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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 5h

PETITION / Bougeons-nous et passons à l’action pour que l’accord de libre-échange UE-Mercosur ne soit pas conclu. Prenez 1 min pour cette action en ligne. Et partagez ! #StopUEMercosur www.collectifstoptafta.org/accord-ue-me...

Bloquons l'accord UE-Mercosur : interpellez E. Macron & les députés européens

Ne laissons pas Emmanuel Macron ratifier l’accord de libre-échange entre l’Union européenne et les pays du Mercosur (Brésil, Argentine, Uruguay, Paraguay) sans réagir. Il est urgent de se mobiliser : ...

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 5h

Sex Change Surgery is Unnecessary Mutilation
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Sex Change Surgery is Unnecessary Mutilation

Listen to me debate 4 trans activists on Radio 4 in 2007. Recovered from the BBC archive, the 45-minute programme features me against Stephen Whittle, Peter Tatchell, Michelle Bridgman, & Kevan Wiley

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 6h

PETITION / Horse Branding is an Outdated Cruelty That Causes Needless Pain and Infection www.thepetitionsite.com/338/124/411/...
#AnimalRights #ethics #justice

Sign Petition: Horse Branding is an Outdated Cruelty That Causes Needless Pain and Infection

Branding can leave young foals with third-degree burns, infections, and lifelong trauma. (148 signatures on petition)

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 9h

What Meghan Murphy, #Canada's most cancelled feminist, can teach Scottich women.
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What Canada’s most cancelled feminist can teach Scottish women

Meghan Murphy was branded a ‘Terf’ after becoming one of the only writers to oppose Bill C-16, which enshrined gender self-ID into Canadian law in 2017

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 9h

Voici ce que la féministe la + censurée du #Canada peut enseigner aux femmes.
MEGHAN MURPHY a été qualifiée de TERF après ê devenue l’1 des seules journalistes à s’opposer au projet de loi C-16 inscrivant le droit à l'autodésignation du sexe dans la législation
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Voici ce que la féministe la plus censurée du Canada peut enseigner aux femmes écossaises

JENNY LINDSAY: « Les partis politiques de gauche soutiendront-ils un jour les femmes victimes des guerres menées au nom du genre ? Selon l’écrivaine et commentatrice canadienne Meg…

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

Why Did America Destroy Its Own Cities?
And how to make them beautiful again...
culturecritic.beehiiv.com/p/lost-ameri... via @the_culturist_

Why Did America Destroy Its Own Cities?

And how to make them beautiful again...

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PAZ @associationpaz.bsky.social · 2d

❌ #Cdiscount doit arrêter de vendre des #piegesacolle ! L’agonie subie par les animaux piégés est inouïe. Ils peuvent agoniser des jours, se ronger les membres pour tenter de s’échapper… zoopolis.fr/nos-campagne...

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

GRAHAM LINEHAN: I lost wife, career & pension over #trans right tweets – but I’ll defend #women’s safe spaces until madness ends,
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GRAHAM LINEHAN: I lost wife, career & pension over trans right tweets – but I’ll defend women’s safe spaces until madness ends

“My beliefs are shared by the vast majority of people in the UK. It's perfectly normal to recognise that men are men, and women are women.” I talk to Graham Linehan about his battle against genderism:

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

SHAME ON #WISCONSIN!
Wisconsin rescinds exception for dog breeding farm's puppy sales.
#USA #StopBarbarity #EndAnimalTesting
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Wisconsin rescinds exception for dog breeding farm's puppy sales

A FOX6 investigation led Wisconsin regulators to change their mind on the sale of 5-week-old puppies for research.

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

Alternatives to animal testing are the future — it’s time that journals, funders and scientists embrace them.
#AnimalRights #research #science #sentience #ethics #justice #EndAnimalTesting
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Alternatives to animal testing are the future — it’s time that journals, funders and scientists embrace them

Biomedical research techniques that don’t involve the use of animals are gaining momentum, but those using innovative approaches still face resistance from some quarters.

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

Baboons: Long-Term Research Reveals Who They Really Are | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
#AnimalRights #sentience #EndAnimalTesting

Baboons: Long-Term Research Reveals Who They Really Are

Shirley Strum's new book highlights many surprises including their displaying complex strategies of negotiation, collaboration, and resilience and the importance of females.

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

SC Monkey Island eyed as potential retirement community for research primates.
#USA #StopBarbarity #AnimalRights #EndAnimalTesting www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-monk... via @postandcourier

SC Monkey Island eyed as potential retirement community for research primates

As federal government agency NIH cuts demands for research primates, some hope to turn SC’s Monkey Island into coastal retirement home for monkeys and chimps.

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

#USDA reports cite ‘critical’ issues in University of #Minnesota animal labs.
The U was the only college or university in Minnesota with any issues recorded in its labs by the federal agency in 2024.
#USA #StopBarbarity #AnimalRights #EndAnimalTesting
www.startribune.com/usda-reports...

USDA reports cite ‘critical’ issues in University of Minnesota animal labs

The U was the only college or university in Minnesota with any issues recorded in its labs by the federal agency in 2024.

