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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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Animal sanctuary asks for help caring for Dewey the pig after animal was found with severe head woundCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- A pig with a severe head wound is being cared for at the Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital, but the animal needs your help. Saint Francis Animal Sanctuary posted on Facebook that when they took in Dewey, the wound on his head was so deep, he had a fractured right eye orbit.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Female saboteur assaulted on camera as she tries to monitor a huntTwo men supporting a fox hunt allegedly assaulted two saboteurs, including a woman, who were trying to film and monitor the event in Warwickshire. A man and a woman saboteur were standing in a field in Birdingbury with their cameras when they were approached by two men and were ordered to leave. The men became aggressive.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
'Hobby zoos' face calls for crackdown after second lynx dies at animal park home of LillithA Welsh zoo is facing calls to close after it emerged a second lynx was accidentally strangled in “a terrible handling error” days before Lillith the lynx was shot and killed following her escape from the same attraction.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Biologist wants to shelter an injured bear, but Alberta can’t ‘entertain’ the request“This black bear issue - he's just the poster child for this bigger issue.”
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.wfmj.com/story/36824076/libres-law-aims-to-protect-pets-in-pa-during-harsh-winter-months
Libre's Law aims to protect pets in Pa. during harsh winter monthsWith the recent wave of chilly temperatures, animal advocates are reminding pet owners of the dangers of leaving their animals outside in the cold for too long. Libre's Law was enacted earlier thi...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoCyprus dog deaths push animal abuse on to election agendaThree months before presidential ballot, growing outrage over treatment of animals is forcing politicians to act
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.limerickpost.ie/2017/11/10/limerick-man-celebrating-ban-wild-animals-circuses/
Limerick man celebrating ban on wild animals in circusesAnimal welfare campaigner John Carmody is uncorking the champagne today as he celebrates news that Ireland will no longer allow wild animals such as elephants, camels, tigers and zebras in Irish circuses from next January. The outspoken and often controversial Limerick man began highlighting the suffering of animals in Irish circuses back in 1995 and …
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-goose-peta-anti-fur-animal-rights-1.3850411
'Knock this company down:' Canada Goose becomes 'main target' for anti-fur activistsAnti-fur activists have found a new target: Canada Goose. Their big beef is the coyote fur used to line jacket hoods. Activists are promising a 'loud' protest today at the opening of the company's new NYC store.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Your house is a gigantic bug habitat, and there’s nothing you can do about it“Bugs don't respect the limitations, the borders we've created,” said entomologist Michelle Trautwein. Invertebrate roommates are “an inevitability of living on the planet.”
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
A final bid to save the world's rarest porpoise ends in heartbreak. Is extinction next?A team assembled to help save the vaquita instead saw one die in its care.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.outsideonline.com/2255971/very-old-man-wolf?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1
The Life and Adventures of Oregon's Original Alpha WolfHe was the alpha male of the first pack to live in Oregon since 1947. For years, a state biologist tracked him, collared him, counted his pups, weighed him, photographed him, and protected him. But then the animal known as OR4 broke one too many rules.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoBonobos go out of their way to help strangers without being asked, research showsResearchers believe the friendly apes are probably “eager to make a good first impression”.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoEscaped Lynx is killed over growing public safety fearsEurasian lynx named Lillith, which went missing from Welsh zoo on 29 October, is destroyed after straying into populated area
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago‘Pretty gruesome’: giant coconut crab seen hunting birdsResearcher in remote Chagos Islands says he saw crabs, previously thought to be scavengers, hunting and killing seabird
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Where the Dogs AreLong Meadow in Prospect Park during off-leash hours is like a paradise for dogs. Unless your Shih-Tzu is a timid scaredy-cat.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Debating Whether Reptiles or Amphibians Should Be House PetsMany experts think these animals shouldn’t be in your home. Turning them into pets raises numerous ecological and ethical questions.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-advocates-team-up-to-make-britain-fur-free.html
Animal Advocates Team Up To Make Britain Fur Free | Care2 CausesLush and HSI UK have teamed up to raise awareness about the problems with real and faux fur, and are campaigning to make Britain a fur-free nation.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/why-montreals-new-mayor-is-good-news-for-dog-owners.html
Why Montreal's New Mayor Is Good News For Dog Owners | Care2 CausesThe Montreal SPCA is ecstatic that Valerie Plante has beaten incumbent Denis Coderre to become mayor. Plante is opposed to the city's unfair new pit bull ban.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Finnish chickens to be born on farms, not in cratesFinland-based meat processor HKScan is pioneering a new system that would enable chickens to be born on the farms they are raised on, rather than in separate facilities.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
The horror elephants face in India — in one heartbreaking photoThe photo highlights the darkest moments of the conflict between humans and elephants in India, whose lives overlap in what will soon be the world's most populous nation.
