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
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/28/national-parks-tourism-bad-behavior
Record tourism in national parks comes with increasing threats – antsy humansYellowstone and other major parks grapple with illegal camping, vandalism, theft of resources, wildlife harassment and other misbehavior from visitors
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoThe tribes paying the brutal price of conservationAcross the world, governments are protecting habitats. But indigenous peoples are being evicted
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago'We have nothing but our reindeer': conservation threatens ruination for Mongolia's Dukha | Marine GauthierOne of the world’s smallest ethnic groups is finding its cultural traditions on the wrong side of Mongolian law, putting its very existence in peril
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
It’s important to avoid palm oil as much as possible and not just accept its inevitability in products. Not only are animals displaced by deforestation for palm oil plantations, animals who survive the fires are at terrible risk of being killed or captured for the wildlife trade, which flourishes in Asia. Wild animals who look for food on palm oil…[Read more]
How Can I Avoid Palm Oil?Mr. Green cooks up a few tips.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
“’What gets me about the Seal Abatement Coalition is the sense of entitlement,’ says Blair Perkins, who grew up on the island and now runs Shearwater Excursions, a whale-watch business. ‘They’re entitled to the fish and the seals aren’t. They’re recreational fishermen, and it’s interfering with their playtime. I don’t understand that at all.’ Th…[Read more]
Gray Seals | The Most Controversial Animal in New England - New England TodayGray seals once were all but eliminated from New England waters. Now they attract great white sharks, thousands of tourists; and enrage fishermen, who wish them gone.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/could-transparent-mice-save-the-lives-of-other-lab-animals.html
Could Transparent Mice Save The Lives Of Other Lab Animals? | Care2 CausesScientists have perfected a technique that creates transparent, shrunken, glow-in-the-dark mice. Pretty cool -- or pretty cruel?
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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 agoA mother had a black bear killed to keep her family safe. Now, she’s receiving death threats.The "depredation" killing has divided the small mountain town of Forest Falls, Calif., where locals love their bears.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago‘I drilled him perfect’: American hunter ignites uproar by killing Canadian bear with a spearOfficials in Alberta are investigating Josh Bowmar's "unacceptable" kill — and are planning to introduce a spear-hunting ban.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoAn animal activist gave water to slaughterhouse-bound pigs. Now, she’s on trial for mischief.Anita Krajnc faces jail time or a fine of up to $5,000. She says her only crime is compassion.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoCalifornia Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning Orca Shows, Captive BreedingLegislation sent to Gov. Jerry Brown also prohibits the export of killer whales.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoSpanish town under fire over stabbings of calves at bullfighting festivalA Spanish town has come under fire for alleged animal cruelty after activists released a video showing men fighting small calves less than a year old as if they were full-grown bulls.
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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 ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoPerfluorinated compounds found in African crocodiles, American alligators: Studies are first-of-their-kind examinations of PFAA levels in 'sentinel' reptile species, especially useful for investigating impacts of long-lived chemicals in the environmentAll plasma samples drawn from 125 alligators in Florida and South Carolina and 45 crocodiles in South Africa contain at least four different PFAAs.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoSynthetic prawns: a bid to make ‘seafood’ that’s sustainable and slavery-freeA California biotech company receives funding to commercialise algae-based prawns, in an attempt to get people switching to more sustainable diets
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/25/tanzania-ivory-tusk-dogs
Dogs in Tanzania sniff out illegal ivory tusks in new anti-poaching effortTwo specially trained dogs help wildlife officials find tusks ‘within a minute’ as part of project between Tanzanian authorities and Wildlife Conservation Society
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoObama to create world's largest protected marine area off HawaiiExpansion of Papahānaumokuākea marine national monument, which is now more than twice the size of Texas, is the president’s final push on conservation
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoFreshest eggs on the plate come from chickens in the yardSome of the tastiest eggs start with soft classical music here at the El Pinto Chicken Farm in Albuquerque’s North Valley.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago