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In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animalrights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. And people that work in either conservation or animal welfare tend to like animals.
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Interesting article on the challenges faced by animalrights activists in the Middle East. Tags: developing countries animalrights Middle East. Even though they are often met with condescension, the fact that they are out there means a lot. Hell, I'm met with condescension in my own country and my own home.
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New York Times opinion piece by Nicholas Kristof on animalrights. Tags: activism animalrights political movement. Fascinating and uplifting (for a change!) I totally overlooked it back in April.
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Fascinating spotlight on an activist known for freeing imprisoned animals. Tags: activism animalrights. From the San Jose Mercury News. He was himself eventually imprisoned for two years as a result.
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The FBI and a previously-unknown informant in the animalrights movement discussed, among other topics, how to disrupt political activism, according to FBI documents. This from the blog Green is the New Red. Read the full post here.
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