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, 4 months agohttps://www.outsideonline.com/2279741/how-animals-kill-people-numbers?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1
How Animals Kill People: By the NumbersA very serious look at the most fatal critters in the country
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
After elk crashes copter, some question wildlife chopper useSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The case of an elk that died after it leapt in the air and brought a low-flying research helicopter down in Utah highlights the use of helicopters in wildlife monitoring, which h Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.care2.com/causes/how-jacob-the-comfort-dog-is-helping-the-people-of-parkland.html
How Jacob the Comfort Dog Is Helping the People of Parkland | Care2 CausesJacob is a 4-year-old golden retriever, one of 19 comfort dogs in Parkland comforting the family, friends and loved ones of the victims of this week's shooting.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.peta.org/features/beau-bridges-leaving-sea-animals-ocean-off-plate/?utm_source=PETA::E-Mail&utm_medium=E-News&utm_campaign=0218::veg::PETA::E-Mail::Coyotes%20Legs%20Cut%20to%20the%20Bone%20for%20Canada%20Goose%20Jackets::::peta%20e-news
Beau Bridges on Ocean Beings: 'They're Sea Animals, Not Seafood'The award-winning Beau Bridges recently spoke with PETA about the extraordinary intelligence of octopuses and other animals of the sea.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Watching Friend’s Dog, He Stabbed It 55 Times, Police SayStephen Richardson claimed that Onyx, a pit bull, bit him at a Bronx park, so he killed him, according to prosecutors.
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoI observed something like nursing behavior in ants while I was in 4th or 5th grade, after stopping two girls from stomping on an anthill during recess. While inspecting the damage, I noticed an injured ant struggling to stand up, and considered putting him out of his misery. Before I could decide, out rushed a second ant, who lifted his wounded…[Read more]
'Paramedic ants' observed treating injured comradesThe social insects have been seen cleaning wounds and possibly administering antibiotics to prevent infection
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.idausa.org/campaign/elephants/latest-news/hope-extinguished-for-zimbabwes-elephants/
Hope Extinguished for Zimbabwe's ElephantsZimbabwe's brutal policy of live trade in elephants sadly remains in place.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago'Paramedic ants' observed treating injured comradesThe social insects have been seen cleaning wounds and possibly administering antibiotics to prevent infection
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago'A national disgrace': Australia's extinction crisis is unfolding in plain sightMore than 1,800 plant and animal species and ecological communities are at risk of extinction right now
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoDutch cow poo overload causes an environmental stinkDairy farms in the Netherlands are producing so much dung they can’t get rid of it safely. Now the WWF is calling for a 40% cut in herd numbers to protect the environment
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoFoie gras and badger culling would be banned under Labour proposalsOther animal welfare proposals include mandatory CCTV in abattoirs and post-Brexit safeguards
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoDecline in krill threatens Antarctic wildlife, from whales to penguinsClimate change and industrial-scale fishing is impacting the krill population with a potentially disastrous impact on larger predators, say scientists
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoGolden eagle suspected of being killed and dumped at sea near EdinburghGPS data from the endangered young eagle, that was tagged by environmentalist Chris Packham, stopped transmitting before randomly restarting out at sea
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoDramatic decline in Borneo's orangutan population as 150,000 lost in 16 yearsFresh efforts needed to protect critically endangered animals from hunters and habitat loss as population more than halves
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
The “boys will be boys” excuse for cruelty and violence to animals: “The Algerian government’s toleration of sheep fighting is a tacit acknowledgement that outlets for male aggression are needed. ‘Letting these guys have their fun reduces violence in other contexts,’ said Youcef Krache, a photographer from Algiers who has spent years documenting s…[Read more]
The brutal world of sheep fighting: the illegal sport beloved by Algeria’s 'lost generation'The long read: Algeria’s ‘lost generation’ has been shaped by years of conflict, unemployment and state repression. Sheep fighting offers an arena where young men can escape the constant supervision of the state
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Fla. shooting suspect had a history of explosive anger, depression, killing animalsBut no one — not those who feared him nor those who sympathized — glimpsed the full malevolence brewing inside Nikolas Cruz’s heart until police say he walked into a suburban South Florida high school and carried out one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.care2.com/causes/conservationists-sue-to-save-mexican-wolves-from-extinction.html
Conservationists Sue to Save Mexican Wolves From Extinction | Care2 CausesThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finally released its long awaited recovery plan for Mexican wolves, but conservationists believe it's so flawed it will doom them to extinction in the wild.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.care2.com/causes/karma-lions-eat-suspected-poacher-in-south-africa.html
Karma? Lions Eat Suspected Poacher in South Africa | Care2 CausesA pride of lions in South Africa's Umbabat Private Nature Reserve mauled to death and then devoured most of a man who was illegally hunting there.
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42994630#
'100,000 orangutans' killed in 16 yearsBorneo has lost a "shocking" number of its great apes, according to a new survey of the island.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
“Neighbors told the Sun-Sentinel that police were called out repeatedly to deal with complaints about Cruz. Shelby Speno said he was seen shooting at chickens owned by a resident. Malcolm Roxburgh told the Sun-Sentinel that Cruz took a dislike to the pigs another family kept as pets. “He sent over his dog … to try to attack the…[Read more]
Florida shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz: Guns, depression and a life in troubleHe had reportedly been fighting depression both before and after the death of his adoptive mother, and he had a fascination with guns.