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.care2.com/causes/united-changed-its-pets-policy-but-will-still-fly-many-as-cargo.html
United’s ‘PetSafe’ Policy Bans Over 40 Breeds After In-Flight Dog Death | Care2 CausesUnited Airlines will no longer allow 40 dog breeds and some cat breeds in its PetSafe program, but will continue to fly many pets in dangerous cargo holds.
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago“Serbian government has pledged to shut all fur farms by January 1st 2019 but due to pressure from fur farmers and fur traders, there are moves to delay the fur farming ban by 10 years.”
http://www.oipa.org/international/serbia-anti-fur-action/
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
“That bezoar is not found in all porcupines, you must be lucky to find the animal, which has it: It seems that only five for every 1,000 porcupines are naturally doted with it. For this reason, Chinese people make order of a large number of porcupines, dead or alive, to the hunters.”
http://www.oipa.org/international/porcupine-bezoar-congo/
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
“World agriculture will absorb two-thirds of all climate change costs by 2050. That means that both the climate and capitalism’s agricultural model are in the midst of an abrupt and irreversible moment of change. There is little reason to imagine that climate change won’t break the modern food system. Worse, industrial food production is a bre…[Read more]
How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our eraThe long read: This is what happens when you turn the natural world into a profit-making machine
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
“World agriculture will absorb two-thirds of all climate change costs by 2050. That means that both the climate and capitalism’s agricultural model are in the midst of an abrupt and irreversible moment of change. There is little reason to imagine that climate change won’t break the modern food system. Worse, industrial food production is a bre…[Read more]
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/world/australia/koalas-chlamydia-john-oliver.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=1&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F05%2F08%2Fworld%2Faustra…[Read more]
Everything You (and John Oliver) Need to Know About Koala ChlamydiaTo honor the comedian John Oliver, the actor Russell Crowe has donated a new medical ward in Australia to treat koalas with chlamydia.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
As Winter Warms, Bears Can’t Sleep. And They’re Getting Into Trouble.American black bears are not always hibernating when they should be. Sometimes, they go in search of humans’ food, and that’s an even bigger problem.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Butterflies: Riders on the StormHow do the delicate insects survive pounding rains and high winds? Trees provide refuge, experts say.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
A Census of Gorillas and Chimpanzees Finds More Than ExpectedThere are more than 360,000 gorillas and 128,000 chimpanzees in Africa, roughly twice as many as previously estimated.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Humpback Whale Baby Boom Near AntarcticaPregnancy rates in the southern oceans are high, according to a study that showed the species is rebounding, a rare piece of good news for whales.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Listening to Elephants With Earthquake-Monitoring ToolsDetecting the vibrations that elephants create with their feet and vocalizations may be a useful tool to protect them from poaching.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.care2.com/causes/lawmakers-target-wildlife-killing-contests-in-new-york.html
Lawmakers Target Wildlife Killing Contests in New York | Care2 CausesCountless animals continue to become targets for wildlife killing contests, but now lawmakers have set their sights on contests themselves in an effort to make these cruel events a thing of the past.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
H&M, Zara and others ban mohair products after animal cruelty investigationVideo footage from a PETA investigation shows workers dragging goats by the horns and legs, and lifting them off the floor by their tails.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
“German nutrition retailer nu3 analyzed data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to assess which countries have the potential to significantly reduce their carbon footprint by switching their consumption habits to a plant-based diet that would minimize damage to the…[Read more]
Israel has greatest carbon footprint due to poultry consumption worldwideGerman nutrition retailer nu3 analyzed data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN to assess which countries have the potential to significantly reduce their carbon footprint.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Mom, 2 children die after striking alligator on South Carolina interstate, authorities sayThe car crashed into a tree and caught fire after hitting the animal, authorities said.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Florida deputy responded to a dispute about a cat. He was fatally shot in the head, police say."It's just one of those things that goes along with law enforcement,” said a sheriff's office spokesman. “There is no routine call."
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Palm oil ban could scupper deal on British fighter jets, warns MoDDefence officials warned the government that backing a European ban on palm oil could jeopardise a deal to sell British-built fighter jets to Malaysia, documents have revealed. The ban is intended...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoWhat is the true cost of eating meat?As concerns over the huge impact on the environment, human health and animal welfare grow, what future is there for the meat industry, asks Bibi van der Zee
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Spanish Guggenheim to feature live animal installation that sparked protests in New York Spain’s Guggenheim museum has defended itself in the face of protest over the exhibition of two controversial Chinese artworks featuring animals, which had previously been withdrawn from its gallery in New York.
