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 8 years agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/well/eat/red-meat-increases-risk-of-dying-from-8-diseases.html
Red Meat Increases Risk of Dying From 8 DiseasesHigh red meat consumption increased the rate of dying from cancer, heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, diabetes, infections, kidney disease and liver disease.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
He was on his way to meet the mayor. Then he spotted a skunk with its head in a Coke can.Mike MacMillan knew there was a good chance he'd get sprayed, but said, "I couldn’t leave that animal like that."
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Scientists have identified the 50-foot creature that washed up on an Indonesian beachIt's still terrifying.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Good Grief! Losing a friend brings wild birds closer together | University of OxfordNew Oxford University research has revealed that instead of grieving, wild birds appear to adjust to the loss of a flockmate by increasing both the number and intensity of their relationships with other birds.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoChinese appetite for totoaba fish bladder kills off rare porpoiseOnly 30 vaquita are left in Gulf of California as pirate fishermen net them when fishing for highly valued totoaba maws
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/21/opinion/who-factory-farming-meat-industry-.html?_r=0
Opinion | Health Leaders Must Focus on the Threats From Factory FarmsProducing meat on an industrial scale has had damaging health and environmental consequences.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
“Another interesting aspect of the Moore and Kosut article is that the authors are also engaging in an emerging field of anthropology, ‘intra-species’ or ‘critical animal’ studies, where the animals themselves are informants alongside their human…[Read more]
Honey, I love you: our 40,000-year relationship with the humble beeHumans have always had a special relationship with bees. And while the archaeological evidence is sparse, what does exist shows the richness of ancient human activities
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Challenging Mainstream Thought About Beauty’s Big Hand in EvolutionAre aesthetic judgments about mates invariably tied to traits we see as adaptive and worth passing on? Or, does beauty just ‘happen’?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Bill Oddie slams 'ridiculous' Theresa May pledge to hold vote to overturn fox hunting banANIMAL welfare campaigner Bill Oddie has said it is "ridiculous" that fox hunting has been put back on the agenda as hundreds of demonstrators marched through London.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Cattle sale restrictions introduced by Indian governmentThe Indian meat industry has warned that new rules prohibiting the sale of aged cattle from markets for slaughter may hinder the recent success of the sector.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Modified antibiotic won't change meat sector plansA modified antibiotic that is more potent to bacteria and could make it easier to fight life-threatening superbugs is unlikely to change meat industry plans to cut medicine use.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Stressed-Out Lobsters
Stressed-Out Lobsters: Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone and Stress Proteins, by Ernest S. Chang
“Animals display a variety of stress responses when their regulated physiological systems are extended beyond their normal range. Partial or complete failure of the homeostatic response may lead to increasing physiological…[Read more] -
Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years ago
Dogs Are Even More Like Us Than We ThoughtFor one, canines shun people who are mean to their owners, a new study says.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years ago
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/environment/1259267/wild-elephants-block-trucks-for-pineapples
Wild elephants block trucks for pineapplesPRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN - Wild elephants repeatedly blocked fruit-carrying trucks on a rural road in Hua Hin district so they could eat the pineapples they were carrying.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
New York Blood Center Reaches a Deal to Help Care for Research ChimpsAfter years of controversy, the Blood Center and the Humane Society agreed on a plan to support chimpanzees used in scientific research.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years ago
http://worldanimalnews.com/update-india-bans-selling-cows-buffalo-camels-slaughter/
Update! India Bans The Selling Of Cows, Buffalo, and Camels For Slaughter - World Animal NewsIndia Today Chaos erupted in India following Friday’s announcement that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled to impose a federal ban on the sale and purchase of livestock including cows, buffalo, and camels at animal markets. Criticized by opponents as an attack on “the essence of India” the tightened restrictions led to some dangerous demonstrations
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years ago
Copenhagen's iconic Little Mermaid statue painted red by animal rights activistsThe vandals were protesting the practice of whale hunting around the Faroe Islands.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years ago
Opossum Torture Live-Streamed To Facebook: Lee County, Iowa Animal Cruelty Investigation ContinuesThe Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a case of animal cruelty after several people were reportedly seen in a Facebook video torturing an opossum. The video of a group of presumed ...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years ago
Contagious disease that can spread to humans sickens Tucson dogsPotentially deadly leptospirosis can be treated with antibiotics if caught early enough.
