In recent years, major news outlets have started taking note of the animal movement, and including coverage of animal rights, welfare, and conservation issues on a daily basis. Check out our curated selection of top stories from around the world, updated every day.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
http://nypost.com/2017/05/24/zoo-crisis-leaves-animals-in-limbo/
Zoo crisis leaves animals in limboA year after the 140-year-old Buenos Aires zoo closed its doors and was transformed into a park, hundreds of animals remain behind bars and in a noisy limbo.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months agoWorld's largest animal may still be getting bigger and biggerChanges in climate may have made the largest animal on Earth much bigger than it originally was.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months agoCalls to reform food system: 'Factory farming belongs in a museum'Stop the Machine aims to put an end to methods of farming that are endangering biodiversity and wildlife the world over
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
https://laughingsquid.com/wisdom-of-animals/
How Animals Provide a Sense of Comfort in Their Uncomplicated Ignorance of the WorldIn "The Wisdom of Animals", the ever-insightful School of Life remarked about the the comfort found in coming home to an animal who is completely ignorant
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/brace-prosthetic-engineer-giving-animals-leg/
Brace yourself: This prosthetic engineer is giving animals a leg upDerrick Campana made the jump to animal prosthetics and orthotics 12 years ago -- when few, if anyone, created artificial limbs for dogs and other pets.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
http://themuse.jezebel.com/downward-dog-is-the-most-tender-sitcom-ever-to-feature-1795516692
Downward Dog Is the Most Tender Sitcom Ever to Feature a Talking AnimalIt’s easy to go wrong with a show about a talking dog who’s obsessed with his owner, but somehow ABC’s new summer sitcom Downward Dog—which, told through the narration of a dog named Martin, is about precisely that—might be the sweetest and most tender sitcom to debut in years.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/24/how-the-biggest-animal-on-earth-got-so-big/
How the Biggest Animal on Earth Got So BigWhales might be Earth’s largest animals, but they haven’t always been so huge. Researchers say they became enormous only fairly recently, and over a short period of time.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months agoTexas House narrowly restores animal cruelty billIn a narrow vote, the Texas House restored the teeth to an animal cruelty bill Wednesday, removing t...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months agoActivists battle U.S. government in court over making animal welfare reports publicTwo U.S. cases pit push for transparency against concerns about privacy
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months agoThe World's Largest Animal May Still Be Getting BiggerChanges in climate may have made the largest animal on Earth much bigger than it originally was. Josh King has the story (@abridgetoland)
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months agoFoston slaughterhouse is fined as animal rights activists protestAnimal rights protesters were this morning outside a South Derbyshire slaughterhouse, protesting after bosses at the firm were fined for failing to allow inspectors to provide samples which would...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months agoWhy you should think twice before sharing a video of a dog walking on its hind legsA video showing a dog dressed as a child walking on its hind legs has many issuing warnings of animal abuse.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months agoMan charged with animal cruelty for dropping poodles from parking towerOAK LAWN, Ill. -- An Illinois man is facing two felony counts of animal cruelty after police say he dropped two toy poodles from a parking tower at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn over the weekend. Investigators believe 22-year-ol Read more...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/hunter-dies-after-shot-elephant-falls-on-him-20170521
Hunter dies after elephant falls on himA professional big game hunter from Tzaneen has died during a hunt in Gwai, in Zimbabwe, when a member of his group fired at a storming elephant cow and the animal fell on him.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months agoOpinion | What Made Theresa May Run With the PackThe prime minister’s surprising decision to back fox hunting is a sop to the Tory base.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months agoConvocan a marcha en el puerto para protestar contra barco libanés que trasladará ganadoLa organización For The Animals Uruguay pide que se prohíba la exportación de ganado a pie al exterior, para evitar “los métodos crueles de sacrificio”.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months agoFlamingo balancing act saves energy - BBC NewsFlamingos expend less energy standing on one leg than in a two-legged stance, scientists confirm.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
http://ewn.co.za/2017/05/22/94-critically-endangered-vultures-die-on-zimbabwe-mozambique-border
94 critically endangered vultures die on Zimbabwe, Mozambique borderSources say the vultures Sources died when they fed on the carcass of an elephant that had been poisoned by poachers appear to have been poisoned by poachers who had killed an elephant in the area.