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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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39229625#
Ebola vaccine shows promise for gorillas and chimps - BBC NewsA trial suggests that an Ebola vaccine could protect gorillas and chimps from the deadly disease.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/world/asia/radioactive-boars-in-fukushima-thwart-residents-plans-to-return-home.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=17&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.co…[Read more]
Radioactive Boars in Fukushima Thwart Residents’ Plans to Return HomeOfficials are struggling to clear towns of toxic animals so that people displaced after the 2011 nuclear meltdown can come back.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/lead-is-back-on-the-menu-for-those-who-hunt-and-fish.html
Lead Is Back On The Menu For Those Who Hunt And Fish | Care2 CausesInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke has rescinded the ban on lead ammunition on federal lands.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoAnimal rights activists in Tunisia decry crocodile stoningTunisia's Belvedere Zoo is unsafe for the animals it is supposed to protect.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoBrussels to ‘improve’ welfare of animals exported to non-EU countriesThe European Commission will pursue actions within its remit to improve the welfare of livestock shipped to non-EU countries, after an undercover investigation allegedly showed member state animals subjected to brutal treatment.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoPlant-based protein ‘here to stay’ – Tyson bossThe head of one of the US’ largest meat processors has said that plant-based protein products are a “big part” of the food industry’s future.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoOur prehistoric relatives may actually have been vegetariansDespite their popular reputation as meat-eating simpletons, some Neanderthals ate a vegetarian diet and appear to have used natural forms of penicillin and aspirin to treat infections and pain. Dental plaque was found on the fossilised teeth of Neanderthals who lived in what is now Asturias, Spain, and in Belgium up to 50,000 years ago.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoOfficial cover-up - are hunting hounds the 'cryptic carrier' for bovine TB?Was the discovery of bovine TB in a pack of foxhounds in southern England covered up? Jordi Casamitjana asks if hunts bear much of the blame for the bTB epidemic, while Defra may have deliberately suppressed the evidence. The 25 bTB-infected hounds of the Kimblewick Hunt may just be the tip of an iceberg of diseased dogs spreading TB across the UK - while badgers take the blame.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170210-a-huge-gathering-of-sting-rays?ocid=fbert
A huge gathering of sting raysGentle tides make great places for fish to gather
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoHow an empty sea helped the blue whale grow so enormousIt took a set of specific circumstances to allow the blue whale to become the largest of all animals
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150707-the-whales-that-never-forget?ocid=fbert
Sperm whales can remember their friends over many yearsThe longest study of sperm whales to date suggests they never forget a friend
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170210-two-metre-long-salamanders?ocid=fbert
Two-metre-long salamandersLiving for up to 80 years, they hunt within Japan's mountain rivers
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39216695#
Arrests 'big step' in chimp trade battle - BBC NewsA series of dramatic arrests of notorious wildlife traffickers is being hailed as "one big step" against the illegal trade in baby chimpanzees.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoPetersburg woman devastated after dog killed an hour after she surrendered it to shelterVanessa Thomas had a change of heart after she surrendered her dog to the Petersburg Animal Shelter Monday morning, but when returned to claim her companion of five years, she learned the dog had b…
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoMeat body defends under-fire livestock tradeA European meat body has defended animal exporters, claiming an investigation into brutal treatment of EU livestock in the Middle East does not represent the sector’s daily reality.