𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬 from 🇬🇧 Beagle trial: ▪️Ben: "Laws must change when they are out of sync with the people." ▪️Nathan: "MBR hooks IV lines to puppies and drains every last drop of their blood” for commercial sale. ▪️Hannah: “Every day I think about the dogs I rescued and the ones I left behind.”

Cambridge Crown Court UK began to try 5️⃣ #Animal Rising activists who removed nearly 20 #beagles from Marshalls BioResources in a Dec. 2022 "open rescue". Additional defendants will appear in linked trials stretching out to March 2026 due to courtroom capacity constraints. tinyurl.com/UK-Beagle-Tr...

23-year old Zoe Rosenberg was sentenced to 90 days of jail time, then 2 years of probation. Zoe was convicted for an "open rescue" of 4 sick hens worth $0-$24. "𝙉𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚..." she said. Want to help? www.freezoe.org

🦈Historic victory for the oceanic whitetip #Shark! CITES just listed them onto its highest level of protection-- Appendix 1. Whitetip shark numbers fell 80-90% in just 60 years, driven by a lucrative illegal #sharkfin trade, driven by Asian demand for shark fin soup. More here bit.ly/4olha9w

Signal compromised? #AnimalActivist and #FOIA guru, Ryan Shapiro, discovered that the #FBI spied on a private #Signal group chat of immigrants’ rights activists organizing “courtwatch” efforts in NYC. Read: tinyurl.com/FBI-Signal

𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 of Daniel, Wyoming plead #notguilty Monday to “knowingly, and with intent to cause undue suffering”. . ."torturing or tormenting” a "gray #wolf”. Roberts' trial is set for March 9, 2026 before Wyoming Sweetwater County District Judge Richard Lavery. tinyurl.com/Judge-Lavery

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What to watch this #weekend?🍿 🐒🐒🐒𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 --a 26-minute @speciesunite.bsky.social film that follows the residents of Bainbridge, Georgia as they confront a billion-dollar industry and a looming monkey lab. tinyurl.com/30KMonkeys #nomonkeys #downtownbainbridge #SpeciesUnite #endanimaltesting

Pennsylvania #hunters buy NYC #pigeons, starve them, fling them out of boxes and shoot them as target practice. It's illegal but there's only ever been one arrest. #poaching continues because it's lucrative. Thank you @speciesunite.bsky.social for caring and covering it ➡️ tinyurl.com/Pigeon-poach...

Are all-𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 cats 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 likely to be adopted than cats of other colors? Are they 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 likely to be adopted in October than at other times of year? A 2-year study of 8,000 shelter cats examines the relationship between coat color and euthanasia/adoption/transfer. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

⚖️ Zoe Rosenberg, convicted on all counts. 𝗗𝗫𝗘 arranged a Zoom for tomorrow, Thursday, 𝐎𝐜𝐭. 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 at 6pm PT/9pm ET at dxe.io/actioncall. "𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘡𝘰𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳."

The stench was so bad, agents got nauseous inside Ridglan Farms. Blind #dogs spun madly in circles. Dogs cannibalized each other. Staff mutilated dogs' eyes. 311 violations. It's time to #ShutItDown Sign➡️ tinyurl.com/End-This-Now

Voting 3️⃣0️⃣ to 5️⃣, the Supervisors of Dane County, Wisconsin overwhelmingly passed Resolution 119 last night, urging state officials to revoke the license of 𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨, a local #dog testing facility that faces years of scrutiny over #AnimalCruelty charges.

For 25 years, Tim Gruenke prosecuted rapists, drug dealers, pedophiles, #AnimalAbusers and murderers. But a 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣? Would Wisconsin #AnimalCruelty laws even apply?🤔 He's confused! He doesn't know! Do him a favor: Tell Gruenke no one is #abovethelaw, least of all 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀. 📲 608-785-9604

💉In 2024, 42,880 dogs, 12,004 cats and 11,656 sheep were killed in painful medical experiments. Will #RFK -- via #nih's new organoid development center (@frednatlab) in Frederick, MD-- finally curb #animaltesting? Will it bring #animalrights activists into the MAHA fold? tinyurl.com/RFK-v-Animal...

