Restrictions on protesting against animal experiments, more trials, and a CEO sees the light

About this episode

The episode discusses recent changes to the Public Order Act affecting animal rights protests, ongoing trials related to animal rescue, and a CEO's change of heart regarding the fur trade.

The House of Lords has now approved Government changes to the Public Order Act, which will make it more difficult, if not impossible, to campaign effectively at research facilities that breed or use animals for research. Further trials have concluded in relation to the rescue of beagles from MBR acres, the focus of a long-running protest against animal experimentation. And we also discuss the remarkable change of heart of the CEO of the fur trade organisation, who has taken a dramatic step in turning his back on this most cruel of industries. Donate here: https://ko-fi.com/animalrightsdebate Join the WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LTGteTLZkwI9XUtB1Xxfen Find out more: https://linktr.ee/animalrightsdebate

People in this episode

Hosts: Martyn Ford, David Thomas

Topics covered

• animal rights
• protesting
• animal experimentation
• legislation
• animal rescue
• fur trade

Keywords

• Public Order Act
• animal experiments
• protests
• beagle rescue
• fur trade
• animal rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: House of Lords, Government, MBR acres

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