Tag: Animal rights
Hold your horses, municipal rules: biodiversity must wait!
Wild horses roaming through nature to bring biodiversity back to an area – sounds like something they can do in the Pampas. Or on the plains of Outer Mongolia. Or a reservation area in Wyoming. But not Denmark: the moment they pick up a canter, they run out of wildlife and end up in a […]
Finnish parliamentary elections today: Here’s what you need to know
Candidates and Representation Every party in Finland can nominate its representatives in 13 constituencies, and parties can also form electoral alliances. However, the maximum number of candidates for the union is the same as for an individual party. The number of representatives elected in each district is proportional to the number of Finnish citizens living […]
13 small parties are also competing for votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections
Basic income, massive spending cuts, animal rights, opposition to NATO and the dismantling of the patriarchy are the political goals of the small parties that will nominate candidates in next month’s elections.
Noma and the emperor’s new clothes
Yesterday one Article came out in the Times of London, where Farrah Storr described her latest trip to Noma. She hated it. In 2021, Noma again won the award for the world’s best restaurant. The establishment, led by the ever-foraging René Redzepi, has gone from strength to strength since it opened in 2003. People swoon […]
Guest opinion:
Can we learn from history? Imagine a Putin-like crocodile in murky waters, waiting for its window of opportunity to snatch a juicy wildebeest from the herd. If it were me, I’d pick my moment to strike, just like he did when he sent his army to conquer Ukraine in (what he hoped would be) a […]
Police: The wounded bear in the trap is still alive, but is being euthanized
The mother bear, whose leg got caught in a metal trap last summer, has been spotted after a long break in Eno, North Karelia. The bear was caught on camera with the trap still on its leg, near the place where the animal was found with four cubs a year ago. According to the detective […]
Mian Lodalen
Mian Lodalen is a journalist and author and has written hundreds of columns. She has won several prizes and awards for her books and was elected Woman of the Year. Since the 80s, Mian Lodalen has been deeply involved in feminism, LGBTQI and animal rights issues, which is also a recurring theme in her work. […]
Summary: Ten years of the European Citizens’ Initiative – Empowering citizens in the EU?
“The European Citizens’ Initiative is a great opportunity to bring more democracy to the EU. At present, 16 initiatives are open for signature, making it a very active time for democratic participation in the EU, “says Daniela VancicEuropean Program Manager for Democracy International, responsible for the European Citizens’ Initiative. The large number of current open […]
KFC protesters complain about the arrest to the Parliamentary Ombudsman
Three vegan activists arrested by police after suspending the opening of Finland’s first Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) store in eastern Helsinki last November have complained to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Late last fall, KFC had promised to offer the first new outlet chicken in the queue for free for a year, prompting one of the protesters […]
Anna Wintour – The Devil of Reality in Prada
Anna Wintour, daughter of an influential newspaper maker, grew up during the epoch-making swinging sixties in London, and then moved to New York with her sights set on the absolute top of the fashion industry. She is mentioned early in the press as an ice queen, surrounded by rumors of a ruthless leadership style – […]
Police update their animal welfare policy after killing a bear
The police government has updated its policy for the protection of large carnivores. Last year, Finnish police ordered the killing of four bears that had been injured after freezing in traps for small predators. The murders received widespread media attention, sparking backlash and criticism from animal rights organizations. A new police animal protection protocol published […]
A citizens’ initiative banning the non-professional use of fireworks is stuck in Parliament
The deadline for a citizens’ initiative to ban the use of fireworks by uneducated consumers may expire before MPs have the opportunity to discuss the matter. The reform proposal was launched by 15 different NGOs and advocacy groups in 2018, including animal rights, health, patient and disability organizations, and received the required 50,000 signatures in […]
Vote: Majority opposes fur farming
Fur farming is not acceptable in its current form in Finland, 71 per cent of the respondents to a survey of animal rights organizations estimate. Women and young people in particular were opposed to the practice, as only 7% of women and 4% of 15-24 year olds considered fur farming to be acceptable. More than […]
Pamela Anderson – Sextapes, Assange and rock’n’roll
Pamela Anderson, born in 1967, grows up in a small fishing village in western Canada. She is discovered by chance at an American football match and soon gets her first plane ticket, a trip that leads to the men’s magazine Playboy and Hollywood. In the 90s, she will be known as the lifeguard CJ Parker […]
