Sentences with phrase «at animal activists»

An Internet video that shows a meat company employee swearing at animal activists before shooting a horse in the head highlights the increasing emotional intensity of the national debate over whether a New Mexico plant should be allowed to resume domestic horse slaughter.

An Internet video that shows a meat company employee swearing at animal activists before shooting a horse in the head underscores the increasing emotional intensity of the national debate over whether a southeastern New Mexico plant should be allowed to resume domestic horse slaughter.

Not exact matches

Animal rights activists released a graphic video showing workers whipping, kicking and punching cows at a farm responsible for the cheese at Domino's, Pizza Hut and Papa John's.

That's why activists at this year's U.N. climate summit in Paris are taking a gentle approach to tackling the world's greenhouse gas - intensive love affair with meat, ranging from offering lookalike plant burgers to suggesting a gradual weaning off animal protein.

But after Zuckerberg shared on his personal Facebook profile that he had cut the throat of a goat, animal rights activists were not at all pleased.

Animal - rights activists are up in arms about a recent statement by Peter Singer ¯ a bioethics professor at Princeton's Center for Human Values who was, once upon a time, beloved by those activists for his 1975 book Animal Liberation.

Except that the animal - rights activists were out in protest at the entrance to the tunnel.

An RSPCA spokesman confirmed that Wally's Piggery in Murrumbateman and the connected business of Tennessee Piggery near Young had closed earlier this year, after activists released confronting footage of alleged animal cruelty at Wally's.

It might make sense that, say, technology bloggers would be disproportionately male, since many more men than women work in high - tech (and obsess about it), but politics is a different animal — women may still be underrepresented in top elected offices, but at least as many women as men work as political activists and political staff or as volunteers.

Yet the Times will not back the nomination of someone who comes from outside of the state's culture of political corruption — not some reckless crank, a goldbug or anti-vaccinationist or animal - rights activist, but a degree - holding product of Yale and Duke, a former law clerk, a person who works full - time at understanding the process of political reform.

► Also Wednesday at ScienceInsider, Hristio Boytchev reported on the latest development in the battle of a German neuroscientist against a campaign by animal - rights activists.

At the other extreme, many animal activists reject the notion of refinement, which they see as granting legitimacy to animal use.

Chris Magee, head of policy at the pressure group Understanding Animal Research (UAR) in London, tells ScienceInsider that withholding information does not help scientists and their work, because it leaves a «vacuum that activists can fill in with misleading information.»

Last April, activists entered an animal facility at the University of Milan, released mice and rabbits, and destroyed experiments.

Researchers at OSU and elsewhere had been quick to speculate that Hargis's decision had been influenced by Madeline Pickens, a wealthy donor and animal rights activist.

At an event in Berlin today, the organizations launched a new project to educate the public about animal studies, after harsh attacks by animal rights activists in recent years.

«On one side this gives us some time,» says Caminiti, who believes that the moratorium is an attempt to appease scientists while winking at animal rights activists.

Animal rights activists are «very pleased,» says Alka Chandna, the senior laboratory oversight specialist at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which opposes the use of animals in reAnimals (PETA), which opposes the use of animals in reanimals in research.

The battle over animal experimentation in Italy took a nasty turn this week when anonymous activists posted fliers showing photos, home addresses, and telephone numbers of scientists involved in animal research at the University of Milan and labeled them as «murderers.»

I was a hardcore animal rights activist vegan for three years, at a time when I was also teaching publicly and espousing a lot of those beliefs to others.

Like healers, activists and instigators often feel a calling, whether they volunteer part - time at an animal shelter or serve on the board of a large organization like Greenpeace.

My dear friend Peter Berg — gifted artist, animal activist and committed vegan — died of a sudden death heart attack at age 42.

In the «we are women, hear us roar» category, the eternally ageless animal - rights activist Betty White will host NBC's «Saturday Night Live» on May 8 at the head of a glittering cast of former SNL GRRR - L power.

This makes the outrageous antics of the animal liberation activists tolerable, such as when they arouse a sleeping corporate executive at home in the middle of the night with cries of «Wake up, puppy killer!»

Animal rights activists have launched a furious broadside at veteran actor Gerard Depardieu after he confessed he «loves» to slaughter livestock for...

Regardless of genre or format, Herzog's ongoing cinematic obsession has almost always been an exploration of the intersection of madness (or, at the very least, eccentricity) and genius (or, at the very least, creative yearnings), whether it be the story of a man dragging a 300 - ton boat over a mountain in the Amazonian jungle (Fitzcarraldo) or of a wannabe animal rights activist being eaten alive by a bear (Grizzly Man).

