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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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170301-life-may-actually-be-getting-better-at-evolving?ocid=fbert
Life may actually be getting better at evolvingThe networks of genes in each animal is a bit like the network of neurons in our brains, which suggests they might be "learning" as they go
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/12/great-white-sharks-cape-cod-massachusetts
Rising numbers of great white sharks headed toward Cape Cod, scientists sayFigure rises for second consecutive year, says Massachusetts’ top shark expert, warning of ‘public safety issue’ despite no deaths in state’s waters since 1936
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
http://newsofthehorse.com/2017/abusive-donkey-basketball-fundraisers-draw-criticism/
Abusive Donkey Basketball Fundraisers Draw CriticismAnimal welfare advocates believe that donkey basketball is inherently cruel and abusive to donkeys, and are working to put an end to it.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoThe farming revolution that aims to bring free-range milk to BritainSmallholders hope to reverse years of dairy industry decline with a return to cows grazing in the great outdoors
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoA police officer’s wife wants people to remember his service — not the gruesome way he diedBrad Treat's death in a bear attack was like an earthquake in the Montana community where he'd lived his whole life.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoA politician proposed a seat-belt law for dogs. You could hear the howls.What? No more of Fido joyously hanging out the window, jowls and ears flapping in the breeze?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoPolice to visit UK zoos and wildlife parks after rhino killing in FranceBritain’s wildlife crime head says urgent security checks are needed to protect 111 rhinos in UK after attack near Paris
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoUN experts denounce 'myth' pesticides are necessary to feed the worldReport warns of catastrophic consequences and blames manufacturers for ‘systematic denial of harms’ and ‘unethical marketing tactics’
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoPoachers kill one of Africa's last remaining 'big tusker' elephantsSatao II, about 50 years old, is believed to have been shot with a poisoned arrow in Tsavo national park, Kenya
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoCan elephants and humans live together?Berserk beasts, trashed crops, vengeful villagers: tales of ‘conflict’ come thick and fast as humans and elephants are forced into closer contact. But does it have to be war? Across Asia and Africa, there are hints of how we might live in peace
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoBritish-owned cruise ship wrecks one of Indonesia’s best coral reefsMongabay: Ship ran aground at Raja Ampat, one of the country’s most popular dive sites that has been likened to an underwater Amazon
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoWhat happens when the research underpinning conservation is wrong?A public campaign to cull ‘invasive’ cownose rays was hugely successful. But re-examining the data revealed a horrible truth: the rays weren’t the problem
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoIs it time for an update to evolutionary theory? - Science Weekly podcastThe extended evolutionary synthesis is controversially proposed as an update to evolutionary theory as we know it. Nicola Davis explores the arguments
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago16th century 'zoological goldmine' discovered – in picturesIn 2012, Florike Egmond discovered an enthralling collection of 16th-century drawings and watercolours of animals collected by the founding father of zoology Conrad Gessner and his fellow Swiss successor Felix Platter hidden away in the Amsterdam University Library
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 1 month agoRussia's rare snow leopards find protection in camera trapsIn the remote Altai mountains, cameras traps are shedding light on the secret lives of these elusive animals, enabling researchers to identify individual leopards in the first ever nationwide census
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/female-giraffe-dies-after-accident-at-nc-zoo/420575575
Giraffe dies after tragic accident at NC ZooASHEBORO, N.C-- Zookeepers at the NC Zoo are mourning death of 9-year-old female Giraffe Jamili. Jamili was found unresponsive, early Tuesday morning, in her behind-the-scenes living quarters.