Life of Pei, an extraordinary journey toward compassion for animals (Book Review)
Pei Feng Su’s 2024 autobiography reveals her remarkable journey toward compassion for animals and becoming a leader of the animal protection movement.
History of India’s Animal Welfare Movement Revealed in New Book by Dr. Prashanth Krishna
The new book reveals the history of animal welfare in India and the leadership of activists and organizations in Madras-Chennai.
Animal Welfare and Biodiversity: A Brief Primer on the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework
Animal welfare is closely intertwined with many of the issues under negotiation in the CBD’s new Biodiversity Framework.
The Dangerous Rhetoric of Contemporary Animal Rights Law: A Review of Marek Muller’s Impersonating Animals
Muller’s text offers a direct challenge to the burgeoning animal law movement, asking advocates and lawyers to interrogate their tactics, rhetoric, and goals.
Life of Pei, an extraordinary journey toward compassion for animals (Book Review)
Pei Feng Su’s 2024 autobiography reveals her remarkable journey toward compassion for animals and becoming a leader of the animal protection movement.
Have Humans Evolved to Harm Animals? An Interview with Dr. Diana Fleischman
What insight does an evolutionary perspective bring to movements to reduce animal suffering? Can an understanding of the evolution of human psychology and behavior challenge widely-held ideas about why we mistreat animals?
Animal Welfare and Biodiversity: A Brief Primer on the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework
Animal welfare is closely intertwined with many of the issues under negotiation in the CBD’s new Biodiversity Framework.
Why Ending Animal Agriculture Could Save the Planet
Concentrating solely on eliminating fossil fuel usage while ignoring animal agriculture will not be enough to halt global warming.
Why Ending Animal Agriculture Could Save the Planet
Concentrating solely on eliminating fossil fuel usage while ignoring animal agriculture will not be enough to halt global warming.
Can Biologists Describe New Species Without Killing Them?
Typically, when describing a new species, biologists kill a member of the species to serve as a physical specimen. It’s time to rethink this practice.
Animal Welfare and Biodiversity: A Brief Primer on the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework
Animal welfare is closely intertwined with many of the issues under negotiation in the CBD’s new Biodiversity Framework.
Why Ending Animal Agriculture Could Save the Planet
Concentrating solely on eliminating fossil fuel usage while ignoring animal agriculture will not be enough to halt global warming.
Animal News Stories from Around the Web
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 9 years ago
Ethical Veganism Now Legally Recognized in Ontario, Canada: Under this definition, service providers such as hospitals, schools, and employers may not discriminate against requests based on vegan ideals. Also, schools cannot obligate students to dissect animals, hospitals must provide vegan meals upon request, and employers cannot discriminate…[Read more]
Ethical Veganism Now Legally Recognized in Ontario, CanadaThe Human Rights Commission of Ontario deems veganism an ideology with similar discrimination protection rights as other belief systems.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
t’s great news for the most loyal friends of the Indian Army. Not only are the Army dogs set to feature in the Republic Day parade after a hiatus of 26 years, but the government is also working on a policy to stop their mercy killing after retirement.…[Read more]
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
A prominent international group of cognitive neuroscientists and other experts made a strong declaration, endorsed by Stephen Hawking, affirming that all “nonhuman animals… including octopuses” are sentient and feel emotions such as fear and happiness. In Argentina, an orangutan won non-human rights against his zoo-keeper. Recently, in the news,…[Read more]
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
An extraordinary pig clay animation made by 13 year-old Kyle Kelleher: https://www.facebook.com/gary.yourofsky/videos/929600023761913/
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
One of the unintended victims of the fishing industry is the extremely rare and endangered Maui’s dolphin. Forty years ago, their populations were at 1,800 and in 2005 it was just 111. What are the population numbers of this New Zealand native species of dolphin 16-years later? Less than 5…[Read more]
The Shocking Way Our Food Choices Are Driving a Rare Dolphin Into ExtinctionOne of the unintended victims of the fishing industry is the extremely rare and endangered Maui’s dolphin.
