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, 8 months agohttp://www.baltimoresun.com/features/pets/bs-fe-adv-barcs-working-cats-20171009-story.html
'Working Cats' program gives hard-to-adopt felines jobs at Baltimore businessesInky is just one of the more than 100 success stories of a BARCS program that places difficult-to-adopt cats on farms, at warehouses, in nurseries, and in other commercial settings.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Ballot Measure Launched To Protect Arizona's Wild Cats From Trophy Hunters | Care2 CausesVoters in Arizona could soon have the chance to protect wild cats in the state from being senselessly killed for sport thanks to a ballot measure that was just
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoWhen it comes to meat, the kitchen is a battlefield – and conscience is a casualty | Ian JackOnce we made pets of chickens. But now we have rendered their fates invisible, writes the Guardian columnist Ian Jack
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Dirty birds show just how catastrophic air pollution used to beAir pollution in American cities may have been even worse than historians thought.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
'Insane' discovery: 30,000 bees — and 40 pounds of honey — inside the walls of a house“These are the most aggressive bees I think I've ever cut out of a hive,” beekeeper Mickey Hegedus said.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
A week into his job, zookeeper in India was mauled to death by two tiger cubsInvestigators have launched an inquiry to determine why the zoo's newest employee had been assigned one of its most dangerous tasks.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/chicago-circus-features-rescued-pit-bulls-instead-of-wild-animals.html
Chicago Circus Features Rescued Pit Bulls Instead Of Wild Animals | Care2 CausesThere are performing animals in Chicago's Midnight Circus. Fortunately, they're the beloved pit bulls belonging to the fundraiser's founders.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/lets-make-americas-biggest-egg-producer-cage-free.html
Let's Make America's Biggest Egg Producer Cage-Free | Care2 CausesAs Cal-Maine ramps up its use of cages for egg-laying hens, egg eaters can be some of the most powerful advocates for making the industry more humane.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Wolf Puppies Are Adorable. Then Comes the Call of the Wild.No matter how you raise a wolf, you can’t turn it into a dog. To find out why, scientists have to spend a lot of time cuddling and testing puppies.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago'Boar War': the Forest of Dean pixies fighting against the cull of wild pigsActivists claim the boar should be welcomed in Gloucestershire – and they are determined to sabotage marksmen targeting pigs roaming ancient woodland
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoFatal extraction: how demand for hippos’ teeth is threatening them with extinctionThe black market’s insatiable demand for ivory has turned poachers’ attention away from well-protected elephants to more vulnerable hippos
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoPenguin disaster as just two chicks survive from colony of 40,000‘Catastrophic breeding event’ leads to demands for a marine protected area to be set up in East Antarctica
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoRead this and you may never eat chicken againMost meat animals are raised with the assistance of daily doses of antibiotics. By 2050, antibiotic resistance will cause a staggering 10 million deaths a year
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Seafood endangers more than shrimp and fish
http://www.care2.com/causes/trader-joes-stops-buying-mexican-shrimp-in-an-effort-to-save-the-vaquita.html#
Trader Joe's Stops Buying Mexican Shrimp In An Effort To Save The Vaquita | Care2 CausesConservationists are applauding Trader Joe's for announcing it will no longer be buying shrimp from Mexico in an effort to save the world's smallest and rarest
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Ireland to sell 100,000 cows to TurkeyUp to 100,000 live cattle could be shipped from Ireland to Turkey every year as the latter looks to beef up its herd.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Opinion | The Guggenheim Surrenders on Free ExpressionIn buckling to pressure from animal-rights activists, the museum failed to stand up for its core values.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
About 150 such fox (or coyote) hunting clubs in the U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/nyregion/fox-hunt-westchester.html?emc=edit_tnt_20171013&eml_thmb=1&nlid=30337821&tntemail0=y&_r=0
Tallyho! A Suburban Fox Hunt EnduresThe Golden’s Bridge Hounds, founded in 1924, still holds fox hunts twice a week in suburban Westchester County.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/canada-could-be-next-to-ban-animal-testing-for-cosmetics.html
Canada Could Be Next To Ban Animal Testing For Cosmetics | Care2 CausesIn good news for animals, lawmakers in Canada just took a major step towards ending the cruel and outdated practice of testing cosmetics on animals.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Lawsuit Claims This 'Petting Zoo' Kills Protected Wolves For Their Fur | Care2 CausesLittle do petting zoo visitors know that those cute wolf pups may well be skinned and sold for parts within a year.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Solitary Pumas Turn Out to Be Mountain Lions Who LunchAfter tracking 13 pumas at feeding spots in Wyoming for three years, researchers mapped complex social networks of reciprocity among the predatory cats.