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, 9 months agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/arts/television/shark-week-sharkwrecked-james-glancy.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=8&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F07%2F25%2Farts%2…[Read more]
43 Hours, Circling Fins, No Boat: All for the Shark Week GloryJames Glancy didn’t set out to take part in “the most dangerous experiment ever attempted on Shark Week.” But that’s exactly what happened.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoAlmost all world’s oceans damaged by human impact, study findsThe remaining wilderness areas, mostly in the remote Pacific and at the poles, need urgent protection from fishing and pollution, scientists say
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoCountry diary: horseflies are a biting scourge throughout the landSandy, Bedfordshire: As with mosquitoes, the female is deadlier than the male, seeking a meal of animal blood so that she can grow her eggs
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoLions attack sole rhino survivor of bungled Kenyan park relocationTen black rhinos died last month in Tsavo East park due to conservation officers’ negligence
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44972722#
The sniffer dog and other targeted animalsThe Colombian sniffer dog threatened by a drugs gang is not the first to need special protection.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44968509#
Zoo accused of passing off donkey as zebraCairo's International Garden municipal park denies painting black stripes on the animal.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44965951#
Colombian sniffer dog has price on her headA drugs gang put a price on the German shepherd's head after she found a massive stash of cocaine.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
The Controversial Lion Hunt in Umbabat - South Africa - Conservation Action Trust1. The Petition 1.1 On the 7th June 2018, a citizen of the United States of America, named in a recent article as Jared Whitworth (see: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-07-05-digging-for-the-truth-aboutskye/#.Wz3taNUzbX4), is Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Roaring trade in lion bones fills gap in the market for tiger parts - Conservation Action TrustThe Far East’s growing demand for animal body parts will fuel the export of 1,500 lion skeletons from South Africa to Asia over the next year, filling a gap in the market left by moves to protect endangered tiger species. South Africa’s legal and controversial lion-bone trade began a decade ago, mostly to meet theRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoBeavers released in Forest of Dean as solution to floodingHope is that dams built by pair of beavers will hold back water and improve biodiversity
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoThese six species are about to be sacrificed for the oil and gas industryRepublican-led changes to the Endangered Species Act put plants and animals across America at risk
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Perspective | A rodent experiment with a choice: Eviction or death?In the District’s battle against rats, we fear their bite. Maybe we should worry more about their brains.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoFool’s gold: what fish oil is doing to our health and the planetOmega-3 is one of our favourite supplements – but a huge new study has found it has little or no benefit. How did it become a $30bn business?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-friedrich-ivmeat-20180725-story.html
Is in vitro Meat the new in vitro fertilization?No matter how scary pollsters make their question, a significant percentage of people are eager to eat meat produced without killing an animal.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/25/gene-editing-is-gm-europes-highest-court-rules
Gene-edited plants and animals are GM foods, EU court rulesLandmark decision means gene-edited plants and animals will be regulated under the same rules as genetically modified organisms
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoCan a cat-poo parasite turn you into a millionaire?Scientists have discovered that people infected with toxoplasmosis are more go-getting. But that doesn’t mean we should all be trying to catch it
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoLogging 'destroying' swift parrot habitat as government delays actionResearchers say failures allowed logging of 25% of old growth forest despite extinction threat
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Animal Cruelty: A Possible Warning Behavior for Terrorism and Other Premeditated Violence Against Humans Which Needs Reporting and Further Vetting
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180724-the-complicated-truth-about-a-cats-purr
The complicated truth about a cat’s purrOur cats may purr when we pet and tickle them, but it’s a much more complicated form of communication than we've assumed.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-44941279#
Belarus customs find huge antler cacheBelarus customs officers find huge antler cache hidden in fuel tank.