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, 7 months agohttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/11/japan-launches-bid-to-end-ban-on-commercial-whaling
Japan launches bid to end ban on commercial whalingDelegation at the International Whaling Commission argues stocks have recovered enough to allow ‘sustainable’ hunting
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
BC Conservation Officer Authority Questioned: Appeal Filed to Supreme Court of CanadaThe Fur-Bearers have filed an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Leaked Queensland report shows state has no overall strategy to save native speciesExclusive: Conservation staff say 955 species face extinction across the state
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Do you look like your dog? Canine-human lookalikes in picturesCanine-human lookalikes photographed by Gerrard Gethings
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
“So far, McDonald’s hasn’t disclosed any future plans for the McVegan burger, or whether it plans to expand the option to other parts of the world. For now, Scandinavia will remain the testing ground for the cruelty-free, meat-flavoured alt…[Read more]
What's driving the rise of the McVegan burger?An overwhelming hunger for more vegan food is pushing even the fast-food giants to adapt.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Antlers of extinct Irish Elk found in LoughThe antlers are thought to be more than 10,000 years old and have a span of more than 3 metres.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45472159#
Facebook animal trade exposed in ThailandA wildlife trafficking watchdog says it has found hundreds of examples of animal trading.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45473786#_=_
'Internet of animals' spreads its wingsA satellite system that for 30 years has tracked animals will expand to track all manner of objects.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
An exotic-tiger-zoo owner ranted for years about an animal rights activist, who now says he tried to have her killedThe man who calls himself “Joe Exotic” has been charged with two counts related to a murder-for-hire plot.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45395216#
The dad who feeds his son burgers almost every dayA profile of Ethan Brown, the founder and boss of best-selling vegan burger company Beyond Meat.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Global battle against ASF steps up a gearEpidemic may be too strong a word, but African Swine Fever (ASF) is spreading across the world and nobody’s quite sure how to stop it.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
New Zealand animal welfare regulations pendingNew regulations to strengthen the New Zealand animal welfare system will come into effect on 1 October 2018.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
The online insurer targeting Hong Kong’s half a million petsThe purely online insurer raises the biggest amount to date for a pre-revenue insurance start-up in Hong Kong as it awaits licence approval
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Lattes and snake selfies at first Phnom Penh reptile cafeFirst there were cat cafes, and now Phnom Penh has a reptile cafe – and to the owner’s surprise, his colourful lizards, iguanas and snakes are a hit with women customers
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Glamping new gambit in battle to save biggest Southeast Asia rainforestTravellers to Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains can enjoy nature at its best, while helping to save the rainforest and its wildlife from logging and poaching, thanks to the launch of innovative tourism projects to support conservation
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Japan to take another shot at overturning whale hunt banJapan formally observes the moratorium but exploits a ‘scientific research’ loophole to kill hundreds of the animals every year, despite international criticism
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45446869
Whale stranding death toll rises to 58Investigations are under way to determine why large numbers of whales are dying off Scotland and Ireland.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45364696
Could the ban on killing whales end?Japan is trying to convince the world the time has come to make commercial whaling legal again.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180906-did-animal-cruelty-create-indian-yellow
The murky history of the colour yellowIndian Yellow was created by a process that allegedly restricted cows to a diet of mango leaves. Kelly Grovier looks at the masterpieces which used the pigment.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45328322#
The Indian tribe that gave up huntingA tribe of hunters in India's remote northeast changed their ways to conserve biodiversity.