All tag results for 'animal rights'

India has joined Costa Rica, Hungary and Chile as the fourth country to ban captive dolphin and orca shows.

They've enacted the ban because they claim the animals' high level of intelligence grants them status as "non-human persons."

That's ahmayzing! That means they get rights!

India’s Ministry of the Environment and Forests said in a statement:

Tags: amazing, animal rights, ban, captives, dolphins, india, orca, shows, whales

Prince William and his father Prince Charles are true gentlemen.

But just because they drink tea does NOT mean they are afraid to fight battles they believe to be worth fighting for!

And one war that Prince Charles is especially itching to fight is the war on animal poachers! But not because he loves violence, but rather Prince Charles believes it is the only way!

Here's what Prince Charles said:

Tags: animal cruelty, animal rights, poachers, prince charles, prince william, war

Viola Davis is really good at playing strong women in film.

We're starting to realize it's possible she's so good at acting those parts because she IS a strong woman in real life!

On behalf of PETA, the award winning actress wrote to the Senator Susan Sosnowski of Rhode Island, and urged her to end the maltreatment of elephants that travel with some circuses.

Here's some of what she said:

Tags: abused, animal cruelty, animal rights, circus, elephants, viola davis

Paul McCartney is a huge animal lover and big supporter of animal rights.

So of course he was so happy when the European Union (EU) enacted a law that banned all animal testing.

Cruelty Free International (Buav) is an organization that really spearheaded the ban in Europe, and now they've joined forces with Sir Paul to bring that ban to the rest of the world.

McCartney said:

Tags: animal rights, animal testing, ban, cruel, eu, paul mccartney, rights, sad, sir paul mccartney, testing

When it comes to helping animals - the price is always right for one man.

And that man is Bob Barker!

The former game show host has offered to buy the University of Washington a set of infant simulator mannequins with a caveat.

That they agree to no longer use live cats as a part of their research!

Tags: animal cruelty, animal rights, bob barker, cats, live, mannequins, university of washington

The race for the next mayor of New York City may be a historic one.

Not only for humans, but for horses, too!

Horse drawn carriages in New York City have become a big issue these days.

Animal activists say it is severe animal cruelty to have horses drawing carriages around cars in the city. Plus they say the horses are treated very poorly!

But others say that to remove carriage horses from the city will put 300 people out of a job!

One of the supporters of carriage horses is Christine C. Quinn - a top candiate to replace Michael Bloomberg as mayor of the Big Apple.

But one of her main opponents is not a supporter.

Tags: animal cruelty, animal rights, ban, carriage, horse, horses, mayor, nyc

Animal activists stormed an animal research facility at the University of Milan in Italy.

The extreme supporters of animal rights released a number of mice and rabbits from their cages, and mixed up cage labels to disturb what experiments were going on.

The workers at the research facility were using the animals to research autism and schizophrenia.

Although no arrests were made - the university says it is considering pressing charges

Tags: activists, animal cruelty, animal rights, laboratory, milan, science