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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How the Middle East's water shortage drives demand for live animal importsThe increasingly dry region relies on imports of sheep and cows from as far as Brazil to satisfy the rapidly growing population
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
'Live animals are the largest source of infection': dangers of the export tradeTransporting more animals will increase transmission of diseases, including some that could also threaten humans
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
‘Something is wrong’: MEPs say EU is failing on the regulation of live animal exportsRegulation breaches and fewer, larger slaughterhouses have led to growing numbers of animals travelling further to slaughterHigh risk of injuries in Denmark’s live piglet export trade, audit warns
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
Shark meat from SA could be dangerous for AustraliansDon Pinnock discusses headless sharks, scarce great whites and the danger of fish and chips Down Under. Originally published by the Daily Maverick.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
China's CDC says coronavirus linked to illegal wildlife tradeChina’s CDC says the 2019-nCoV virus originated from wild animals illegally sold at a seafood market in Wuhan. Researchers thinks it's bats, snakes or both.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
The Big Debate: Should Toronto ban the sale of fur? | The StarCalifornia has banned the sale of retail fur, and so should Toronto, Canada’s largest city and its cultural capital, writes animal advocate Jessica Scott-Reid. Alan Herscovici, the founder of TruthAboutFur.com, says fur fashions are responsibly and sustainably produced.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/world/africa/starving-lions-sudan.html
Starving Lions in Sudan Spur Campaign to Save ThemImages show the lions, held in cages in Khartoum, with their bones protruding from their skin.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
https://news.yahoo.com/airlines-wouldnt-accept-emotional-support-180048921.html
Airlines could refuse emotional support animals under proposed ruleUnder a proposed federal rule, airlines wouldn't be required to accept emotional support animals, and would exclude service animals other than dogs.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
Appetite for 'warm meat' drives risk of disease in Hong Kong and ChinaA wet market, where animals are freshly slaughtered rather than chilled has been identified as the source of the coronavirus outbreak in China. But experts have long warned of dangers
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
Gray wolves, once nearly extinct, could be coming back to ColoradoConservationists are applauding a ballot measure to reintroduce the gray wolf to the state. But ranchers and hunters are putting up a fight
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
An assessment of the potential risks of the practice of intensive and selective breeding of game to biodiversity and the economy in South Africa - Conservation Action TrustTask team Dr Jeanetta Selier, South African National Biodiversity Institute Mr Andy Blackmore, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife Mr. Brent Cover Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
Trophy hunting ‘fuels race injustice’, MPs warned as they consider UK imports banExclusive: Practice perpetuates apartheid-era inequalities, with black workers exploited in low-paid jobs, economist says
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
Peak meat: is veganism the future?Marco Springmann, a public health expert, tells Anushka Asthana why cutting out animal products is the best route to a healthy diet – and why veganism is good for the planet. Plus: Alex Hern on the Guardian’s exclusive story of how the Amazon chief, Jeff Bezos, allegedly had his phone hacked after receiving a WhatsApp message apparently sent from the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
Out cold: unseasonal temperatures litter south Florida with stunned iguanasThe weather forecast warned it would be raining reptiles and Floridians recorded encounters with lizards feeling the chill
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
New Zealand has been a life-raft for unique species – now they must adapt or die | Erica WilkinsonOur nation has been in a biodiversity crisis for more than 100 years, but the climate crisis could push our at-risk animals to the brink
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
Pigs cooked alive at Netherlands slaughterhousesInspectors from the food and consumer product safety authority NVWA still regularly encounter pigs drowning in a Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
Out of the lab and into your frying pan: the advance of cultured meatIn a few years meat grown from animal cells may be on our plates, a prospect that raises complex technical, social and ethical questions
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/22/emotional-support-animals-new-rules-air-transport
Snakes off a plane: US government moves to limit support animalsNew rules proposed by the Department of Transportation would clamp down on passengers passing off their pets as service animals