In an 📩email to 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, Omni Hotels’ Head of Culinary, David Harker, confirmed that “#Omni no longer sells #foiegras and has no plans to ever do so again.”

⚖️ Is 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗲𝟰𝗗𝗼𝗴𝘀' letter-- threatening to identify, name and shame #RidglanFarm's beagle-buying customers-- protected #FreeSpeech? Yesterday's Oral Arguments before Judge Jacob Frost ⤵️ Take a look: tinyurl.com/Ridglan-v-Da...

Shot 30 times in the face, head and neck, a wounded #jaguar swam #Brazil's Rio Negro. Brazilian military police and #Animal Protection Service rescued the 2-yr old ♂️, bringing him to the Tropical Zoo in Manaus. Dir. Amaral says the cat is healing and may soon be released. tinyurl.com/Brazilian-ja...

With Adams out of NYC's Mayor race and 💵 pouring into Cuomo's cash box, let's remember what Cuomo does when he's not groping, kissing, touching or fondling staff: he kills thresher #sharks and other #fish. One species of thresher shark is #endangered. All 3 are vulnerable to #extinction. #TBThursday

#Ridglanfarms manager, Richard Van Domelen's DVM license was suspended for delegating cherry eye and devocalization surgeries to non-veterinarians, in likely violation of Wisconsin Veterinary Code 1.44(2)(c) tinyurl.com/VetCode144-2-c Take a listen: www.fox6now.com/news/wiscons...

#Ridglanfarms manager, Richard Van Domelen's DVM license was suspended for delegating cherry eye and devocalization surgeries to non-veterinarians, in likely violation of Wisconsin Veterinary Code 1.44(2)(c) tinyurl.com/VetCode144-2-c Take a listen: www.fox6now.com/news/wiscons...

⚖️ Chair of 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 analyzes the crazy criminal trial of #DXE activist Zoe Rosenberg, who faces 5 years in jail for rescuing 4 hens. www.speciesunite.com/news-stories...

Invite me to live with you. Fly ✈️ me over. Then kill my dad and shoot me when I eat. That's what's happening to Colorado's 𝘾𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙒𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨. Tell Colorado Gov. Polis to stop the killing: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Thank you, @speciesunite.bsky.social‬ for hanging in there with me through multiple trial delays. I hope you and your readers enjoy the resulting article, despite there being no justice yet for #RYDER www.speciesunite.com/news-stories...

Lawyers swear to uphold the #Constitution as the bedrock of democracy Thursday, May 1st, we reaffirm our values as #lawyers, before our colleagues, before the #courts surrounding Foley Park, and before Hon. Wan who will administer our #oath No one is above the law lawdayofaction.org #LawDayofAction

To comply with #Colorado voters and Prop. 114, CPW will capture 15 British Columbian gray #wolves and ✈️ them to CO. BC wolves will provide genetic diversity to Colorado’s #wolf population of 9 adults. Exact release date/spot is secret, as hunters illegally shot alpha ♂️ 2309, who died leaving 4 cubs.

Dane Countys Judge Lanford just appointed a special prosecutor to investigate #𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨 biomedical facility in Wisconsin. This, following 6 witnesses and harrowing employee Oct 23rd testimony of eye surgeries and de-barking procedures by non-veterinarians without painkillers. tinyurl.com/Ridglan

Missed it this March? Here's your chance to repent! 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜. 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 join this 🆓 1-day online screening of CHRISTSPIRACY at Noon, 4:00PM or 8:00PM ET. 3 Sunday showtimes followed by Q&A with filmmakers Kip Anderson & Kameron Waters. Register: gathr.com/e/e9c22ef2

𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 for our 𝐃𝐞𝐜. 𝟓𝐭𝐡 Zoom webinar, featuring #DXE's Almira Tanner and Cassie King. They compare 2 California ballot box measures-- both banning CAFOs. 🗳️ Berkeley passed Measure DD. Sonoma trounced Measure J. What happened? Register, join them and find out ➡️ winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com

55% of #Coloradans rejected Prop 127-- a ballot 🗳️ measure to protect #cougars & #bobcats from #trophy #hunters 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨? Mark Surls of 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 joins 5 other campaign leads to discuss money, media, messaging and how we 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦. Register➡️ winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com

55% of #Coloradans rejected Prop 127-- a ballot 🗳️ measure to protect #cougars & #bobcats from #trophy #hunters 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨? Mark Surls of 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 joins 5 other campaign leads to discuss money, media, messaging and how we 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦. Register➡️ winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com

26 states have 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻-𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀/referenda. If citizens have an idea, propose a law and collect enough signatures, their idea can be placed on next #election's ballot for everyone to consider. Your state isn't listed? No worries! Cities & counties have ballot box initiatives too. 🧵1/3

A citizen-ballot initiative or referendum can be a great tool for #progressive citizens to bypass a regressive legislature. E.g. Arizonans saved #abortion Nov. 5th via a ballot initiative: Prop. 139. And we've all heard of California's Prop. 12, right? 🧵2/3

How might we use ballot box initiatives to advance #AnimalRights? 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜. 𝟓𝐭𝐡, 𝐍𝐨𝐨𝐧 - 𝟏:𝟎𝟎𝐏𝐌 𝐄𝐓, join 6 ballot box #campaign leads from 4 states as they discuss what worked, what didn't, if they were blindsided/outspent and what they'll improve next time. winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com 🧵3/3

What if #AnimalRights activists went all out: proposed a full ban on killing #animals? That's David Michelson's goal via IP28 🗳️ Join David-- and 5 other ballot-initiative Campaign Leads-- as he describes the idealism driving him and creating a slaughter-free #Oregon. winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com

84% of Coloradans supported #wolf reintroduction in Aug. 2019. But by election day, wolf reintroduction squeaked by with only 50.9% 🗳️ What caused public support to drop 30%? Prof. Niemiec details how hunter/rancher lobbies changed public opinion in the home stretch: tinyurl.com/dwindling-su...

When #HSUS launched 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟐 the 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘗𝘌𝘛𝘈 and 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 condemned it as 'too modest'. But Josh Balk defied naysayers; and 63% of California's voters agreed. 🗳️ 6 years later, was Prop 12 an overall 👍 or 👎? Were there unforeseen benefits? What do you think?

What do we do now? How do we pivot to advance animal rights in this political climate? 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜. 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐨𝐧-𝟏:𝟎𝟎𝐏𝐌 𝐄𝐓, join 7 seasoned activist-campaigners in a webinar discussion on pros and cons of ballot box initiatives in advancing animal rights. 🆓 Register: winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com

The #Wildlife Passage bill is on @GovKathyHochul's desk. Wildlife corridors over #NewYork 's busy highways will save human and animal lives, create construction jobs... maybe even lower car insurance! Plus, it's federally-funded. Please ☎️ 518-474-8390 and urge her to sign A.4243B/S.4198B into law.

While Judge Lanford's considers whether or not to appoint a Special Prosecutor, let's take a look inside 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 and the #beagle rescue that started it all... fb.watch/vZVmaKip4U/

How are all my Animal People feeling about the election 🗳️ results and cabinet picks? Happy? Neutral? Sad? Let me know in the comments, below.

🕊️ Hey, New Yorkers! You found a stunned, glass-collision survivor? Put him/her in a paper bag and rush them to the wildbirdfund.org on 565 Columbus Ave. (betwn 87th & 88th Streets). Open 8:00AM - 8:00PM and absolutely FREE.