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, 8 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/is-humane-foie-gras-a-good-thing-or-a-bad-thing.html
Is 'Humane' Foie Gras A Good Thing Or A Bad Thing? | Care2 CausesHow would you feel about foie gras if you could take force-feeding out of the equation?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/blowing-up-a-turtle-isnt-cruel-in-pennsylvania.html
Blowing Up A Turtle Isn't Cruel In Pennsylvania | Care2 CausesThree young Pennsylvania men who blew up a turtle weren't charged with animal cruelty because it was a "wild animal" and not protected under the state's laws.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoLaurie the Moose Lady Puts ‘Heart and Soul’ Into RoadkillLaurie Speakman and the Alaska Moose Federation have streamlined the harvesting of food from the roads. But increasingly, Alaskans aren’t following the rules.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoClashing over conservation: saving Congo’s forest and its PygmiesIn the DRC, the Mbuti people rejected a reserve that banned them from their lands. Now, with conservationists, they are exploring ways to protect the forest together
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoTwo female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationistsIranian Cheetah Society says situation is critical as numbers of the subspecies continue to dwindle
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
” Shaven-headed, flamboyant Italian neurosurgeon who compares himself to Dr. Frankenstein, mentions Nazi doctor Josef Mengele and has written not only dozens of respected scientific papers but also a guide to seducing…[Read more]
Surgeons want to transplant a human head — really — and a Russian is offering hisIf he dies, it could be murder. If he lives, you’d wonder who he is.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/08/28/meat-study?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2016-08-29
Knowing That Meat Is ‘Humane’ Makes It Taste BetterA new study shows how morals influence our experience of animal proteins.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoReport reveals shocking levels of animal cruelty in slaughterhousesThe report found there were thousands of serious breaches of animal welfare regulations, including chickens and pigs being boiled alive and cattle freezing to death on lorries.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoNew York governor sparks anger after killing threatened sharkConservationists criticise Andrew Cuomo after he tweets photos of himself next to thresher shark caught during fishing trip
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoJean-Claude Van Damme donates $30,000 to Animals Australia charityHe attended a fundraiser in Sydney on Friday to raise money for Animals Australia, a charity close to his heart
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/international-home/australia-humpty-doo-crocodiles.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=wide&state=standard&contentPlacement=61&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2Finternational-hom…[Read more]
With Crocodiles in Custody, Police in Humpty Doo, Australia, Seek Human AccomplicesThe police are searching for men who threw reptiles into a school office in the town of Humpty Doo before a break-in.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
“In terms of evolution of language, the results suggest that the capacity to process meaning and emotion in different parts of the brain and tie them together is not uniquely human. This ability had already evolved in non-primates long before humans began to…[Read more]
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoWith Dogs, It’s What You Say — and How You Say ItNew research suggests that dogs respond to meaning and intonation in human voices.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bpa-plastics-chemical-can-make-male-turtles-act-like-females/
Plastics chemical BPA can make male turtles act like femalesScientists look at how the plastics chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) could be impacting male and female brains
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/world/europe/hardangervidda-norway-lightning-reindeer.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=wide&state=standard&contentPlacement=2&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fworld%2Feurope%…[Read more]
Lightning Strike Kills More Than 300 Reindeer in Norway“We have never seen anything like this,” said an official from the Norwegian Environment Agency, after an entire herd appeared to have been electrocuted.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoZimbabwe's government is standing by as its wildlife is slaughtered | Julian RademeyerRogue state officials and disjointed land reforms have created an increasingly dangerous environment for at-risk animals
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoFSA: 4,000 major breaches of animal welfare laws at UK abattoirs in two yearsData released by food watchdog reveals incidences of chickens being boiled alive and animals suffocating or freezing to death in trucks
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoMore wolves killed because of the sacred cow at the public troughThe way the state Department of Fish and Wildlife are slaughtering wolves is an outrage. Guest columnist Brooks Fahy explains why.