Finn

• DALLAS, Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For the 21st year in a row, Dallas-based criminal defense attorney David Finn has been selected as one of the "Super Lawyers" in the state.
• This peer-rated accolade is the most recent in the seasoned lawyer's long career in the criminal justice system.
• In 1999, he was elected as a criminal trial judge in Dallas before he decided to practice criminal defense.
• Most recently, he was quoted in Dallas newspapers for his advocacy to improve the "broken" Dallas County juvenile justice system.

• Let’s picture what our societies might look like if animals were granted rights against being killed, made to suffer or exploited for human gain.
• When activists argue for animal rights, they ask us to imagine a different world.
• First, we need to understand how our lives are shaped by animals’ lack of rights.
• The range of uses we put animals to is enormous – going far beyond food, labour and clothing.

Thinking about it

• The humanities and social sciences try to answer the question “so
  how would that work?”.
• It is already possible to grow meat, eggs, milk, and leather in a lab without harming animals.
• Animal agriculture uses vast amounts of land, water and energy, both to house and feed animals, and pollutes our air, rivers and oceans.

• One worry we might have is about the loss of jobs and income generated by animal agriculture.
• Animal rights theorists might respond in a number of ways: one would be to say that we ought not to protect jobs and income generated from rights violations.

Animal testing

• For example, advances in computer modelling allow scientists to predict how medicines will act in human patients without the need for testing on other animals.
• Many people worry that we might not have achieved many of the medical advances we have without animal testing.
• This may well be true, but for animal rights advocates this isn’t enough on its own to justify it.
• In these cases, vets do have the right to refuse to euthanise an animal.

Animal rights

• As citizens, animals could be entitled to workers’ rights, health and retirement benefits.
• Full animal rights mean that dogs like Finn would be entitled what is known as legal personhood.
• When we try to imagine a world with animal rights, it turns out not to be so difficult after all.

Stephen Cooke is affiliated with The Vegan Society UK Research Advisory Committee and the Animal Welfare Research Network.

• NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nautica, the global lifestyle brand inspired by the essence and energy of the water, today announced its Fall Winter 2023 watch collection.
• The collection perfectly embraces the ethos of the brand with the integration of sustainable materials and a design that draws inspiration from nautical pursuits.
• The watch features a 43 mm Eco Ceramic case with a chronograph movement and is water resistant to 100m/330ft.
• This season's Nautica watch collection is available at select retailers and online on Nautica.com.

• Having taken over the lead, Evans was then in fine form on Saturday, winning seven consecutive stages to build an advantage of over 30 seconds ahead of the final day.
• He won three of Sunday's last four stages, sealing his seventh career victory by 39.1s with the fastest time in the rally-ending Power Stage.
• Second in the championship standings, Evans' maximum score means he is now 25 points from leader Rovanpera with four rallies remaining.
• I must also say thanks to Kalle who was giving me advice during our tests for driving these Finnish roads."