Want to Save Shelter Animals? Fight for Social Justice
Humane communities would endorse animal-friendly affordable housing, living wages, and recognize the importance of human-animal bonds.
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Harold and the Veal Producers
A fictionalized story follows an elaborate heist of 20 calves from a veal farm.
Video: Protecting the Planet by Combating the Illegal Wildlife Trade
The head of policy for Born Free Foundation discusses how wildlife crime harms humans, nonhuman animals, and ecosystems alike.
Trump Administration Again Tries to Undermine Endangered Species Act
The Trump administration has announced a proposed new rule that would harm threatened and endangered species by making it harder to protect the habitat that is critical for their survival.
Reducing Wildlife Trafficking and Forest Loss Could Prevent Future Pandemics
Governments might be able to prevent future pandemics by investing as little as $22 billion a year in programs to curb wildlife trafficking and stem the destruction of tropical forests.
Empty the Cages! And Fill the Prisons?
By supporting imprisonment as a solution to violence against animals, we are advocating that the oppression of being imprisoned itself is not a problem, but only who is being imprisoned.
Basic Income and Veganism
How would universal basic income benefit vegans and the fight for animal protection?
Taking Animal Rights Seriously
Taking animal rights seriously means starting at the beginning, limiting the power and influence our species exerts. If we care about animals, we should have smaller families.
Puppy Mills and Commercial Breeders Abuse Dogs for Profit
This is why “Adopt, Don’t Shop” is so important. Commercial dog breeders and puppy mills treat dogs as things or units of production and profit is their first priority.
Netflix’s Tiger King Does More Harm Than Good
The sensationalism obscured what the main focus of the series should have been: that the abuse of privately-owned big cats is a serious problem, and that legislation must be put in place to fix it.
Bear Protection Act Aims to Stop Poaching and Export for the Bear Bile Trade
In the United States, wild bears are being killed for their gallbladders due to the global bear bile trade.
Hunting and the War on Wildlife
We need to create new wildlife management policies and practices that do not include hunting and killing, but that instead incorporate the intrinsic value and interests of individual animals, species populations, and entire ecosystems.