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 agohttp://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jun/19/plan-to-remove-goats-from-olympics-to-begin-this-s/
Plan to remove goats from Olympics to begin this summerPark officials plan this summer to begin relocating hundreds of mountain goats from Olympic National Park while killing others.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Butchers plead for protection from France’s militant vegans
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Opinion | Signs aren’t hopeful for animal testing billWhat will Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government do now that a bill on animal testing has been passed onto the Commons for consideration? If history is any indication, the signs are not hopeful, writes Thomas Walkom.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Claims of feral cat carnage are always exaggerated, but this seems especially so: “‘On average each feral cat kills 225 reptiles per year,’ said lead researcher John Woinarski, from Charles Darwin University, adding that feral cats consume more reptiles in Australia than in the United States or Europe. ‘Some cats eat staggering numbers of…[Read more]
Australian feral cats kill a million reptiles a day: studyAustralian feral cats kill a million reptiles a day: study
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
'I began having nightmares': Former animal tester reveals the reality of working in animal research | CBC RadioMichael Slusher speaks with Piya about how he justified testing on and euthanizing animals as a vivisectionist, and what ultimately made him stop.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/giant-crackdown-wildlife-crime-92-countries-56028457
Live animals, meat, ivory, wood seized in trafficking stingsThousands of live animals along with tons of meat, ivory, pangolin scales and timber were seized in a monthlong global crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade that Interpol said exposed the international reach of traffickers. The live animals recovered in the stings included turtles in...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-44581720/what-will-brexit-mean-for-expat-dogs
What will Brexit mean for expat dogs?Rocky and his Scottish owners live in Spain, but it's unclear what happens after the UK leaves the EU.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
FDA to debate lab-grown meatThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to hold a public meeting to discuss foods produced using animal cell culture technology.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://theconversation.com/government-suspends-licence-of-biggest-live-sheep-exporter-98782
Government suspends licence of biggest live sheep exporterThe government action mean there is no trade at the moment after the other current exporter, Livestock Shipping Services, paused its trade over the northern summer.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
How plastic kills wildlifeOn a remote island in the Tasman Sea scientists are battling to save flesh-footed Shearwater chicks.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoSheep exporter's licence cancellation a federal decision, says WA premierMark McGowan says that if the farming lobby has any concerns, it should take this up with Canberra
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/23/coral-reefs-overwhelmed-by-rising-oceans
Coral reefs ‘will be overwhelmed by rising oceans’Study finds fragile marine ecosystems cannot grow fast enough to keep pace with sea levels
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
A shopping mall wanted to evict its pigeons. So it hired a hawk.Remmy the mall hawk, who scares but does not kill his targets, is one of many birds of prey employed to haze away nuisance birds from places where they're not wanted.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Delta is banning pit bull service dogs. That might not be legal.The airline says employees have been bitten by pit bulls recently. Critics say dogs must be judged as individuals.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
It’s a boy! Chicken owners face a dilemma when hens turn out to be roosters.Because it's nearly impossible to tell the sex of a newborn chicken, flock-keepers often unexpectedly end up with roosters that are banned by local officials or frowned upon by neighbors.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago'Drunken' kangaroos may be suffering grass poisoning – videoWildlife rescuers have reported a spike in the number of eastern grey kangaroos that appear to have Phalaris 'staggers', a condition commonly seen in ruminants such as sheep and cattle that have been grazing on the new shoots of Phalaris grasses, particularly Phalaris aquatica
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/koko-gorilla-death-sign-language.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=16&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F06%2F21%2Fus%2Fkoko-gorilla-deat…[Read more]
Koko the Gorilla, Who Used Sign Language and Befriended Mr. Rogers, Dies at 46Koko became an instant celebrity in her youth and charmed entertainers like Fred Rogers and Robin Williams, as well as their audiences.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-suny-cat-experiments-20180621-story.html
Animal rights group demands information about cat experiments at SUNY school - NY Daily NewsThe Animal Legal Defense Fund announced Thursday that it filed a lawsuit against the State University of New York College of Optometry demanding records about its “invasive and painful” experiments on live cats
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoThe secret rainforest hidden at the heart of an African volcano - in picturesA ‘dream team’ of international scientists scaled Mozambique’s Mount Lico and found a wealth of new species.
