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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U.S. chimp retirement gains momentum, as famed pair enters sanctuaryHercules and Leo arrive at Project Chimps in Georgia
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
There’s a New Digital Baby Monitor for Pets Flying on PlanesTechnology may put pet owners more at ease.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Javelina attacks in Arizona prompt reminder not to feed wildlifeIn two cases last month, the department had to kill the wild boars.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoDogs fill a gap in your life – and leave one when they go | Gaby HinsliffThis week our family said goodbye to Duff, who had that underrated canine trait: sensing what you need, and providing it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Where Are All the Big Dogs?A dive into New York City’s dog registration database reveals the size preferences of dog owners throughout the five boroughs.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Cash Before Conservation – A damning report on the commoditization of our lions - Conservation Action TrustCriminal syndicates may use the legal trade in lion bones from our captive lion population, as a cover for illegal wildlife trade, reveals new report. A damning report titled “Cash before Conservation, an overview of the breeding of lions for hunting and bone trade” in South Africa, was released by the UK-based Born Free FoundationRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Angola’s elephant population is declining despite 14 years of peace - Conservation Action TrustMore than 25 years of civil war in Angola between 1975-2002 not only took its toll on people, with huge losses of life and the displacement of millions of people, but it also decimated its elephant population, with ivory sales funding military operations. A new study of African Savannah elephant populations in Angola by ElephantsRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.iol.co.za/news/opinion/close-interaction-with-captive-lions-is-not-conservation-13980900
Close interaction with captive lions is NOT conservation | IOL NewsKevin Richardson opposes the cub-petting and canned lion hunting industry yet conservationists say his own brand of conservation is no different.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Researchers say 'active protection' needed to help Angola's threatened elephants - Conservation Action TrustA new study of African savannah elephant populations in Angola by wildlife ecologists from Elephants Without Borders (EWB) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports today that though the population seemed to be recovering after the war ended there, that trend has now reversed, underlining “the need to be vigilant against poaching and habitat loss,”Read More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://conservationaction.co.za/recent-news/cashing-in-on-asian-seal-penis-craze-namibia/
Cashing in on Asian seal penis craze (Namibia) - Conservation Action TrustMore than 400 000 individual CITES-listed specimens were exported to Asia in just more than a decade. Namibia not only exports the largest number of mammal skins to Asia, which predominately consists of seal skins, but is also one of the largest exporters of seal genitalia to these markets, where they are believed to beRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://conservationaction.co.za/recent-news/cashing-in-on-asian-seal-penis-craze-namibia/
Cashing in on Asian seal penis craze (Namibia) - Conservation Action TrustMore than 400 000 individual CITES-listed specimens were exported to Asia in just more than a decade. Namibia not only exports the largest number of mammal skins to Asia, which predominately consists of seal skins, but is also one of the largest exporters of seal genitalia to these markets, where they are believed to beRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Op-Ed: Legal Eastern markets are gutting Africa’s wildlife – Traffic | Daily MaverickQuite apart from the decimation of illegal poaching, legal export to Asian markets is tearing the wild heart out of Africa. Each year thousands of tonnes of live animals, bones, skins and meat head East in a plunder with no end in sight, writes DON PINNOCK.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.eturbonews.com/180438/europeans-major-smugglers-southern-african-reptiles
Europeans are major smugglers of Southern African reptiles - eTurboNews (eTN)The European Union is a major destination for illegally smuggled live snakes, lizards and tortoises from southern Africa, posing a serious threat to their conservation. Wealthy EU citizens are big collectors of rare reptiles, with one tortoise openly offered for sale at R35 000. Most of the species are protected by
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Nearly 150 beached whales die after mass stranding in AustraliaRescuers worked for hours to return the whales to deeper water as they died by the dozens.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoCockroaches' DNA reveals why they thrive in filthy placesBy identifying which genes are key to the bugs’ survival, scientists hope to find ways to better eradicate them
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago'Great Pacific garbage patch' sprawling with far more debris than thoughtThe patch of detritus is more than twice the size of France and is up to 16 times larger than previously estimated
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoDestruction of nature as dangerous as climate change, scientists warnUnsustainable exploitation of the natural world threatens food and water security of billions of people, major UN-backed biodiversity study reveals
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoMore than 130 whales die in mass stranding in Western AustraliaRescue operation under way to save 15 beached whales in Hamelin Bay near Augusta on state’s south-west coast
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago'Dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico will take decades to recover from farm pollutionA new study says that even in the ‘unrealistic’ event of a total halt to the flow of agricultural chemicals the damage will persist for 30 years
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoEU in 'state of denial' over destructive impact of farming on wildlifeEU’s subsidy system, that benefits big farming rather than sustainability, needs to change to prevent ongoing collapse in birds and insect numbers, warn green groups