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, 11 months agoCockatoos impress opposite sex with Phil Collins-style drum solosScientists find male birds performing alone with small sticks before female audience, with calls, periodic blushing, and raising feathers on their crests
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoRed-faced encounter: rare new species of parrot discovered in MexicoOrnithologists stress importance of conserving the blue-winged Amazon parrot, with no more than 100 of the birds thought to be in existence
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoAnti-poaching drive brings Siberia’s tigers back from brinkA WWF appeal aims to highlight the threat of habitat destruction and climate change on wild populations
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/50-million-high-tech-pet-adoption-center-opens-in-los-angeles.html
$50 Million, High-Tech Pet Adoption Center Opens In Los Angeles | Care2 CausesThe brand-new Wallis Annenberg PetSpace in Los Angeles is a 30,000-square-foot pet adoption center, school and research lab.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-40442286
Huntsmen found guilty of Jedburgh fox-hunting charge - BBC NewsThe conviction is the first of a traditional fox hunt under legislation introduced in Scotland in 2002.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoMozambique: 6,000 animals to rewild park is part-funded by trophy huntingDonation of animals by Zimbabwe wildlife conservancy to rewild war-torn park could not have happened without big-spending hunters
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
#ShockWildlifeTruths: SA ignores outcry and gives go ahead to sell 800 lion skeletons to AsiaWith just 20 000 wild lions remaining, many believe this quota will only feed demand.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Pilgrim's Pride ends farmer contract after animal cruelty claimThe US’s second largest chicken firm, Pilgrim’s Pride, has launched an investigation into welfare standards after an investigation uncovered alleged animal cruelty at its contract farm in Georgia.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
So Your Dog Works as a Model? Don’t Quit Your Day JobPeople whose pets appear in advertising campaigns or other media don’t tend to make a lot of money, but they do get bragging rights.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/shocking-cruelty-exposed-at-nations-second-largest-chicken-producer.html
Shocking Cruelty Exposed At Nation's Second Largest Chicken Producer | Care2 CausesAnother undercover investigation into the poultry industry has again brought to light both inherently cruel industry practices and callous abuse chickens raised
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Hampton Creek enters the lab-grown meat marketSilicon Valley’s plant-based food start-up Hampton Creek is to start making lab-grown meat – and plans to have product in stores by 2018.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
How I saved big cats by introducing ‘magic dogs’ - BBC NewsAmy Dickman has had some close shaves with big cats and humans while working with cheetahs and lions.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Victory! Pennsylvania Governor Will Sign Libre's Law, Toughening Animal Cruelty Penalties | Care2 CausesIt took one badly neglected puppy and the anger of an entire state to convince lawmakers to make animal cruelty a felony in Pennsylvania.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
These states have the fattest pets — and they might surprise youPet obesity and people obesity doesn't necessarily correlate, according to a new report.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Fire May Be the Only Remedy for a Plague Killing Deer and ElkDeer and elk are dying from chronic wasting disease in growing numbers. Burning the land may be the only way to turn back the disease.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago‘As a carnist I’m conditioned to accept meat-eating is natural’ | CommentComment: In a bid to live more simply – and eat more ethically – does rearing your own livestock for sustenance raise more questions than it answers? A novice farmer responds
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Hope Ryden, Wildlife Protector and Photographer, Dies at 87Ms. Ryden developed a passion for photography during breaks abroad as a flight attendant, and became a full-time naturalist and animal-rights advocate.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 12 months ago
“There are certain animals that we love, defend and even revere precisely because of their sentience, because they seem to possess minds similar to our own. After Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey brought the intelligence and kinship of chimpanzees and gorillas into the limelight, increasing resources were channeled into saving the great apes from h…[Read more]
Can Prairie Dogs Talk?An Arizona biologist believes that their sounds should be considered language — and that someday we’ll understand what they have to say.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 12 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/nearly-1000-small-animals-rescued-from-sweltering-truck.html
Nearly 1,000 Small Animals Rescued From Sweltering Truck | Care2 CausesResponding to calls about the smell of "something dead," Fresno Humane Animal Services officers were shocked by what they found inside a parked truck trailer.
