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.
___
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/science/chimpanzees-goodall.html?_r=0
Wild and Captive Chimpanzees Share Personality Traits With HumansA new study confirms early research by Jane Goodall, who first attributed such traits to chimps about 60 years ago.
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2017/oct/29/congress-considers-lethal-methods-to-manage-rangel/
Congress considers lethal methods to manage rangelandGroups like the American Wild Horse Campaign that seek to protect the animals have described the change as “a death sentence” for more than 46,000 wild horses and burros cared for by the BLM and an additional 40,000 loose on the range considered in excess of “appropriate management levels.” ...
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoVenom, myth and medicine: India fights its reputation as world snakebite capital | Nupur RoopaThe woman behind an initiative to reduce the 45,000 snakebite deaths that occur in India each year believes providing better medical facilities and using fact to combat fear can save lives
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/fox-hunting-fears-sunday-mail-11426665
Fox hunting fear as probe shows legal loopholes may be being used to beat banAs the hunting season prepares to start on Wednesday the Sunday Mail has obtained evidence that raises concerns that some hunts may be operating outwith the law.
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://rtfitchauthor.com/2017/10/25/a-biologists-view-on-wild-horse-and-burro-fake-news/
A Biologist’s View on Wild Horse and Burro Fake NewsCommentary by Robert Bauer “…any devastation of western rangelands, is due rather to an overpopulation of cattle, which have been found to outnumber the wild horses 100 to 1…̶…
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
'It's going to weird some people out': A new company will compost your dead petRooted Pet says it offers meaningful ways to honor departed furry friends, including houseplants growing in their composted remains.
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
This golden retriever is a quadruple amputee — and, now, a therapy dogChi Chi was found in a trash bag outside the South Korean dog meat farm that had raised her for meat.
-
Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Michael Gove 'backtracks on promises to protect animals because of Brexit'Michael Gove is accused today of backtracking on high-profile pledges to protect animals from suffering, in climbdowns linked to Brexit. The Environment Secretary has dumped a cast-iron guarantee that animals will still be regarded as “sentient” – responsive beings, capable of feelings – say animal rights groups.
-
Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
A serial killer of pets may be mutilating cats across BritainPolice suspect there's at least one person behind more than 370 animal deaths who has eluded capture so far.
-
Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://nypost.com/2017/10/26/nyc-animal-rights-group-fined-for-campaign-finance-violations/
NYC animal rights group fined for campaign finance violationsAn animal rights group that was a major contributor to Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2013 was slapped Thursday with nearly $40,000 in fines for campaign finance violations this year in races for the City…
-
Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/miami-beach-officials-step-up-the-fight-to-free-lolita.html
Miami Beach Officials Step Up The Fight To Free Lolita | Care2 CausesAnimal advocates have been fighting for years to free Lolita, a lone orca at the Miami Seaquarium, and now they're getting some additional support from city
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoWatch: Thousands of migrating pelicans get free lunch in IsraelPelicans migrate from southern Europe to spend the winters in central Africa.
-
Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
-
Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://observers.france24.com/en/20171026-indonesia-dog-wild-boars-face-bloody-lucrative-fights
In Indonesia, dogs face off wild boars in bloody, lucrative fightsFollow international news through our Observers' amateur images and eyewitness testimony. All the content is verified and explained by our journalists.
-
Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.kare11.com/news/guilty-verdicts-reached-in-wi-animal-cruelty-case/486054589
Guilty verdicts reached in WI animal cruelty caseA verdict has come down for the Pierce County, Wisconsin man charged with more than 120 counts of animal cruelty for allegedly mistreating the yellow labs he was breeding.
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoMedieval love of squirrel fur may have helped spread leprosy, study revealsSkull yields new evidence of link between human and animal leprosy – with red squirrel fur traded with Viking Scandinavia thought to be a factor
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Rescuers Step In To Help Bears Being Used As Living Tourist Attractions | Care2 CausesRescuers are stepping in to help brown bears who are being kept in deplorable conditions and used as living attractions by their captors across Armenia.
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
'Beach ball-sized' hedgehog rescuedThe animal had swollen to about four times its normal size after air became trapped under its skin.
-
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoTwo women and their dogs rescued by US navy after five months lost at seaJennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba were sailing from Hawaii to Tahiti when they lost their engine in bad weather in May but tried to sail on
