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.care2.com/causes/daily-cute-porcupine-fish-refuses-to-abandon-trapped-friend.html
Daily Cute: Porcupine Fish Refuses To Abandon Trapped Friend | Care2 CausesWhen her best friend got stuck in a net, this loyal porcupine fish stayed by her side.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/victory-chicagos-anti-puppy-mill-law-can-now-take-effect.html
Victory! Chicago's Anti-Puppy Mill Law Can Now Take Effect | Care2 CausesAnimal advocates are celebrating a major win for companion animals with a federal court ruling that upholds a law in Chicago intended to crack down on puppy
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Guggenheim Museum Is Criticized for Pulling Animal ArtworksArt leaders are concerned that museums are setting a worrisome precedent after protests led to the removal of three works featuring animals from a coming show.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
How Three Friends Proved That Jellyfish Can SleepWhat started as a midnight excursion of curious graduate students turned into a study with implications for basic questions about sleep.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Building a Better Coral ReefAs reefs die off, researchers want to breed the world’s hardiest corals in labs and return them to the sea to multiply. The effort raises scientific and ethical questions.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Pandas Are No Longer Endangered. But Their Habitat Is in Trouble.Logging, human encroachment and activities have fragmented the natural range of pandas in China, which could make recent population gains short-lived.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Sea Turtles Appear to Be Bouncing Back Around the WorldResearchers analyzed all existing public data of sea turtle nesting sites around the world and found a tale of “cautionary optimism.”
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Dogs Recognize Themselves in Test Based on Smell, Not SightCanines don’t seem to perceive their reflections in mirrors. But they do better with a ‘‘smell mirror.’’
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Birds Beware: The Praying Mantis Wants Your BrainScientists have developed a healthy respect for mantises, acrobatic hunters with 3-D vision and voracious appetites.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/frida-the-heroic-rescue-dog-saves-lives-after-mexicos-earthquake.html
Frida, The Heroic Rescue Dog, Saves Lives After Mexico's Earthquake | Care2 CausesAfter another devastating earthquake in Mexico, Frida, a yellow Lab who works as a rescue dog with the Mexican Navy Canine Unit, has become a media star.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Guggenheim, Bowing to Animal-Rights Activists, Pulls Works From ShowThe museum made the decision after it had come under unrelenting pressure from critics over three works that involve animals.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Allegations of neglect at dog blood bank shine light on an unregulated industryRetired racing greyhounds are used for blood draws at one Texas facility, and a former employee says the dogs were denied veterinary care and lived in squalor.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Woman bitten by copperhead snake at restaurant in VirginiaThe snake may have slithered into the restaurant from a nearby pond.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoGreece: missing British woman reportedly killed by stray dogsForeign Office would not confirm reports that 64-year-old woman was retired Oxford University professor
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoThe bodega cats of Instagram: fur flies over automated food cabinet startupBodegas’ resident felines are symbolic of the relaxed environment that people appreciate about their local corner store. Could their bricks-and-mortar homes be put out of business by the latest tech startup? Won’t somebody think of the cats?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Get ready for pea milk. It doesn’t taste like peas and it’s not even green.Milk made from peas has more protein than other alternative milks, and it doesn't contain common allergens.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
A 50-year effort to raise endangered whooping cranes comes to an endBecause of budget cuts, a research center that has produced hundreds of “whooper” chicks for reintroduction will now focus on its other projects.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
A man wrestled a rattlesnake to show off. He was bitten in the face and nearly died."I was playing with it like little kids do,” Victor Pratt said from a hospital, through cheeks swollen nearly shut.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Want to be a wildlife biologist? Beware the eyeball leeches and chest maggots.Studying animals in the wild can lead to some icky run-ins with parasites and other creepy-crawlies.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Dog blood banks save pets' lives. But are the donors protected?Allegations of neglect at one commercial canine blood bank shine light on an industry that critics say needs more oversight.