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, 3 months agohttps://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/jan/09/moon-influences-opening-of-oyster-shells
Moonlight influences opening and closing of oysters' shellsMolluscs not only have tidal and circadian clocks but are attuned to lunar rhythms, experts say
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Open thread: Do you have an animal encounter that made you scream with laughter? Or terror?Whether it’s tickling a crocodile or having a huntsman burn down a house (kind of), most of us have our weird animal stories. Share your stories in the comments
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Alarm after Christmas decorations found tied to New Zealand birdsAnimal welfare charity appeals for information after dozens of birds found dead or injured
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/08/fox-nicer-than-fox-hunter-and-more-useful-1982
The fox is not only nicer than the fox hunter, he’s a deal more useful – archive, 8 January 19828 January 1982 ‘My own private war with the foxes is over,’ says a veteran farmer - they are more effective in dealing with rats and mice than human pest controllers
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Turkey's 'horse whisperer' races ahead at the box officeA cinematic homage about the record-breaking racehorse Bold Pilot and his jockey is filling Turkish theaters and bringing audiences to tears.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
‘It’s tough sleeping at night’: ranchers seek to protect herds as wolves move inAs wolves arrive in California for the first time since the 1920s, ranchers try non-lethal methods to deter animals once seen as livestock-killing vermin
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Singapore immigration stops man smuggling kittens down trousersThe 45-year-old was stopped while travelling in a car going through a border checkpoint with neighbouring Malaysia
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
They look cute, but should we rescue Romania’s street dogs?Well-meaning Britons are saving abused dogs from hellish public pounds and death by cannibalism. So why are they making some experts anxious?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
These Whales Are Serenaders of the Seas. It’s Quite a Racket.Why do whales sing? Scientists still aren’t certain, and maybe the whales aren’t, either.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
'Voice of the forest': George the snail, last of his kind, dies at age 14Climate change and invasive predators have taken a heavy toll on native animals and insects in the Hawaiian Islands
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
'The Dog Wears Prada': $1,500-a-month doggy daycare prompts growls in San FranciscoDoggy Style, whose top-tier membership requires $7,500 fee, sparks backlash amid housing crisis
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Belgium puts an end to ‘unauthorised slaughtering’Belgium’s Parliament has launched a public campaign to inform businesses about new slaughter methods after banning halal and kosher slaughtering in the Flanders region.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Hundreds of thousands of native fish dead in second Murray-Darling incidentAn estimated 10,000 were killed just weeks ago, and locals fear native stocks could be all but wiped out this time
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Galápagos island gets its first iguanas since Darwin after mass-releaseLand iguanas wiped out by feral pigs have been reintroduced to Santiago Island
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
US policeman fired after shooting ‘aggressive’ Chihuahua in the headThe tiny dog survived the incident, captured on video, in which Keenan Wallace opened fire despite ‘numerous opportunities to de-escalate’
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Porcupine remains, cages found in Tai Tam Country ParkPolice are treating it as a case of animal cruelty
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Chinese nature reserve bans release of exotic fish over eco threatsOrder imposed to stop pollution and habitat invasion by non-native species
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Half-baked: what Greggs’ vegan sausage roll says about Brexit BritainIt is not the first time culture wars have been fought over pastry and pork products. Is the launch of a vegan version the latest salvo – or a chance for a divided country to heal itself?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
How the internet went nuts for New York’s squirrel influencersFirst there was pizza rat, now the egg roll- and avocado-loving squirrels are the city’s latest social media stars
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Female penguins 'get stranded more because they travel further'Longer journeys may exhaust birds, say scientists tracking them off South American coast