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, 3 months ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/world/asia/on-a-fijian-island-hunters-become-conservators-of-endangered-turtles.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=16&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com…[Read more]
On a Fijian Island, Hunters Become Conservators of Endangered TurtlesA moratorium on harvesting turtles and a World Wildlife Fund program have helped replenish Fiji’s turtle population after decades of decline.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoConservationists get their talons out for Japan's owl cafes‘Lucky’ owls are the latest animal to join Japan’s growing list of themed pet cafes but welfare groups are calling for the practice to stop
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoWhat you should know about that dog flying in the seat behind youHere's what you need to know — as a traveler or a business owner — about the rights of people with disabilities and their service animals aboard public transportation or in other public settings.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
http://www.nature.com/news/bat-banter-is-surprisingly-nuanced-1.21215?WT.ec_id=NEWSDAILY-20170103
Bat banter is surprisingly nuancedThe racket that Egyptian fruit bats make when jammed next to each other contains information about food, sleeping arrangements and mating attempts.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoChickens are smarter and more complex than given credit forThe chicken isn't as dull or dumb as most people think, according to Lori Marino, senior scientist for the Someone Project.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoThink chicken: Think intelligent, caring and complex: Review looks at studies on chicken intelligence, social development and emotionsChickens are not as clueless or 'bird-brained' as people believe them to be. They have distinct personalities and can outmaneuver one another. They know their place in the pecking order, and can reason by deduction, which is an ability that humans develop by the age of seven. Chicken intelligence is therefore unnecessarily underestimated and overshadowed by other avian groups.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoBats avoid collisions by calling less in a crowdIn the warm summer months, bats go about their business each night, flying and gobbling up insects (a benefit to us). Using echolocation (making calls and listening for returning echoes to figure out where objects are) they can hunt and navigate around obstacles in total darkness, often in large groups. But if everybody is echolocating at once, how do bats pick out their own echoes?
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoHow a 19-year-old convinced his Hyderabad college to become a haven for abandoned animalsCollege can be tough. Fitting in, making friends and sincerely pursuing studies can all make time a precious commodity. But for Hyderabad student, Zabi Khan, college posed a whole new challenge – how to make time for his three-year-old shelter for abandoned animals.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoEvery advert at Tube station replaced with vegan postersAn animal rights group has replaced all the adverts in a London Tube station with posters encouraging people to go vegan. Clapham Common station has been plastered with Peta messages on every billboard, door and turnstile, leaving commuters divided on whether it is inspiring or “vegan propaganda”. The 60 adverts show pigs, cows and chickens with the slogan: "I'm ME, Not MEAT.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoWhat if nature was given the same rights and protections that humans (and corporations) have?An anthropologist argues for new ways to value sacred landscapes.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago'Ledbury Hunt worker punches a protester on the ground for trying to save a fox'SHOCKING video footage allegedly shows a fox-hunter punching and kicking a protester as he lies on the ground. The clip shows masked members of the Bristol Hunt Saboteurs clashing with men they cla…
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/overnights/in-defence-of-animals/8154222
In Defense of Animals: Do we have to re-think zoos?In Defense of Animals is an international animal rights and rescue organisation.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoRussia shocked by video of bear being crushed to deathRussian investigators are examining footage to determine whether it constitutes an animal cruelty criminal offence
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/supermarket-poultry-firm-boiled-halal-chickens-alive-wkx2xh329
Supermarket poultry firm boiled halal chickens aliveA halal poultry company that supplies major supermarkets boiled chickens alive after failures at a slaughterhouse. 1Stop Halal this month admitted causing unnecessary suffering to 81 chickens at...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoMS legislator pushing animal cruelty bill"This has nothing has to do with PETA ... this is law enforcement," says state Sen. Angela Burks Hill, R-Picayune.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoScorpion on a train delays London to Edinburgh journeyCreature got free from passenger’s bag, leading to delay while carriage was checked
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/31/humpback-whale-new-york-city-east-river
Whale spotted in New York's East river thought to be a humpbackNYPD posts photo of whale swimming near mayor’s mansion, after another humpback took up residence in Hudson river last month
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoPolice Can Shoot Your Dog If It Does Anything Other Than Sit Quietly, Court Rules | Care2 CausesThis decision is going to result in a lot of heartache.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 3 months agoDoctor Dolittle: Animal Minds, Animal Rights, and Much MoreHugh Lofting's book is a gold mine of information on human-animal relationships.