Wild Animals Have No Place in Our Arms
Images and videos of people touching, holding, and playing with wild animals go viral all the time. But how does this affect the animals themselves?
Browsing: Animals in Entertainment
Animals Neglected and Suffering at Belvedere Zoo in Tunis
The animals are imprisoned in very small cages, neglected, dehydrated, and malnourished in a facility where maintenance, hygiene and good care are not provided.
Ex-Volunteers Expose Cruelty in the Name of Big Cat Conservation
Two women thought they were helping by hand-rearing cubs, until they learned some sinister truths. Now they run a sanctuary for big cats born victim to an exploitative industry.
New Photography Book Shines Light on Hidden Animals in Our Lives
See select images from the new book HIDDEN, which compiles the work of forty photojournalists who document animal lives.
It’s High Time South Africa Shut Down Its Captive Lion Breeding Industry
Will the South African government and its high-level panel finally accept the overwhelming evidence that captive lion breeding should be stopped?
Watched to Death: Whale Watching and Washington’s Endangered Orcas
Experts have called for a moratorium on whale watching in the Pacific Northwest to protect the highly-endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales, but the whale watching industry persists. Why, and why is this such an important issue?
Over 60 Animal Protection and Environmental Organizations Call for Animal Welfare to be Addressed in COVID-19 Recovery Policies and Financing
The fact that the COVID-19 crisis very likely arose from the exploitation of animals has drawn greater attention to how human uses of animals can increase the risk of future pandemics.
Monkeys in Thailand Exploited as Coconut-Picking Machines
In some regions of Thailand, pig-tailed macaques are abusively trained, often with severe punishments, to harvest coconuts for the export industry.
Video: Uplifting Communities While Protecting Wildlife
The co-founders of WildlifeSOS discuss combating wildlife crime through community development.
Could the COVID Crisis Provide an Opportunity for Thailand’s Captive Elephants?
The pandemic has revealed the truth about Thailand’s unsustainable and exploitative elephant tourism sector — and a chance to rethink the relationship between humans and elephants.
Undercover Video Reveals Dirty Little Secret of Dog Racing
After decades of denial, investigators have revealed a multi-state conspiracy of cruelty involving the torture and killing of innocent rabbits to “blood” greyhounds.
Coalition Opposes Boom in Elephant Breeding in Thailand Amid Pandemic
As many elephant owners in Asia are left without income from tourism, they are turning to breeding their elephants.