Critter News

JULY 17, 2010

district court judge today dismissed federal charges against the AETA 4, four activists charges with acts of terrorism under the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act. Tags: AETA 4 animal enterprise terrorism act activism. This is very good news from July 13, reported in Action for Animals Austin.

AETA 100

AETA Austin Protection Animal 100

Critter News

MAY 24, 2009

The AETA is so broad and unclear it could be used to suppress lawful protests and boycotts by any activists across the spectrum, no matter what the issue. Tags: animal experimentation AETA 4. “And it is not just animal rights activists who are in danger here. The law must be struck down.” I have to say, this is pretty lame.

AETA 100

AETA Protest Protesting Protesters 100

Critter News

JULY 29, 2009

On July 13th, defense attorneys for Joseph Buddenberg, Maryam Khajavi, Nathan Pope and Adriana Stumpo (the AETA 4) presented oral arguments on their motion to dismiss the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Tags: AETA 4. Here's a summary.

AETA 100

AETA San Jose Animal United States 100

Critter News

APRIL 6, 2010

This is an excellent analysis of the potential impacts of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. It appeared in the McNair Research Journal. I HIGHLY recommend it.

AETA 100

AETA Tagged Animal Research Tagged 100

Critter News

MAY 8, 2010

Michelle Basso was a researcher at the University of Wisconsin who worked with primates. She testified in favor of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act in front of the House Judiciary Committee. Now, she's been suspended from working with animals.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Welfare AETA Wisconsin 100

Critter News

JULY 5, 2010

He received a sentence of 21 months under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA.) Alex Hall released 650 mink from McMullin Fur farm in South Jordan, Utah in 2008. Hall is expected to serve the rest of his sentence in Davis County Jail, rather than be shipped to a federal prison. He is expected to be released in two or three months.

AETA 100

AETA Fur Jordan Utah 100

Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2010

In this week's podcast ending January 2, 2010: **The USDA and National Institutes of Health find animal welfare violations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; **the Catalan Parliament in Spain finally votes to ban bullfighting in the region; **the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, CA has a record year for marine life suffering from illness (..)

AETA 100

AETA Marine Life Animal Welfare Wisconsin 100