Direct Action
HOME AGAIN: An animal rights activist who staged attacks on animal processing plants in 1986 has come out of hiding. (4/25/22)
STICKY SITUATION: Animal rights activist superglued her hand to a desk in a hearing on stalled legislation to put a moratorium on new factory farms. It was, she said, “a minor irritation compared to the billions of animals being murdered.” (4/7/22)
THEY KILL HORSES, DON’T THEY? Berkeley animal-rights activists protest the deaths of horses at race tracks. (12/12/21)
Litigation
GAGGING EVIDENCE: Should a trial about animal rights activists suppress information about what the activists were protesting against? (1/30/22)
TIME FOR A RESCUE: Activist Wayne Hsiung faces jail time for rescuing a sick goat from a livestock farm–part of a growing campaign against activists who seek to expose cruel treatment of animals. (12/6/21) See the followup here.
Research and Resources
★ LESSONS FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISM: Targeting, performance art, disobedience, and sabotage.(4/20/22)
CRITTER FLICKS: The best documentaries on animal rights in 2021.