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 ago'Barnacled angels': the whales of Stellwagen Bank – a photo essayOff the tip of Cape Cod, pods of humpbacks return every summer to feed. For the past 18 years, Philip Hoare has been joining them to witness this incredible display
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoThe week in wildlife – in picturesBurkina Faso’s sacred crocodiles, a family of cheetahs and a humpback whale are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoWhere have all our insects gone?There is a crisis in the countryside – and a massive decline in insect numbers could have significant consequences for the environment
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoA world without puffins? The uncertain fate of the much-loved seabirdsOn the small Welsh island of Skomer, puffin numbers are booming. But in former strongholds in Scotland, Norway and Iceland, the picture is ever more worrying
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoDiversion tactics: how big pharma is muddying the waters on animal antibioticsAntibiotic use on farms is a major cause of human drug resistance. Yet slick social media campaigns by the pharmaceutical industry aim to muddy the waters
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoUK gardeners urged to build ponds as sightings of frogs and toads dry upSightings of toads have fallen by nearly a third and frogs by 17% since 2014, RSPB survey finds
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoCocaine in rivers harming endangered eels, study findsTests show drug causes eels to become hyperactive and damages their muscles, possibly hindering their ability to migrate
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoMPs to examine environmental footprint of UK fashion industryInquiry will explore the carbon impact, resource use and water footprint of growing throwaway ‘fast fashion’ sector
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoTourism preventing Kenya's cheetahs from raising young, study findsResearch in Maasai Mara linked areas with high density of vehicles to lower numbers of cubs raised to independence
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoBear clambers out of a car window after getting stuck – videoA bear trapped in a car in California created so much damage to the vehicle that the only way to get the animal out was to smash one of the windows.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/mar/29/curious-cheetah-clambers-into-safari-jeep-video
Curious cheetah clambers into safari jeep – videoA cheetah climbed into a safari jeep and spent ten minutes sniffing around the vehicle and the tourists it was carrying before moving on
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44573330#
What does it take to relocate a 195kg tiger?Numerous forest officers, wildlife veterinarians - and at least five elephants.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
This ancient Chinese tomb held a royal, her extinct ape — and a warningThousands of years ago, a gibbon was buried with a member of the Chinese elite. Now these gibbons are gone.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Maryland woman dies of injuries after dog attacked herPolice shot the dog after the incident near Route 4 in Southern Maryland.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/killing-dogs-for-meat-illegal-south-korea-court-rules
Killing dogs for meat ruled illegal by South Korean courtLandmark decision against dog farm could pave way for eating of canines to be outlawed
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoMalta's 'barbaric' finch traps ruled illegal by EU courtCampaigners hail court verdict, which bans trapping of several species of the bird
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoAlmost a third of wildcat population at threat over windfarm plans, say groupALMOST a third of Scotland’s wildcat population could be wiped out by a proposed windfarm development that would clear a huge swathe of their…
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Koko, the beloved gorilla that learned to communicate using sign language, has diedThe Gorilla Foundation said Koko, the beloved western lowland gorilla that befriended Robin Williams and others, died in her sleep in Northern California.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Thirteen bald eagles were found dead in a field. This is what killed them.The eagles were poisoned by the highly toxic chemical carbofuran, which was removed from the market in part because of its lethality to birds.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago'The entire habitat is gone': Hawaii's natural wonders claimed by lavaThe Kilauea eruption has wiped out rare sites and whole ecosystems. As the island mourns a tragedy, it also accepts the brutal cycle of nature