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 agohttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42948919#
The daring investigator who took on the ivory poachersEsmond Bradley Martin, who used data to tackle the illicit trade in ivory and rhino horns, was stabbed to death in Kenya.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Live Export Ship Sails, but Trade Now Under the SpotlightA ship carrying 25,000 effluent-covered cattle has been allowed to leave Brazil, although a court de...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Many Animals Can Count, Some Better Than YouNumerosity is deeply embedded in species that need to track quantity, such as hungry spiders and schooling fish. But the ability seems to have faded in humans.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Please Don’t Make Me Go Out ThereAfter a blizzard, dogs across the city are often reluctant to walk outside. But it’s not because of the snow; it’s because of the salts.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/science/plants-consciousness-anesthesia.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=4&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F02%2F02%2Fscience%2Fplants-co…[Read more]
Sedate a Plant, and It Seems to Lose Consciousness. Is It Conscious?Plants can be frozen in place with the same anesthetics used on you during surgery. It suggests they may be less different from animals than is often assumed.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Listen to this 14-year-old orca say hello and bye-byeThe killer whale's ability to imitate human speech may shed light on how orca pods develop distinct dialects, researchers say.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Millions of dogs need homes. Why is it sometimes hard to adopt one?Some tough adoption processes reject applicants due to unfenced yards, full-time jobs or old age.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoHit an animal on an Idaho highway? This proposed law would let you finish it off.Idaho House leader wants to write roadkill salvage rules into law, let motorists shoot a badly injured animal to put it out of its misery.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Like to Hold Your Baby on Your Left? So Do WalrusesThe fascinating reason researchers think we have a left-sided bias when it comes to handling our offspring.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
This coyote was stealing newspapers, so here's what the delivery man didA San Francisco coyote and a newspaper delivery man come up with a mutually beneficial solution to thievery.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
http://www.untamedscience.com/biodiversity/white-squirrel/?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1
The White and Albino Squirrel Phenomenon + New US Maps!Ever seen a white squirrel? If so, this is where you can post your white squirrel spots and help us conduct this important research program!
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Rare white squirrel photographed in SwedenA man in western Sweden managed to photograph the unusual sight of a white squirrel, after the animal started visiting his garden to steal bird food.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-42873743#
Customers attack One Stop cat banStaff have been asked not to pet or feed the ginger tom known variously as Lennon, DC and Dave.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoNigel the lonely gannet dies as he lived, surrounded by concrete birdsNew Zealand conservationists mourn loss of celebrated bird that was lured by replica gannets in the hope of establishing a breeding colony
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoCan Sri Lanka's elephants and humans learn to live together? – in picturesOn this small, densely populated island, clashes between elephants and humans are rapidly increasing. Rangers and villagers are working to find ways to avoid the conflict and the devastating, at times deadly, impacts on both sides
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoBrazil's Pantanal - the world's biggest wetland: in picturesTo celebrate World Wetland day, WWF is highlighting the Pantanal, the world’s biggest wetland
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoIn pursuit of the tortoise smugglersThe long read: Stuffed in suitcases or strapped to passengers’ bodies, more and more rare species are finding their way on to the black market. But a radical new wave of wildlife detectives is on the case
