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 8 years, 10 months agoBloodfarms in Uruguay and Argentina
Uruguay and Argentina produce blood plasma for the European pig-meat industry. It is a million dollar business, which has been running for 30 years and beyond reach of any control from the EU
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
A Dead Kangaroo, a Bleeding Pig: Hollywood's Top Animal Training Firm Hit With PETA Abuse Claims (Exclusive)A complaint filed with the USDA alleges that scores of acting animals were neglected or mistreated by Birds & Animals Unlimited (which has production credits on 'Game of Thrones' and 'Harry Potter' films). Says an expert: "The industry should be surprised."
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
Ollie the Bobcat Is Found Near Her Zoo’s Birdhouse (Where Else?)After a nearly two-day flirtation with freedom, the 6-year-old bobcat was recaptured at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/taking-fish-fish-food/?ncid=newsltushpmgnews
Inside the Race to Invent a Fish-Free Fish FoodFish farms are supposed to be a sustainable replacement for ocean fishing—but most of them rely on fish-based feed. Enter science.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
Poacher fined $155,000 for illegal hunting of 6 endangered tigers, and 46 bears'Influential businessman' Evgeniy Romanov, 52, avoids jail, despite a host of other 'trophies'.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deal-will-allow-mass-slaughter-of-yellowstone-bison/
Deal will allow mass slaughter of Yellowstone bisonThe deal between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Yellowstone National Park will spare 25 animals that American Indian tribes want to start new herds
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
Groundhogs totally deserve their own day (even if they can’t predict the weather)This Groundhog Day, learn a little biology about this most famous ground squirrel.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
A baby manatee had plastic in his stomach. Vets say humans are to blame for his death.Emoji was two weeks old and about 15 pounds underweight when he was rescued and taken to a Florida zoo.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
You know the weather is bad when you find a moose in your basementIdaho officials say wild animals are avoiding deep snow and heading into towns to look for snacks.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
‘WoofieLeaks’ is the latest salvo in a seriously intense fight over dogs on public landDog-walking advocates take a page out of Julian Assange’s playbook to combat proposed restrictions at a National Park site in California.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months agoA vegan cafe in meat-mad Mexico CityLos Loosers restaurant and delivery service is a product of its owner’s passion for vegan food (and cycling), offering animal-free versions of some classic dishes
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
Hormel stops operations at supplier farm after video shows animal abuseHormel Foods said that it had suspended operations at one its pork suppliers until it investigates claims that pigs were being abused at the farm.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
Animal rights group accuses Hormel supplier of mistreating pigsBuying from Maschhoffs is now suspended as inquiries begin.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
USDA abruptly purges animal welfare information from its websiteThe records, which had been freely available, were used to monitor animal treatment at circuses, scientific labs, breeding facilities and zoos.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/trump-administration-blacks-out-animal-welfare-information
USDA blacks out animal welfare informationRecords have in the past led to the shutdown of subpar research facilities
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
https://www.buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/feds-go-dark-on-animal-research?utm_term=.rf12qE624#.gjD9dRW9O
It Just Got Much Harder To Know What's Going On In US Animal Research LabsAn entire database on animal research — including documents on the numbers of animals used in each lab, inspection reports, and enforcement actions — has suddenly been taken down from public view.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article130649199.html
Missing documentary filmmaker’s body found after underwater shoot gone wrongThe U.S. Coast Guard on Friday found the body of Canadian conservationist and documentary filmmaker Rob Stewart, who went missing Tuesday after surfacing from a deep-water dive on the Queen of Nassau wreck near Alligator Reef off Islamorada.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 10 months agoBarks and bytes: the rise of wearable tech for petsFitness trackers are not just for humans anymore – a growing range of electronic collars and cameras can help you monitor your pet’s location, activity and even emotional state
