Sentences with phrase «local animal activists»

Representatives of HSI, working with local animal activists in South Korea, have succeeded in shutting down five farms since then — usually by negotiating deals with the farmers and persuading them to pursue new, less brutal livelihoods.

Now the breeders are suing Smith and his group for defamation; local animal activists have launched a campaign to raised awareness about Stedman's attitude toward animal crimes.

Houston's once - troubled animal shelter euthanizing fewer animals BARC achieves a «no - kill» label that local animal activists have long sought By Mike Morris, December 27, 2017, Updated: December 27, 2017 6:10 pm As recently as three years ago, Houston's animal...

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

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Its founding members are Arthur Cheliotes, the president of the Communications Workers of America union Local 1180, Hugo Neu Corporation CEO Wendy Neu, and NYCLASS, a group of animals rights activists who have demanded an end to horse - drawn carriage rides, which Quinn supports.

Donny Moss is a NYC - based animal rights activist who runs local campaigns and produces animal rights videos for TheirTurn.net.

While overriding local regulation, the measure does have some concessions for animal rights activists.

Until Puppies and Babies and their sister store, Pets of Bel Air stop selling live animals, the activists claim they will continue their siege in the hopes that this chain will succumb to public pressure to go humane and only adopt out animals from shelters with the help of local rescue organizations.

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.

After a 50 hour confrontation, during which the activists provided life - saving food, water and shade to the desperately dehydrated and exhausted dogs, they finally persuaded the truck driver to relinquish the animals and local animal control officials authorized the confiscation of all the dogs.

Best Friends, other animal welfare groups, local activists and concerned individuals are working with lawmakers around the country to improve the lives of animals and people in their communities.

Baker has put out notices urging folks to spay and neuter their pets, but he is counting on a campaign spearheaded by a local animal - activist group to put a sharp dent in the problem.

What they do not want is for their activities to be exposed through the collaboration of local activists with sympathetic visitors ---- as occurred in Oklahoma when some of Senator James Inhofe's own supporters called Showing Animals Respect & Kindness to help them document the pigeon shooting mayhem.

Thanks to the new spirit of cooperation between the activists and the authorities, local law enforcement penalized the dog meat traders and handed all the rescued animals to the care of the activists.

The Georgetown resident and animal rights activist has spent 15 years volunteering in local shelters, organizing charity balls for animal causes, fostering cats and conducting pet - adoption counseling.

In 1997, a small group of animal activists in western North Carolina resolved to do something about the high rate of euthanasia in local shelters.

Concerned locals have been documenting the cull's victims through photo and video footage and animal activist groups have again called on the city to end its futile population control method, urging Sochi to instead build a shelter for homeless animals.

For the most part, the legislation being proposed around the country is being promoted by a few very well - funded national animal - rights organizations and then embraced by local activists.

Right alongside them, and more than happy to put a damper on the festivities were the local and international animal activists who've made it their mission over the past several years to protest the festival, record the carnage, and save dogs from the butcher's block.

Despite her initial concerns, Niman was quickly won over by the dedication of the farmers and grassroots activists heading up local campaigns against hog CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations) in Missouri and North Carolina.

A longtime activist for nesting marine turtles, authorities believe Sandoval was killed for working to protect the animals against local criminal gangs that make money off raiding turtle egg nests.