Video: Uplifting Communities While Protecting Wildlife
The co-founders of WildlifeSOS discuss combating wildlife crime through community development.
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Video: Youth Engagement for Animal Welfare in Liberia
The founder of Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society discusses current issues facing animal in Liberia, LAWCS’ programs, and the benefits of humane education.
Beyond Single-Issue Veganism: Consistent Anti-Oppression
There are changes happening in the veganism and animal liberation movements. Mainstream veganism, which is largely food-focused and apolitical, just isn’t cutting it, and its inattention to other forms of oppression besides speciesism is a big problem.
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.
Animal Protection Organizations Must Be Proactively Anti-Racist
“Statements of solidarity are certainly needed, but where change actually happens is when racial equity work becomes integrated into our movement, our workplaces, and society.”
Our Movement Can’t Be Effective Without Being Inclusive
Utilitarian philosophies and a focus on bottom-line effectiveness have brought the animal protection movement so far –– but we can’t expect to go much further unless these principles encompass more of the things that matter.
Imagining a Vegan Superman
What would it look like if the superhero’s sense of justice and compassion extended to non-humans too?
How Animal Protection Impacts All 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Recognizing the connections between animal protection and the SDGs can help advocates maximize impact, win government support, and collaborate with other stakeholders.
Christianity Does the Strangest Things
A Catholic animal advocate grapples with what she calls “the Church’s indifference to the suffering of animals,” and calls for change.
24 Firms in China Exposed for Using Endangered Leopard Bones in Traditional Medicines
Due to the risks posed by the consumption of wildlife, the Chinese Government has imposed an emergency ban. The continued sale of leopard bone medicines demonstrate the need for this ban to be expanded.
Living With Wild Animals, Part One: Cash Cows or Fellow Beings?
The notion that Earth is here for our use and pleasure is deeply embedded in our collective assumption. We have to rebalance our relationship with the natural world. COVID-19 is a warning of what happens when we don’t.
Sharing Video or Images of Humans Interacting with Wildlife Harms Animals
Many videos and photos of wild animals interacting with humans become viral on the Internet. Although they may seem cute or funny, they can harm animals in a number of ways.