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Libel law review over McDonald's ruling
DawnWatch: "Libel law review over McDonald's ruling" Guardian front page and NY Times 2/16/05...
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 3:08pm PST
McLibel: British Activists Sued for Distributing McDonald's Flyers Win Court Case
Two activists sued by McDonalds in Britain won their case against the British government, in a case that could change UK libel law forever. The European Court of Human Rights said the UK legal system breached the right to a fair trial and freedom of expression. Activists David Morris and Helen Steel were sued by McDonalds in 1990 for handing out leaflets called "What"s Wrong with McDonald's", accusing the company of paying low wages, cruelty to animals used in its products and ...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:23am PST
ECD to Protest Fur
'Electronic Civil Disobedience' to protest fur this Monday....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 6:17pm PST
KFC acknowledges PETA covert video
KFC's spinsters are hard at work to gets lies out to the masses, but others are working much harder to get out the truth.
Animal Liberation!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 11:11am PST
lab monkeys who 'scream with fear'
There is upsetting news from the UK this week, but we can be thankful that it is out: A Tuesday, February 8, headline in The Guardian reads, "Lab monkeys 'scream with fear' in tests."...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 5:20pm PST
pig farms
There is a story on the front page of the Monday, February 7, Chicago Tribune headed "Village in Poland clashes with U.S. pork giant; America's top hog producer wants to create `the Iowa of Europe'; residents gag on transformation." It discusses the nightmare people go through when modern pork producers move into their neighborhoods....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:07pm PST
canned hunting
The Magazine section of the Sunday, February 6, Washington Post has a lengthy fluff piece on canned hunting, headed "They Shoot Zebras, Don't They? These days, you don't have to go to the African veldt to hunt gazelle, kudu and zebra. Set your sights on Texas." (Page W21) It includes a couple of quotes from animal rights activists -- a couple of lines in a 4,300 piece on the sport....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:06pm PST
wild horses facing slaughter
The February 7 edition of Newsweek, (on stands till the afternoon of the 7th) has an article headed "A New Range War: A change in the law, and wild horses face slaughter." (Page 51.)...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:03pm PST
slaughterhouses ('They Die Piece by Piece')
The Sunday, February 6, New York Times has an editorial headed, "What Meat Means." It follows a January 25 article, headed "Human Rights Group Criticizes Meat Packing Industry." (You can read an abstract of the original article, or purchase it, on line at: http://tinyurl.com/4bxlh)...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:01pm PST
Remembering Jill Phipps with Action!
The current HLS Supplier Week of Action provides a great opportunity to make
some calls or send some e-mails in rememberance of Jill's sacrifice....
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 1:30pm PST
Sleeping Mother Bear & Cubs shot & Killed at Lake Tahoe, Ca.
On February 4th, 2005 a family of bears, a mother bear and her two baby cubs were shot and killed while they lay sleeping for the winter. This took place in Lake Tahoe, Ca....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 8:23pm PST
story on dog vivisection dealer in St. Louis
The Thursday, February 3, St Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) has a front page story headed, "Animal dealer pays record fine." It imparts loads of information about Class B dealers and the canine vivisection industry....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 7:12pm PST
28,000 Pledges in 28 Days: Wolf Advocates Take Alaska Boycott Drive to the Internet
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Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 10:51am PST
Wolf Advocates Take Alaska Boycott Drive to the Internet
Darien, Conn. — Throughout the month of February, activists opposed to Alaska’s state-sponsored aerial wolf-killing seek 28,000 pledges supporting a boycott of Alaska tourism....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 2:31pm PST
Wolf Advocates Take Alaska Boycott Drive to the Internet
Throughout the month of February, activists opposed to Alaska's state-sponsored aerial wolf-killing seek 28,000 pledges supporting a boycott of Alaska tourism....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 1:37pm PST
Militant activism in Washington Post and UK papers 1/31/05
The fight against the vivisection industry made major news Monday, January 31. The Washington Post carried a story on the campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences, while the UK papers carried news of a government crackdown -- legislation introduced that could give five year sentences to animal rights activists guilty of economic sabotage....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 11:00am PST