Racism, Animal Rights and Eugene Debs
John Howard Moore’s book The Universal Kinship has been held up as a foundational antispeciesist text, but the book is unfortunately full of pseudo-scientific racism.
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We Need Public Funding for Cultured Meat Research
The United States federal government can accomplish incredible things when it chooses. With investment in cultured meat research, we could do amazing things for human health, the environment and animal welfare.
Shut Down the Slaughterhouses
Pre-emptive action is needed now to halt the spread of the coronavirus and stop the next pandemic. Shut down slaughterhouses and factory farms!
Netflix’s Tiger King Does More Harm Than Good
The sensationalism obscured what the main focus of the series should have been: that the abuse of privately-owned big cats is a serious problem, and that legislation must be put in place to fix it.
Bear Protection Act Aims to Stop Poaching and Export for the Bear Bile Trade
In the United States, wild bears are being killed for their gallbladders due to the global bear bile trade.
Making Roads Safer for Wildlife
Automobile traffic can be a huge threat to wildlife. In an interview, we learn what one state is doing to reduce the number of animals killed by vehicles.
And Say the Researcher Responded?
I went to the zoo to study primates, to turn their behaviors into numbers on a chart. Instead, I found a complicated world, with five orangutans at the center of a twisted web of relationships.
Hunting and the War on Wildlife
We need to create new wildlife management policies and practices that do not include hunting and killing, but that instead incorporate the intrinsic value and interests of individual animals, species populations, and entire ecosystems.
Feeding Hungry Souls and Spirits
Christie Smith offers her advice and looks back on 35 years of helping companion animals via a local organization devoted to sheltering and adoptions.
“Project Nim” Scientist Says Humane Science Holds the Key to COVID-19 Cure
“Forward-thinking researchers are moving forward with humane, human-relevant cures for COVID-19 because the world cannot afford to be hampered by the results of bogus and outdated animal experiments.”
As COVID Pummels Slaughterhouse Workers, Meat Companies Won’t Slow Down
As COVID-19 plagues the US, large meat companies and the USDA continue to put slaughterhouse workers’ lives in jeopardy and completely disregard animal welfare.
State Scorecard Released on Animal Cruelty Reporting
An analysis by the Animal Welfare Institute has found that the majority of states have gotten off to a slow start reporting animal cruelty incidents to the FBI’s national crime database.