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, 6 months ago
https://thewire.in/111211/kaziranga-bbc-rhino-survival/
Grasslands of Grey: How the BBC's Flawed Kaziranga Muckraker Has Done HarmThe BBC has managed to widen the prevailing distrust between the forest department and conservationists who wish to research and critically analyse the Kaziranga model.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoDe-extinction dilemma: reviving dead species may doom the livingDiverting precious conservation resources into de-extinction projects could simply mean more threatened species are wiped out, warns Olive Heffernan
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoCaterpillars vibrate anuses to send food and shelter alertsTiny birch caterpillars send messages by making a complex range of sounds – buzzing their bodies and drumming and scraping their mouths and anuses against leaf surfaces
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoPack of hounds broke into elderly couple's back garden before savaging a fox, campaigners claimA pack of hounds broke into an elderly couple's back garden before savaging a fox, campaigners have claimed.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoCouple wonder why cat is sitting still on a pond. Then realize its paws are frozen in iceThis poor kitty could’ve met a grim fate if it weren’t for the bravery of a Good Samaritan couple. 41-year-old Sergey Baranov, a knife maker from the Urals city of Zlatoust, along with his 36-year-old wife Yelena, noticed a cat underneath their car during one of the coldest days of winter. The cat’s fur was …
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoBritish parrot missing for four years returns speaking SpanishBritish owner reunited with lost bird only to find he doesn't speak English any more
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoResurrecting nature: Extinct is not foreverDreams of Jurassic Park are so last century. Now biologists want to use de-extinction biotechnology for conservation. But is it a good idea?
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoExtinct Neanderthals still control expression of human genesEarly humans may have outcompeted Neanderthals, but their influence lives on in DNA some of us inherited after the two interbred
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoBees learn to play golf and show off how clever they really areBumblebees have shown they can learn how to push a ball into a hole to get a reward, staking their claim to be considered tool users
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://idausa.org/campaign/ida-africa/latest-news/illegally-kept-as-a-pet-and-dressed-in-clothes/
Illegally Kept As a Pet and Dressed in Clothes!Tic was purchased from the poacher who killed his family by a man who wanted a
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago15 Year Old Takes Helping Cats Into Her Own HandsWe’re so impressed with this kid! Elise Hardacre of Orlando, Florida was worried about unaltered community cats living in her neighborhood - many breeding out of control - so she rolled up her sleeves and got to work.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://www.scoopwhoop.com/wanted-mates-for-delhi-zoos-most-eligible-single-animals/#.xrj2k0fu6
Wanted: Mates For Delhi Zoo’s Most Eligible Single AnimalsMany of them have had no mates, or even companions, for years
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/02/packys_untimely_death_should_s.html
Packy's untimely death should shine light on plight of elephants in zoos (Opinion)By Courtney Scott In a recent opinion piece, ("What Packy Taught Us," Feb. 14), Oregon Zoo Director Don Moore leaves out the most important lesson that Packy provided to the world. Namely, that elephants do not belong in captivity. They...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoKaziranga-BBC row: Do we need to rethink how we conserve an endangered species?The controversy over Kaziranga forest department officials allegedly shooting poachers on sight prompts the question: Is there a way to protect animals, and human life?
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://thewire.in/111211/kaziranga-bbc-rhino-survival/
Grasslands of Grey: How the BBC's Flawed Kaziranga Muckraker Has Done HarmThe BBC has managed to widen the prevailing distrust between the forest department and conservationists who wish to research and critically analyse the Kaziranga model.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://thewire.in/111655/kaziranga-bbc-shoot-poaching/
Grasslands of Grey: The Kaziranga Model Isn't Perfect – But Not in the Ways You ThinkWhile the BBC has faltered in its investigation on multiple fronts, it would be naïve to believe that Kaziranga's management and forest guards are themselves faultless.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoNY Zoo Giraffe Stream Banned for 'Nudity' Back After OutcryYouTube has apparently restored an upstate New York zoo's livestream of a giraffe preparing to give birth that had been abruptly suspended Thursday after animal activists complained about 'nudity and sexual...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39040907
Japan zoo kills 57 snow monkeys due to 'alien genes' - BBC NewsThe monkeys are put down using lethal injection because they carry genes of an "alien species".