Special Feature: Activist Peter Young Peter Young is a Straight Edge vegan who graduated from high school in upscale Mercer Island, Washington in 1995. In 1996, he was arrested in Oregon on a criminal trespassing charge and ordered to pay a $174 fine.
Animal Liberation Front Views The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) David Barbarash: Spokesman for the North American ALF Press Office, 1999 – Jan. 2003 has this to say:
HSUS National Membership Conference, 1980 It was formally resolved that HSUS would “pursue on all fronts … the clear articulation and establishment of the rights of all animals … within the full range of American life and culture.” In Animal Rights and Human Obligations, the published proceedings of this conference, HSUS stated unequivocally that “there is…
FUR COMMISSION USA COMMENTARY, MAY 6, 1999 THE “FUR FREE 2000” campaign of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has moved to stage two: legislation. As you recall, Christmas 1998 brought the world video clips of a German Shepherd being bled and skinned alive, supposedly somewhere in China. (1) As the dog howls,…
In late 1998, the Humane Society of the United States, America’s largest animal rights group, launched a campaign called “Fur Free 2000”, aimed in part at blocking legitimate fur imports to the US from Asia.
“Captain” Paul Watson: Founder The Sea Shepherd is not really a protest organization. We’re not protesting anything. We’re opposing the illegal activities by criminal operations in a world where governments support criminal operations in the name of profit.
FUR COMMISSION USA PRESS RELEASE, AUGUST 27, 2008 Before daylight on Sunday, Aug. 24, trespassers broke into the Rippin Fur Farm in Aldergrove, B.C. Canada where they released about 6,000 mink and opened the farm gate. Most of the mink were contained within the perimeter fence while over 500 mink made their way through the…
FUR COMMISSION USA PRESS RELEASE, AUGUST 20, 2008 Early in the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 19, trespassers broke into the McMullin & Sons Fur Farm in South Jordan, Utah. About 800 mink pens were opened and the farm animals abandoned around the area. Lindsey McMullin, a third-generation mink farmer who runs the farm with his…
Gary Yourofsky, founder of ADAPTT (Animals Deserve Adequate Protection Today and Tomorrow); resigned Mar. 1, 2002.
J.P. Goodwin, Executive Director The following quotes were made during Goodwin’s time with CAFT. However, he was working for Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States as early as 1997. (Blunt CEO defends Humane Society from attack dogs, Press-Telegram, (Long Beach, CA), Aug. 25, 2007.) Goodwin has described himself as an “ALF…