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
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/brave-baby-elephant-risks-life-9898961
Brave baby elephant risks life to protect dying mum as she was shot by poachersStroking her trunk along her injured mum’s body – the victim of an ivory poacher’s bullet – the 18-month-old elephant Zongoloni refused to leave her side
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago'OPEN YOUR EYES' Ricky Gervais erupts with FURY at soft sentences for dog fightersRICKY GERVAIS is calling for tougher sentences for “disgusting” dog fighters as MPs vote to give the courts stronger powers to lock up animal abusers.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoBrave baby elephant risks life to protect dying mum as she was shot by poachersStroking her trunk along her injured mum’s body – the victim of an ivory poacher’s bullet – the 18-month-old elephant Zongoloni refused to leave her side
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoFlorida bill seeks to make it harder for shelters to euthanize animalsAn estimated 3 million animals are euthanized in shelters, every year.The subject is a cause of much debate and even a sense of taboo. Now, a Florida Senate Bill seeks to make it harder to do it.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8255324/ns/health-pet_health/t/peta-employees-charged-animal-cruelty/
PETA employees charged with animal crueltyTwo employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have been charged with animal cruelty after dumping dead dogs and cats in a shopping center garbage bin, police said.
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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 ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago‘Hog Apocalypse’: Texas has a new weapon in its war on feral pigs. It’s not pretty.Feral hogs have been accused of eating baby lambs and causing millions in damage. A new poison turns their innards blue.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoThis hunter waged a war on feral cats. Now he says he has become the target of attacks."A feral cat is better off dead on the ground than it is alive,” Sam Wood said. “It's harsh — it's harsh to say, but it's the truth."
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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 ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoDo pet cats cause schizophrenia? A new study suggests no.The study is the latest in a field that's yielded alarmist headlines about cats making people crazy. And it amounts to a big "not so fast."
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170224-how-it-feels-to-be-chased-by-an-elephant
How it feels to be chased by an elephantAfter tourists filmed an elephant pursuing them in Kruger National Park, Kelly Grovier looks at competing paces of life.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoThe longest cat fence in the U.S. was just built on a Hawaiian volcanoThe five-mile-long barrier is meant to prevent felines from preying on endangered birds.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoThis tennis tournament is using shelter dogs as ballboysBecause slobber notwithstanding, who knows more about retrieving balls?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoSome people remove their cats’ claws. One state may soon call that animal cruelty.Veterinarians are divided on whether declaw surgery is abhorrent or key to keeping some cats alive.