A look at this picture is enough to send netizens and animal activists into a fit of anger.

An animal protection activist (L) gives a «free hug» to a passerby at an event to promote animal protection on «Jungbok» day in Seoul July 29, 2010.

The pet industry must get better at communicating the many ways it works to improve the lives of companion animals, or risk letting activists cast our business in a negative light.

Just weeks ahead of China's annual dog meat festival in Yulin, at which thousands of dogs and cats are brutally bludgeoned to death and sold for their meat, animal campaigners Duo Duo Project and Humane Society International have received reports from Chinese activist and confirmed by three traders at Yulin's biggest dog meat market Dongkou, that the Yulin government is set to prohibit restaurants, street vendors and market traders from selling dog meat at the event.

As movements and activists urge potential pet parents to «adopt don't shop,» working to minimize the wasteful death of innocent animals, caring people everywhere have opted to find their furry friends at shelters and rescues rather than pet stores and breeders.

Animal welfare activists and state Rep. John Fritchey (D - Chicago) announced the proposed law Sunday at PAWS Chicago, a no - kill animal shelter in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighboAnimal welfare activists and state Rep. John Fritchey (D - Chicago) announced the proposed law Sunday at PAWS Chicago, a no - kill animal shelter in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighboanimal shelter in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Animal rights activist Donna Lawrence, one of about eight observers at Heng's court appearance, said, «I'm in shock.

Animal - rights activists have called for a boycott of the Loews hotels at Universal Orlando because the resorts have decided to change their stance on providing a safe harbor for feral cats.

The venom we spit at each other was presented to the pet loving public and it made the Animal Rights activists very rich because the public hated cruelty to animals.

Mike Bober: We have seen a significant increase in companion animal legislative activity at the local level — individual activists and national organizations alike are turning to city councils and county commissions to achieve their policy goals with increasing frequency.

At the same time, when my organization, the No Kill Advocacy Center, works with activists nationwide to pass legislation to add more protections, such as making it illegal for shelters to kill animals when rescue groups are willing to save them, these groups fight us, as HSUS has done in Minnesota and Best Friends did in New York.

Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Herbert The Animal Legal Defense Fund, along with PETA, filed the nation's first lawsuit against ag gag legislation, taking Utah to court for infringing on the free speech rights of activists, investigators, and journalists by criminalizing undercover investigations at factory farms.

Local animal activist, Jill Parrish contacted police after another teacher at the school described the events to her.

And that's the rub: Activists claim pet stores frequently purchase animals at a lower price from breeders who then go through «brokers» to conceal the true source of the animals that often develop serious heath issues at a young age.

Groups as diverse as, and often at odds with one another as, the Humane Society of the United States, canine behavior experts, the American Kennel Club, PETA, Animal Rights Activists, breed rescue groups, veterinarians, obedience training instructors, and most reputable breeders of sound, healthy dogs, are in strong agreement that live puppies should not be given as Christmas gifts.

Salvador was rescued moments before heading to slaughter by activists at a Chilean animal rescue.

The change comes partly as a result of changing attitudes, partly at the encouragement of animal rights activists, partly from increased scrutiny from news media inside and outside the country, and partly, the Times suggests, for political reasons.

We congratulate the Kunming activists for their success and we will continue our efforts to encourage greater awareness of animal welfare issues, support capacity building, assist in lobbying activities aimed at policy change, respond to distress calls and monitor developments as the Chinese animal protection movement grows.

Join fellow art collectors and animal activists once again for a spectacular evening of fine art, wine, cocktails, vegan hors d'oevres and a chance to win a weekend for two at idyllic Mission Ranch Inn in Carmel, Ca.

«The move is part of increased scrutiny of the shelter, which has come under fire from animal activists who allege that inhumane treatment of animals and criminal behavior have gone on at the North Street facility.»

In their zeal to help animals, their numerous pets at home and even their ages (both are in their early 60s), Vasconcellos and island animal activist Dellia Holodenschi are allies.

Longtime community activist and former St. Cloud Mayor Sherwood R. Brown, 87, died Sunday at a congregate living home in Minneola.The crusty trailer park owner was known for his compassion for animals.

Check out the job opportunities available at Animal Place and join our team of dedicated activists.

Only very recently has activist pressure on animal control agencies rallied by, among others, Winograd's No Kill Advocacy Center, incited some of the most troubled agencies to try to inflate their «live release rates» by simply leaving dogs at large.