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March 11th, 2011 - 6:00 pm § in Anti-Dissection/Vivisection, Campus Action Alerts

Please Sign Onto Letter to Save Turtles at UBC

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 th[...]

February 14th, 2011 - 8:57 am § in Anti-Dissection/Vivisection, Book Series, Books, Media Releases, Veganism

Love and Liberation – Book Coming Soon

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. W[...]

February 5th, 2011 - 10:06 am § in Campus Activism, Centers/Working-Groups, Student Activism/Group

Starting a Student Group

The importance of starting a student group at your college cannot be emphasized enough. Starting a student group is more than a symbolic gesture, it is a real step towards building an animal rights community and accomplishing goals on campus.[...]

January 9th, 2011 - 11:04 am § in Academics, Book Series, Campus Activism, Journal for Critical Animal Studies, Media Releases

2010 ICAS Review

The Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) is the only animal advocacy organization in the world dedicated to higher education and is also fully-volunteer. There are more than two hundred ICAS volunteers who are around the world from professors to undergraduate students. After anyone realizes [...]

October 12th, 2010 - 8:17 am § in Campus Activism, Campus Events, Student Activism/Group

New Student Animal Rights Group at SUNY Cortland

At SUNY Cortland, in the middle of New York, there is a new and very exciting student animal rights group emerging! Cortland Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is having their first meeting October  18th at Corey Union, Room 204-206. If you are a national or international organization, t[...]

October 2nd, 2010 - 1:28 pm § in Academics, Anti-Dissection/Vivisection, Courses/Workshops, Films

PETA2′s Top 7 Reasons to Cut Out Dissection

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.[...]

September 27th, 2010 - 8:05 am § in Anti-Dissection/Vivisection, Campus Activism, Civil Liberties/Repression

KU Med Primate Wars: Anatomy of an Intense Grass Roots Campaign

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 US[...]

September 25th, 2010 - 7:59 am § in Anti-Dissection/Vivisection, Campus Activism, Campus Events

Meeting to Discuss Humane Alternatives Campaign at U of T

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 inhuma[...]

September 16th, 2010 - 7:24 am § in Academics, Civil Liberties/Repression, Journal for Critical Animal Studies, Journals

Call for Papers – Special Issue: Animals and Prison

Special Issue: Animals and Prison ________________ The connection between nonhuman animals and incarceration discourses has never been more intimately associated. It seems one cannot discuss animal liberation without conversing about prison, whether that be in the form of imprisoned nonhuman animals[...]

September 14th, 2010 - 6:46 pm § in Academics, Books, Campus Activism, Campus Events, Media Releases, Veganism

Author Carol J. Adams to speak at Western Kentucky University

Author of the ground breaking book, “The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory”, Carol J. Adams will discuss the relationship between meat eating and patriarchal values at Western Kentucky University. A free vegan food tasting will begin at 6:30p.m. This event is[...]

August 25th, 2010 - 7:32 am § in Books, Call for Papers/Proposals, Campus Activism, Media Releases

New Book – “Change of Heart” by Nick Cooney

“Invaluable. This is THE manual for anyone with a deep commitment or only a daydream about creating a more just and sympathetic world. Nick Cooney has boiled it all down to show how simple it can be to turn compassion, rage or angst into intelligent action. Cooney offers fascinating real life exam[...]

August 19th, 2010 - 12:24 pm § in Campus Action Alerts, Campus Activism, Campus Events, Lectures/Debates, Veganism

PETA Vice President to Take on Texas A&M Debate Team

PETA Vice President Bruce Friedrich will kick off a series of “Is Eating Meat Ethical?” debates at Texas A&M University this Fall. Students and community members are encouraged to attend this debate.[...]