-feed-136592148.html *
Montana: Drive to ban steel jaw traps
http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/mailbag/trapping-steel-traps-should-never-be-allowed/article_f2a9f646-37ac-11e1-8e71-001871e3ce6c.html Hundreds protest outside Niagara County SPCA
http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/149402/1/Hundreds-Protest-Outside-Niagara-County-SPCA Pit bulls
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-01-09/news/ct-met-pit-bull-walk-20120109_1_pit-bull-dogs-mauled-animal-care-and-control While the Tribune focuses on pit bulls in Chicago, an Akron Ohio dog park has
been unofficially denyint them access.
US: Ohio: Concord Township Ohio lab involved in animal abuse Rats literally
drowned in toxic chemicals
http://www.all-creatures.org/saen/media-20111210.html http://www.all-creatures.org/saen/media-20120109-2.html http://news-herald.com/articles/2012/01/09/news/doc4f0b91896c34f925107431.txt [b]Stephen King's books have copious promotions of the eating of mammal and bird
flesh and animal products.[/b]
[b]US' Most Lethal Research Labs[/b]
http://all-creatures.org/saen Most Lethal Labs of 2011 AND Dishonorable Mentions
The labs are placed in this list based on whistleblower statements, USDA inspection reports, USDA fines, USDA official warnings, or other official records.
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
Albuquerque, NM
300 monkeys killed when research contract lost (according to a whistleblower statement), was fined $21,750 for allowing a monkey to choke to death and is under investigation by USDA for two dog deaths.
USDA Investigative and Enforcement Services Settlement Agreement - 24 Jun 2011
Primate Products, Inc.
Miami, FL
According to inside information from a whistleblower a disease epidemic killed over 50 primates, at one point over 500 were sick.
Whistleblower Reveals Epidemic at Primate Products
Exemplar Genetics
Sioux Center, IA
Killed 39 pigs in a transport truck.
USDA - Inspection Report - 16 Sep 2010
Sharp Veterinary Research
Vernon, TX
Killed 32 dogs and cats through lack of veterinary care.
USDA - Inspection Report - 23 Aug 2011
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, AK
Starved 12 musk oxen to death.
USDA - Inspection Report - 30 Aug 2011
Harvard (Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, McLean Hospital)
Boston, MA
8 animals dead - 3 primates (1 drug overdose, 1 experimental death, and 1 killed in cage washer), 2 rabbits (drug overdose), 1 goat (drug overdose), 1 sheep (inadequate veterinary care), 1 dog (drug overdose).
Harvard Medical School
USDA - Inspection Report - 19 Jul 2011
USDA - Inspection Report - 29 June 2010
USDA - Inspection Report - 15 Jun 2011
Harvard University
USDA - Inspection Report - 15 Jun 2011
Brigham and Women's Hospital
USDA - Inspection Report - 15 Jun 2011
McLean Hospitals
USDA - Inspection Report - 2 Aug 2011
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Fined $10,893 for killing 5 animals - 3 primates (1 starvation, 2 bacterial infections), a cat (bacterial infection) and a bat (during cage cleaning).
USDA APHIS Violations Report - Page 1 - 8 Jun 2011
USDA APHIS Violations Report - Page 2 - 8 Jun 2011
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Killed four animals - a newborn puppy and 3 gerbils (dehydration) through negligence.
USDA Inspection Report - 20 Jul 2011
M P I Research, L.L.C.
Mattawan, MI
4 animals (2 primates, 1 dog, 1 pig) died from traumatic injuries.
USDA - Inspection Report - 3 Aug 2011
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
3 dogs dead euthanized after improper experimental procedures caused complications.
USDA - Inspection Report - 6 Apr 2011
University of Louisiana
Lafayette, LA
3 primates found dead and decomposing.
USDA - Inspection Report - 31 May 2011
Dishonorable mentions
Covance Research Products (Denver, PA and Alice, TX)
Covance Research Products
Denver, PA
3 animals dead – killed a rabbit in a cage washer
USDA - Inspection Report - 21 Jul 2011
Covance Research Products, Inc.
Alice, TX
Texas location shipped two primates to UCSF that had to be killed within 24 hours of arrival.
Medical Profile - Images
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston, TX
1 dog died due to inadequate veterinary care, 1 goat died due to improper anesthesia.
USDA - Inspection Report - 2 Mar 2011
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