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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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago‘You can’t let nobody see’: Tyson workers caught on video mistreating chickensOne worker said standing on a chicken’s head and letting it suffocate would look bad.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoA Disturbing Look Inside a British Pig Farm | PETA UKFootage from the UK pork industry shows pigs and piglets with dirty open wounds, piles of dead pigs left to rot and other disturbing scenes.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoCrude oil causes heart and skull deformities in haddock: Results suggest oil spills at northern latitudes could impact valuable fisheriesEven brief exposures of the eggs of Atlantic haddock to low concentrations of dispersed crude oil can cause severe and usually deadly deformities in developing fish, an international research team has found.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoGalápagos faces first-ever bird extinction: Study uses scientific collections to elevate the San Cristóbal Island Vermilion Flycatcher to full species status, but no one has seen it since 1987Scientists have discovered a new species of colorful songbird in the Galápagos Islands, with one catch: it's extinct. Researchers used molecular data from samples of museum specimens to determine that a subspecies of Vermilion Flycatch Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoSpecialized life forms abound at Arctic methane seepsMethane seeps have strong effects on the community structure at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoStress bites! Researchers study mosquito/bird interactions: Research shows stressed-out birds more attractive to mosquitoes, raising fears birds exposed to stressors such as road noise, pesticides and light pollution, will be bitten more often and spread more West Nile virusWhen researchers investigated how the stress hormone, corticosterone, affects how birds cope with West Nile virus, they found that birds with higher levels of stress hormone were twice as likely to be bitten by mosquitoes that transmit Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoTiger sharks opt for scavenging on dead and dying sea turtles as a feeding strategy: Study provides new insight into the behavior of an ocean top predatorResearchers found behavioral evidence that tiger sharks prefer to opportunistically scavenge on dead or weakened green turtles rather than actively hunting healthy individuals despite more opportunities to do so. The study, conducted o Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoStudy demonstrates rapid decline in male dog fertility, with potential link to environmental contaminantsThe fertility of dogs may have suffered a sharp decline over the past three decades, a new study has found. The research found that sperm quality in a population of stud dogs studied over a 26-year period had fallen significantly.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoNew analysis shows threats to 8,000 Red List species: Guns, nets, and bulldozers: Three-quarters of the world's threatened species are imperiled from agriculture, land conversion, overharvestingLess than a month away from the kick-off the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, a team of scientists reports that three quarters of the world's threatened species are imperiled because people are converting their habitat into agricultural lands and over-harvesting their populations.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
“Lee Hughes was sentenced today August 10, 2016, by Judge Angelo A. Delligatti to one year in jail and five years probation on various charges. Lee Hughes pleaded guilty to her part in the in the horrendous act of cruelty to Miss Harper. Miss Harper was found in September 2013, when she was just a puppy, with her back leg and both her ears cut…[Read more]
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
POLL: Should horse-racing be banned in Saratoga?
POLL: Should horse-racing be banned in Saratoga?The racing season at the Saratoga Race Course is in full swing, drawing thousands of people to the Capital Region.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/captive-beluga-dies-in-the-u-s.html
Captive Beluga Dies In The U.S. Shortly Before His 9th Birthday | Care2 CausesIn another sad loss for captive cetaceans, a young male beluga has become the latest to pass away in string of deaths at U.S. aquariums.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.businessinsider.com/scientist-lobsters-can-feel-pain-2013-1
SCIENTIST: Yes, That Lobster You're Boiling Alive Is Probably In Real PainCrustaceans show behavior "consistent" with pain.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoAnother tiger found dead in Pench, 10th this year - The Times of IndiaOne more tiger has been found dead in Pench Tiger reserve in Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh under mysterious circumstances — taking the toll to 10 from the same tiger reserve this year. The last tiger death from this area was reported on July 16.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoIt's not pawsible, is it? Brown and polar bears on a hunting trip together? So what caused this abearation spotted by tourists in Kamchatka?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoScientists on the hunt for medicinal liquid goldStudy finds Australian varieties of Leptospermum honey are similar to New Zealand's medicinal honey Medicinal honey works by releasing chemicals which...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoOil and Gas Drilling Threatens Little-Known but Unique SealA first-of-its-kind study tracks the migration of the rare Caspian seal to show how pollution and overfishing are taking a toll on the marine mammal.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoLong-studied Alaskan wolf pack may be dead after years of aggressive huntingEast Fork wolf pack, found near Denali, was first researched in the 1930s and had shrunk significantly this year – and it’s now believed all may have perished
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoThe Trump sons go hunting again. Will more trophy photos follow?They may be in Canada, where it's legal to hunt muskox, wolves, black bears and grizzlies
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/sorry-cat-haters-science-isnt-your-side?src=SOC&dom=fb
Sorry, Cat Haters, Science Isn't On Your SideWhat research actually says about felines