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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Bought for a Song: An Indonesian Craze Puts Wild Birds at RiskSongbirds are being entered into high-stakes singing competitions across the country, and conservationists say protected species are in danger.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Coronavirus lockdown boosts numbers of Thailand's rare sea turtlesLargest number of nests of leatherbacks found in two decades as beaches emptied
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/15/brian-may-blames-meat-eating-for-rise-of-coronavirus
Brian May blames meat-eating for rise of coronavirusQueen guitarist and new vegan says ‘eating animals has brought us to our knees as a species’ despite source of pandemic still unclear
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
We have to wake up: factory farms are breeding grounds for pandemics | Jonathan Safran Foer and Aaron S GrossAfter Covid-19, to ignore the links between animal and human health would be to invite unimaginable disaster, say Jonathan Safran Foer and Aaron S Gross
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Pets in prison: the rescue dogs teaching Californian inmates trust and responsibilityBringing rescue dogs and prisoners together in a remarkable rehabilitation programme in California is helping inmates learn valuable lessons
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/apr/15/stray-cats-rescue-coronavirus-new-york
‘Hundreds and hundreds of kittens’: the volunteers saving strays as Covid-19 closes sheltersSmall rescue groups are stepping in as New York sees its yearly influx of newborns, but resources are wearing thin
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Paul McCartney calls for 'medieval' Chinese markets to be banned over coronavirusBeatles star and animal rights activist makes comparison with abolition of slave trade as he calls markets ‘obscene … they might as well be letting off atomic bombs’
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
When Pet Owners Fall Ill With Coronavirus, What Happens Next?Spain, which is enduring one of the world’s biggest and deadliest outbreaks, grapples with moral and practical questions on caring for animals when their owners are suddenly sick.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Covid-19 – a blessing for pangolins?Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked mammals, but there is evidence that they were the source of the new coronavirus – which could end the trade
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Indigenous input helps save wayward grizzly bear from summary killingWhen a bear starts feeding off garbage and loses its fear of humans it is quickly shot but an unlikely conservation partnership may be setting a different path
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Falconers to be allowed to take wild peregrine chicks from nestsUK wildlife watchdog under fire as conservationists say decision ‘sends wrong message’
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Eating meat could become illegal, says top British barrister‘It is time for a new law on ecocide to go alongside genocide and the other crimes against humanity,’ says Michael Mansfield QC
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Animals Are Rewilding Our Cities. On YouTube, at Least.The videos of deer and elephants, whether or not they’re real, speak to a budding hope: that the pandemic might change society, and us, for the better.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
'We’re watching them die': can right whales pull back from the brink?Dedicated conservationists are striving to save the North Atlantic right whale – believed to be down to 400 individuals as ships and fishing gear take their toll
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
How to Stop Your Child From Tormenting Your PetTeaching children to respect pets’ feelings and needs will help establish a safe environment for all.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Judge: Failure to Help Whales Skirts Endangered Species ActA judge has ruled the federal government failed to adequately protect endangered whales from lobster fishing activities, sending the industry and regulators scrambling to figure out what the future holds for one of America's most lucrative marine industries.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Wildlife Collapse From Climate Change Is Predicted to Hit Suddenly and SoonerScientists found a “cliff edge” instead of the slippery slope they expected.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Traffic noise reduces bats' ability to feedExperiment finds audible road noise highly damaging to species
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 5 months ago
Zoo May Feed Animals to Animals as Funds Dry Up in PandemicThe zoo, in Germany, said its drastic plan would only be a last resort. One animal would be spared until the end, it said, a nearly 12-foot polar bear called Vitus.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 5 months ago
New York, California lawmakers call for state ban on 'wet markets' amid coronavirusNew York and California state lawmakers are calling for a shutdown of all “wet markets” in their states, rolling out new legislation on both coasts to ban the markets—which in China are believed to be linked to the origins of the coronavirus pandemic—for good.