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 7 years agohttps://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-los-angeles-fur-ban-20190212-story.html
L.A. will become biggest city in the U.S. to ban fur salesThe new ordinance, which will go into effect in 2021, makes it illegal to sell, manufacture or trade fur or fur products such as coats, handbags and keychains within L.A. city limits.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
Plastics reach remote pristine environments, scientists sayBirds’ eggs in High Arctic contain chemical additives used in plastics
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
Pandas Wang Wang and Fu Ni to stay in Adelaide zoo under Labor planPM criticises opposition’s pledge for five years’ more funding, saying his priority right now is Queensland’s floods
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/17/germany-wolves-farmers-environmentalists
Return of wolves to Germany pits farmers against environmentalistsEU regulations outlaw killing of wolves unless people are in danger or there is ‘no satisfactory alternative’
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
My cat loves to be petted, but the comfort is mine, too | Hannah Jane ParkinsonA Swedish study found the risk of heart attack was 11% lower in pet owners
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
Do you carry baby cows around? Vegan Fashion Week decodedMoby, Jack Nicholson and Mena Suvari were there when French stylist Emmanuelle Rienda organised the world’s first showcase of vegan fashion
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/16/jackfruit-stinking-vegan-food-trend-star
How the vegan food trend made a star of the stinking jackfruitThe easy-to-grow crop has the potential to be much more than just a fashionable alternative to meat in the west
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
Are protesters who perform last rites for farm animals doing more harm than good?As a vocal vegan, I might be expected to support the abattoir protests by the Save movement. But I’m not convinced they benefit the animals
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/15/leopard-attacks-children-chad-primary-school
'Pet' leopard attacks children in Chad primary schoolFour children among the injured after a leopard wandered into a primary school in the Amsinene area
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
'I know what it feels like to be hunted': Brigitte Bardot on life in the spotlightActor reflects on her despair at human nature and how animals have brought her peace
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
EU animal transport improvements urgedThe European Parliament has called on the EU and its member states to better enforce existing rules on protecting transported animals and penalise all offenders.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/14/valentines-day-love-cockroach-zoo-el-paso
Be mine, love bug? For Valentine's Day, name a cockroach after your exAn increasing number of zoos are offering people the chance to name creatures after those who’ve spurned them in love
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/14/chimpanzees-talk-humans-gestures-language
Chimpanzees ‘talk’ just like humans. It’s time to realise how similar we are | Jules HowardNew research shows that gestures used by chimpanzees follow the same rules as human language, says zoologist Jules Howard
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
Bavaria campaigners abuzz as bees petition forces farming changes10% of German state’s voters sign, obliging authorities to preserve species diversity
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
Cat ladders: a creative solution for felines in flats – in picturesStrategically placed ramps and ladders for urban cats are all the rage in Bern. Brigitte Schuster’s photo book Swiss Cat Ladders documents the phenomenon
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
I only started bird-watching to get on my teacher’s good side but it changed my life | Sean DooleyBirds opened up an new way of seeing the world. Every day since then has been infused with a sense of wonder
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
Trapped in homes, parrot numbers decline in the wildVoracious demand for the bird has seen its numbers drop rapidly.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
Tiger Found in Abandoned House by Person Who Just Wanted to Smoke PotAlerted by a tipster, the authorities could hear a tiger and smell a tiger. When they entered the home, they found a tiger.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
Buy organic food to help curb global insect collapse, say scientistsUrging political action on pesticide use is another way to help stem ‘collapse of nature’
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years ago
Rare African black leopard captured by camera trap's extraordinary photosImages were taken by British wildlife photographer, Will Burrard-Lucas, in Laikipia Wilderness Camp in Kenya