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 ago
ABC News: Wild horses rounded up by helicopter in program sparking controversyThe American Wild Horses Preservation Campaign seeks to protect America’s wild horses and burros by stopping the federal government’s systematic elimination of these national icons from our public lands.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Why the Forest Doesn’t Fear the FirePlants are not “aware” of fire, but many species have developed adaptations to it.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Trapped on an Island With Wolves, the Only Way Out for These Caribou Was UpNine caribou on an island in Lake Superior were helicoptered to safety in a bid to save a once thriving herd from dying out.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Being Antisocial Leads to a Longer Life. For Marmots.Unlike most mammals, yellow-bellied marmots with more active social lives died younger than those that kept to themselves, scientists found after tracking them for 13 years.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Fur and fury at 40,000 feet as more people bring animals on planesWith increasing numbers of service or emotional-support animals on flights — dogs, cats and even ducks — have come increasing numbers of problems and complaints.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoPETA Vice President calls on Israeli residents to avoid PetraThe travel advisory came after an investigation by PETA detailed 1,300 donkeys, camels, mules and horses showing signs of abuse from beatings, exhaustion and chains embedded into their skin.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42655705#
Crows reveal foundation of technologyClever, tool-making crows show scientists the first foundations of technological development.
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I wonder how long the species has been making hooks? Did New Caledonian crows evolve the skill long ago, or is it a recent invention that may yet lead to further innovations in crow “civilization,” as the scientist in the video suggests?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoPeru passes law allowing roads through pristine Amazon rainforestPope warned on Friday of threat to Amazon and its peoples but now new roads in border areas could affect five indigenous reserves
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoPioneering wolf becomes first sighted in Belgium for a centuryResearchers have tracked Naya from eastern Germany into the Netherlands and now Flanders
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoVancouver aquarium won't keep whales or dolphins captive after public outcryCanada aquarium has announced it will end the practice of keeping cetaceans in captivity, after pressure from the public
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/22/how-the-sushi-boom-is-fuelling-tapeworm-infections
How the sushi boom is fuelling tapeworm infectionsAs eating raw fish has become more popular, gruesome tapeworm tales have emerged. But how worried should sashimi lovers be – and how else might we become infected?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
http://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/kangaroo-a-love-hate-story-review-1202664360/
Film Review: ‘Kangaroo — A Love-Hate Story’The provocative documentary “Kangaroo — A Love-Hate Story” drills deeply into the complex question of why Australia’s beloved and iconic creature is also regarded as a dangerous pest that must be s…
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/nyregion/stolen-tortoise-jail-sentence.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=19&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F01%2F19%2Fnyregion%2Fstolen-t…[Read more]
He Traded a Tortoise for a Turtle. He Got 6 Months in Jail.A Queens man who traded a 95-pound tortoise stolen from a nature center for $300 and a musk turtle has always been “an animal lover,” his mother says. “That’s really his downfall.”
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
In the Arctic, More Rain May Mean Fewer Musk OxenWinter rain makes it more difficult for the animals to feed, particularly pregnant females, researchers find.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Rare leopard called Lord is singlehandedly saving the world's most endangered big catsOnly 80 big cats remain in the wild, but this alpha male has been courting three eligible females.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoThai police arrest notorious wildlife trafficking suspectExclusive: Boonchai Bach allegedly ran tusk and horn smuggling route from Africa
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Delta Air Lines Tightens Rules for Service and Support AnimalsThe carrier will require more preflight documentation as a surge in animals used to aid disabled travelers and offer emotional support has raised safety concerns.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoMarch of the Penguins heralds Antarctic protection campaign - in picturesModel penguins have appeared in cities around the world as part of a new Greenpeace campaign that is aiming to turn a huge tract of the Antarctic Ocean into the world’s biggest wildlife reserve
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 4 months agoBritish supermarket chickens show record levels of antibiotic-resistant superbugsFood Standards Agency reports ‘significant increase’ of harmful pathogen campylobacter in British-farmed chickens
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 5 months agoEuropean parliament votes to end electric pulse fishingCampaigners hail movement towards prohibiting the controversial practice but warn other measures will leave European waters in a worse state