43 h. ago Animal activists PETA risk turning stomachs with £75 Christmas jumpers showing dinner favourites being massacred

The sweaters, available for sale on the charity's website from today, are a true nightmare before Christmas complete with blood, gore and weaponry.

Events

4 d. ago An animal rights activist was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for 15 years. Will he be returned to the US?

Daniel Andreas San Diego, now 47, is fighting extradition from the UK amid accusations he set off three pipe bombs in 2003Twenty-two years ago, a dark-haired, bespectacled young man vanished off the streets of San Francisco. Daniel Andreas San Diego, a 25-year-old information technology specialist, diehard vegan and animal rights activist, was the FBI’s main suspect in a series of pipe bombings that exploded in front of the headquarters of Chiron Corporation and Shaklee Corporation, two Bay Area companies, in August and September of 2003.Communiques attributed to the Revolutionary Cells – Animal Liberation Brigade were posted to the website of an animal rights magazine, claiming the attacks were carried out to highlight both firms’ alleged work with Huntingdon Life Sciences, a British research company that conducted tests for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and other chemical companies and had drawn the ire of activists on both sides of the Atlantic opposing its tests on animals. Cont...

Events

7 d. ago Activist gets jail time for posing as poultry worker and stealing chickens from plant

The activist with a Berkeley-based animal rights group has said she does not regret what she did

Events

7 d. ago Activist get jail time for posing as poultry worker and stealing chickens from plant

A California animal welfare activist who took four chickens from a major Perdue Farms poultry plant has been sentenced to 90 days in jail

Events

7 d. ago California activist gets jail time for taking chickens from Perdue Farms plant

A California animal welfare activist who took four chickens from a major Perdue Farms poultry plant has been sentenced to 90 days in jail

Events

1 week ago Demonstrator interrupts Fashion Awards 2025 as animal rights activist runs on to red carpet to hold up a PETA sign while Wallis Day poses for photos

The animal rights activists stood beside actress Wallis Day while she posed for photos ahead of the ceremony.

Culture

2 w. ago ‘It’s heartbreaking’: how 30 captive beluga whales have become pawns in row over animal cruelty

As the government, Marineland of Canada and activists remain at loggerheads over whales’ fate, health and freedom of beloved animals hangs in balanceJelly Bean’s daughter Bertie Botts is an adorable little “ham sandwich”. Orion – nicknamed “Onion Ring” – is a large but fiercely protective friend. Zephyr has “ants in his pants” and wiggles like a worm. Lillooet is the “biggest cuddle bug” with a heart of gold.Thirty captive beluga whales in a Canadian amusement park have become pawns in a tussle between a shuttered park, local and national governments and animal rights activists. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Major Asian capital finally bans dog and cat meat in victory for animal rights activists

New regulations outlaw trade and slaughter of animals deemed high-risk for rabies transmission

Politics

2 w. ago The Met officer who infiltrated the animal rights mob for five years... then fell for a violent activist she has now married: IAN GALLAGHER on the latest twist in the 'spycops' saga

None of the watchful band of animal rights fanatics suspected the truth about the ever-helpful woman they knew as Christine. All agreed she was a recruit of rare dedication and no little zeal.

Events

2 w. ago The Met officer who infilitrated the animal rights mob for five years... then fell for a violent activist she has now married: IAN GALLAGHER on the latest twist in the 'spycops' saga

None of the watchful band of animal rights fanatics suspected the truth about the ever-helpful woman they knew as Christine. All agreed she was a recruit of rare dedication and no little zeal.

Events

3 w. ago London aquarium claims its penguins are healthier living in room with 'no sunlight or fresh air' than outside

Sea Life London Aquarium, run by Merlin Entertainments, has been hit with a wave of criticism as MPs and animal welfare activists call for the release of penguins 'trapped in a basement'.

Society

3 w. ago Penguins happier in ‘basement’ than outside, London aquarium claims

The top London attraction is under increasing pressure from animal welfare activists to improve conditions for15 gentoo penguins

Politics

3 w. ago Roman shoppers save £25 off 'flattering on the stomach' Christmas party dress

With party season around the corner, shoppers are snapping up a deal from Roman saving them £25 off a sparkly sequin outfit

Economics