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The free weekly direct action newsheet published in Brighton since 1994 - Copyleft - Information for Action
Showing recent stories tagged with keyword 'ANIMAL RIGHTS'
REMEMBER, REMEMBER

Saturday 5th of November was not just the 406th anniversary of an attempt by a group of religious zealots to seize power, it was also the 10th anniversary of the death of activist Barry Horne...

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Sab Land Rover Seized

Forty hunt sabs from around the south-east headed up to get on the case of the notorious Old Surrey and Burstow hunt near Tandridge in Surrey this Saturday (3rd). They were met with a heavy-handed police response – two arrests and the seizure of the South Down's groups vehicle.

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OPERATION DIVINE WIND
Sea Shepherd on kamkaze mission

The Sea Shepherd Crew set sail for the Southern Whale Sanctuary in the Antarctic. They are making a beeline for the Japanese whaling fleet which this year were given cash appropriated from Tsunami relief funding to help them, er, kill more whales.

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Sea Shepherd
dancing on ice

 Sea Shepherd and the Japanese fleet are in the Southern Ocean in their 8th annual showdown. Three Australian protesters are transferred to the Australian customs ACV Ocean Protector after gatecrashing the Shonan Maru 2.

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Gone to Ground
Profile of Simon Greenwood - Foxhunter and Fracker

Crossover episode fun as Crawley and Horsham hunt joint master allows fracking on his land in Balcombe Sussex

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DEAD SETT?
As SchNEWS PONDERS THE PROPOSED BADGER CULL

We take a look at the forthcoming slaughter and find very little justification for it.

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FISH TALES
(yes we know that whales are mammals)

Underwater reports: Sea Shepherd offer $10,000 reward for sea lion killers. The trial of Cove guardian Erwin Vermeulen's is underway in Japan. ALF activists free tuna off the coast of Croatia.

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Foxy News

The end of season round up from our hunt saboteurs.

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A FIRST FOR BLOOD
...AS CRAWLEY AND HORSHAM HUNT ON TRIAL

Four members of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt are on trial for illegally hunting a fox with a dog, the first ever such case in Sussex...

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NO MORE FISH IN THE SEA

A microscopic view on Marine Wildlife Conservation, concentrating in the Mediterrean Sea and the upcoming campaign of the Black Fish this summer.

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Penitentiary, My Dear Watson
PAUL WATSON ARRESTED IN GERMANY

Anti-whaling veteran and top sea dog at Sea Shepherd, Captain Paul Watson has been arrested in Germany on a Costa Rican arrest warrant.

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I can SEA clearly now

Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson gets released on bail from German prison for a decade old Costa Rican misdemeanors.

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A FINE KETTLE OF FISH
Sea Shepherd are victorious in court battle against Fish and Fish

Judge rules in favour of Sea Shepherd, the international non-profit Marine Wildlife Conservation Organisation, during a trial in a UK court after a lawsuit filed by Fish and Fish, a Maltese tuna company.

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OPPOR-TUNA-TY

The Black Fish release hundreds of captive bluefin tuna into the Adriatic Sea.

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Culling In The Name Of...
English badger cull gets the green light from the High Court

Bad news for badgers as High Court decision deems badger cull trial lawful

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CULLING ME SOFTLY

Animal activists gear up to confront badger cull after legal challenge fails.

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BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE

Badger cull activists may have delayed start of the wildlife massacre.

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South Down but not out!!

Vicious hunt attack fails to deter sabs.

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A WHALE OF A TIME

Free Willy meets Kramer vs Kramer as environmentalists go to court to free Morgan the killer whale from captivity

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BROCK HARD
Badgers in the government's sniper sights again.

Despite the amazing success of the counter-mobilisation that saw this year's planned badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire cancelled in October DEFRA are already looking for new cull zones.

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NO BAIL OUT OF JAIL CARD FOR MORGAN THE ORCA

Sadness and disappointment but no surprises as judges in Amsterdam rule against releasing Morgan the Orca back into the wild.

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ICE TO SEE YOU

Things are heating up in Antarctica as Sea Shepherd and the Japanese whaling fleet are about to come head to head for the 9th season.

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ABOVE THE LAW?

Murky goings on as Sussex fox-hunt fronted by ex-policeman attacks monitors and flouts the law.

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FOWL PLAY AT KFC
Lightly battered chicken

Animal rights campaigner is attacked outside KFC outlet during a protest

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Brands are for cattle?
269 - a meme written in flame?

Last October animal rights activists  in Israel pulled a painful stunt. They publicly used a red- hot iron to brand each other with the numbers 269

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THE ONLY WAY IS ANTI-FUR

Animal rights campaigners from Essex Animal Defenders group are holding anti-fur demonstrations outside local shops.

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TB OR NOT TB?

As badger cull looms – SchNEWS asks what are the real causes of bovine TB?

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STAG DO

Animal protesters gather in Richmond to demonstrate against deer culling in London's Royal Parks.

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STRIKE A POSEIDON
Sea Shepherd's "Whale Navy" vs whalers in the Southern Ocean

Whaling ship Nisshin Maru collides with Sea Shepherd vessels in an all out desperate initiative to take the Whale Navy out of action causing Japan to suspend its annual whaling hunt.

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BOTTLE UP
London demo against dolphin slaughter and captivity

On International Taiji Action Day for Dolphins 2013  a demonstration was held outside the Japanese Embassy in Piccadilly, London

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IT'S A DOGS LIFE
Save the Harlan Beagles campaign demonstrate in Brighton

Protesters call for the closure of Harlan Laboratories - leading breeders of research animals - and for a government inquiry into animal testing.

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SQUAT THE CULL
SIGHTS SET ON SETT SITES

Anti-cull travellers and squatters plot land seizures.

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SHARK TALE
An update from the Fin Free Cambridge Campaign.

SchNEWS goes on a fishing expedition with co-founder of the Fin Free Cambridge Campaign and finds out about the group's initial success and what's in hold for the future.

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SETT FOR A SHOWDOWN

Somerset's badgers are in the sniper's sights as activists vow to disrupt the cull.

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You're 'Avin a Cenotaph!
NO PASARAN

 BNP march outside parliament stuffed by badger/antifa alliance.

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WILDLIFE MASSACRE STOPPED?
Has the Gloucestershire badger cull caved in?

Despite a deafening silence from all official bodies, it seems likely the Gloucestershire part of the badger cull won't go ahead.

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Sabotaging the Badger Cull
Activists flood the Somerset cull zone as guns start firing

One week into the badger cull in Somerset, resistance is strong.

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BACK IN BLACK?
badger cull latest

Front line report from successful badger cull saboteurs, as the killing lurches towards a confused end.

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