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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Do Penguins Mate for Life? Not According to These Paternity TestsNew research challenges assumptions that some penguins mate for life, and suggests DNA testing is needed to avoid inbred captive populations.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Hundreds of Reindeer Died by Lightning. Their Carcasses Became a Laboratory.“From death comes life,” said researchers who studied how decomposing bodies, with the help of scavengers, might alter plant diversity across a broad landscape.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Atomic dogs: Chernobyl’s strays groomed for new life in USHundreds of puppies are being caught, cleaned up and fed, ready for adoption by American families
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Otter seizures surge as critters caught in Japan’s cuteness crazePet cafes, celebrities and the media are being blamed for the rising popularity of the ‘vulnerable’ animals, which are smuggled in from Southeast Asia
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
India’s growing population draws elephants and humans into conflictThe Indian government told parliament last year that 1,100 people had been killed in the previous three years
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Why are more Hongkongers going wild for exotic pets?Experts warn against a rising trend in space-starved city where inexperienced owners take in unusual breeds only to abandon them later, and laws remain murky on species protection
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Animals Asia founder Jill Robinson’s story told in new filmNarrated by Peter Egan and featuring Downton Abbey’s Lesley Nicol, wildlife campaigner Virginia McKenna and Matt Sorum of Guns N’ Roses fame, documentary recounts Briton’s campaign to rescue Asian moon bears
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Fight to end bear farming boosted by Lao sanctuary for rescued bearsThe sanctuary that will house up to 150 rescued bears is under construction in the hills outside Luang Prabang, the former capital of Laos, where the NGO saves bears from the pet trade and bear bile farms
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Vietnam’s caged bears are dying out as price of bile plummetsBear paws are popularly used as a delicacy in soup or liquor, while bones are used for cooking and teeth and claws for decoration or jewellery
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
A Consequence of Ukraine’s War: Less Hunting, More Wolf AttacksWith hunting banned as far as 40 miles from the front line, pheasants and hares proliferate, drawing foxes and wolves into closer contact with people and pets.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Older than dinosaurs: last South African coelacanths threatened by oil explorationJust 30 of the prehistoric fish known to exist, raising fears oil wells will push it to extinction
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45113932#
'Why I'm helping stop poachers in Malawi'Lance Corporal Chad Spalding says he doesn't want animals ending up as "just pictures in a book".
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45220685#
'Save trees when roasting Eid sheep'Authorities in Niger want Muslim celebrants to use coal instead of firewood at next week's festival.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Country diary: Egyptian geese are wild about this pondPetersfield, Hampshire: These showy African birds were introduced to Britain in the 17th century, but there is now a self-sustaining feral population
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Shark nets to be removed from all NSW north coast beachesMinister says nets will stay between Newcastle and Wollongong but be removed further north after trial
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Stink over Boofhead the dog ends with $16,000 penalty for RSL clubCourt finds Jervis Bay club discriminated against man over the smell and appearance of his assistance dog
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
500 Macau racing dogs to live in luxury as billionaire and activist join forcesBillionaire businesswoman Angela Leong On-kei and rights activist Albano Martins team up to build home for displaced animals after closure of Asia’s last legal dog racing track
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Endangered animals found on sale in Chinese supermarketA supermarket in southwestern China is being investigated after it was found illegally selling nationally protected animals such as the giant salamander, Chinese sturgeon and Chinese alligator....
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Why are Japanese torturing cats and posting the videos online?As Japanese police record a spike in animal abuse, a proliferation of online videos depicting the torture of cats has activists demanding Tokyo tighten its laws
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Land reclamation: ‘theft from the sea’ or a Hong Kong necessity?China restricts reclamation but Hong Kong ploughs ahead with proposals to concrete over more natural seabed; scientists warn of a price to pay, and voice alarm at the cumulative impact of reclamation on the Pearl River Delta