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Free the Animals—Effective Action Against Vivisection Conference
March 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 2013 – Gainesville, Florida
Details of speakers, registration, accommodations, coming soon!
http://www.all-creatures.org/saen/event-20130301.html
When: November 5, 2012 Candlelight Vigil for Nonhuman Animals
Where: Across from the Minneapolis Convention Center: 1301 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
Sponsored by: Institute for Critical Animal Studies
Protest American Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences (AALAS) Annual Conference on Nov. 4, 2012 at 1:30PM
Minneapolis, MN, USA
CALL FOR PAPERS, ART, VIDEOS, INTERVIEWS, AND NARRATIVES
“Eco-Ability the Intersection of Earth, Animal, and Dis-Ability”
This special edition of JCAS will focus on intersections amongst animal liberation issues, environmentalism, ecology, dis-ability studies, and the newly forming theory, field, and movement of eco-ability. This edition, rooted in social justice, will explore these intersections of domination and exploitation to expose and dismantle interconnected oppressions. Contributors are encouraged to read and include information from Earth, Animal, and Disability Liberation: The Rise of Eco-Ability (Nocella, Duncan, Bentley, Eds.; forthcoming from Peter Lang, Fall 2012) within their final submissions. Areas for this special edition may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Since 2010, Princeton University has been cited over twenty times to be in violation of the bare minimum requirements set forth by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Welfare Act. Amongst the staggering list of charges, reports unveiled that the University has neglected ailing animals, deliberately deprived animals of water and veterinary medical care, routinely subjected animals to excessive confinement, and maintained speciously incomplete record keeping.
In response to this degenerate display of Princeton University’s blatant disregard for the animals they hold captive, a large and organized anti-vivisection alliance has emerged consisting of Win Animal Rights (WAR), Animal Activists of Philly (AAP), and Friends of Animals United NY/NJ (FAUN) to bring these egregious acts into the public consciousness. While these organizations have been tirelessly campaigning against this institution for over eight months, they are now unifying their efforts by establishing a Princeton-based body of campaigners, increasing their presence on other areas of the campus (including Green Hall – the actual primate laboratory), circulating petitions, creating relevant multi-media content, and with the support/sponsorship of Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN) are developing a central website to expose the horrors behind these violations.
To join the cause, sign the petition, donate, and/or learn more please visit the links provided below:
Princeton Primate Abuse: http://www.princetonprimateabuse.com/
Friends of Animals United (FAUN): http://www.faunnj.org/
Animal Activists of Philly (AAP): http://www.meetup.com/Animal-Activists-of-Philly/
Win Animal Rights (WAR): http://www.facebook.com/WinAnimalRights
Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN): http://www.all-creatures.org/saen/
Video of the Alliance’s protest on April 28th, 2012: http://youtu.be/nAaOvh0csOk
On September 9th 2011, Canisius College’s Institute for the Study of Human-Animal Relations (ISHAR) hosted “The Use of Primates in Biomedical Research: A Personal Perspective” at the Montante Cultural Center featuring guest speaker Dr. James Ha, head of the primate breeding program at the Washington National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) in the University of Washington (UW). It was here and then, where animal rights activist and student, Morgan Jamie Dunbar, was combatively arrested and detained after raising questions during the evening’s Q&A segment about the USDA-documented mistreatment of primates at UW during his tenure at that institution. (more…)
Please sign your organization onto this letter urging UBC to spare its endangered sea turtles. These turtles, obtained from the Cayman Islands, have been experimented on at UBC for ten years. A whistleblower recently revealed that the turtles will killed at the end of UBC’s study this spring. See the message below for how your organization can take action to help the turtles live out the rest of their lives in peace.
Love and Liberation: An Animal Liberation Front Story
Sarat Colling and Anthony J. Nocella II
Lara Drew Illustrations
Published by Arissa Media Group (coming soon)
www.arissa.org
ABOUT LOVE AND LIBERATION
Gabriella and Andre are an everyday couple working up the corporate ladder in Houston, Texas. With a brand new condo, plans for marriage and successful careers, their lives are set – or so they think. One night while taking out the trash, Gabriella inadvertently gets a glimpse into the underground world of animal liberationists. Unsure what to make of it, she begins an investigation which leads to some shocking realizations. Soon the couple is delving deeper into a covert movement of radical animal liberationists labeled by the FBI as a top domestic threat. Armed with nonviolent tactics and love in their heart, the couple educates and trains to free those who are caged. With captivating black and white illustrations, this is an action-packed, fun and informative read.
Most recently the Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) volunteers found this video to be useful on their campus, by PETA2, which is one of a kind and highly informative. We hope you find it as helpful and useful for your college campus as we did.
By: Jason Miller
In late 2009, I [Jason Miller] became aware that the University of Kansas Medical Center (aka KU Med or KUMC) had a primate vivisection program. While the census of their “test subjects” (primarily macaques and squirrel monkeys according to information available through the USDA and KU Med’s website) is relatively small compared to other vivisection facilities, what cried out for Animal Rights activist intervention was the fact that they had been cited by the USDA for 160 violations of animal welfare laws, a staggering number.
On Tuesday, October 5, Nick Wright of Lawyers for Animal Welfare will be taking part in an interactive session on the campaign against animal abuse and torture in the University of Toronto laboratories. At U of T live animals, including primates, mice, dogs, and rabbits are the subjects of inhumane scientific research and testing in the Medical Sciences and MARs buildings by immunologists and medical researchers, with rats and frogs used in life sciences. Encourage the university to switch to humane alternatives. Wright recently won a case involving the University of Guelph. (more…)
A routine inspection carried out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture resulted in Princeton University being cited with over a dozen violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act. The violations specifically focused on the treatment of 15 rhesus monkeys and 10 marmosets who are confined in Princeton labs.
The June 23, 2010 inspection of Princeton’s animal labs revealed that experimenters have deviated from procedures that were approved by animal oversight committees, that they failed to demonstrate that experiments being performed were not redundant, and that visible signs of pain in animals were not being adequately documented.
