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, 7 months ago
'Greyhound Safety Act' Would Allow Some Cocaine In Florida's Racing Dogs | Care2 CausesThe "Greyhound Safety Act" would allow "environmental levels" of "prohibited substances" like cocaine in the systems of Florida's racing dogs.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/11/turkey-bigger-thanksgiving-butterball-antibiotics/
Why Do Turkeys Have Big Breasts?It's no accident, that's for sure.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
The World Health Organization just told farmers everywhere to stop feeding antibiotics to healthy animalsThe WHO's new recommendations amount to a de facto rebuke to the FDA.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
New stunning device meets animal welfare demandsA new device that measures the performance of stunning tools has been designed to cater to the public’s concern for animal welfare.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Animal rights group slams President Trump over shark-fin soup reportShark-finning — the practice of catching a shark, sawing off its fin, and dumping it back into the water to die — is illegal under federal law.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Bookshelf: Picture Books for Animal-Loving ChildrenAn octopus who escapes from an aquarium, a feather searching for its bird, a cardinal trapped in a Christmas tree and more in this season’s best animal books.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-41983846
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Animals seized in 'puppy farm' raidAbout 90 dogs and puppies were removed from what is thought to be Scotland's largest puppy farm.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.businessinsider.sg/tim-flach-endangered-photos-animals-2017-11/?r=US&IR=T
Stunning new photos show the faces of animals on the verge of extinctionIn his new book, "Endangered", renowned wildlife photographer Tim Flach tries to make readers consider the impact they have on animals.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Elephants deserve legal 'personhood,' new lawsuit arguesThis lawsuit may never be forgotten. In the first case of its kind in the United States, an animal rights group has filed suit seeking legal personhood for elephants being kept at a Connecticut zoo.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Three elephants in Connecticut just got a lawyerThe Nonhuman Rights Project, which has argued that chimpanzees are “legal persons,” is now making the same case in a lawsuit over three elephants.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
New Saskatoon police chief should understand link between animal, domestic abuse: SPCAThe Saskatchewan SPCA wants Saskatoon’s new police chief to understand the link between domestic violence and animal abuse.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoThe housing crisis is robbing us of one of life’s joys: pets | Peter OrmerodPets remind us we’re part of something bigger, and that life is actually really quite short and should be filled with eating, playing and sleeping, writes freelance journalist Peter Ormerod
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://nypost.com/2017/11/13/first-ever-animal-rights-lawsuit-filed-on-behalf-of-zoo-elephants/
First-ever animal rights lawsuit filed on behalf of zoo elephantsPachyderms are people, too. That’s the argument being made by the Nonhuman Rights Project, which filed the first-ever animal rights lawsuit this week on behalf of captive elephants in Connect…
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/pets/news-features/happens-vet-accidentally-puts-animal-sleep/
What happens when a vet accidentally puts an animal to sleep?The ultimate harm that a vet can do is to take the life of an animal.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoWrangling Russia: the American cowboys heading east - videoMiratorg is the largest single holder of black Angus cattle in the world; handling 500,000 heads of cattle on 65 farms across Russia. In 2011 the company began recruiting American cowboys to help restart a national beef industry that had been destroyed during the Soviet era
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
A Race to Save 10 Stranded WhalesLong after sunset, local officials and nonprofits worked to rescue a pod of whales that had become stranded off the coast of Indonesia.
