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 agohttps://conservationaction.co.za/recent-news/east-africas-ivory-smuggled-mozambican-ports/
East Africa’s ivory smuggled out of Mozambican ports - Conservation Action TrustThe modus operandi of ivory smuggling networks was exposed with the recent arrest of a suspected kingpin in the illicit trade from Pemba to China. Estacio Valoi investigates After tighter monitoring was applied recently at the Dar es Salaam harbour in Tanzania, East African ivory smugglers moved their export hub to northern Mozambique ports. Tanzania remainsRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://conservationaction.co.za/media-articles/criminal-charges-sought-r183-million-game-donation/
Criminal charges sought for R183 million game donation - Conservation Action TrustParliament’s Environment Committee has called for criminal charges against top North West officials following a R183m (€11,1m) donation of rare wildlife species to ‘politically connected’ private farm owners. It said the donation undermined t Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/endangered-vaquita-died-after-being-captured.html
Endangered Vaquita Died After Being Captured | Care2 CausesConservationists are mourning the loss of a critically endangered vaquita porpoise who died after being captured by authorities.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
WHO call to ban antibiotics ‘wrong’The World Health Organization’s (WHO) call to stop farmers and the food industry from using powerful antibiotics preventatively is “wrong” and “ill-advised”, a US trade body has said.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Sheep learned to recognize photos of Obama and other celebrities, neuroscientists saySheep have advanced facial-recognition capabilities, making them similar to humans and monkeys.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
How sheep with cameras got some tiny islands onto Google Street ViewThe Faroe Islands, which isn't even on some world maps, put a small brigade of ovine videographers in charge of what it called “Sheepview.”
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lara-trump-leads-fight-for-animal-advocates/article/2638955
Lara Trump leads fight for animal advocatesLara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law, is leading a new federal battle for animal rights.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Mislabelled horsemeat discovered in Mexican outletsHorse DNA has been uncovered in almost 10% of meat sold in butchers’ shops, street stalls, public markets and taco stands in six Mexican cities.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Inside the bold new animal liberation movement: no masks, no regrets, all the risk“We’re daring these industries to try us in the court of public opinion and in the court of law."
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/outrage-grows-over-photos-of-young-men-abusing-opossum.html
Outrage Grows Over Photos Of Young Men Abusing Opossum | Care2 CausesThe abusers seen in viral images forcing an opossum to drink beer, kissing it and throwing it in a trash are not facing any animal cruelty charges.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.drandyroark.com/ugly-truth-animal-shelters/
The Ugly Truth about Animal SheltersAn article caught my eye the other day. It told the story of a vet, Jian Zhicheng, who worked at an animal shelter in Taiwan. She had euthanized 700 animals in two years – many of whom were healthy and perfectly adoptable. The fact was there was no space to keep them and no one to […]
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/06/texas-shooting-devin-patrick-kelley-colorado-arrest/
Gunman who killed 26 people in Texas cited for cruelty to animals in ColoradoDevin Patrick Kelley was cited in 2014 by El Paso County deputies for misdemeanor cruelty to animals.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://wsvn.com/news/us-world/over-a-dozen-states-start-to-crack-down-on-fake-service-animals/
Over a dozen states start to crack down on fake service animals(CNN/WSVN) — You see a dog enter a restaurant with a vest that says “service dog.” How do you, or the restaurant, know if the...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lara-trump-leads-fight-for-animal-advocates/article/2638955
Lara Trump leads fight for animal advocatesLara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law, is leading a new federal battle for animal rights.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Giraffe, Natural Histories - BBC Radio 4Brett Westwood admires how the impossibility of the giraffe has captured hearts worldwide.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
A Very Good Dog Hunts Very Bad AntsTobias the Labrador retriever has been trained to sniff out invasive Argentine ants wherever they hide, which could help preserve fragile ecosystems.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoPhoto of elephant and calf fleeing fire-throwing mob wins top prizePhotograph taken in eastern India, titled ‘Hell is here’, shows crowd hurling flaming tar balls at animals
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Teaching Bats to Say ‘Move Out of My Way’ in Many DialectsA study of fruit bats suggests that pups learn the “dialects” of the bats that surround them, even if they differ from those of their mothers.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Ancient Fossil Offers a New European Ancestor to GiraffesFound near Madrid, the fossil provides evidence that members of the giraffe family roamed Europe much earlier.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Wolves Know How to Work TogetherWolves far outperformed dogs on a widely used test of cooperation in animals.
