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, 8 months ago
Maryland to become second state to ban sale of puppies in stores. But the store owners are pushing back.They say advocates and lawmakers have unfairly characterized their breeders as “puppy mills.”
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Alternative protein sector hits back at US cattle farmersA coalition of plant-based and clean meat companies in the US has retaliated against beef producers calling for legislation on meat labels.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Horses 'fly-tipped and left to die'Almost 1,000 horses were rescued by the RSPCA last year, the highest number in four years, the charity says.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
‘Dining of the future’: vegan restaurant boom fuelled by meat eatersFoodies say Canada is in the midst of a renaissance in plant-based dining as vegan restaurants sprout up across the country and traditional establishments update their menus to make them more anima…
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
When the daughter of a butcher leads a discussion on animal-free eating - PhillyThe Good Food Institute, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that helps start-ups specializing in animal-free food and works to encourage more consumer interest in such alternative foods, held a panel discussion at the Wharton School in hopes of recruiting students to consider careers in an industry on the rise. A carnivore served as moderator.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Denmark bans kosher and halal slaughter as minister says ‘animal rights come before religion’Denmark’s government has brought in a ban on the religious slaughter of animals for the production of halal and kosher meat, after years of campaigning from welfare activists. The change to the law, announced last week and effective as of yesterday, has been called “anti-Semitism” by Jewish leaders and “a clear interference in religious freedom” by the non-profit group Danish Halal.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/23/opinion/westworld-conscious-robots-morality.html
Opinion | It’s Westworld. What’s Wrong With Cruelty to Robots?The makers of the HBO series have produced a powerful work of philosophy.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43860787
Elderly dog helps save girl lost in bushThe animal, Max, remained with the three-year-old girl as she took shelter in Australia.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
https://www.care2.com/causes/what-to-do-if-your-pet-goes-missing.html
What to Do if Your Pet Goes Missing | Care2 CausesHere's what to do if your canine companion vanishes.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/development-could-kill-edinburgh-zoos-pandas-sq29z7cng#_=_
Development ‘could kill Edinburgh zoo’s pandas’Scotland’s giant pandas could die as the result of a controversial development plan, Edinburgh Zoo has warned. Jeremy Peat, chairman of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), claimed that...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
New legislation launched by French MPs hits vegetarian meatFrench politicians have voted in favour of banning food producers from labelling vegetarian-based products as a meat item to avoid confusion among consumers.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoOne in eight birds is threatened with extinction, global study findsReport on the state of the world’s birds reveals a biodiversity crisis driven by intensive farming, with once-common species such as puffins and snowy owls now at risk
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Ancient Egyptian Animals Had a Place in the Afterlife. Here’s Why.“Soulful Creatures,” at the Brooklyn Museum, applies aged artifacts and contemporary technology to investigate the role of animal mummies in antiquity.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
That Shaggy Mutt? At Dog Museums, Our Drooling Companions Are the StarsDachshunds got their own museum this month in Passau, Germany. It’s only one of several art institutions around the world to honor our canine friends.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago'Amazing but also concerning': weird wildlife ventures to northern AlaskaArctic Dispatches, part 2: As the Arctic heats up, residents of Utqiaġvik are experiencing first contact with unusual species that are making their way polewards
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoMission to untangle female right whale highlights species' precarious plightRemoving a thick fishing rope from a highly fertile whale’s jaw was a priority for scientists who fear the species may be in terminal decline
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
The ship, with sheep loaded for Middle Eastern destinations, has not even left the Australian port and already the animals are suffering
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
This is a story about a stoned raccoon at a fire stationThe scenario is unusual. But pets on pot are becoming more common as legalization spreads.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Earth’s mammals have shrunk dramatically, and humans are to blameIn a few centuries, the planet's largest animal might be a cow, a new study says.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
A kangaroo wouldn’t hop — so zoo visitors stoned it to deathZoo workers stressed that it's against the rules to bludgeon the animal.