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 ago
Nearly 200 free-roaming horses died searching for water on Navajos’ parched landThe deaths underscore the West's overpopulation of free-roaming horses, a problem entangled in competing interests, scarcity of resources and tribal cultural values.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.care2.com/causes/new-york-bill-would-ban-animal-abusers-from-working-in-shelters.html
New York Bill Would Ban Animal Abusers From Working in Shelters | Care2 CausesThe New York state Senate has just passed a bill to prohibit anyone convicted of animal cruelty from working with animals again.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
The Trump Administration is being sued over a very weird birdOil and gas companies are destroying sage-grouse habitat—with Ryan Zinke's blessing.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoRuffled feathers: feral peacocks split community in CanadaTensions have come to a head over the fate of dozens of wild peacocks that have taken up residence on a city street
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoDoodoowatch: a crowdsourced solution to our cities' dog mess minefield?Major cities worldwide have tried and failed to cut dog fouling. Could a Cambridgeshire village’s ‘mess map’ be the answer?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
The Very First Animal Appeared Amid an Explosion of DNANobody knows what the first animal looked like. But many of its genes are still present in humans today.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Trapping Foxes to Save Plovers Sets Off Showdown at Jersey ShoreWildlife officials have used snare traps to protect the endangered birds. It’s ruffling more than feathers in a town where the fox is the unofficial mascot.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
At national parks and zoos, it’s prime time for baby animalsVisitors can get their pick of the litter from bison calves and white-tailed deer to grizzly bears, goats and storks.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
This amazing new milk is going to change everythingIt doesn't hurt cows, guzzle water, or ruin the soil.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
“To sell a single animal, traders will collect some species at a factor of 3, 5 or even 10 because some of the animals are expected to perish along the way, she…[Read more]
Federal agents peered into a duffel bag on the Mexico border. They found a tiger cub.The tiger was recovered safely and sent to a zoo in Brownsville, Tex.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Please stop feeding the kangaroos — or risk getting mauled, Australian officials warn tourists"One person even got 17 stitches in their face,” a local shuttle operator said.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://apnews.com/bd2566af56824c43ac7ec3bf35489e58?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1
Captive-bred lions killed on South African farm for bonesJOHANNESBURG (AP) — The killing of dozens of lions on a South African farm last week has led to increased scrutiny of the country's policy allowing the annual export of 800 skelet
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/science/horse-skeleton-utah.html
An Ancient Horse Is Unearthed in a Utah BackyardPaleontologists recently determined that a skeleton discovered during a landscaping project belonged to a horse from the Pleistocene Era.
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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
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0196284
Behavioural risks in male dogs with minimal lifetime exposure to gonadal hormones may complicate population-control benefits of desexingCastration of dogs is a widespread practise with clear justification in population control and knock-on benefits for animal welfare. Deleterious behavioural consequences of castration are believed to be negligible. Gonadectomy is widely recommended as part of a multi-f Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Attention all shelter workers: “The current findings present a paradox. Desexing may reduce the numbers of unwanted dogs at large. But it may also increase the likelihood of problem behaviours that reduce the appeal of the desexed [MALE] dogs and make them more vulnerable to being…[Read more]
Why decisions to desex male dogs just got more complicatedGiving male dogs the snip is a common practice in Australia and elsewhere to help reduce the number of unwanted dogs. But it can also lead to some unwanted behavioural problems.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Goat exposes four people to rabies in Pickens CountyThey were exposed while "providing general care" to the goat.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoFacing extinction, the North Atlantic right whale cannot adapt. Can we? | Philip HoareOnce the right whale to hunt, Eubalaena glacialis is now beset by nets, ships and changing seas. We are losing a beautiful beast
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoPlants 'talk to' each other through their rootsScientists studying corn seedlings believe that they send signals under the soil, advising each other of the proximity of other plants
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoWild wolf shot and killed in DenmarkAs wolves return to Europe, one of the first to settle in Denmark has been shot dead in an incident captured on film