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 9 years, 4 months agoPublic Expectations For Animal Research Are Far From The Reality
Public Expectations For Animal Research Are Far From The Reality - FaunalyticsResearch shows that when it comes to the use of animals for scientific research, the public has a high expectation that results will translate to humans.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
Meat Eaters By Dissociation - FaunalyticsEating meat is in many ways a process of dissociation on the part of the meat eater. A new study looks at why and how this phenomenon occurs.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 4 months agoSix bears rescued from a bile farm in VietnamSix moon bears have been rescued from a bear bile farm in central Vietnam and successfully transported 1,300km to a sanctuary.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
5 Misconceptions About Being VeganPlant-based diets don’t have to be expensive—and can actually save you up to $750 a year.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
High-level link to dolphin exports - Conservation Action TrustContact details provided on an application for exports of live marine animals to China have led to millionaire Jack Huang’s Sun Investment Group in Windhoek. FISHY: The fact that the fisheries ministry is dragging its feet on making a decision has raised suspicions about the application to export live marine animals. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED Telephone callsRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
How Japanese media have failed endangered species - Conservation Action TrustIn October, a new documentary produced by Leonardo DiCaprio premiered on Netflix. “The Ivory Game” is a dramatic study of the illegal trade in elephant tusks that includes conservationists battling poachers, investigative journalists following the money trail and black market merchants in China. Experts say if the killing of African elephants continues apace, the speciesRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
Shock WildlifeTruths: Pics show blatant abuse of Cape protected marine reserve
Shock WildlifeTruths: Pics show blatant abuse of Cape protected marine reserve - Conservation Action TrustCape Town – South Africa’s waters are rich with ocean wildlife but it won’t stay that way if our mapped marine protected areas are ignored – as was the case in the Paulsberg Marine Protected Area, part of the Table Mountain National park on the False Bay coast recently. According to wildlife and conservation photographerRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
Japan Reconsiders Its Role in Driving the Slaughter of Elephants
Japan Reconsiders Its Role in Driving the Slaughter of Elephants - Conservation Action Trust(Photo: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) Though China has earned much of the blame for the massive slaughter of elephants across Africa over the past decade, Japan has been an equal partner in this continuing environmental crime—and a stubbornly determined one. When delegates to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species voted in OctoberRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
Court upholds legal ban on fur farming in Wallonia - Fur Free AllianceBRUSSELS, 26 OCTOBER 2016 – The Walloon ban on fur farming is consistent with the Constitution, according to a ruling of the Belgian Constitutional Court which was published earlier today. The decision follows a request for annulment by Belgian fur farmers and European fur traders. They argued that the Walloon ban adopted last year was unconstitutional. ‘The
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
High level of violations revealed on Norwegian fur farms - Fur Free AllianceOSLO, 27 OCTOBER 2016 – Norwegian fur farms are facing a highly uncertain future after repeated reports of negligence and injured animals in recent years. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) states their inspectors were shocked by high level of violations and injuries on Norwegian fur farms during recent inspections. This week Norwegian Fur Free Alliance member NOAH delivered
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
Fur farming ban in Czech supported by Chamber in first reading
Fur farming ban in Czech supported by Chamber in first reading - Fur Free AlliancePRAGUE, 10 NOVEMBER 2016 – Fur farming will no longer be allowed in the Czech Republic by 2019 according to a bill that the Chamber of Deputies passed in first reading yesterday. The amendment prohibits the breeding and killing of animals solely or primarily for the purpose of fur and was submitted by about one fourth
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
Severe animal cruelty on Polish fur farms revealed - Fur Free Alliance7 DECEMBER 2016 – For two months, an employee of a fur farm in Masanów, Poland, observed and recorded his everyday work, which included numerous cases of cruelty to animals. The farm breeds over 80,000 American minks each year, and in autumn they are killed and skinned for fur. The recordings from the investigation have
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
Japan makes an end to fur farming - Fur Free AllianceJAPAN, 29 NOVEMBER 2016 – Mink fur farming in Japan has come to a definite end now that the country’s last remaining fur farm in Niigata has closed its doors. In recent years the Otsuka mink farm was repeatedly reported by Animal Rights Center Japan for operating without a license and violating the Japanese Invasive
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/wolves-win-major-hunting-victory-in-michigan-court.html
Wolves Win Major Hunting Victory In Michigan Court | Care2 CausesAn attempt at opening up wolf hunting in Michigan failed at the hands of a judge who ruled in favor of leaving protection for wolves intact.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
More Than Half Of The Mediterranean Sea's Sharks Are At Risk Of Extinction | Care2 CausesConservationists are calling for urgent action to protect sharks, rays and chimaeras in the Mediterranean Sea following a sobering update on their status from
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-10/harness-racing-australia-to-ban-whips-from-trots/8109250
Whips voluntarily banned from Australian harness racing in world firstAustralia will become the first country in the world to voluntarily ban the use of whips in harness racing.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
World’s oldest known seabird lays an egg at age of 66Laysan albatross known as Wisdom is also the world’s oldest known breeding bird in the wild and has had a few dozen chicks
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
Zoology news: November’s animal antics from around the globe – in picturesA collection of zoological wonders from November 2016, featuring mobbing hyenas, speeding bats and crab power
