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 agoSuch bioxenophobia becomes an excuse for cruel purges of nonnative animals, and it doesn’t take into account the reality that with climate change, migration of species may be how some avoid extinction.…[Read more]
New global registry of invasive species is 'milestone' in protecting biodiversityNew catalogue expected to stand alongside the red list as an international means to fight extinction, by helping to stop biological invasions
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.care2.com/causes/more-stores-in-london-were-found-selling-real-fur-as-faux.html
More Stores in London Were Found Selling Real Fur as Faux | Care2 CausesAnother disheartening investigation has uncovered that compassionate consumers who would never buy real fur are still being duped by products that have been mislabeled.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Should Your Dog Be Vaccinated Against the Canine Influenza Outbreak? | Care2 CausesCanine influenza has now spread to 40 U.S. states and parts of Canada.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Lebanon's Animal Welfare law put to the testA video of municipal workers in the Beirut area killing stray dogs has raised the ire of activists and calls for adherence to the Animal Welfare law.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Citing Deaths of Lab Monkeys, F.D.A. Ends an Addiction StudyThe agency said on Friday it was evaluating other animal studies and would retire the remaining monkeys to a sanctuary.
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 7 years, 4 months agohttps://meduza.io/en/feature/2018/01/24/the-name-of-the-game-is-cruelty
The name of the game is cruelty: Why Russia's State Duma wants to ban a ‘baiting stations’ in the training of hunting dogs, and why the Senate is opposedIn mid-January, the State Duma created a mediation committee to review draft legislation that would ban “baiting stations,” where hunting dogs are trained to attack leashed wild animals. Co-sponsored by Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, the bill passed the lower house of Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.care2.com/causes/the-best-and-worst-states-for-animals-in-the-us.html
The Best and Worst States for Animals in the US | Care2 CausesNot all states are equal when it comes to laws protecting animals, but now we can see how each state is doing and how we can improve.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoWATCH: Dancing clouds of starlings take wing in Israel's southern skiesThere has been a notable drop off in the number of birds to winter in Israel over the last 20 years.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Ex-BRF CEO joins lab-grown meat firm’s boardThe former CEO of Brazilian food company BRF, Pedro de Andrade, has agreed to join the board of directors at JUST, a start-up growing real meat in San Francisco labs.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Meat giant CPF ready for animal welfare ‘leadership’Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has approached World Animal Protection to help it radically change its pig welfare policy as the meat giant aims become a sustainable food leader.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Centipedes eat animals 15 times their size thanks to this powerful toxin, study findsResearchers studying centipede toxins say they've identified a possible antidote to the venom.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Watch Indonesian troops drink blood from headless snakes for MattisThe demonstration was by the Indonesian special forces unit Kopassus as the U.S. seeks to boost cooperation with local forces.
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How grotesque! Doing what one must to survive in remote wilderness is one thing, but in the context of a performance, killing snakes to drink their blood is merely a bloody spectacle a la bullfighting or animal sacrifice.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Grumpy Cat owner awarded over $700,000 in lawsuit. Cat still won’t smile.The lucrative cat was at the center of a an intellectual property dispute that raged on since 2015 between Grumpy Cat Limited and the Grenade beverage company.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Researchers clone the first primates from monkey tissue cellsThe monkeys, created by the technique that produced Dolly the sheep, appear to be healthy at 8 and 6 weeks old.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
A $65 Million ‘Animal Terminal’ at Kennedy Airport Sits EmptyThe owner of the ‘full-service quarantine facility’ claims it is incurring ‘massive operational losses’ and has sued his landlord, the Port Authority.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2018/01/17/sfp-releases-target-75-squid-report/
SFP: Less than 1% of global squid catch recognized as sustainableYou may also like: Squid supplier Town Dock adds three to management team South Korean research suggests ban on Chinese vessels would allow squid to recover Argentine shrimp catches continue to be ‘very good’, as squid season kicks off China […]
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Trump's USDA wants to make pork faster—and more dangerousA new rule would let pork companies simply “determine their own evisceration line speeds.”
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
‘Undesirable’ Predators May Actually Aid Agriculture and Disease Control Efforts | Care2 CausesNew research shows that many of our heavily threatened predators could actually help us.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Undercover Video Reveals Shocking Conditions at Major Florida Egg Producer | Care2 CausesActivist organization Animal Recovery Mission just delivered another stunning blow to the factory farming industry in Florida.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Animal Groups are Stepping up Efforts to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales With a New Lawsuit | Care2 CausesNothing seems to be going right for North Atlantic right whales, who scientists fear will go extinct in the near future if urgent action isn't taken to protect them.