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, 6 months ago
The Guardian view on vanishing insects: a silent threat | EditorialEditorial: The astonishing global collapse in their numbers is a danger to almost every other species
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
“Edwards wants to use Chloe’s death to campaign for a change to the law to acknowledge that pets are far more than just property – they are deeply loved family members and, in exceptional cases like Chloe’s, they are also lucrative businesses. She is working with the Animal Legal Defense Fund to raise awareness about the issue, promoting the not-f…[Read more]
‘She was becoming a star’: what happens when your Instagram-famous pet dies?Chloe the bulldog, who had 180,000 followers and several brand partnerships, is a case study in a new kind of celebrity death
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Florida reserve offers reward for safe return of wolf that escaped during Hurricane MichaelTahane, the 16-year-old wolf, fled the Seacrest Wolf Preserve in Chipley during the storm last week
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elephant-euthanized-20181017-story.html
Santa Barbara Zoo euthanizes beloved 47-year-old elephant - Los Angeles TimesSujatha was euthanized in her enclosure Tuesday, surrounded by her caretakers.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Plague marching west: researchers study bats to stop their demiseScientists work to stay ahead of white nose syndrome, a deadly fungus that has killed millions of bats in the US and Canada
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Revealed: US moves to keep endangered species discussions secretIn a confidential document obtained by the Guardian, officials say releasing records could have a ‘chilling effect’ on their deliberations
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Live exports: licence given to company linked to Emanuel ExportsFederal government’s decision will allow the second shipment to the Middle East following the Emanuel sheep scandal
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Share your stories from inside the farming industryWe want to hear from people working in the farming and food production industry around the world as we begin a new investigative series
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
'Horrific' footage reveals fish suffocating to death on industrial farms in ItalyAn Italian NGO has published footage taken on intensive fish farms that appears to reveal troubling practices in an industry that so far has largely gone unregulated.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
The spurned lion cub raised by a dogA lion cub in Sri Lanka was nursed by a dog after being rejected by his mother in a zoo.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Dog meat off the menu in Vietnam’s capital HanoiOfficials have urged residents of the Vietnamese capital to stop eating dog meat because of public health, and image, risks
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45875974#
New insight into history of dogs and humansA study of ancient dog DNA shows man's best friend has been at our side for at least 9,000 years.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45892076#_=_
Dozens of penguins mauled in 'dog attack'The deaths of 58 small penguins in Tasmania have led officials to issue a warning to dog owners.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Rabies vaccine maker fined US$1.3 billion after safety scandalChangchun Changsheng Life Sciences was found to have falsified production records in case that triggered public outcry and nationwide crackdown
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Trump team makes controversial change to allow chicken plants to operate at faster speedsCompanies that receive a waiver from the Trump administration will now be able to process 175 birds per minute, up from 140 now.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
‘I shot a whole family of baboons’: Idaho Fish and Game official resigns amid fury over Africa trophy hunting boastsBlake Fischer and his wife went to Namibia where they hunted a variety of animals, including a giraffe and a leopard.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Rescuing Sea Turtles From Fishermen’s NetsAn organization on the coast of Kenya tries to persuade local residents to help return the trapped reptiles to the ocean, rather than sell their meat and shells for a living.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Idaho official resigns amid fury over photo posing with baboons he killedBlake Fischer resigned after a local paper published a report of a photo of him with a baboon family he hunted in Africa
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
“Labour’s Chris Williamson, who described the BHA as ‘singularly useless’ at reducing equine deaths, spoke in response to Davies’s assertion that the modern, cushioned whip does not inflict pain. ‘Let me hit you with it,’ Williamson said. ‘I think you’ll find I would be able to hurt you.’…[Read more]
Praise and criticism for BHA as MPs debate equine welfare regulatorThe British Horseracing Authority received both praise and criticism in the House of Commons debate on the introduction of a new equine welfare regulator
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45838997#
Is meat too hot for politicians?Climate scientists say we must eat less meat but the UK government will not sell that message.