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Author:

Cassie King

Published on:

January 13, 2017

Animal Rights News Recap 1/13/2017

After the death of Tilikum, an orca who spent 33 years in captivity at SeaWorld, protests and memorials have been held around the world.

http://www.seaworldofhurt.com/vigils-mourn-loss-orca-tilikum-memorial-photos/








DxE Harrisburg activists disrupted the Pennsylvania Farm Show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g80jluVMMak

Donny Moss from Their Turn Animal Rights News joined DxE activists in an investigation of a certified humane egg farm and the open rescue of a hen named Helen.

https://www.facebook.com/theirturn/videos/1839469329636789/

Activists with DxE Chicago went inside a Whole Foods to share the stories of hens who suffer and die producing the eggs for sale there.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/12/why-i-got-kicked-out-of-whole-foods-again/








India banned the importation of mink, fox, and chinchilla fur as well as reptile skin.

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/india-bans-importation-of-reptile-skins-and-fur-but-what-about-leather/

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