Crimes Against Animals
Animal activists shrug and press on after a legal setback as a judge blocks subpoenas that could have exposed critical evidence of alleged abuse at Wisconsin’s beagle breeding facility. Los Angeles, September 15, 2024 — In a controversial legal development, a Dane County, Wisconsin judge has ruled against animal rights activists in a case involving a Wisconsin facility that breeds thousands of beagles for laboratory experiments.
Discover how Earthlings became the groundbreaking film that inspired a global vegan movement Los Angeles, July 29, 2024 — In 2005, viewers around the world were introduced to Earthlings, a documentary that would forever change the way they viewed their relationship with animals.
Wayne Hsiung was convicted and imprisoned for “conspiring” to rescue chickens and ducks from California animal factories. Now, he wants that conviction overturned. Los Angeles, California, January 18th, 2024 – Well-known animal rights leader and attorney Wayne Hsiung is appealing his conviction in a controversial animal rescue case that was extensively covered on UnchainedTV.
The international campaign “Kangaroos Are NOT Shoes” targets ADIDAS for using kangaroo leather and is gaining momentum after a successful global day of action. Los Angeles, January 8th, 2024 — The year 2024 kicked off with two major athletic footwear companies, Nike and Puma, implementing their pledge to stop using leather from kangaroos in their shoes.
In a surprise move, law enforcement in Sonoma County suddenly appeared during a DxE protest march. The three animal rights activists arrested were demanding authorities investigate evidence of animal cruelty. Los Angeles, California, December 4th, 2023 – In what looks to be an escalation of hostilities against the animal rights movement, Sonoma County law enforcement interrupted a march by Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), a fast-growing animal liberation organization, to grab and cuff 3 animal rights activists and haul them off to jail.
Hollywood, California, November 3rd, 2023 – If you’re one of the many people who report feeling distressed and disgusted in the wake of the conviction and jailing of Wayne Hsiung in California, you can join #ProsecuteThis. It’s the new social media campaign launched in the wake of this miscarriage of justice.
Is elephant rescue the key to preserving this iconic species from extinction as natural habitats are increasingly destroyed to make room for animal agriculture and industrialization? Hollywood, California, August 4th, 2023 – UnchainedTV is thrilled to present four inspiring, new, short films on elephant rescue, brought to us by the Voice for Asian Elephants Society, whose crusade to save elephants was recently heralded at NASDAQ.
A recent PETA exposé of a cruel primate vivisection lab in the Colombian city of Cali inspires calls to pass the new CARGO Act to ban US-funded foreign animal experiments. Los Angeles, September 1st, 2023 — The animal rights organization PETA has launched an exposé of a cruel primate vivisection lab in the Colombian city of Cali which ended with over 100 monkeys being confiscated by the authorities due to many breaches of local legislation.
The animal rights organization Lady Freethinker has released new footage of Sumatra’s dog meat trade in Indonesia, sparking a global backlash Los Angeles, July 14th, 2023 — Nina Jackel, the vegan activist also known as Lady Freethinker who runs an animal rights media organization under the same name, is famous for coalescing a global response to injustice.
The activists in the Canada 11 case, convicted for entering a pig farm in Quebec to expose animal cruelty, have now been sentenced after more than three years of waiting Los Angeles, June 27th, 2023 — As animal rights protesters held a rally outside court, 11 activists (10 Canadians and one American) known as the Canada 11, were finally sentenced by a judge in Quebec.