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 9 years ago
Shanghai fishermen find headless, finless whale carcassMarks on the marine mammal’s body suggest its fins were sawed off
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years ago
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170320-the-cruel-experiments-that-revealed-most-mammals-can-swim
The strange experiments that revealed most mammals can swimThere are urban myths that mammals like camels and pigs lack the ability to swim ��� but as far as we know just one genus of mammals struggles to keep its head above water
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years agoGanges and Yamuna rivers granted same legal rights as human beingsIndian court cites the Whanganui in New Zealand as example for according status to two rivers considered sacred
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years ago'Bank' the turtle dies after swallowing 900 coins thrown into her pondSea turtle that lived in public pond in Thailand dies of blood poisoning despite surgery to remove 5kg of loose change from her stomach
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years ago
We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. Is It Worth the Cost?Scientists disagree about whether bringing extinct species back from the dead will result in a net loss of global biodiversity.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years ago
Burying Their Cattle, Ranchers Call Wildfires ‘Our Hurricane Katrina’An existential threat to a way of life that has sustained cattle-raising families since homesteading days.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years ago
Chimpanzees are animals. But are they ‘persons’?A lawyer will argue in a New York court Thursday that chimps have a right to bodily liberty, in a case that could lead to profound changes to the way the law views animals,
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years ago
Jet-Setting Pets Get a New Place to Be Pampered at Kennedy AirportAmenities at a center called the Ark will include “pawdicures,” lodgings for sick birds and luxurious stalls for globe-trotting show horses.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years ago
Ratty and co threatened by polo centre plan near Wind in the Willows river, campaigners sayIt is one of the most evocative scenes in children’s literature, Ratty and his friends in The Wind in the Willows messing about in boats as they explore the banks and waters of the River Thames.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years ago
Ratty and co threatened by polo centre plan near Wind in the Willows river, campaigners sayIt is one of the most evocative scenes in children’s literature, Ratty and his friends in The Wind in the Willows messing about in boats as they explore the banks and waters of the River Thames.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
New Zealand river first in the world to be given legal human status - BBC NewsThe Whanganui River, revered by the Maori, is the first in the world to be seen as a living entity.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years agoSparrows nearing extinction due to lack of emotional connect: conservationist“Mindless urbanisation” leading to a loss of the birds’ natural habitats, says Mohammed Dilawar.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
http://www.dailyo.in/variety/tiger-vs-man-tiger-crushed-by-jcb-corbett-reserve/story/1/16264.html
Watch how India crushes its national animal, tigerShocking video of the incident shows the crowd shouting: dabao, dabao!
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
Couple Buys 300 Acres Of Barren Land, Converts It Into India's First Private Wildlife SanctuaryIn 1991, this was barren land. Now its home to elephants, tigers, leopards, deer, snakes, birds
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
IUCN welcomes first-ever UN report acknowledging healthy ecosystems as a human rightIUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, welcomed a recent report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Environment and Human Rights, Prof. Jo...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
Faith versus conservation: Tirupati temple, forest department fight over the Indian civetThe animal secretes a substance that is used to anoint the deity's idol every Friday.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160622-the-worlds-loneliest-species?ocid=fbert
We know where the world’s loneliest species came fromScientists have discovered the true origin of the most isolated animal on Earth
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years ago
http://www.dailyo.in/variety/tiger-vs-man-tiger-crushed-by-jcb-corbett-reserve/story/1/16264.html
Watch how India crushes its national animal, tigerShocking video of the incident shows the crowd shouting: dabao, dabao!
