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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/fire-holds-no-fears-for-chimps-says-scientist-1869307.html

http://www.care2.com/causes/alaskans-overwhelmingly-disapprove-of-cruel-hunting-practices.html

Alaskans Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Cruel Hunting Practices | Care2 CausesA survey conducted by the Humane Society of the United States found that Alaskans are tired of aerial hunting and trapping.

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/baby-elephant-thanks-woman-who-is-saving-her-kind/

http://ecowatch.com/2016/03/04/world-meat-addiction/ The Shocking Consequences of the World’s Meat Addiction

https://www.thedodo.com/circus-elephant-falls-stunt-video-1246774647.html

Circus Elephants Rush To Help Friend Who Fell During Cruel StuntFor the love of animals. Pass it on.

http://www.chooseveg.com/8-farmed-animal-rescue-stories-that-will

8 Farmed Animal Rescue Stories That Will Warm Your HeartThese precious rescues remind us that all animals deserve love and compassion.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3267340/American-research-team-track-never-photographed-Mustached-Kingfisher-one-world-s-rarest-birds-KILL-additional-study.html#comments

American research team tracks down rare bird then kills itChris Filardi, director of Pacific Programs at The Museum of Natural History, is defending his choice to slaughter the male moustached kingfisher after finding it in The Solomon Islands.

Religion in animals? Why not – it would be pretty much the only human behavior not also known in other species.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/06/chimps-more-human-than-we-think?CMP=share_btn_fb

A courageous defender of Indigenous people and the natural world, murdered in Honduras yesterday.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/honduras-berta-caceres-murder-enivronment-activist-human-rights

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-03-markets-of-death-part-three-how-chinas-taste-for-wildlife-feeds-a-killing-frenzy/#.Vtn4vFI241g

Markets of Death, Part Three: How China’s taste for wildlife feeds a killing frenzy | Daily MaverickAfrica’s extraordinary and charismatic wildlife is clearly under siege from the wrecking ball of Chinese demand. Heading the list of critically damaged species are elephants. As the world’s largest consumer, Chinese hunger for ivory is stimulating transnational organised crime, trashing ecosystems, flooding areas with weapons, perverting legal systems and causing mounting tension in elephant-range communities. Part 3 of a three-part series by DON PINNOCK.

https://www.propublica.org/article/missing-what-happened-to-wild-horses-tom-davis-bought-from-the-govt

All the Missing Horses: What Happened to the Wild Horses Tom Davis Bought From the Gov’t?The main buyer from a federal program designed to protect wild horses is a Colorado man who advocates slaughter. He’s bought more than 1,700 since 2009, but won’t say where they are.

PR, ethics, and the science of head transplants

PR, ethics, and the science of head transplantsThere has been a lot of media coverage on the recent claims by Dr. Sergio Canavero that he has successfully transplanted the head of a monkey on to a donor body of another monkey. This story, origi…

https://www.animalsasia.org/intl/media/news/news-archive/how-theft-of-a-blind-mans-dog-is-helping-china-see-its-dog-theft-problem.html

It hurts to be boiled alive, which is scientific fact for crustaceans. As long as killing them is what we do to unwelcome migrant creatures (and often people, too), there is little hope that humans will develop a more humane ethic that will allow us to live lighter on the earth and learn to share it with the other animals. If environmental…[Read more]

The 5 Best Invasive Species to Eat | Sierra Club

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/proof-pigs-are-probably-smarter-than-our-cats-and-dogs/

Definitive Proof Pigs Are Probably Smarter Than Our Cats and Dogs (VIDEO)

We’re celebrating how amazing and intelligent these animals really are.