Sentences with phrase «animal rights advocates»

Of course, there have been understandable concerns from animal rights advocates, who believe that these supervised, «pet - rental» businesses are detrimental to the animals.

Never one to shy from controversy, it was also under Thompson's watch that Creative Time launched Duke Riley's pigeon flight performance held at the Brooklyn Navy yard, which was widely criticized by animal rights advocates.

Many of the animal rights advocates push an agenda that results in the banning of our dogs in natural areas.

The Wildlife Society's final position statement on Animal Rights Philosophy and Wildlife Conservation pits wildlife conservationists against animal rights advocates, further hampering an already difficult debate about free - roaming cats and TNR.

Indeed, Lohr [5] suggests as much in her dissertation: «the opinions held by animal rights advocates versus the opinions held by environmentalists regarding the management of feral cats could be described as polar opposites and entrenched.»

While many of its position statements place it squarely in the animal welfare camp, they join animal rights advocates in opposing animal acts in circuses and other venues, dissection in classrooms, hunting, and in supporting replacement of animal «owner» with animal «guardian.»

Council member Laura Lanese said both animal rights advocates and supporters of Petland have voiced their concerns about Petland's animal purchases.

Grove City's council members heard testimony on Tuesday from animal rights advocates and Petland representatives saying a proposed ordinance seeks a balance of concerns by pet buyers while encouraging new business.

The charity is also running a petition in English and Korean with campaign partners Korean Animal Rights Advocates.

San Marcos has imposed a temporary moratorium on stores that sell puppies from what animal rights advocates call «puppy mills.

Animal rights advocates support the proposal, citing inhumane treatment of pets at puppy mills, while pet shop owners and workers say it's not true that pet store puppies are unhealthy or improperly bred.

It passed its first hurdle this week — but at Tuesday's hearing in the Capitol, animal rights advocates were arguing on both sides of the issue.

Although they eventually decided to commit money and start the program immediately, council members refused to agree with animal rights advocates who asked for a straight $ 25 rebate.

LAKE ELSINORE — For those people considering a puppy or kitten the perfect gift to put under the Christmas tree this year, local shelter officials and animal rights advocates say — for the animal's sake — reconsider.

But following challenges from animal rights advocates, organizer Clay Logan said he plans to use possum stew, hide or road - kill instead.

Between a real fur coverup (of which lots of animal rights advocates hate) and a faux fur, the way you style it and wear it is what it's all about.

Of course, animal rights advocates have long opposed the Draize Test, which they consider cruel to the lab animals used as subjects.

They wrote op - eds; founded Pro-Test for Science, an organization of students and faculty that encourages support for research that uses animals; and initiated a dialogue with peaceful animal rights advocates.

But animal rights advocates, who helped fund an expensive ad campaign against de Blasio's primary opponent in 2013, have kept the pressure on City Hall and the mayor asking him to deliver on his campaign promise.

The deal must still be heard in council and approved by members who, for the past two years, have distanced themselves from the issue in order to avoid being targeted by animal rights advocates or the powerful Teamsters union which represents the drivers.

The issue took a new urgency this month, when the Teamsters Union, which represents the drivers, and the administration, along with the speaker, hashed out a compromise deal to keep some of the horses in operation — a win for the union — and a proposal to confine the horses to the park, which was considered a win for animal rights advocates who consider the industry abusive and outdated.

Park and animal rights advocates joined forces yesterday to protest the compromise plan to move the horse carriage industry to stables inside Central Park.

At 11:30 a.m., animal rights advocates will be on hand as Village of Brookville Mayor Daniel H. Serota and Gary Rogers of the Nassau County SPCA pardon a turkey, Historic Milleridge Inn, 585 N. Broadway, Jericho, Long Island.

Animal rights advocates for years have protested the use of elephants in circuses, citing what they said were cruel treatment of the animals and conditions that can dramatically shorten their lifespans compared with elephants in the wild.

At 11 a.m., state Sen. Catharine Young and Assemblyman Matthew Titone join law enforcement officials and animal rights advocates to support Mitchell's Law, to establish harsher penalties for harming or killing a police dog or police horse, outside Senate Chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

An Australian winery has cancelled its planned kangaroo cull after facing heavy criticism from animal rights advocates on social media.

This suggests that the criticism of animal rights advocates may not be as much a matter of shared principle among deep ecologists as I have supposed.

If mainstream Americans won't stop eating animal flesh for ethical reasons, suggest many animal rights advocates, then perhaps they will if they're given a tastier alternative.

A passionate animal rights advocate, he's already given huge portions of his fortune to PETA and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as well as Save the Children and his own vegan food relief organization, the Sam Simon Foundation.

Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright and animal rights advocate expressed alarm over the recent deaths of 41 humpback whales along the Eastern seaboard.

City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., an animal rights advocate who is pressing for Rysa's deportation, expressed shock that Rysa had not been sent home already.

A state assemblywoman and animal rights advocate expressed alarm over the recent deaths of 41 humpback whales along the Eastern seaboard.

A state assemblywoman and animal rights advocate expressed alarm Friday over the recent deaths of 41 humpback whales along the Eastern seaboard.

Be aware: if you're an animal rights advocate, you'll look like a walking, talking contradiction of yourself.

Emily Deschanel, American actress and animal rights advocate.

In a departure from his previous works, Robert Greene interviewed nine contemporary masters, including tech guru Paul Graham, animal rights advocate Temple Grandin, and boxing trainer Freddie Roach, to get their perspective on their paths to greatness.

I have yet to meet an animal rights advocate that trained their dog to obey.

Sue Boivin is a passionate animal rights advocate and nature lover.

Lawmaker Claudia Mo Man - ching, an animal rights advocate, agreed there was a lack of animal rights education in the city.

This may have been the exact reaction of animal rights advocate, Nathan Winograd, but rather than inundating himself with pets, he chose to find a solution that would have a longer - lasting effect in looking for solutions for high - kill shelters.

«I would consider myself an animal rights advocate... if you look at my record.

British singer Morrissey is a seasoned animal rights advocate and, heaven knows, he's now miserable about Australia's plan to slaughter 2m cats.

A compassionate animal rights advocate and a sucker for second chances, Stefanie has dedicated her whole heart to rescue, and has found home and a deep sense of purpose with our furry friends and our devoted family.

«It has become the fun event of the season,» says Peters, a longtime animal rights advocate who in 2012 won the Tonys» Isabelle Stevenson Award for her charitable work.

I'm a cruelty - free blogger and animal rights advocate from Eastern Ontario, Canada.

Not exact matches

Animal rights [advocates] seek not merely to [make animals equal to humans], but to subordinate human religious rights.

Advocates of animal rights, in their anger with this group of ecologists, have called them eco-fascists.

Indeed, they advocate treating people as no more than the sum of their carbon molecules, of no inherent value beyond cognitive capacity (bioethics) or ability to suffer (animal rights) at the moment of measurement.

Pozas was speaking as an advocate for the Great Ape Project (GAP), the brainchild of Princeton utilitarian bioethicist Peter Singer and Italian animal - rights philosopher Paola Cavalieri.

Not all advocates of animal rights endorse all the solutions Singer proposes.