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, 6 months ago'Looting' spree threatens wildlife and forests across eastern EuropeUN report warns crimes such as logging and poaching are putting ‘high pressure’ on ecosystems in 15 countries in the Danube-Carpathian region
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
The faux fur you bought in the UK could actually be real fur – this is what you need to knowOn Fur Free Friday this year there is a lot to celebrate – namely the game changing news that Gucci will be fur-free from 2018. The fashion giant declared that animal fur in fashion is “not modern”. This is another Read more...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoSteve Bell on the Conservatives and animal rights – cartoonMichael Gove has promised to make changes to UK law to recognise that animals can feel pain, after Tories were accused of voting down proposals to accept they are sentient beings
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Atheists sue shelter for using a Catholic priest to bless animalsFrom New Jersey: A group of atheists is suing a New Jersey animal shelter because it used a Catholic priest to “bless” cats and dogs, a new lawsuit claims. Last month, the Bergen County Animal Shel…
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-42099975/mother-warns-hamster-owners-about-burying-pets-alive
Owners warned about burying pets aliveA mother had told BBC 5 live she nearly buried her hibernating hamster, Fudge, alive.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42083552
May promises to 'improve' animal welfareThe PM responds to criticism for "animal sentience" not being recognised in the EU Withdrawal Bill.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Campaigners warn on animal sentience approach after BrexitCampaigners have warned that the Government’s approach to “animal sentience” still risks weakening legal protections after Brexit. Green MP Caroline Lucas said ministers had to do more than simply giving “some promise” to protect in a future law the idea that animals are conscious and can feel pain.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42099678
UK law 'to recognise animal feelings'Michael Gove criticises the "misconception" that MPs voted against the idea of animals feeling pain.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoGove says UK law will specifically recognise animal sentienceEnvironment secretary moves to end social media campaign against Conservative MPs who voted against EU withdrawal bill amendment
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoMPs hog social media as they deny voting animals are not sentientCommons vote against transferring EU protocol on animal sentience into UK law was widely misconstrued, insist MPs
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/us/politics/trump-elephant-trophy-ban.html?_r=1
For Now, Trump to Keep Ban on Importing Elephant TrophiesThe president reversed his own administration’s decision in an evening tweet, prohibiting trophies of killed elephants from being brought into the country.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Olymel to invest $14 million in processing plantCanadian poultry processor Olymel has announced an investment of CA$14 million (m) to redevelop a section of its Berthierville poultry processing plant and install a new CO2 bird anaesthesia system.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Perspective | Unexpected friendships between animals and their humansPortraits by photographer Diana Bagnoli capture the special relationships between humans and their animals.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-turkey-slaughter-20171122-story.html
There's a grim reality behind your Thanksgiving turkeyTurkeys have the worst treatment of any factory farmed animal.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/animal-factory-farms-explained
Here's Where Most of America's Meat ACTUALLY Comes FromA former factory farm investigator explains.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
European Commission report demonstrates need to improve fish welfare regulation - Eurogroup for AnimalsEurogroup for Animals welcomes the long awaited report into welfare aspects of transport and slaughter in European aquaculture, published this week by the European Commission [1]. While many aspects of fish welfare remain poorly understood and are absent from standards regimes, this report finds whole sectors of European aquaculture failing to meet established international welfare …
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
What Trophy Hunting Does to the Elephants It Leaves BehindThe legal African hunting programs that the Trump administration is reviewing affect more than population numbers.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Polish lawmakers draft bill to ban non-stun slaughterMPs from Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party have introduced a draft bill to ban non-stun slaughter. Meanwhile, the proposal has been protested by numerous meat industry associations, which say such a measure would significantly hamper Poland’s meat exports to the Middle East.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Wild animals face ‘high risk’ of electrocution in 1.3k villages - Times of IndiaNagpur: The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, has identified 8,538 villages in Eastern Vidarbha Landscape (EVL), comprising six districts, where electrocution poses risk to tigers.