Vegan "chicken lover" protests the launch of KFC in Finland
The launch of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Finland was disrupted on Thursday when a man calling himself Benjamin announced that he was a “chicken lover” who was present to protest the company’s animal rights. KFC had promised to offer the first queue at the new outlet for free chicken for a year. Helsingin sanomat […]
The vegan party elects new leadership
Ulla Koch is the new front person, while Jill Wortziger has been elected as the new deputy front person. – There was great support for it to be her. She has been part of the animal rights movement for many years and since the beginning of the Vegan Party, says Lars Corvinius Olesen, who is […]
The vegan party elects new leadership and must find new front figure
Ulla Koch is the new front person, while Jill Wortziger has been elected as the new deputy front person. – There was great support for it to be her. She has been part of the animal rights movement for many years and since the beginning of the Vegan Party, says Lars Corvinius Olesen, who is […]
The vegan party has got a new front person
– There was great support for it to be her. She has been part of the animal rights movement for many years and since the beginning of the Vegan Party, says Lars Corvinius Olesen, who is press manager and member of the national leadership of the party. Henrik Vindfeldt has been in the post since […]
A dolphin that has become famous in Finland dies in captivity in Italy
The female bottlenose dolphin is called Veera, which was once a popular attraction at the now closed Särkänniemi dolphinarium in Tampere, has died at a 43-year-old facility in Italy. Death was reported Dolphinaria-Free Europe (DFE), a European coalition of NGOs and professionals working to end the imprisonment of dolphins, was cited as the cause of […]
Tuesday leaves: More restrictions eased, parties, new potatoes
Tabloids Evening News is among the magazines that it is easier to organize outdoor events, sports and sports services on Tuesday when the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health announced that the definition of close contact in the Communicable Diseases Act is no longer applicable outdoors. Safe distance requirements – which are at least two […]
20 dead calves and cows found in piles on the farm
A farmer in the Highlands is reported to the police by the county administrative board after 20 dead cows and calves were found on a farm, something that has attracted the attention of the interest association Animal Rights Alliance. The animals have died by themselves, but the farmer on the farm can not explain why […]
Police begin investigating guard dog association training methods
The police departments of Eastern Uusimaa and Southwest Finland announced on Friday that they had started preliminary investigations into training methods for guard dogs. The notification comes after the Finnish Organization for Animal Rights Justice for Animals (Rights for Animals) released video footage captured with hidden cameras that revealed how guard dogs were subjected to […]
Threats to farmers are becoming more common
That animal rights activists threaten farmers is becoming more common, it shows preliminary results from a study led by SLU. Dairy farmer Bosse Sjökvist in Torsby has also noticed an increase. 17% of the farmers who responded state that they have ever been exposed to animal rights activism. “Many who are also starting to think […]
“The world’s loneliest elephant” gets a new home
The 35-year-old Kaavan at Islamabad Zoo in Pakistan has been called “the world’s loneliest elephant” After years of pressure from Pakistani animal rights activists – and artists like Cher – he is now flying to Cambodia where he will be allowed to live his last years on a reserve. A court has ruled that all […]
Dead piglets found over central Copenhagen
Commuters in Copenhagen have woken up to find the bodies of dead piglets placed around the capital – in a stunt staged by animal rights activists. Sixteen pigs have been placed in prominent places around the city overnight: among them Parliament, the Council for Agriculture and Food, Politikens Hus and DR Byen. In scenes worthy […]
FACTS: Vegan party wants to ban fireworks and introduce breastfeeding rights
* Public kitchens and schools must serve spray-free and locally grown food with a focus on plant-based dishes. Animal rights * All forms of fur and down production must be phased out as soon as possible. * All zoos, dolphinariums and aquariums must be transformed into temporary shelters for animals that are unable to survive […]
Bold for the lions: The Danes give up their horses
Morbid meatFor some, this practice may trigger memories international uprising in 2014, when Copenhagen Zoo gained global fame for dissecting and feeding the Marius giraffe to its lions. However, animal rights activists can take comfort in knowing that all horses sent to be eaten in zoos must not be seen as nervous or stressed in […]
Summer & Winter in P1
“I think I love her. My psychologist. ” – I gesture on the two-seater sofa, talk quickly and laugh at myself and my stupid fears, says Therese Lindgren in her Summer.But the psychologist sitting opposite is not laughing. On the contrary, she explains that many of her patients share this fear and that it is […]
