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Two activists from animal rights group PETA have interrupted a speech by Pope Francis. They stood up from the audience during his weekly general audience and approached the stage. They shouted and held up banners protesting against bullfighting. The two were wearing t-shirts reading 'Stop blessing corridas' and holding banners saying 'Bullfighting is a sin'. PETA has been appealing to the Pope to cut the Catholic Church’s ties with bullfighting and condemn the “despicable blood sport.” They were escorted out of Paul VI Hall in the Vatican following the protest. How is bullfighting connected to...
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) violated the First Amendment rights of animal rights activists whose social media comments were deleted by the agency, a federal appeals court ruled last week. The agency had been deleting all comments on its Facebook and Instagram pages that contained certain keywords related to criticism of the agency's use of animal testing. Comments containing words like animal, testing, and cruel were singled out for deletion as part of a broader policy of deleting "off-topic" comments. Activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sued in 2021, ...
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A mother bear believed to be responsible for an attack on a French hiker earlier this month has been killed in Italy. Animal rights activists said the killing of the bear identified as Kj1 leaves her three cubs in “serious difficulty to survive”. The alpine Italian province of Trento confirmed the killing on Tuesday, despite protests by activists. The International Organization for Animal Protection said the order for her killing was issued overnight, making it impossible to seek a legal stay. “OIPA Italia is disconcerted at the culling of Kj1, which we tried to save with two legal actions,’’ ...
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Turkey has approved the "massacre law" as it has been dubbed by animal rights activists and opposition lawmakers. It will see millions of stray dogs removed from Turkey's streets, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying the new is necessary to deal with the country’s “stray dog problem.” Animal lovers fear it will lead to many of the dogs being killed or ending up in neglected, overcrowded shelters. Humane Society International said it had written to Erdogan to raise concerns that the law will cause “unnecessary suffering and death to countless animals in a short-term fix that won’t deliver...
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A controversial new bill in Türkiye is pitting animal rights groups against those calling for measures to make the streets safe from the feral dogs. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party submitted the bill aimed at managing the country's large stray dog population to parliament on Friday. Critics are concerned that the proposed legislation will results in dogs being confined to cramped shelters and potentially lead to the killing of many of the animals. Erdogan has said that an estimated four million strays are roaming Türkiye’s streets and countryside. The legislation is a wat...
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They called for greater protection for animals, stiffer penalties for abusers, and an end to bullfighting. Protester Shantal Delgado stressed the importance of halting animal testing for beauty products, lamenting that animal abuse still exists in the 21st century. Businesswoman and activist Ruth Corona urged for the pending legislation on tougher penalties for animal abuse to be enacted.
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The first official portrait of King Charles III has been vandalized by a group of British animal rights activists. Activists from Animal Rising, a non-violent organization campaigning for an “urgent transition to a sustainable and just plant-based food system”, pasted posters of the Wallace and Gromit animation film series on the painting of the monarch. They said they had “redecorated” the portrait by Jonathan Yeo in the Philip Mould Gallery in London, which was unveiled last month. It is the first since his coronation, and drew mixed reactions when it was presented. The sovereign's face was ...
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Hundreds of caged animals died on Tuesday after a fire struck Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of the most famous markets in Thailand’s capital. The fire was reported early in the morning and quickly swept across more than 100 shops in the market's pet section, according to the Bangkok government. Officials said it took them about an hour to bring the fire under control. There are no reports of human casualties, but Thai media reports suggested that the fire killed several hundred animals, including puppies, fish, snakes, birds and rabbits, kept in cages and locked inside the shops. ‘One of the m...
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By Sana Fazili Elon Musk's company Neuralink has reportedly run into legal trouble and is under a federal probe over its animal trial program. Musk's Neuralink has been working to create a brain chip that would help people with paralysis to walk again. Reuters on December 6 reported that Musk's Neuralink was being probed for "potential animal-welfare violations". The report added that there were complaints from the Neuralink staff that hastened testing was causing "needless suffering and deaths". Last week, Musk had said that Neuralink could begin to test the motor cortex technology in humans ...
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An animal rights activist chained herself to the basket stanchion Saturday during Game 1 of the Timberwolves-Grizzlies playoff series in Memphis, Tenn. The woman, wearing a T-shirt that read: “Glen Taylor Roasts Animals Alive” — appeared during a stoppage of play in the second quarter with yellow chains and attempted to secure herself to the stanchion after throwing flyers on the floor. Security unchained the woman and five people carried her out of the main arena to the cheers of fans inside FedExForum. According to a press release, Direct Action Everywhere, a grassroots animal rights network...
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