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 7 years, 2 months agoTo figure out why the zebra got its stripes, this researcher dressed up like oneA researcher spent a decade knocking down theories about zebra stripes — including the one about them confusing predators.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoGame wardens killed a deer — in front of the family that kept it as a petThe doe, dubbed Faline, entered and exited the family's house as she pleased. Was she a pet or a threat?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoTilikum, the infamous orca that killed a SeaWorld trainer, is deadSeaWorld said Tilikum was near the high end of a captive whale's average life expectancy. Wild whales tend to live much longer, The Post noted in March.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoImport of skins of reptiles, fox, chinchillas and mink bannedThe ban might protect the lives of tens of thousands of animals from the leather industry.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoUS livestock sector raises policy demands for TrumpAmerican beef and sheep associations issue policy demands they want President-elect Donald Trump’s administration to address within the first 100 days of office.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoSmithfield ‘proud’ as sows move to group housingUS pork processor Smithfield Foods has increased the number of pregnant sows living in group housing year-on-year as part of a long-term commitment to improving animal welfare.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoHuge crocodile trapped by wheelie bin barricade after appearing in Queensland backyardKarumba locals use improvised barricades to corral the 3.5m saltwater crocodile, which made an unwelcome appearance on New Year’s Eve
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoWorld's oldest known orca presumed dead in blow to endangered whalesKnown as Granny and believed to be 105, the matriarch of a small population of struggling Puget Sound orcas was first identified by researchers in the 1970s
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
Indigenous communities and endangered wildlife in conflict
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/05/oecd-to-examine-complaint-against-wwf-over-human-rights-abuses-in-cameroon?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Green+Light+2016&utm_term=207281&subid=9773987&CMP=EMCENVEML1631Human rights abuses complaint against WWF to be examined by OECDIn unprecedented move, OECD will look into allegations that world’s largest conservation organisation facilitated abuse of Baka people of Cameroon
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoDog attacks his family during attempt to dress him in a Christmas sweaterAn attempt to dress a pit bull mix in a Christmas sweater went horribly awry on Friday.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoMeet the badass ‘Guardians’ fighting for helpless animalsHidden cameras, undercover aliases and private investigators are tactics usually deployed to bust a drug-dealing ring or catch an escaped convict. In the case of the Guardians of Rescue, they’re us…
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
http://www.philly.com/philly/food/20170105_Vegan_eating_More_men_are_going_animal-free.html
Vegan eating: More men are going animal-free"We see more bodybuilder types and more quote-unquote normal guys than we used to," says Rachel Klein of Miss Rachel's Pantry.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-02/nrn-updating-animal-welfare/7987266
Professor of animal science calls for new welfare codes to give animals an enriched lifeAnimal welfare expert says animals experience pleasure and fear, and deserve an enriched life of positive experiences.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoWhy all Christians should go veganThe Bible is clear, and early Christians understood it: Animals are meant to be our companions, not our food.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
CANADA
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/chilliwack-cattle-sales-guilty-1.3900974Chilliwack dairy farm fined in animal cruelty caseOne of the largest dairy farms in the country has pleaded guilty to three charges under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act in connection with a disturbing video that was posted online in 2014.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoWhy all Christians should go veganThe Bible is clear, and early Christians understood it: Animals are meant to be our companions, not our food.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoCatalonia: Why Spanish state's 'do as I say' diktat on bullfighting hurts democracySPAIN’S Constitutional Court, at the behest of the country’s right-wing Popular Party (PP), has overturned Catalonia’s ban on bullfighting,…
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoSouth Korea culls 26 million chickens to contain bird flu outbreakSome 26 million chickens have had to be killed in South Korea, officials said, to help combat the country's most serious ever bird flu epidemic. Another...