Sentences with phrase «time animal activists»

Founded by long - time animal activists Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan, Our Hen House serves as a central clearinghouse for ideas and opportunities to create positive change for animals ranging from grassroots activism to advocacy through the arts.

Tulsa residents and long - time animal activists Mike and Kathy Noble have founded Going Home Animal Rescue and Transport.

But long - time animal activist Ruth Steinberger is addressing this growing problem head on through her organization SpayFIRST!

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Here's a very partial list: tech icons (founders of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Craigslist, Pinterest, Spotify, Salesforce, Dropbox, and more), Jimmy Fallon, Arianna Huffington, Brandon Stanton (Humans of New York), Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ben Stiller, Maurice Ashley (first African - American Grandmaster of chess), Brené Brown (researcher and bestselling author), Rick Rubin (legendary music producer), Temple Grandin (animal behavior expert and autism activist), Franklin Leonard (The Black List), Dara Torres (12 - time Olympic medalist in swimming), David Lynch (director), Kelly Slater (surfing legend), Bozoma Saint John (Beats / Apple / Uber), Lewis Cantley (famed cancer researcher), Maria Sharapova, Chris Anderson (curator of TED), Terry Crews, Greg Norman (golf icon), Vitalik Buterin (creator of Ethereum), and nearly 100 more.

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.

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.

«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.

The activists cite a letter from Berns stating that «mice are available» with a low background incidence of tumours, and a high sensitivity to carcinogens, «thereby reducing both the time of testing and the number of animals required for a reliable measurement».

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.

He decided to become an activist and has since been arrested 13 times in his crusade to help animals.

Hefty, light - sensitive Janina Duszejko (Agnieszka Mandat) is an unlikely heroine — retired structural engineer, ex-hippy, part - time school teacher, vegetarian and animal rights activist — the villagers think of her in her isolated cabin as a witch.

Agnieszka Holland, in cooperation with Kasia Adamik, Poland / Germany / Czech Republic, 2017, 128m U.S. Premiere Janina Duszejko (Agnieszka Mandat) is a vigorous former engineer, part - time teacher, and animal activist, living in a near wilderness on the Polish - Czech border, where hunting is the favored year - round sport of the corrupt men who rule the region.

- Long time Tulsa animal welfare activists Mike & Kathy Nobles have announced the formation of Going Home Animal Rescue & Trananimal welfare activists Mike & Kathy Nobles have announced the formation of Going Home Animal Rescue & TranAnimal Rescue & Transport.

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.

Founded in 2004 by Animal Activist Colleen Paige, National Dog Day is a time to raise awareness among the public regarding the number of dogs that need to be rescued each year.

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.

A a 20 + year vegetarian / vegan, and having worked as a full - time animal rights activist for two years, I understand the ethical reasons that lead people to avoid consuming many or all animal products.

Born in Brussels to British parents, she grew up with dogs and was already an animal activist by the time she was six years old.

Event - goers and volunteers, including one enthusiastic canine, and the Maddie's Fund mascot, signed a card for animal activist and long - time TV game show host Bob Barker, who is retiring.

It is a problem that has been going on for a long time, operating in the shadows of the past, going unnoticed, but is now being brought out into the open where animal activists can work to put a stop to this inhumane practice.

At the time of passage, the bill was celebrated by activists as a means to crack down on «wild animals kept as backyard pets or in roadside zoo exhibits.»

It's during times like these that it's important to think about the bigger picture, and hear the facts on the ground from activists who continue to dedicate their lives to protecting some of Southern Africa's most endangered mammals from poachers — and are looking to community conservation to protect both people and wild animals.