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, 7 months agoRevealed: how senior Laos officials cut deals with animal traffickersEvidence obtained by the Guardian shows how treasury coffers swelled with 2% tax on trades worth up to $45m including tigers, rhinos and elephants
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoPigeons Resist Misguided LeadersWhen the leader of a homing pigeon flock goes the wrong way, the flock still finds its way home.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://m.rte.ie/news/2016/0916/816977-puppies-seized/
59 'designer' puppies seized at Dublin PortFifty-nine so-called "designer" puppies have been seized at Dublin Port this week as part of a series of operations involving gardaí, Customs and the Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.audubon.org/magazine/fall-2016/an-organic-chicken-farm-georgia-has-become-endless
An Organic Chicken Farm in Georgia Has Become an Endless Buffet for Bald EaglesDozens of the raptors crash White Oak Farms each winter to dine on its fields of pasture-raised poultry. With little recourse, the farmers are racing to adapt.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoEndangered brown bear is found dead by the road sideA group of tourists came across the corpse of the 16 stone creature last week as they visited a nature reserve in the northern Spanish region of Asturias and experts say the bear was shot in the chest.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoDolphins recorded having a conversation 'just like two people' for first timeTwo dolphins have been recorded having a conversation for the first time after scientists developed an underwater microphone which could distinguish the animals' different "
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoSenate passes bill to combat wildlife traffickingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved a bill to boost efforts to combat illegal wildlife poaching and trafficking, a growing problem worldwide with an estimated cost of up to $10 billion a year.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoBody ornamentation among Neanderthals: Dig in France confirmed as Neaderthal remainsResearchers have helped to solve an archaeological dispute -- confirming that Neanderthals were responsible for producing tools and artifacts previously argued by some to be exclusively in the realm of modern human cognitive abilities.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoSea otter survey encouraging, but comes up short of the 'perfect story'The southern sea otter,Enhydra lutris nereis, continues its climb toward recovery, according to the annual count. For the first time, southern sea otters' numbers have exceeded the threshold required by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider de-listing the species as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoBird brain? Pigeons have quite a way with wordsPigeons can learn to distinguish real words from non-words by visually processing their letter combinations, surprising new research shows.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/and-the-animal-most-likely-to-kill-you-in-america-is.html
And The Animal Most Likely To Kill You In America Is... | Care2 CausesA new study has identified the animals most likely to kill you in the United States and the results may surprise many.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoWith 800 offspring, ‘very sexually active’ tortoise saves species from extinctionTwo in every 5 hooded giant tortoises is an offspring of the tortoise parkgoers call Super Diego.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoMan arrested for bestiality 'for having sex with a dog'Reinaldo Diaz, 68, of Georgia, has been charged with bestiality after police say they caught him in the act of straddling a pit bull while being completely naked in the rain.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoDiggy the Dog’s Internet Fame Almost Cost Him His New HomeThe police in Michigan wanted to take a rescue dog from its owner, saying he was a banned pit bull. Now the legal battle is over.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoRangers—Not Poachers—Are Killing 350 Hippos and Buffalo in South AfricaWildlife officials hope that reducing populations of the large grazers will help relieve the effects of drought in the country’s biggest national park.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
#Act4FarmAnimals New investigation into one of the biggest sheep slaughter house in France.
L214 Ethique et Animaux revealed footage shot last week during ritual slaughter of sheep during the Aïd el-Kébir in a slaughterhouse of New Aquitaine. Thousands of sheep were slaughtered in one day in this #abattoir, which is one of the largest in France. #…[Read more]
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agoA River Otter’s Hot Spot? The LatrineMale coastal river otters in Alaska have a complex social life that centers on a common latrine, where they pick up information about their colleagues.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
If conservationists were as interested in preventing the release of exotic species as they are in exterminating them once they have escaped or deliberately been released, enviro-conservation groups would be campaigning against the pet trade. Instead of wrangling over which species can be traded (dead or alive) as conservationists do at CITES…[Read more]
In the Wild, Goldfish Turn From Pet to PestYour pet goldfish may seem tiny and harmless. But in the wild, they can take down entire ecosystems.