animal rights

With all of the talk about China's poor human rights and limited freedoms for their people, the topic of how horrid their animal rights are has been lost in the mix. China has a horrible record of animal rights, with no laws protecting small animals which are often skinned alive for their fur and meat. Recently China has ordered dog meat (warning, link has sad picture) to be taken off the menu at its 112 official Olympic restaurants in Beijing. » read more

You usually hear about gang violence or school violence on the rise, not violence against researchers by animal activists. The latest target by animal rights activists was directed at two University of California, Santa Cruz research scientists. These scientists were targets of firebombs this past weekend.

Authorities in the Santa Cruz area are sighting the increasing number of as a troubling sign of the increased violence against researchers who use animals in their labs. » read more