‘Cove’ star Ric O’Barry says footage of false killer whale leaping out of tank demonstrates animal cruelty

The star of a film about Japanese dolphin hunting said Friday that new video footage showing a dolphin jumping out of an aquarium tank underlines the cruelty of captivity and demanded that all of the creatures be set free…

Bear necessities: Interview with Jill Robinson

It was 1993 and a bear named Hong was unaware that she was about to dramatically impact the life of one woman and inspire the birth of an organisation that would change the face of animal welfare in Asia. Jill Robinson, founder of Animals Asia, spoke with Liz Bowie…

Determined duo fights for chained dogs

Two women on a crusade to change animal cruelty ordinances in Henderson County are now focusing on animal chaining. They’ve launched an “Off the Chain” campaign with the hopes of eliminating the practice of tying dogs up 24/7…

Sea Shepherd’s Captain Pete Bethune Given Suspended Sentence by Japanese Authorities

Pete Bethune, captain of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s now-sunken Ady Gil, has been given a two-year suspended sentence for boarding the whaler Shonan Maru #2 in an attempt to make a citizen’s arrest of the captain for attempted murder and deliver a bill for the cost of the sunken ship…

Whaling activist Bethune given suspended sentence

An anti-whaling activist has been given a suspended two-year prison term in Japan for boarding a Japanese harpoon ship earlier this year in Antarctic waters…

Activist takes anti-whaling war to airwaves

In the battle against illegal whaling, Chuck Swift has risked his life trying to stop whaling ships that use high-powered water cannons, explosives and other violent means to hunt whales without interference…

Sea Shepherd’s Watson on Interpol’s most wanted

Interpol has placed the head of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, on its international wanted list…

‘Whale Wars’ Captain Paul Watson swims with the pod

With his bushy white beard, stout figure and cargo pants, Captain Paul Watson looks more like a hard-edged seaman than the star of one of television’s more popular reality shows. But at a busy restaurant in downtown Los Angeles this spring, the 59-year-old at the center of “Whale Wars” was being confronted by his new [...]

Farm Sanctuary Co-founder Gene Baur Profiled in Season Premiere of 50PlusPrime

On Sunday, May 16, Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, was profiled in the season premiere of 50PlusPrime…

Lorri Houston, Founder of Animal Acres: Lifetime Celebrates Remarkable Women

Lorri Houston is considered the “pioneer” of the farm animal sanctuary movement. In 1986, she opened the country’s first shelter for farm animals as co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, at a time when rescuing and protecting farmed animals was unheard of…

Ric O’Barry: ‘Flipper committed suicide’

Dolphin trainer-turned-marine activist Ric O’Barry decided to dedicate his life to saving porpoises and whales after watching the star of 1960s TV show “Flipper” take her own life…

Animal rights activist released from custody

A woman detained by federal authorities for refusing to testify before a grand jury considering a University of Iowa animal lab break-in was released from custody Thursday. Carrie Feldman, 20, was ordered held by federal Judge John Jarvey after she refused to testify before the Davenport-based grand jury in November…

Animal rights activist admits targeting UCLA researchers; another pleads no contest to stalking, conspiracy charges

One animal rights activist pleaded guilty and another pleaded no contest this week to charges related to protests held against UCLA researchers and juice company executives, prosecutors said Friday. Kevin Richard Olliff, 22, pleaded no contest Friday to felony stalking and conspiracy charges, a day after Linda Faith Greene, 62, pleaded guilty to similar charges…

Naked Animal Rights Activists Rally Against Bullfighting In Madrid

Animal rights activists gathered in Madrid’s central square to protest bullfighting, wearing nothing but fake blood and forming S.O.S. with their bodies, Reuters reported. The rally coincided with a bid by Madrid’s regional government to have UNESCO recognize bullfighting as part of the world’s cultural heritage…

Direct Action, Liberation and the Need to Persist

An interview with Jason Miller exploring radical dissent and animal liberation. “Frank Joseph Smecker: You founded Thomas Paine’s Corner as an act of commitment to ‘ending the unnecessary suffering of oppressed and exploited sentient beings and to the total liberation of human animals, nonhuman animals, and the Earth.’ Can you explain, in further depth”…

Animal Recovery Mission’s Richard “Kudo” Couto

Couto started A.R.M as an organization to fight illegal horse slaughter, the horse meat black market trade, and to shutdown all illegal slaughter farms in Miami Dade County…

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