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, 6 months agoI'll Bee There for You: Do Insects Feel Emotions?These winged pollinators appear to have emotions, but it’s an open question whether they subjectively experience feelings
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/montreal-spca-sues-city-over-new-pit-bull-ban.html
Montreal SPCA Sues City Over New Pit Bull Ban | Care2 CausesDespite thousands of petition signatures--and the fact that breed-specific legislation is ineffective--the Montreal City Council voted to enforce a pit bull ban
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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
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/09/29/495883093/stakes-grow-higher-in-the-cat-bird-wars
Stakes Grow Higher In The Cat-Bird WarsA new book — and an extraordinary backlash to it — has put poison, predator cats and at-risk wildlife front and center, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoWhy this town is seriously considering a leash law for catsKenai, Alaska, isn't the first place to want to apply dog rules to cats, too.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoThese chimps helped save human lives. Then they were abandoned.Animal welfare advocates say the New York nonprofit that used the animals for research should fund their long-term care.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoMontreal bans pit bulls after fatal dog attackNearly four months after a brutal dog attack that claimed the life of a Montreal woman, the city has passed its contentious pit bull ban.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoMilan Fashion Week, Day 3: At Armani, Expect Signature Tailoring and Evening Wear ... but No FurVersace, Etro, Marco de Vincenzo and Sergio Rossi — yes, shoes — are on the runway on Friday.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoTardigrades Have the Right Stuff to Resist RadiationJapanese researchers have found a protein in tardigrade cells that confers an ability to tolerate doses of radiation that would kill most other animals.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/29/two-lions-escape-from-leipzig-zoo-enclosure
Lion shot dead at Leipzig zoo after escaping from enclosureOne of two lions that escaped from east German zoo shot dead after attempts to tranquillise it failed, zoo director says
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoNightmare before Christmas: Siberia plans to cull 250,000 reindeer amid anthrax fearsOne third of world’s largest reindeer herd could be killed in an effort to prevent the spread of the ‘zombie’ disease in the Russian tundra
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/world/what-in-the-world/lousy-libidos-why-do-pandas-have-so-little-sex.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=4&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F…[Read more]
Lousy Libidos: Why Do Pandas Have So Little Sex?Pandas have a slim window each year for mating, but even then, they often don’t know what to do, so scientists have taken to offering them guidance.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/science/endangered-pangolins-trade-ban.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=10&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F09%2F30%2Fscience%2Fendangered-…[Read more]
Trade Ban to Protect Pangolins: Enough to Save Them?An international agreement now prohibits the commercial sale across international borders of the world’s most trafficked mammals. Enforcement is another matter.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoA President’s Best Friends Often Have Four LegsDonald Trump seems to be an exception. He has no known pets.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoScientists Inspect the Great Barrier Reef, From 28,000 Feet AboveA NASA flying laboratory is using a specially designed sensor in a search for answers about what is killing large sections of the world’s coral reefs.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoStolen African penguin's chicks die at South African marine parkFather of the two chicks was stolen from Port Elizabeth’s Bayworld marine park as a protest against animals being kept in captivity
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/08/rodeo-royals-kate-william-calgary
Rodeo royals: Kate and William visit CalgaryDuke and Duchess of Cambridge don cowboy hats for Calgary's annual stampede and rodeo as Canadian tour comes to an end
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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
“The findings suggest that insects have states that fit the criteria of emotions and open up new avenues for research into positive emotions in relatively simple nervous systems.”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160929142329.htm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebookGood food puts bees in good moodAfter bumblebees drink a small droplet of really sweet sugar water, they behave like they are in a positive emotion-like state, scientists have discovered.