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, 5 months agohttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/palm-oil-new-plastic-keep-weekly-shop/
Why palm oil is the new plastic (and how to keep it out of your weekly shop)Last November the managing director of British supermarket chain Iceland made a visit to the Kalimantan rainforests in Borneo.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Heatwaves can 'wipe out' male insect fertilityStudy of beetles could explain global decline – and also be a warning to humankind
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Abuse of animals rife on farms across Europe, auditors warnEurope-wide investigation says intensive farming systems increase the risks of poor animal welfare
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Watermelon 'ham' – the vegan alternative to turkey this ThanksgivingThink the ‘bleeding’ vegan burger about to hit Tesco shelves is a bold move? How about a brined, smoked watermelon?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Cowboy volunteers ride to the rescue of horses and other animals from fire areaPARADISE — Jerry Kirk stood in the parking lot of a burned-down Safeway shopping center with a group of other cowboys, plotting a rescue route on their cell phones. Towing four horse trailers, the group headed to a home in Pa Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Jonathan Franzen: 'Climate change isn't only reason for bird decline'‘The two things I love most are novels and birds, and they’re both in trouble,’ says The Corrections author, one of the world’s most famous birdwatchers
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
20 Americans Die Each Day Waiting for Organs. Can Pigs Save Them?Thanks to genetically engineered pigs, the donor-organ shortage could soon be a thing of the past.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Queensland has systematically failed threatened species, auditor general says in scathing reportEfforts to protect native fauna and flora ‘lack purpose, direction and coordination’, MPs told
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46200628#
Lion cub found in car in central ParisThe driver is said to have suggested it was "just a cat" when stopped by police officers.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Japan battles invasive turtles by serving them up as foodSnapping turtles, black bass and American crayfish are just some of the unwanted intruders getting the culinary treatmentYet chefs might have a harder time creating palatable dishes out of other non-native species such as fire ants, raccoons and anole lizards
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/12/california-wildfires-horses-rescued
How dozens of horses were rescued from California's devastating wildfiresVolunteers came out in droves to get the horses to safety in communities threatened by the fires
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Kiwis to be reintroduced to New Zealand capital for first time in a centuryAncient, flightless, nocturnal birds have been absent from Wellington for more than a century
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Campaigners welcome China U-turn on rhino and tiger productsBeijing postpones plan to lift ban on their use in traditional medicine after global outcry
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Why are attitudes to meat so complex and personal? I draw the line at cephalopods | Elle HuntI eat all sorts of creatures, but I won’t touch octopus – which only exposes my hypocrisy and our complicated relationship with food
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/13/government-wrong-badger-cull-report-bovine-tb
If the government was wrong on the badger cull, can it reverse ferret? | Gaby HinsliffMinisters can’t ignore this new report showing badgers are not the main culprits in spreading bovine TB, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/nov/12/bloody-beetroot-burgers-why-would-anyone-want-them
Bloody beetroot burgers – why would anyone want them?The urge to replicate animals’ body fluids is very strange
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Polar bear numbers in Canadian Arctic pose threat to Inuit, controversial report saysReport bitterly contested by scientists who say threat comes from climate change, which has pushed bears closer to humans – not because the population is growing
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
In Brazil, Animals Cross a Road of No ReturnHighway BR-262 is among the deadliest in the world for wildlife. Biologist Wagner Fischer has been monitoring its grim toll for more than two decades.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Hawksbill turtle poaching to be fought with DNA technologyProject will trace tortoiseshell products in shops back to where they were poached
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://www.care2.com/causes/animal-cruelty-is-a-gateway-crime-to-mass-shootings.html
Animal Cruelty is a Gateway Crime to Mass Shootings | Care2 CausesTo make law enforcement agencies more aware that animal cruelty crimes often lead to violent crimes against people, the DOJ has published an important report.