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

PETA meets MAGA as #RFK Jr. takes on animal testing.
RFK Jr.’s moves against animal testing in drug trials could pull animal rights voters to the GOP, experts say. But the Health secretary has held his fire against factory farms & slaughterhouses.
#USA #AnimalRights
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PETA meets MAGA as RFK Jr. takes on animal testing

RFK Jr.’s moves to limit animal testing in drug trials could pull animal rights voters into the Republican camp, experts say.

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

An unlicensed veterinarian may oversee thousands of animals in a #USDA-regulated facility — because, as it turns out, the agency doesn't require that "attending veterinarians" be licensed: riseforanimals.org/news/unlicen... via @rise_foranimals
#USA #AnimalRights #justice #EndAnimalTesting

The USDA Doesn’t Even Require Veterinarians to be Licensed

An unlicensed veterinarian may oversee thousands of animals in a USDA-regulated facility — because, as it turns out, the agency doesn't require that "attending veterinarians" be licensed.

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

A single inspector has had a monopoly over #Ridglan Farms' #USDA inspections for over a decade, exposing how animals’ lives depend on oversight that’s neither fair nor trustworthy: riseforanimals.org/news/same-us... via @rise_foranimals
#USA #AnimalRights #StopBarbarity #EndAnimalTesting

Same USDA Inspector Assigned to Every Ridglan Inspection

USDA records reveal one man inspected Ridglan Farms for over a decade. He also has ties to the infamous Moulton chinchilla cruelty case.

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

SIGN #USA! I just wrote a @rise_foranimals letter: Support the SPARE Act to End Wasteful, Taxpayer-Funded Animal Research! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/spar...
#AnimalRights #EndAnimalTesting

Support the SPARE Act to End Wasteful, Taxpayer-Funded Animal Research

The Safeguard Pets, Animals, and Research Ethics (SPARE) Act is a bill that aims to end federally funded animal research. Urge your U.S. elected officials to support the SPARE Act now!

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

Ever wondered what happens to the animals in research facilities across the US during a government shutdown? @rise_foranimals has the answers: riseforanimals.org/news/governm... #animalprotection #animalrights #stopanimaltesting

Here’s How a Government Shutdown Affects Animals in Labs

In federally-operated and -supported laboratories across the U.S., millions of animals depend on government-subsidized employees, oversight, enforcement, and funding just to receive the most minimal, ...

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

🐰 Latest Animal Research News:
—Gov’t shutdown’s effects on animals in labs,
—New updates on Ridglan Farms,
—Alternatives to animal testing are the future,
—And more.
Get informed and help animals in labs: riseforanimals.org/news/news-oc... via @rise_foranimals
#EndAnimalTesting

Animal Research News Roundup: October 24, 2025

This week in animal research news: The government shutdown’s effects on animals in labs; A single USDA investigator has overseen Ridglan Farms for a decade; SC Monkey Island to become a retirement com...

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

SIGN! AHOLD DELHAIZE: NO CUMPLE SUS PROMESAS. igualdadanimal.org/campana/ahol...
#AnimalRights #GoVegan

Ahold Delhaize, cumple tus promesas – Igualdad Animal

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

Activistas desafían a Ahold Delhaize en 6 embajadas igualdadanimal.org/noticia/2025... via @igualdadanimal
#AnimalRights #GoVegan

Activistas desafían a Ahold Delhaize en 6 embajadas – Igualdad Animal

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

Concerned about how Judge Yvette Verastegui handled cruelty against animals? File a complaint with the state commission!
SHAME ON YOU, Judge Yvette Verastegui!
#USA #AnimalRights #justice #CourtWatch #PublicSafety
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UPDATE: Judge Yvette Verastegui Failed Los Angeles in Animal Cruelty Sentencing

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

In Defense of Animals was honored to present “Lucy, the Stolen Lives of Elephants” for its US premiere in Los Angeles.
#USA #California #LosAngeles #StopBarbarity #AnimalRights #sentience #ethics #justice #10WorstZoos #ShutDownZoos bit.ly/49ddVgo

WATCH: The Los Angeles Premiere of <em>Lucy, the Stolen Lives of Elephants</em> is a Big Hit!

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

Lulu and Momo had a rough start to life, but now they’re safe in loving homes in the same U.S. city.
#DCMT bit.ly/43fCBBl
#SouthKorea #StopBarbarity #AnimalRights #AdoptDontShop

Sweet Siblings Rescued in South Korea Arrive at New Homes in the Same City

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Méryl Pinque Ⓥ🐾 @merylpinque.bsky.social · 1d

SIGN! Ventilation shutdown kills farmed animals by slow, agonizing heatstroke & the #AVMA still approves it. Urge the AVMA to reject this #AnimalCruelty & tell the USDA to stop funding it with tax $. bit.ly/47hLHP2
#USA #StopBarbarity #AnimalRights #justice #GoVegan

Urge the AVMA to Reject Horrific Ventilation Shutdown & the Mass Killing of Animals

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