Calgary Zoo in mourning day after baby elephant's death Nov 3, 2008
Michael Alvarez-Toye, with the Calgary Animal Rights Coalition, says changes need to be made. "Our view is that the breeding programs in zoos are usually subject to a lot of failure. They don't accomplish what they set out to do.". (CTV.ca)
Want to rent a pet? Not in our city Jul 13, 2008
Opponents to pet rental businesses such as Helen Rayshick, executive director of Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition, offered similar comments. Cars and power tools make great rentals; sentient beings do not, she said. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)
Animal activists say 'the duck' stops hereProtesters want foie gras removed from Vin menu May 15, 2008
Jeannie Deibel, left, and Aaron Ross, right, demonstrates with others from the Baltimore Animal Rights Coalition outside Vin restaurant in Towson ... Activists from the Baltimore Animal Rights Coalition want upscale restaurants such as Vin to stop serving foie gras because of the cruelty involved in its production, said the group's spokesman, Aaron Ross ... Since September, the Animal Rights Coalition has been campaigning against foie gras by protesting upscale restaurants such as Salt, in... (Towson Times, MD)
French restaurants can't duck the foie gras debate May 15, 2008
Jeannie Diebel, second from right, of Towson, and Aaron Ross, of Pikesville, demonstrate with others from the Baltimore Animal Rights Coalition outside the restaurant Vin in Towson, May 2 ... The Baltimore Animal Rights Coalition wants restaurants to stop serving foie gras because of cruelty involved in its production, said the group's spokesman, Aaron Ross. (Baltimore Messenger, MD)
The Old Scout: Columnist lashes out at candidates (Whackkk! Oooffffff!) Jan 18, 2008
All of the presidential hopefuls out there, save the ones from the Aryan Party and the Animal Rights Coalition, are locked into a standard of limp decorum such as one would find in a campaign for student council at a Quaker high school. There is less name-calling or mudslinging or true feeling than you d find in any living room with an NFL game on the TV.. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Following outcry, it's au revoir to foie gras Dec 7, 2007
"The force-feeding process is quite traumatic for the bird," said Aaron Ross, a campaign coordinator for the Baltimore Animal Rights Coalition, whose members met with Tersiguel on Dec. 1 ... Ross said the Baltimore Animal Rights Coalition, which consists of 15 core members and 500 volunteers, began its campaign against foie gras in September and sent literature to Tersiguel explaining how the pate is made. (Howard County Times, MD)
Business in Brief (Tu) Nov 30, 2007
"We want him to stop selling fur or at least sell fake fur," said Erin Marcus, a spokeswoman for about 20 volunteers allied with the Baltimore Animal Rights Coalition. The group has been picketing the store since at least 2002, she said. (Towson Jeffersonian, MD)
Bill takes a shot at repealing longtime Sunday hunting ban Nov 7, 2007
Steve Rayshick, cofounder of the Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition, said the state should instead seek ways to limit hunting. "When hunters are out, the rest of us can't necessarily use the property safely," he said. (Boston Globe)
Turkeys ruffle Brookline residents' feathers Oct 19, 2007
"They're very skittish," said Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition co-founder Steve Rayshick. "Wild animals don't have anywhere to go. It's a problem all over the state and all over the country." Page 1 of 1. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
City Crime Logs Mar 21, 2007
When police spoke to one of the protesters who was dressed in a full-body chicken suit, she told police she is a member of Vegan Outreach and the Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition trying to inform the public through handing out flyers about the way animals are treated before they are processed as food. Officers verified the information in the booklets and allowed the group to continue. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
LETTER: Meat debate lacks the necessary substance Feb 6, 2007
From everything I gathered from The Daily Free Press article and the following opinions, the only argument that vegetarianism supporters make is centered on cruelty ("Meat protesters hypocritical, Feb. 1, p. 9). Words like "suffering," "murder," "visceral," "guilt" and "torture" are used excessively, and the original article's photo is of a protester holding a picture of pigs lined up for slaughter. This is sensationalism. There are no objective facts; the Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition... (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
