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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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago“The Torre Argentina cat sanctuary assured that the restoration would not leave the square’s feline residents homeless. The repairs will focus on the ruins of temples A, B and C, not temple D where the shelter is located, one of the volunteers wrote on its Facebook page. ‘The works will not disturb the historic feline colony, otherwise protected…[Read more]
Rome's ancient Largo di Torre Argentina to open to the publicLong the preserve of stray cats, the Largo di Torre Argentina will reopen to the public from 2021.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
NAMI urges retraction of New York ‘Meatless Mondays’ school policyThe North American Meat Institute (NAMI) has called for New York’s Mayor Bill de Blasio to reconsider making 1,800 schools adopt a ‘Meatless Mondays’ policy.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Veganism wins hearts, minds in meat-loving IstanbulVegan shops are springing up across Istanbul, and many curious Turks are learning to make revamp their traditional meat, egg and dairy-based dishes.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Rodeos, Bull Riding Events in LA May Soon be a Thing of the PastA recent bull riding event at Staples Center that sparked protests led the Board of Animal Services Commissioners Tuesday to unanimously approve a motion in support of banning such events in Los Angeles.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Horse dies and three jockeys suspended in Cheltenham Festival dramaThe last race on day one at the Cheltenham Festival turned into a troubling spectacle in which one horse died and three jockeys were later suspended
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Orange-bellied 'starry dwarf frog' discovered in Indian mountainsAstrobatrachus kurichiyana lurks in leaf litter and is sole member of an ancient lineage
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
'Almost certain extinction': 1,200 species under severe threat across worldScientists map out threats faced by thousands of species of birds, mammals and amphibians
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Chickens 'teamed up to kill fox' at Brittany farming school‘There was a herd instinct and they attacked him with their beaks,’ says head of farming
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
What animals can teach us about politicsThe long read: Decades of studying primates has convinced me that animal politics are not so different from our own – and even in the wild, leadership is about much more than being a bully
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Vegan Society calls for milk scheme to include plant alternativesCharity says NHS programme offering vouchers to buy cow’s milk disadvantages vegans
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Musher loses huge lead in Alaska's Iditarod Race after dogs go on strikeMusher Nicolas Petit lost a huge lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday when his dog team refused to keep going after he yelled at one of the animals
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Greta Thunberg, schoolgirl climate change warrior: ‘Some people can let things go. I can’t’One day last summer, aged 15, she skipped school, sat down outside the Swedish parliament – and inadvertently kicked off a global movement
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Jaguar attacks woman who climbed Arizona zoo barrier to take a selfieWoman in her 30s returned to the zoo to apologise after she was treated in hospital for her injuries
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Sometimes Wiping Out Badgers Helped. Sometimes It Didn’t. Why?Culling wildlife is one way to curb the spread of disease among domestic animals. A new study shows why its effects are often limited.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
The five: back-from-the-brink species once thought extinctFrom wild dogs to horned frogs, all manner of animals are still capable of keeping out of our sight, some for over 100 years
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
'Intimidation': Tasmanian activists say duck hunters left dead wallaby at campGroup trying to disrupt hunt says ‘human urine’ also left at site at start of state’s official duck-hunting season
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/mar/10/brexit-egg-imports-return-welfare-farming-industry
No-deal Brexit 'could bring return of low-welfare egg imports'Farming and industry groups seek government assurances for consumers and UK farmers
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
How America’s food giants swallowed the family farmsAcross the midwest, the rise of factory farming is destroying rural communities. And the massive corporations behind this devastation are now eyeing a post-Brexit UK market
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Opinion | Your Dog Feels as Guilty as She LooksAnimals are no less emotional than we are.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2019/03/06/science.aau4532
Human impact erodes chimpanzee behavioral diversityChimpanzees possess a large number of behavioral and cultural traits among non-human species. The ‘disturbance hypothesis’ predicts that human impact depletes resources and disrupts social learning processes necessary for behavioral and cultural transmission. We used an Read more...