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Patty Bonney, 92, quietly did more for animals than most activists

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Behind-the-scenes person for ANIMALS 24-7,  & that was perhaps the least of all she did Patricia “Patty” Bonney,  92,  suffered terminal heart failure on October 22,  2022 at the converted stable in Beaverton,  Oregon,  that was her home since 1960. Never known or self-described as an activist,  Patty nonetheless contributed endless volunteer effort throughout her […]

Excelsior Hog Farm protest leaders Soranno & Schafer get 30 days each

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Activist couple also get year on probation.  Factory farmers get apoplexy. ABBOTSFORD,  British Columbia,  Canada––Convicted by jury on July 12,  2022 on charges of breaking and entering and mischief for their part in exposing alleged animal abuse at the Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford,  British Columbia in April 2019,  husband-and-wife vegan activists Nick Schafer and […]

Acquittal of “open rescue” activists rattles factory farms from Utah to China

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Direct Action Everywhere founder Wayne Hsiung & co-defendant Paul Picklesimer were prosecuted for “stealing” two piglets left to die ST. GEORGE, Utah––Direct Action Everywhere founder Wayne Hsiung, defending himself, and co-defendant Paul Darwin Picklesimer, represented by veteran Salt Lake City lawyer Mary Corporon, were on October 8, 2022 acquitted by jury on all charges pertaining […]

Rebuilding Neptune’s Navy: Captain Paul Watson post-Sea Shepherd

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“Build me an ark!” or at least help to buy one,  Watson tells supporters WOODSTOCK,  Vermont––Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson on September 13,  2022 thanked Sea Shepherd France,  Sea Shepherd UK,  Sea Shepherd Brazil,  Sea Shepherd Austria,  and Sea Shepherd Tahiti for “loyal and much appreciated support for the establishment of the Captain Paul […]

PIRATES! Captain Paul Watson goes down with the sinking Sea Shepherds

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Under new brass,  it isn’t even the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society any more             SOUTH WOODSTOCK,  Vermont––Japanese and Russian whales,  Atlantic Canadian sealers,  and oceans of marine poachers in other parts of the world never succeeded in sinking Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society,  but the organization he founded in 1977 on […]

Remove bees, wasps, or hornets without getting stung

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First,  don’t go bugs by Merritt Clifton For years I was the fellow whom people would call for help when they had problems with bees and closely related species. I never had much trouble handling bees,   wasps,  or hornets,  but even though handling them may not be hard,  there is not any one simple […]

Beyond Impossible?  Forecasting the future of plant-based burgers

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Beyond Meat share price instability does not necessarily mean beans for other companies & other products,  or even for their own as the plant-based food market shifts from restaurants to homes             EL SEGUNDO,  California––Beneath the headline “Beyond Meat:  Shares Plummet As Americans Don’t Swallow Plant-Based Burgers,”  Harris Anwar of Investing.com on August 10,  2022 […]

Asha’s Farm Sanctuary founder charged with felony cattle theft

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“Rustling is still a hanging offense.”  ––Judge Adam Fenton,  Hang ’em High! NEWFANE, New York––The New York State Bureau of Criminal Investigation on August 2,  2022 arrested Asha’s Farm Sanctuary founder Tracy A. Murphy,  59,  for third degree felony grand larceny,  specifically the alleged theft of two cattle,  a cow and a steer,  from the nearby […]

Activists who exposed pig farm abuse to be sentenced on August 26

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Two of the “Excelsior Four” face up to 10 years in prison ABBOTSFORD,  British Columbia,  Canada––Convicted by jury on July 12,  2022 on charges of breaking and entering and mischief for their part in exposing alleged animal abuse at the Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford,  British Columbia in April 2019,  vegan activists Nick Schafer and […]

How humility can help animal advocates to change the world, by Ed Duvin

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Perspective of an old warrior Spending over a half-century in social justice movements, much of it consulting, I have formed some conclusions that did not come down from the mountaintop,  but merely represent the perspective of an old warrior. Were I to identify the most pernicious characteristics I have encountered among justice-seeking activists,  regardless of […]